The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-08-01
REHABILITATION.
Destination. Towh,ts. O. Bis. rkgs.


| Com. jas. y. Wise IL q busy man these days
| He il making an effort IT, keep tho wheels 81
| his steamers revolving in the Lower Ohio
and also to keep the political machinery p
| Hamilton county IN motion AT the Same
time Southern refugees make large demands
on his attention, and he courteuusly shows
them The sights Of tho city, He WAS observed
to marshal about twenty from the Grand
Hotel to an Elm street car yesterday fore
noon, and act M escort In Sightseeing
st, Louis Post Dispatch:
}. b. Woods telegram from New Orleans to
Cnpt. John w. Carroll announcing no excite
ment, no apprehension, and only one sporadic
case, Is very reassurlng. The Anchor Line
has determined not to load the Howard Mt
present. The Greenville will 90 to Natchez,
attending to all business to that point. The
matter Of loading the Halliday for Now Or
leans. to leave on Saturday, depends Oh ftl-
ture developments.
Chas NJ. Scntt's patented plan being used
to protect river banks Is proving d gteat sue
cess in the shape Of the thrush weed" dam.
Above Covtngton, on the Missouri, where q
government engineer made his first essay
with 1t IN a deep and powerful current, Il bar
formed Immediately, and changed the force
and direction Of the current. The engineers
make these dams OF weeds. or tree branches
Instead Of trees, In order that Scott shall not
20 entitled 70 any payment; But The idea and
application are Scott'a undoubtedly.
The letters to the Post Dispatch by j. G.,
whom We imagine to be- II boatman and friend
OF Cnpt baldwin. On the subject ut adaptable
ity OF certain boats to specific trades, forcibIy
remind us oil conversations we had the pleas
ure OF taking part In with Mrssrs. Austin
Moore and w. Il. Haincs, of the Valley Barge
Company. These gentlemen bundled the sub
lect with remarkable skill, aud exhibited its
mysteries attractvnly. Transportation is the
most important interest known to man rs he
Is Indebted to ID In every relation Of life from
the cradle To the grave. II treatises upon the
subject have been written they should be read
by all, to gain Information Of the first value
Among stramhOntncn. even Ut the largest ex-
pclience. there has been even to the present
day u great variance Of opinion as to the best
kinds of boats for tho Western rivers. Three
and New Orleans--the powerful sternwheel
towboat, with barges; the large, leis,Irely
sternwheeler carrying only freight. and the
large and expensive sideWheel boats carrying
passengers and thousands Of tons of freight
An exhiDit 81 work done by the three systems
OF the capital Invested. expenses and receipts
for one year would be interesting, but the
figures will not be procured. "A line of elegant
and very fast packets with small freight ca
pacity has occasionally been suggested Us
good for the louisville or st. Louis and New
Orleans trade and the advocates of this yet
nntried enterprise showed to the satisfaction
Of many that great success awaits such an
enterprise properly managed. The ripe opin-
Jon OF Mr.. Moore or Mr.. Haines on this ex-
reedingiy interesting topic would have great
weight with those Interested III transpOlta-
ton, and that is all mankind, including the
armies in IuIuland.