The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-09-18
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l1kgburg. ~ $50. VeDo,or,
sBeiow high water mark o. IT, .,s... sp sa,
\ ench mark. Indicates Else. 1tnalca'es l''''
CLEAR and rather warm ~ ye ssgy fair trips
fhe sharp Mcdonald arrived a. ana b vas TO
ave returned last night she ,eit , ,nnrt aed
argos Of coal At points aiohR no tA'ot "1u
Brought twelve through ,,t ororna ,rono
nsnt. Brau IA putting the City OF Augusta in
ina order She Is now ia the hands OF the
Ths Yazoo Valley IL being repaired and paint
liant. jesse K. Bell arrived In the city yester-
dsv. Capt Fl. i Harper y expected TO- morrow.
The Frank Pargoud left Ma chez yesterday |
viiil hip trip. part Of which ID 700 sacks oil |
c wla and viii be found ct the landing this |
Va heard yesterday q captain and two we'll
knnwn cierks Jointly held $4,000 ticket In |
the recent Havana drawing. :. We wouldn't
make Inquiries Tor fear tnat II might prove
o1M1y r W sus CLARK who has been spending some
time with Captain J. W. Blanks AZ Madison. ar-
turned BY the wsy Of Monroe. mr.. CLARK says
HAT work is progressing rapidly on the Fred.
that she Is fpnS e b ysTy An An
Ssr the best boat they have had IL many days lay,
nh CLARK will go in the office Of the John VII.
IN next trip, Mr.. Ben. Council being booked
for trip to Madison 10 come OUT on Tue new
There will be but one departure this D. M. the
The handsome Edward J. Gay. leaves. for
Bayou Sara to- morrow. The st. Mary. filling
/ her place for the last week or two. will b put
! IN readiness for her own trade-Bayou La
An evidence Of the damage done by the recent
| storm IL seen ID the large and increased ship
fnfl
Opt !. ?: Dsah gu * left Monday even,
attraction that he could no longer resist. ~,
The attraction q the river front today will pc
| the departure Ct tbs j. NJ. White for Greenyile.
lees In speed. she is worthy Of all praise. and
what Is more til mao who built her is deserv-
/ inR Of very large share OF patronage aud en-
The Henry Frank Is In the hands of the
painters, and will be ready to leave Wednes day.
Two barrels Of new syrup from Bayou Teche
the first of the season. arrived yesterday by the
MI Mr.. wallace McChesney left yesterday for st.
Louis fur tn- purpose Of taking charge Of the
Ashland's Office. We CONNIE nd Wallace to our
bt Louis friends.
Ruiz master, L. III. Vallette clerk. leaves TO- day
at ii o'clock a. IN. for Orange Farm.
Aucoin M. Fl. Landry clerk, leaves at u ID. TO-
day for Donaldsonville and 6 ,ast landings.
The Omitted States mail Haeket i NJ W o7dte
leaves for ureenvl,e and bend landings At
The Eva. Charles DeBouchel In command.
leaves Tomorrow as usual. vt II a. m. for the
The Bayou Sara United States mail packet Z.
u. Gay, John j. Brown master, leaves to-mor-
row. rs usual. at q. m. =#
Exchange Clippings, september Is.
The toEb s' / On Valley, with two high pres
eure boilers 20 feet In length and % inches IN
diameter. with two Is incn return hues u each,
exploded her boilers Augns 9. United States
I Local Inspectors Hiram Young and Thos. Q
wilson. of the Wheeling district. have reported
to Supervising Inspector John Fehrenbach, and
the report has several new points. brought out
Engineer Davis testified that. from "a exam
nation of the shell. THY must have been dry
Or nearly 20 at he forward end. while there was
e., tb at sIuke oa dsyan
back by the heat or some other agency TO him
unknown.
Such d condition of things as described by
Mr.. Davis. this shifting process Of water. leav-
Ing Its level aud piling up in the aft ends Of the
imagine viii find few II any. advocates. Ii true.
two important discoveries are made: not only
appliances for determining the height Of the
water. but also that the engineers are at the
wrong end Of the boilers. aud the sooner q
change In this respect Is made the better;
Much Is said about fermentation In boilers
that It has. and may occur. by the water coming
In contact with greasy substances sometimes
applied by engineers to facilitate the working
OF the machinery. and Is not disputed. and eau
readily be detected and remedled by the wide
awake engineer. II evidence is wanting. other
than that fnr nished BY the explosion Itself, as
the iusufflniency Of water 10 those boilers at
the time of the explosion. IL is to be found In
the endre absence q scale Or sediment.
as plainly seen on portions Of the shells
now In our posses Ion. presenting
clean. smooth ana polished appearance. such
as nc, other agency but exposure to heat could
possibly produce In this position we are sus-
tained by the thousanns 81 peoI - who have ex-
amined the same. We deem further elabora-
ton unnecessary as, You are In possession OF
our views on this subject, as embodied 10 re-
port aof a similar character submit ted By US.
and affirm that an engineer. while in the .,xer-
cise Of that vigilance which the law as well as
self preservation demands. canuot, with the
boilers: be dsceiyed. That the explosion r..
while in charge Of James Davis. we have deter
mined aud on that account we do hereby re-
woke mis- license as Il arst-class engineer Of
PITrsBuRe-C Fl. K. Hazlett. who has
been here nee early in the summer. leaves for
Wy Tne f9a Of Capt john NJ aa%bsrt took place
steamboatmen.
Scott 60 to Cairo tonight to inspect the new
St. Louis Post Dispatch.
Com Kountz Is on the Mollie Moore. which
lett for New Orleans yesterday at II n m, and
passed Chester last evening. getting along
finely
Especial to the Democrat
ST. LOUIS. sept. 1.-THE river Is rising. with
1910 feet on the gauge Arrived: Belle Mem
phis from Vicksburg Departed; Belle Mem
Orleans. The Halliday had two barges Ia tow
Tue Keokuk aud title Gold Dust ars loaded 20
the waters edge. The Chas: T. Chou,eau leaves
for New Orleans SATURDAY.. followed BY tho City
of Alton Wednesday. Business Is good.
Cairo. Sept. 1.-THE Molie Moore, cleared for
New Orleans. Capt. Mi liar commanding; Com
knunz has returned to ST. Louis: The last
chimney OF the Natchez was raised this evening.
fBy telegraph
.,VIcKsBURG. Sept. 1.-THE weather Is. clear
thermometer SIS The river has fallen inches
No boats up Or down.
EVANSVILLE. Sept. l7.-Weather clear. River
stationary, feet inches.
CINCINNATI. Sept. 17.-River feet II inches
Paris Brown from NV Orleans.
PITTsBuRG. Sept. 17-River, l Inch below