The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-12-29

RISE Indicates fell.
either. nor may We look for any until after the
!: ,ss5ss.. sy: In
merce TO the etesmship Oity Of Mexico to land
fast remains that sbs did land at IT.. and re-
reason why she should have been ordered away
1t once. The same paper also says: The apron
served we'd Tor the same Kind Of freight" The Pic
sSs TS re
served for steamboats,. but was afterward given
up to steamships. and no less thar. seven Of
sSnf il GOOD posy Tor to refuse to
paL Wharfage. such refusal onlylentails law
Bell. j.. a Alien. yohn kopns. J. j.
ING for the steamboat interests they represent.
were to resolve themselves into q ommtttes
and present their grievances. IN q body. 70 the
City Council at Its regular meeting next Tues.
day, they would accom- plish much good. and
lead to the way Of doing away with many Of the
Ths sndin n1T il still very much crowded. par
ticul8rly from Poydras to Canal street. and un.
less :. great deal IL hauled to-day the Patgoud
their. regular landing. 1t has been said that the
jam lie partly .oc'asioned By unusually heavy
Ms sssh Il s hs sSors Of Soss II
year for the same time s4l2 bales OF Gotten. 4eeo
sacks OF seed and IL, Gas barrels mOlaases. while
mater Of room Is q very ' serious one. and now
thst the question has been agitated We trust IT
Will not DO allowed 70 die out until some good
The Thompson Dean and Bart Able had to
land at the extreme upper part OF the barge
landing. The Able found room, and alter dis
charging. dropped down TO her regular lasd.
Ing. The Dean. less fortunate. did not fad
room. aud had to lay over until to-day. Capt;
Oh again last evening. but It WAS Impossible
he sxpec 70 get OF to-day at an. promptly.
The Henry Frank got away at O'Clock:
The Alex Kendall. from the Ouachita. and
Florence Meyer. from Whits river. arrived yes
snd surns re s Meyer a do
until after the holidays.
The Kountz Line steamerJ. B.. n. Kehlor. on
account Of not being discharged In time. Laws
oyer to s p; %. Tuesday, when she leaves f9r
lie Bedford t ys.terday for the Arkansas
Dave Ell Tnomss and Nels, Wasson. pilots Of the
Bedford. and Ike Hunter and Chas. hcLearaA'
The Bonnie Lee has been towed across the
Attention Is called to the advertisement Of the
Mary Ida In another column.
The salyor has goae to the Atchafalaya to
evening xs ere 4. RcFarlis and j. W spears s
Mr.. McFarlin IL making the round trip. and
The Southern Transportation Compsny's
steamer A. O. Donnaly Henry q. Hart q aster
I'd. Donnal.y clerk. leaves Tuesday for Cincin-
The o. p. Bchenk. Capt. J. L. Carter. arrived
yesterday morning. and will follow the Donnally
.Wss Wii.low. for several years past mate q
The he s w tb nc
passed the Natchez he has had nothing else to
talk about In his river column:
Val Entriken clerk. leaves this IL m. for Mem
pbis and tho bends.
The New Orleans and BED RIVER Trssnspo YE
Wilkinson master. Ed. Hamer clerk. for Shreve-
EsT s and oSssa sn nys1 g5ans
row the fleet and fine steamer Corona. Jack De
Hart master. Ed. helps clerk.
The new steamer Joe Webre. A. Hotard mas
ter. detained from yesterday. on account Of re
pairs to her wheel. leaves tomorrow for Bayou
Mr.. Tom Darragh. Of Arkansas river fame
accom- panied By his bride. arrived In the city
yesterday, and L. stopping at the st. Charles.
The Eva. Charles DeBouaheI master. Sept.
Toca and I'd Barry clerks. leaves to day at 7
q. m. sharp. for Hahnville.
!. usual. for the lower coast as far as the Green
The regular Bayou Laiourche packet 9. K.
leaves to- morrow at 10 a. m.
The new and fast upper coast packet Whis-
per, ]. A. Comstock master. George NJ. Woods
and Charles Dean clerks, leaves tomorrow at
II g: m. for the Ashland plantation.
The weekly 9osMs Do nal and la
The famous yicksbarg: Greenyille and bend
The new S and h ,sasss st. john. @cE
roy In command will arrive this y. m. and leave
49, ~ 4 far ho non and Rate n
Ths Merchants and Planters independent
Packet Trenton ,sr a. rerreponns master
United States mail packet Edward J. Gay. John
=. Brown master. .. .. Streck clerk. leaves to-
The Henry Tette. J. +. Aucoin master. M. b.
Landry clerk, leaves to. morrow at .; "a for
The tri:weeklysupper- coast packet Belle. IN
Brou clerk. leaves Tuesday. at 10 q. m. for ia
The ssmi-weekly. coast, DonalasonvIlle and
he supers RoseSs Lee %uam Campbell
master, leaves a. usual for Vicksburg Tuesday.
The United States mail packet Fanchon.
u. b. Broad master, Theo. JOHN clerk. leaves
Tuesday. without fail. at p. m. for the Atcha-
The regular weekly Atch afalaya packet Yazoo.
VIM. Crawford master. y x. bchm1C clerk, leaves
Tuesday a. .. %.
Exchange Clippings. December 20.
Gen. Merrill concludes letter to the Pitts
burg Dispatch as follows: Il often see In the
river columns Of various papers that practical
river men should be- put In charge Of rtger i'm
provements.' Permit me to Gag. with al due
respect to very worthy class OF men, with
whom am glad to state that my relations have
always been exceedingly kindly. that the i'm.
proyement Of rivers is the work and study OF
0n0tnee o the world over, aud the tact that q
man habituslly travels on river no more
qualities him for correcting channels. protect
Ing banks, preventing 0verdows. building locks
and dams. and doing the various other works
OF hydraulic engineer. than the continual
travel OF Q railroad conductor Its him Tor
road"
CAIRc. Dec. 2S.-The weather continues clear
and cold and business excellent Six clerks In
the Qf1ce Of the wharfboat have their hands full!
handling the freight that is being transferred
rom rau to river at this point
1u1ee large amount OF cotton y brought