The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-03-22

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|Ht Louis. "a 70
sIelow high water mark Of 1874 Indicates
risa ffndlcates fall.
The weather yesterday was warm and show
cry, considerable rain falling during The day
There was n fair amount " business doing.
tho rain, the Cbouteau Ia par
|tlcuar receiving literally. ,.,,
XII. David Powell. 81 the tlrm Of Carroll y
Powell, insurance agents at ht. Louis' arr'Vsa
Oapt John A. soudder went ny, on TIE q ).
gay last evening az faE ss garroon, ~ I'M
|dsnsera. In auccespfpl operation On that boat
|Capt. boudder will leave for r. Louis this even
nffbe Kountz Line steamer Mollia Moore WIN.
|Thonpaon master, w. w. Ackley clerk, not ar
Irving IN limo yesterday leaves to-day at D. m
'o TTbe Assumption has changed her hour ~ do
rartnre on Saturday from 10 to IL m, ana the
Epma Irvine from = t. ?, ~; ina Tho ,uh,,o
NAT Tapt, j. q. fibanoa fleet John W. Cannon
Viii he found at the wherf this morning ready |
s.s erss 1S,s 10, pants Her oab" u
rnasaad ior maaniacence. and the eolId comforts
81 life are dspensed on her With = lavish hand,
We mentioned n few days HgO that IN response
| "a apeech made by Capt. John Cowdep IN ON |
einnati. a synopsis Of which We published in
~ Po%oera Of sos ny nanaea o"ns
convention Tor the purpose 81 msmorlaiiEinR
Congress for Md In The Improvement OF naviRa-
tIon of the Ohio and Mississippi rivers In pur-
aunnee of this object the following notice M |
pears ID the Cincinnati papers OF the nine
leenth
CALL ron A CONVENTION or RIVER MEN.
CINCINNATI. March, II, 1879, In accordance
OF Cincinnati, on the tenth instant. and - WOW
OF the vast Importance OF the repehl or modtn,
eGn o. he p ans
the low water navigation or the Ohio river from
pltfaburg to lie mouth. also that Of the mtsala-
ajppj liver from 1T. Louis 10 the Gulf OF Mexico.
and the reclamation Of the low lands Of fts
valley from overflow. In order that Congress-
and the whole country may have iull ana Tree
chants and others deeply "a sympahy with the
above measures. we deem 4 necessary e hold a
the thirty re- Of March ise and You are
hereby Invited TO attend Please reply at your
earliest convenience II y,n,n can BE- nrps~entr
b fASi I; GIBSON GIBSON
Address Thop. Sherlock, Chairman.
All the time our captains and representative
steamboatmen met together IN thia city Tor or
|
Ia view was the calling Of convention In this
city Since then nothing has been heard OF this
Intention. and Cincinnati has taken the lead.
We earnestly hope New Orleans will be repre-
eented. She IN second TO mono In the magnitude
II bar liver interest. and her best men should
Th%nppstr, roaat packet Eva has changed her
days pf departure from Friday to Saturday, at
10 d. m. she leavea to-day promptly Mt tolls
In thirty.four trips from November 10 TO
March IL tho coast and Bayou Lafouroho
packet Assumption has brought to THIS rity elp3
hngslaaas sugar II, $40 barrels and i31 hall bar
rels molaases. and 6sis sacks rough rico, Capt.
Charlet Is Justly very proud OF these figures.
apa ar hs hbaaaya to- day
Don't forget that tho Bart Able leaves to-day
The famous United sta,os mail packet Natches
arrived on time with fine trip, aud VIII leave
to-day for VicksbnrE. rs usual !,
Attention. is called TO- the advertisement o,
the Donaldsonville aud Bayou sara United
States mail packet katydid In another column
The Thos Sherlock leaves to-day sure for he
Sh e 9ss h2ssn fRss
are MI three fine, fast boats to choose from
The great Anchor Line steamer John e. Scud-
der J. A. Carter master. Garrett r. Huls CLERK,
arrived yesterday morning from Ut. Louis and
returns to- day nj 8 y. M. without iail. Inc
scudder has excellent accommodations ana
The great iron steamer and champion cotton
carrier, Charles Y. Chouteau, not being ready TO
leave yesterday laid oyer nnti Y, ri .oa Tha
Chamteau has f,ne cabin accommo datiopa ia very
fast and her officers are polite and attentive
Can't, w. III. Thurwegan commands, nor ONCE
being under the charge Of that capable and
polite clerk, MIR. George Miltenberger.
The Era No, 10, james Hamilton master. y, \.
Mohr clerk, arrived yesterday morning from
Bruf river and Is receiving to return to-day
at y. N. ,,, ",
the way down and getting very low. iaS that
shippers had better avail themselves 81 ~ lhis
may probably. be her last trip until there IL
more water. III fact Capt. Hamilton would not
leave 10. day, except to Accommodate some Duy-
ers who are afraid to walt.
The regular triweekly upper coast packet
Belle I'm place Of the Mary Ida, J. 4. Kulz
master. J. c. Bergeron clerk leaves to-day ut 10
a. M. promptly. for Ben Tureaud's.
The regular semi weekly Bayou LafourchHe
packet Assumption. 7. A. Charlet master. N. n.
bupuis clerk, leaves to-day Mt u m.
The regular lower coast weekly packet
Emma Irvine Joe sharp master. II. nj. Val
lette clerk. leaves to-day at p. IN. Tor Orange
The regular semi-weekly Bayou Sara and
coast and United States mail packet J. W. Can
non. John U. Lihano master. J. II. Mossop clerk,
leaves to-day at : n m, without fail.
chen T. r feathers master W Muse Snuse' clerk
leaves to-day, promptly. at i. N. for Vlcks-
burg. g.,
andria packet Bart Able. Richard Snnott mas
ter, George G. Hamilton clerk, leaves to-day. az
uF Tbe' q splendid and fast passenger steamer
Thomas Sherlock. of the southern Transuorta.
ton Company, Lew Hates master, NJ l.. Virder
clerk. leaves to-day without fail, at .. m. fol
Cincinnati.
mnsteT Nm. Quicks II clerk. Is receiving I,
leave to. day at p. m. for Shreveport.
The New Orleans and Ouachita River Trans
uortation Company's United States mail steam
or John Wilson, Joe Holmes master. w. Il
Clark clerk leaves to-day. positively. AZ = =. m
for the Ouachita. through TO camden.
Exchange Clippings, March ID
Cincinnati Enquirer:
The Marine Railway Company yssterda
commenced saving out the stem ana stern
posts OF Capt Lea'hers' new steamer Nat%hei
A private letter reports the Florence Meyg
laid up at Dardanelle. Ar K. on the ntteenti
with 1900 bales cotton on board, ana Drawn I
81, feet She wants inches more water 10 ID
river to let her ont with ner present LOAD.
st. Louis Republican, So-,o- :
Cant. Lloyd T. Belt leaves for New orleans 0
the James Howard next Tuesday. TO tA6e
position with the well known coal hrm o. bt i
D. Wood & Brother. Belt is Just the man II
sb.N.. 1aan