The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-02-21

good wages. In feet all pilots ought 10. We
hold that good pilots and good engineers secure
they are class Of men who certainly earn every
dollar they get. When steamer blows up tne
pilot on watch generally takes a flying visit 70
burning n wreck eek al and ia ali funeral
dispensed with When CYLINDER head let's 60
the engineer on duty generally spends tne resi- =.
killed outright. And II steam pipe breaks he
simply has taste OF the Internal world q lew
moments before reaching II. These are ne men p.
who hold the lives OF passengers in their hanns,
and III they are like Billy Underwood ana Eli-
gineer Senior and his helper. the report nearly
always goes out In case Of an accident So
The City of Helena and Belle Of Shreveport
will start M to-day. The Shreveport y deeply
fdsn E ssnsaer and eS eh The
latter Is to turn back from there and make the
Mardi Gras trip that was conten piaten py tn I'M
James Howard before the freeze-up. This will
be The programme unless other arrahgemenfs
are speedily made. The City Of Helena put OF
1900 bales cotton and 5000 sacks cotton seed mere
for reshipment North.
taoecial to the Democrat
MEMPHIS Feb 2o-The Morgan and Scudder
passed down this forenoon loaded nat ana iul,
Of people. The Kehlor, City. Of Alton end
sehenck went up to-day Tas snhe enc aa ni 81
I lumber bert here. The Means arrived vi tow q
salt. The tug Laura passed with Q tow OF
slaves from New, Orleans. Business R Il hElr'
MONROE. Fab. ao.-Weather clear and pleasant.
| river on stand The John Wilson from Camden
| nsssed down at q, m. with fair load. Up,
John Hanna for 0uachita City at D. o. rrrz
Thy Telegraph
| sT. LouIs. Feb. 20-Arrived: Clinton. from
| Cincinnati. Belle OF st. Louis. from Memphis
Daparted and leaving to- day: John D1ppeld
and barges for New Orleans. =. =; Elliott Ter
| Grand Tower. Business is fair and the weather
/ cold and fair. This river Ia on q stand
| CTNCrNNATI Feb 2o-The river is falling and
the ice is thinning somewhat y ls alternaHIe ~
1 clear and cloudy. Business Is fair. Inc
/ packets are coming In and going out late. Inc
1 Peck for ST. Louis, gets away TO- morrow me
| Parker arrived to-day and returns to Memphis
pfTTsBuRa. Feb 2o.-The river is feet
riches. and falling The weather is cloudy.
WHEELING. W. va Feb. 2o-The river is
MEMPHIS. Feb 20.-The river IL falling. Ar
rived: Red Wing from Vicksburg. Departed
John A. Seudder and Charles Morgan Tor new
Orleans, Centennial and Kehlor for Ut. Louis
CAIRO, Feb. 2o.-Arrived: Ed. RICHARDSON IRON q
New Orleans Departed: John Means for the
| Ohio Port Eada for New Orleans. The Ice 4
quite sharp In the Mississippi, The D1ppod
started for st. Louis but returned. Inc weather
| ia clear and cold =
NATGHEz Feb. 2o-To Janney. Work, No 1ot
| Common street: ThaiNatcnrz left at last night
- o"'0' 80 r. -" RUMBLE wENsEL.
MONROE, La. Feb 1e.-To F. J. Winburn, NO
IS Natchez street The CITY. OF Augusta VIII ar
| rive Saturday and leave Monday. the twenty
fourth. for Monroe and Trenton.
r. O. MONTGOMERY. Master.
| BATON ROUGE. Feb. 2n.-To r. W. Adams
Agent: Bart Able will arrive at 10 e. night.
h. sINNoTT, Master.