The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-09-23
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n mark. Indicates tee. fIndicates faii.
j. fho weather continues cloudy and thfeaeeh-
Sasiness was very lively on the iandlng yss,
s5ay: shipments were falr but the rTGs = RI
fs quite large. The kobt e. Lee d nai AMI n,a
ks part 81 which was 1905 bal cottop anu
.Egsaeks cotton seed. Tne total re"e1pts gun.
N and yesterday by the river announce 70
II bafe5 eetkea, - 18l sacks cotton sseu a11
~ of those fnr Ills cor. espondipz two days
1sasr, witch were 2*46 Daies cotton, li89
sts seed and 201s sacks rics
- sfe Lac had also a very fair passenger i!st.
znaQ them being Cap; James Leake. mine
~ m The st james Hotel
A., OVID Bell, having brought his short but
Isssntly spent holidays viii 1slenas rs paek q
q ssinlendid condition for big seasons WORK
!. III second clerk.
|s1rH q Fowler also arrived In the CITY yes-
Iasslag aud resumed his position With Capt. j.
5f.D.t loan 8. Jones returned yesterday even
| u fo Cincinnati BY the jackson route after ae-
snnlis1ng satisfactorily The OBJECT OF bis visit.
VII Dsld visit to the Fanchon yesterday, and
snnd mat she was being placed In eiegaut or
H. do much ork H. being done TO her and tn
s6sb first class manner. That we venture TO
- tbat The dock m- and carpenters will seer
azay hi her for many days 10 come. Besides
XSesing she has Etc iysd new hog chain braces
sod stan hions. new fantails. o new cylinder
tjnnbsr 4 number Of nsW floor timbers. cnock
sseino and d.-eg forward. and new decking on
ssisher side She has n chimneys aud Is nov
II Tie bands OF the painters, who Will paint her
srerywtlefe, both insfds and out. CAPT Broad
h.,r.a h1r fiy NnpeHiy
many patrons VI the tavoTita boat can expect to
~ her looking mighty nice.
The Mary Ida goes Into the cotton seed tow
In business, and wi leay7 Saturday With w.
ksaes fof the mouth OF Red river. Capt j. A.
vs Yhs Kouniz ins steamer ). B. NJ. Kehlor.
CsDt. D: M Brady ~ advertised " leave
"Tbs Anchor Line steamer Centennial. Capt.
4. II Davidson, ~ announced to leave o-mor-
nv f0r Sc Louis.
The bonnie Lee will be found at the landing
tbjs morniux receiving TO leave this p. %. for
iIsxandria and Grant Fcore. Curt. Kouns In
command. Geo: G, Hamilton clerk.
The great Ed. Richardson wheels into line
dis week as a rAgu ar packet to Dalta and
Jicksburg. and will lsave this coming FRIDAY at
ID. N. Capt a. McVay VITO returned yester-
@ maen az o. ns hs o
viii DO presided over by Capt. Frank Renk. r..
Tbs Frank Pafgoud will BE- the regular Ark
spofis packet, under the command VI CdDL. j.
Vi
The beautiful j. M. White leaves Thursday
' capt. ]. 4. Aiken was due here yesterday, but
Missed connection III Mobile. aud will arrive
Nis morning Willie Ia St. l. suis Capt. Aiken
RAs interviewed by a Timss-Jouraai reporter.
rom which We extract the following, which
rses his ideas on the matter Of river Improve
Are your people taking much interest In the
nprovement Of he MissfssiopiY
6@, aud sinGs / have been MP here and Wit
essed the immeuse loss sustained by your
" pie. because Ut the obstructlons to naviga-
ov such atate 0f affairs to conitnu. from year
tnty--aLd By this time next year VIII have
wed and cut up. and the current will na az
.tties. Is is high bars, and MT low water. IT,
Ives the trouble. If you give the current a
hanee II Will wash tbs bars away Just as etsy
! the spring sun fnelts the winter snow. There
no scientific engineering. necessary. All the
ykes. dams. .stc., bsing placed In the river %
oltfol the channel are mere wastes of time
good. NY plan viii give plenty
1 water for your ocean steamers to come
ere every day in the year. and Will
lso 50 ioVsr The surface q ths river
3 to effectualy prevent oyeffloWs. Ny work
" be dens for less. money than IL will coat tne
commission to make its first sur
". and In less time than It will take to com.
cats s suitably lifted ID for ths service. ana
Ihien d q be- run az an expense OF s75 per day
ach, u pat 10 work next spring when the river
high ana kept It WORK until ta M r tat L low
IN water Camp you would still have high
ater navigation. After tnat TWO or three Of
lese boats could kesp TIE river in good condi-
on. Do You Comprehend how easily, choaDly
I'd quick the thing can b. done?'
Bot. how would this do away with over
e anI
t hillt runs across from side to side. In
wv water These ridges stop the boats. In
igh water they obstrnct the flow Of the current
20 sause the water TO overflow the river banks.
ernove this ridge or bar aud you give panty
room within the rivers banks for ru Of It's
'aters, and consequently no overflow can take
The reporter thanked the captain for the In
.rmatlon obtained. and went away ref scting
7er the novel plan augg e-ted BY him fur tbs
pppr2vement Of the, MississiDpi river.
light % b, adopted. IL mas one recommended
on NOT found In any other Dlan 70 far pro,
)eed for acc mplishing the same object. and
at Is fts CheapneSs.
The regular til weekly lower coast packet
NINA Irvine. J. a. kuiz master. e; NJ Va lette
erk. leaves to-day at IL a. m. for Orange
The regular tri weekly sidewheel coast, Don
dsonvlIls AMI BAYOU Lafourche packet Henry
ste. j. y. .Aucoiu master. NJ. FL. Landry clerk. |
aves to-day as usuai. at 10 a. m.
4 Ao NGW OElestuS alA opbiCu5hS EhSksL GDLu- |
Iny's United Etates mall steamer Big san
'wer, In place OF the Fanchon, A. P. Trousdals |
aster, II. Qdatrevaux clerk, leaves too as at
m.
The Yazoo. VIM. Crawford master, a. Molai- |
Q clerk. leaves today at .. m. for ths Atcha- |
ava. through to Washington.
The United States mail packet r. e. Lac, /
OF William ampbelI. T. .. Howard and VIII |
nnon clerks. leaves to-day at S D. m. for |
cksburg and way laodinGs.
re tri-weekly upper coast packet Eva. Chas. |
,BOuchei master. leaves to- morrow az Ii a. M |
] Welham'5. St. James parish.
The tri- weekly Bayou Goula packet Whisper, |
A. Comstock master, Leaves tomorrow at II |
M. |
rhs John w. Cannon, J. g. Libano master,
yves tomorrow at y. M, as usual. for Bayou |
"a.
The United States mail steamer John Wilson |
ssDh Holmes master. leaves Tomorrow At 5
%. for Ouachita.
The Lucy E. Gastrell. Capt. J. @. Aust. Is |
ceiving TO leave tomorrow at p. N. for |
and Gulf and Davis Bend.
Exchange Clippings, september 20.
Jairo Argus:
only 8 fest of water Is reported below here.
q boats are loading accordingly. The Golden
lie went ont drawinu feet & inches forward.