The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-04-15
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isBelow high water mark OF 1874 Indicates
rise. Indicates fall.
The long looked for and much wished rain
came Sunday night, and right royalty weIeom, a,s
was Ill Yesterday was cloudy and close, with
an occasional drizzle. accompanied during ne
slns { es sre very s"s Seh Of E more
/ business was moderately active on the land
Capt. All Griesom arrived In the city yester,,
day, and Capt. r. 9. Sweeney was photographed
II - The n charlie Mcdonald arrived yesterday and
p1 Tie Katie =. Konntz left Pine Bluff Friday,
and Ia due here tomorrow.
Portsmouth collected slas wharfage dues dur
Ing the month Of Mareh...-[Cincinnati Gazette.
ishawl that's nothing Pittsburg or Memphis
day. and yet they cry for more. Memphis s Ava.
T # FRANK snf I'LL Kst an not Msrpy John Bell
md Gus .Lempke. all Of the Parisot Line, are
IN the city. The last two gentlemen held
prize in the Havana lottery drawing. and are
here after the ducats, They also found. after
arriving. here TINT they had won another prize
The Emma Irvine was out on the ways yeeter-
day. She will be of and ready to leave to day
The latest news from the J. A. Wood yeeter-
day was that the work Of b King her In was
nearly finished. and that pumping would be
The b. Stein was brought to the landing yes
terday, at the head OF Lafayette street. To lake
Oh a lot Of forwarding freight for Bayou D'Ar-
GAIT j. NJ Raburn. late OF the Bertha Drummer
has taken command, with Mr.. Lew Drummer,
aso Of the same bort In charge of the office.
pany's towboat Future City. W. A. Gall master,
will arrive to-day from St. Louis and return
f0 TRe NJ Wb}e dapt j. NJ White will BE- re-
eeiyine to-morrow to leave Thursday, as usual
Donaldsonville and Bayou Sara United States
mail pa. ket Katydid In another column.
The John H. Hanna. leaving to morrow for
Meeting with the Little Bob b.: also for bayou
Bartholomew. connecting with the Willie.
Capt. Dick sinnott was IN Pittsburg Friday
Capt T. O. Sweeney. who left here ON the
Paris Brown. intending TO accompany his fam
ilY az fur as Vicksburg. was in st. Louis Fri
The new City Of Greenville. Of the famous
Anchor Line. one Of the finest passenger boats
ever built for the st. Louis trade, leaves day
without fail at 2. m. TOR 81. Louis Capt. Thos.
M Shields in command. Mr. Il. \. gorbyn. clerk.
the Belle Of shreveport and Saturday by the
City OF Alton. Attention is called to their ad-
vertsements In another column.
The renowned passenger steamer Great Col |
den City. Of tie Southern Transportation Com
pany, w. Ii. Mcintyre clerk, leaves to- day posi- |
lively at .. M. for Cincinnati.
The Thos. Sherlock follows the Golden City |
Thursday; the Charles Morgan Saturday. The
boats Of this company have superior passenger
Recommendations, and offor other equally great
Inducements to travellers.
The regular tri-weekiy upper coast packet
Belle. Frank Bergeron master. J. 9. Bergt ron
s ssspds leaves to-day a. 70 NJ '0r D'a ~
II The stauneh :, and fast Emma Irvine, J. 7.
I a. m. nrDmntlv
The feet and flne coast and Lafourcne packet
ASSUMPTION. 2. A. Charlet master. leaves to day
Tbs Robert =; Lee. William Campbell master.
Office. leaves to-day at D. m. for VicksburR
The New Orleans and opelousas Packet Com
ksf broad master Tseo. John and NJ sher-
rouse clerks. leaves to-day Mt y. III for the
The New Orleans and Red River Transports.
ton Oompany's United States mail steamer
Danube. Chas. Thorn master. J. O. McChes ney
clerk. is receiving to leave tomorrow for
The tu we ky upper coast packet Eva, Cbas
DeBouchel master. Sept Toca CLERK. leaves to-
morrow Tns q Il r. fr Rannel oar1e 1hono
master, J. H. Mossop clerk. leaves tomorrow
az p, M, as usual, for all coast landings
The United States mail steamer John H. Han
m 10. of ,he New Orleans and 0uachita River
Iransportion Company. j. w. Blanks master.
b. =. oornwell clerk. leaves Tomorrow at D.
M for Ouachita City.
~ The regular weekly opelousas packet Yazoo
Nm, Mm. Crawford master. y Il. schmit clerk,
leaves tomorrow at p. N. without fail.
Exchange Clippings.
PrTTsRua. April u.-Capt. John p. Adams
closed o contract with James Rec, Esq. for q
sideW Va mail packet t. run between Memphis
hold feet, BY Pittsbure II Boat Buiidins Com JONI
pany; engines p inches in diameter. z foot
stroke: four steel boilers % feet long, A inches
IN diameter. with huas wheels % feet. with
l4-foot buckets: fun length cabin and texas
fitted out magniacentiy: TO be completed
AUGUST l. Capt. james H Rees superintends
LouIsvILLE.-The towhoat Jos. B. Williams is
here, repairing machinery. She will await
rise and then start South with tow Of 100000
eushels of COAL
cAIno. April 1.-THE civil rights case brought
taken up with the trial and two speeches are
yet to be heard, II will be concluded to. day:
The complaint is ina ,,, While Mr.. Macarthur Arthur and
full fare. at dinner time Cant Henry Taylor in
yiled them to q table in The rear Of the cabin.
Capt TAYLOR testified that he did 50 because the
rest of the tables were full. Mr.. Macarthur COM
plains that 1t was because OF hi color. Mr Nc
no negro blood In his veins, although is hair is
as kinkv as any negroes. and his color and ap-
pearance Of face that OF muatto. HIS Wiz Is
Il
and nobody seems to know why he is travelling
here.
CAIRO. April ll.-Commissioner Candee de-
cided the civil rights case against the I'M Fisk.
and held Capt. Henry Taylor Ia $500 bonds %
appear before the United States Court az the
next term.
Marine Journal:
Judging from the care and pains which both
TIE Cincinnati Marine ways and 7. LeathshIs
are exercising i'll the selection Of timber LOT the
new Natchez. there is not doubt left but what
this new boat wtl BE- the most carefully bui in
The United States. The New Mary Houston, on
ner last trip, brought up large and me live
oak log. which has already been sawed up at
the Marine ways and shaped into, stem
bands and another part skfIfully framed into a
sternpost. rs pretty a piece Ct steamboat car
Denter work as we ever saw. The live OAK iog
Thensremoved from the landing, took eight
norsesso haul 1t to the Marine ways. It weighed
about seven or eight ions. Now the Cincinnati
c c are bringing up from the louisiana
press. some 100 coo feet IN al. The Guiding
slar. which arrived from New Orleans the early
part Of the week. brought,a large consignment
p q TIE yellow pine. The keel Of the Natchez ls