The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-06-27


N limit. Alex. Mcvay leaves on Monday On his
| ' The Eva. Bertha and I'D. =. Gay are the pack
n sis leaving to-dny.
Exchange Clippings. June I'd.
Il cincinnati Commercial:
~ fha Thomas Sherlock arrived from New Or
leans with fair trip, and will Ivy np. having
U made seven round trips this eeason. This Is
Fl liz Hherlock's seventh season. have made alto
q rather tllty-fonr trips 10 New Orleans. Gait.
INV. Kites will now give his attention to the
E new sternwheel steamer he Is building here on
J. q. bnenn md Diver AL Burrs have gone
y NJ Charleston. w. Va, to raise hs toWboat Lib
8 erty No. 4. sunk In the Kanawha by the Ice last
His b, r. sehenck will follow the Golden City
B toNeW Orleans. the bchenck leaving On Satur-
CAPT. Jack W. Blanks. OF New Orleans. Is In
\ ne city and makes his headquarters at the
" The burnst House, H. has been III for few
w 0ap tS VIM, Wenzsl, Of New Orleans. Is So
jonrning with his folks over In Newport.
II r bumopt = building II II, the engine. l!ie
H. eonstluetea 1t Madison The bout vii Be
WIN be VI lnche III diameter and feet stroke.
BIC will have boilers, 80 feet long and ~
inches In diameter, each having two 1e.ineh
WI had the pleasure yesterday Of meeting
The veteran Capt John, Scott who commanded
the Thos Jefferson, Yorktown, Indiana and
other large steamers n the Cincinnati and New
H Orleans trade before The WEE. Although sixty
4 nine years Of age. Capt. scott is ns zht us
d o. h hae o aha as
\ Capt. Mat. 4. Virden, who y seventy, ana Capt.
u Hercules GArrel. who ~ seventy. eight are also
welI-preserved men of ye olden time. The
\ thrre veteran commanders met yesterday and
took drink Office water with stick N II. for
Cant. W. B. Donaldson. who built and ran the
lrHat Republic and other steamers. contsm-
Raes returning " ua sh1rtly ron aitts
INDEPENDENCE. June a. The june rise OF the
Missouri river has reached this point IL 40.
already attainsd TIE height oi y set ap9Ys Ivy
% Rush Bottom has already begun 10 ovsTnppW.
Z and will doubtless bs entirely inundated Within
\ HE residents are beg inning to move out V the
u high lands II IL expected that the damage re-,
sung from the overflow this year VIII exceed go
II that of 1878. which WAS tremendous. mere IRE
posed drowning OF the two ladies IN Clay
ount opposite W h,h oY On ms dared to
dertake to cross In the small boats within reach
On BOARD STEAMER GUIDING sTAH.
M muhs, june 49, 1879.
A 10 the River Editor OF the Democrat: a,.
The steamer Guiding Star left New Orleans I.il
Saturday June al a:4s y m he efaeR t vitgg
the Alton at Buffers landing, lust above bayou
Goula, and have kept ahead Of her al dhe way
thls point we arrived heTe th am sog I'LL g. II
towing coal and wood bouts. an q four hours and
i torfy-fve minutes In making seventeen land
Tne apaf Sa6 aesS b b1 sas
ance Of hers, considering that she was !, I. nor
fixed to make other than her business ume
stage 81 TIC river. which forced her to. steer
clear 81 cut-offs and 20 the longest way
sound besides sounding ea ner way Shallow
81 nlaees stamps her al d fast boat-one that Y
WI hot do to fool with. even under at the m nl
Journey We have. biz and little. seventty-flve
Id pagsenpers. and d better pleased or more haQpy
lot never travelled On . steamboat me y, Wea.nsL
ms been ihs nea enoneh for
Is i common thing In these days to put 20
II steamboat; to call her elegant superb, elc
! but a trip on the Guiding Star viii convince
even the skeptic that her attractions nave az.
been exaggerated Ct any rats ana Wy 81 trmth
Capt. W. B. Miller. her eommander' Is earean on
B quiet and attentive officer; ne Is always ~ ~
guard and bis crew stimna.ea ~ , ~ n
discharge their duties, and. ms natura. non ne
quence, everything about her works Win m Inc
h smoothnass and precision OF mechanism, liz
4 gentle. gliding vet rapid movement Of the
steamer 70 her passengers Is hardly perce I9nd
s and free om eare 'he the eye
scenery the appetite Toasted with the, substan-
tials and delcacies that are, provided n sq ti
II Rrofusion by her PRIME - a,,I ,,ban nj. h.
comes assembled in her spacious caplh. ,he
hours pass rapidly with games ana tle Sw IL,
strains of vocal and instrumental music VI noi
band until nature asserts her sway, ana We le
aIe to our downy bedst no Az win the con
With the pleasures q t ne f faen Wie 81 Content
ment and the wish that such happy scenes aro
hours might last forever. We Will lay nera
several hours for the purpose 81 coailnk In H. :
Cleaning out boilers WHICH VIII eine " t hs Bn
City Further along on our Journey may
Tie Henry Tete is now making three trips
week to Dona' dsonville. She lett YESTERDAY ~
and will be back to leave tomorrow at u m q,
| The Trenton, Capt. Joe Lagroue. is running 70
Fl Vie BAYOU between Donaldsonyille and IhiDo'
Il daux In connection with tn Tete. :,
The Fair Play leaves the head OF Harvey, {
canal to- morrow at d. m. see adVerllseniie3n.
E$. Zee also the excursion advertisement ~ rs
H Henry Frank.
. The regular tr-weekly upper coast pacKse
II Eva Chas. DeBouchel master. Sept. TQea cterk
leaves to-day at II a. m. for the new VAcherle
TOAD.
The independent coast and Lafourche packe
BERTHA Frank Bargeron master. j. c. BergeroI
CLERK, leaves to- day at 10 a. m.
s# The fleet United States mail packet E. j. Gay
John J. Brown master s. S. Streck clerk, leaves
To-day at o. m. for Bayou Sara and all coas
The Belle. in place Of the Whisper. leaves to
morrow at II a, m. for Bayou Goula, D. a. Com
stock In command Geo. NJ. Woods and Charlie!
Dean clerks.
The regular trl-weekly lower coast packe
Emma Irvine. J a. Ru 2 master, leaves tO-mor
TOW at .. m. tor Orange Farm.
81 me fazoo Valley, In place OF the Bart Able
II II Iecelylng to leave to morrow &C p. % ~
Ro osna Ecore. Geo. w. Rea IN command, -.
EHsSs The John w r,n~.. r n Tfhann mactar