The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-08-03

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' .ssiov hish water mark . go, Indicates
rise. Indicates fall; ., ,,.o+, " :
More rain yesterday, VIII plospo0o' - "
Shipments wore very fair, bit we're confined 2,
principally to the Mhisper and silver CITY. me
md !. 1 Ilsht freight. In luding 1900 packages
Forwarding goods from New Io Il ac .ho au,,au
City. Intending to leave to day for Ohio. Capt,
Ben Mckay took command. John Boardman
III The mate of The Silver City, Mr. John Dohorty.
was summoned yesterday noon 70 appear be-
fore United Suites Commissioner to answer u
charge Of assault. On his way TO the Custom.
House, In company with deputy marshal. and
while passing through crowd Of negroes OBJ
! poste barrel, house on Customhouse street;
senseless. He was assisted back TO the boat.
and D. doctor, summoned. who dressed his
wound an ugly cut. but not dangerous one.
Mr.. Doherty don't know who, his assaiant was.
or with what he struck him but II he ever does
get hold OF him he'll mako him wish that hs
had been among the first ID 20 to Kansas. It
was dastardy assault, and the man who did II
ought to- be known.
Capt. +. a. Blanks accompanied by his wife,
left yesterday for Virginia. a..
Capt Geo. Wilkinson has gone to Bladon
The Lucy r. Gastre has postponed her do
parture to Clncih natl until tue first Of the COM
Ijatt John Kouns returned home Thursday
from q visit of several weeks to Hot Springs.
The regular Cincinnati and New Orleans
packet Paris G, Brown one Of tho beet boats in
the trade. leaves to- morrow fYr Cincinnati.
Ehes a nice boat. comfortable and roomy.
Can't. a.. NJ; Halliday commands. Mr.. Chris. e..
attend to the business Offering Capt. Ruiz gave
MP the LuTa yesterday and took out the Belle
AoeT Nlta b s b W"k hs ees MI
hopes 10 have her ready bY Thursday, better
The Anchor Line advertise the Belle of
HhraV1vOrt Wednesday,
The New Orleans and Ouachtta Transporta-
ton Oompany's steamer John Wilson leaves
VIII VT hee and T. Lee are both about
ready for business and are looking as white as
They M.av hsv9 boW stern
that ever landed here. She looks 1t now to q
Accepting an invitation from Capts. Mckay
Hehneidau and Ed Switser, We took q short ride
M the river yesterday On the tug Charlie Wood
Charlie has been In the Marine Dock since the
twenty eighth Of june. and was let cut Thurs
a a pang S b has she b sns b maae
piece and plank OF which ID entirely new. ex-
eept the deck frame. The machinery and boiler
have been oveThauled and put in the best pOsst-
BILE order. and there is not place or corner
about her that has not been repaired. cleaned
4 or painted; Thursday she was inspected and
pronounced perfect, the Inspector declaring the
carpenter work Of the Marine Dock to be equal
to tho best he had ever seen. The same day she
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line. the Charlie being favortte for the. reason
that she Is always at the right place and at the
right moment - never Ia hnybndy's way. and
can be depended upon under oil and any cir
eumstances. Yesterday she commenced work.
and from Appearances the amount expended.
$4,000. In putting her in order and the first class
manner III which everything about her has been
done. she bids fair to stay with the boys" for
many days to come. She has, also new rud..
which was made by Leeds & Co., the result Of
which is a wonderful Improvement Ia her hand
lng The officers na o. It,, the Charlie "a are h vivian Man
ply. engineers. and her motto 'FauEh q Bal
faah." which In good old Irish means clear the
The Usage went below yesterday, to fish up
some chains and anchors lying ut the bottom
OF the river about six mites from here.
nssday for Bayou Sara. the John Wilson for the
Ouachita and the Anchor liner Annie 2. Silver
The Fair Play leaves Tuesday at A. m. from
the head Of Harvey's canal for Grand Isle.
The tri- weekly upper coast packet Belle I'LL
Ing the place Of the Whisper, leaves tomorrow
mt ii a. m. for Bayou aouia, j. "A. ComstOck In
command.
The tri-weekly upper coast packet Eva. Chas.
DeBouehel master. Sept. Toca and Ed. Barry
clerks leaves to- morrow. as usual. at I'll a. IN.
for the new Vachere road.
The new and elegant Bayou Sara United States
mail packet Il. J, Gay. John J. Brown master, s.
b. streck clerk. leaves Tomorrow as usual, Mt
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REGULAR PACKETS FOR TUESDAY.
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Thompson Dean. =. Vicksburg ......... .. m.
Fanchon .Atchafalaya .. m.
Yaz0o ....-.... Atchafalaya. 2. m,
Assumption IafOurche. 10 q. IN.
Exchange Clippings, July 81.
To the Editors of the Commercial Gazette:
Your issue Of yesterday morning contains a
very interesting statement OF the quantity Of
coal that has been shipped on the late rise In
our rivers. As a majority of your readers are
not engaged in the coal trade nor In any other
business that is estimated by millions. they can
have but a limited conception Of the magnitude
OF the term. Fifty-one steamboats,, towing G20
barges-each barge being about rs large as the
steamboat itself-hava gone out with n total Of
7T56.0o0 bushels OF coal; this. at 76 pounds per
bushel, Is 5S9.4b6.000 pounds, or 294 T28 tons or
2g,473 car loads each 10 tons. Allowing 30 cars
to train. We have aa2 trains requiring 9a2
locomotives to move them. Estimating car
and Its connecting platforms Mt 80 feet, and a
locomotive and It's tender at 80 feet, we have
total OF a2a 470 feet. this sum divided by $3.50
feet per mile. trains end to end, would extend
over 1T5 miles.
An acre of coal will yield about 100 900 BUSH
els thus the present shlt ment has exhausted
more than seventy seven acres Of coal territory.
1t IT, perhaps, not in excess to say that eight
such shipments Tor their eauivalentl float down
the Ohio river every year about one mile square
or $40 acres say half q dozen gooi sized farms
are thus denuded OF coal every year.
NO goldman