The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-03-19
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/ Cincinnati ................ 80 o 0
sNew Orleans ......... 10 q
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sBelow high water mark OF 1874. Indicates
4 rise. Indicates fall.
The. weather yesterday was quite COOL
Business WIS not very brisk. The Houston
and Gold Dust bad only, moderately 1alf
freights. but the former had fine passenger
Gapt w. +. Gllham's one-hslf interest In the
Jimmie Baker WAS sold yeAte DAY Dt LHe
United states Marshal for sob y was old ~
Capt John A. scudder. president Of the great
Anchor Line Of STEAMBOATS,. Is In inc Guy anu
will rem ain several days. -,
The fset Corona arrived yesterday from
the ouaehta Her day TO return VIII DO an
see Telegram below from the O. P, Chouteau.
Capt Jonathan W92 S h ee De fra .P ropbes
Island He has chartered the towboats Wild
Boy and Painter No Z. and has them win lot
OF barRes now at the island, loading.
The Maria Louise and st. Mary have been
taken across the river.
Com. RollinRpin Is expected daily, and will
deliver his lecture Friday night at Grunewald
Mr. John 7. Hall has quit the Picayune. and
Ia open to the first thing that offers. Mr.. Hall
IL No. steamboat cork, and We hope soon to
see him back on the river.
seizure and sale Of the Trenton. In which We
stated that the injuries received by MI. Burton
we're not very serious. We have been informed
that be was severely hurt, Is still confined 70
his bed and unable to get either out or In with
out help: We make this correction In Justice to
MIR. Burton.
The renowned passenger steamer John A.
Beudder, of the Anchor Line. will arrive to
y leave Saturday for 1t Louis.
Attention III callei To the advertisement OF the
4 Donaldsonville and Bayou sara United States
mall packet kttyd1d IL another cpumn
The magnificent aud fleet j. NJ. White ts re-
cevtng to ieave Tomorrow aS usual Tor Green
The White takes freight for Natchez. as we'll
Capt. Thorwegan's great iron steamer Charles
p. Ohouteau will arrive to-mofrow morning
and leaye Friday for Memphis and the bonds.
The New Orleans aud Uuachta River Trans
portation Company's United states mall steam
soh T. hs and aa
Tor 0asehita oity. Capt; j W. Banks in com
The Southern Transportstion Company's
Steiner great Golden City. J. y II gler master.
W.. Mslatyre clerk, y rsesiylas Y isaTs q
City Is one Of the largest. finest and fastest
boats In the line. and we commend her to tray
slers who want u good boat to trayel on.
The popular Tbos. Sherlock follows the Col
den City on Saturday.
The tri- weekly upper coast packet Eva Chas.
DeBouchel master, SEQ, Toca clerk. leaves to-
day, at II n. m. for Bonnet Carre.
The peerI, IS John W. Cannon. ]. G. Libano
y
b m. as usual, for all coast landings throughto
Bayou Sara.
y AikendClaster, is receiving to leave
"Wednesday forcehe Arkansas river. % adver-
b THE The N O. and r. r. t. Company's United
States mail steamer silver City. M. N. W cd
J master. VIM. Qnieksa all clerk. leaves to- morrow
at n. In. for Shreveport
REGULAR DEPARTURES FOR To- MORROW.
Belle. .-.--........Upper Coast. -....1O a. m.
III, M White .tIreenyIlIe. 8 u.
This tri-weekly lower coast racket Emma
Irvine. Jos. SHARP master. 4. nj. Valette clerk
The and ). l1F ssamlr
John Wilson. Joe Holmes master. W. B. Clark
clerk. is receiving TO leave for Camden to-mor-
row at d. m.
DONNIE LEE RAISED.
The steamer Bonnie Lee. which sunk a few
days since In BID river. has been raised by the
lefe yesterday. bound TO this city.
Exchange Clippings. March Is.
81. Louis Times journal:
Many Of the COL red emigrants who have re-
Gently arrived here from the South express
themselves as sorry that they came West aud
are DESTROYS of returning. III they are disc
aged now what will they think after spending
In another column appears the card of the
great steamer james Howard, which takes her
departure for New Orleans on Tues ay, the
twenty nth, ut y. m. The excui sion PROMISES
10 be one OF unus al interest, ina~much "a q
large number of prominent u. houisans and
gagged rooms for the round trip. We believe IL
is pretty generally known that the II ward e
the largest steamer on the Mia= issippi. as well
ms one Of the very nuest. and wtthal good run
ner. It is the desire Of Capt. JAS. ONeal to
make the trip as pleasant as possible T his
guests, and those who have travelled with the
veteran will not need to be- told that he is quite
T. competent for the task. Mr.. Archie Wood IL
4 the AoWard's clerk.
|# sMARBA's REM1NIscESCEs-No 7.
ii Big Black a stream which enters the Missis-
eippi Iust above the hills of Grand Gulf. the
|source OF which Is In the northern limits Of
" Mississippi. is more crooked creek than the
XYellowstone iself then that feature i. settled
This river would afford navigation for small
boats az far up rs Vernon Mound Bluffs a dis
rance OF 24O miles, and profitable trade, but for
the fact that 1t needs IA full course of r, pair ia
the way of cutting the leaning trees (which sell
dom fail to meet from IT'S shores Ia nayiga-
Ition Is stagger during the trip. learned to
handle boat III that creek.
Big Black navigation is never suspended by
Ice; the ground hog Is never called upon to
open the gates TO commerce.
After running then. few months on the
Tom Brown | gained confidence In my own
Skill and would run OF a night. when not too
One night coming down CAPT Reed was mueh
y excited and was walking rapidly starbOard aud
' bort ON the cotton forward of the chimne,s
which annoyed me to SOME extent. and said to
him: Captain. you are between me ami them
rec tops. that want to sea. | can see through
you but cannot see through that big coat IL
= yours" This greatly inceneed the, captain
Isome ladies wera in hearipgl, which would
have caused my discharge had there been any
. other Big Black pilots.
The boat went to Yazoo river. made one trip
and changed over to the Corinne. TO run 70 New
y Orleans. Wash Powell master; ran two trips
then. while lying at LIE Flora tnow defunct To-
gated at the confluence of T1llahatchte and 4al-
labushs aud head of Yazoo river. The steamer
+ Talah HE. Joshua Wiley master. having no
" New Orleans pilot. / was loaned 70 her; re-
burned. met the Corinne at 1azoo cry. ana on
Feaching New Orleans Capt. I. gave her up and
' look charge OF the steamer Medora.
e. brought her over from Algiers and landed
In front of Poydras street
r We ran on that night At O'Clock next morn
Y ng Capt. Powell tHho was my partner, ana
Y irst-cla pilOtl came on watch and found me
4 Under slow bells In a heavy fog. | told him we
y were at Fisks. SIX miles below Pladuemine. TO
Ehich he replied: All right. go abe id; you are
& doing better than lean. l VIII make II even TO-
= morrow"
H. This raised my opinion Of Smarba as fog
r. pilot: and be II rememb ered this was long De
I. ore had obtained the patent for my since ceie-
brated fog spectaeles.
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