The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-08-21
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Below high water mark Oh 1874. 1ndica'ss
rise. Indicates fall. ..snm,
The Raatber continues clear ana WaTiu, anu
business dull. The raising q thf dnhLa .. Z.
along the river has not given the pelus 20
shipments that many BuppOsed lhefe "ouin
be- The best reason that can be given Is That
at nearly Ill the points on the river ana La
the Interior heavy suppness WtIs lani - 49,. ~
The THOMPSON Dean, however, had very
good trip out yesterday morning, This Is the
last trip Of the Dean, as next Tuesday the
Rolf. u, Lee Will fall into line. TIE Lee is
looking, II anything, better than she did the
first day she landed here, and Is IN elegant or
The j. NJ. White Is also about ready for
business, and will resume her trips the first
Thursday In September. She fairly glistens
In her coat Of white; her decks have been
oiled from stem To stern, and new lettering,
richly gtlded, have been put on her wheel
houses. TheJ w. Cannon ID also III the hands
of the painters, and will resume her trips tn
Bayou Sara just as soon as they are through.
New Orleans, with such boats as the three
mentioned above and the Natchez, Richard
son and others, can proudly boast Of owning
the finest and fastest steamers IN the world.
But that the owners OF these boats, On the
other hand, for their enterpri5eand liberality
cannot boast that New Orleans Is the most
appreciatiye city In the world. Ills true
'tis pity, and pity tbs It's true
Tom Knee went out In command Of the
Trenton Capt. Crawford remaining In the
city to look after the repairs OF the YaZoo
Her wheel was being stripped yesterday that
the shaft may be taken to the foundry. She
will be thoroughly repaired and painted.
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be commenced In day or two under the
direction Of Capt. Trousdale.
The Cherokee, Geo. Wolf In command, w.
Fl. Keyt clerk, will be found at the landing
this morning receiving to leave Saturday,
without fail, for Cincinnati.
The Laura Lee Is occupying temporary
laying up quarters on the other side Of the
river.
The famous Anchor Liner City 81 Alton,
Capt IL. Il. Bixby, Is the Saturday boat for
st. Louis.
Eugene Barrow is enjoying the summer
sostice at Pewee Valley, Ky. Among other
things he writes us: 81 came here circuitous-
ly. and without any Of the newspaper people
ton OF Capt. Henry Abrams (Smarba). Evad-
ing these wiley people, / left New Orleans
July Cd the j. W. Cannon, and On the thir-
tenth Bayou Sara on the City Of Alton for
st. Louis, arriving there on the nineteenth;
remained there until the twenty first, and
then made q trip on the Kate Kinney to Atchi |
son, Kan Returning left for Louisville on
the fourteenth Of August, where, joined by my
family, j started for the beautiful and de-
Hghtful Pewee Valley, where ! will remain
until Can't. ScoveIl's new boo. + .yInplet,eed.
At Louisville / met Captains lru9ow, Sin
MOTT. Cannon, r. J. Howard, Ed. Smith and j. |
matt"
Eugene rejoices in the fact that he cheated
the reporters out OF an item; 70 slightly
change an old and apt quotation, ne folded
his tent like the Arab, and silently stole
away" Bat Eugene did nothing OF the kind.
Tor it ID duly recorded in the river column Of
the DEMOCRAT of that date that he had gone
up On the City Of Alton to take charge OF the
Kate Kinney's office. II Eugene is TO have
charge of the new boats Office, we congratu-
late Capt. Scovell on his selection, for better
clerk never went up Red river, and pleas
snter gentleman than him never stood behind
an office desk.
The Fair Play leaves Saturday for Grand
Isle. ..@-..
Work on the Vicksburg landing is nearing
completion. 1t is also receiving spread Of
shells.
The lower coast packet Emma Irvine, ]. A.
Ruiz master, u; NJ. Vallette clerk, leaves 70
dav at II O'clock b. n. for Grange Farm
The fast tri-weekly packet Assumption, 10
place OF the Henry Tete, Capt Z. A. Charlet,
h. Ncolle clerk leaves at 10 m. to-day for
DonaldsonvIIe and coast landings.
The favorite United States mail packet
Frank Pargoud, Capt. JAS. Il. Pepper, ". =;
Gaines clerk, leaves for Greenvlile ana behd
landings at 5 p. N. to-day.
The Eva, Chas. DeBouchel In command,
leaves tomorrow, as usual, at IL g.. m 1oE the
new Vacherie road.
F. The new and elegant Bayou Sara United
States mail packet i. J. Gay, John ). brown
master, leaves tomorrow as USUAL al D p. III.
Exchange Clippings, August IL.
! st. Louis Post-Dspatch:
Haarstick will send out tie John OlpEold
on Saturday. and Lourey has barges LOADING
or ready to load
The Northwestern carried go passengers on
her last trip to st. Paul and back 10 spite 81
numerous railroads. Boats never carried as
many passengers before the era OF RAILROADS..
i A writer in the Times-J ournal advocat es the
removal OF Instructions in the river aIu
i dredging the shoal places; hold lnas ~ u
theory Is correct and should be. presented 70
the commission. It is highly Important az
there are other methods advocated that, II
adopted, would materially in!l,re navtgatloG
It Is a known fact that the bottom OF TIE
river fills up and rises as the water rises.
4 When falling the bottom recedes with the
water, but less rapidly; hence we nave very
shoal water at some points both 10 the MIS-
souri, and Mississippi, when this takes place,
and we should be prepared to apply the
dredge.
The damning Of the river for the purpose
o. increasing its depth, sucGessinff, oily t -
moves the caG Sc to another point. lt rs IIue
that we have forced the water to hug the
shore in the +iciuity of St Louis by q very
large outlay. and have removed IL TO Horse
Tall. Now, mill ions expended there Houll r.
move 1t littIe.ower down. and so on 70 neep
water, but we ould hardly have passed hel III |
eulaneum when we would have to return anu
Ffepeat the process between the Improvements.
A writer in your paper advocates long, Wlue,
Shallow boa4s II he is correct, ana ne seems