The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-12-02
stage Ot the Rsvera.
Above low nbongo

vioksburg ..,....,......- - 10 70
'l'gIow high wa'er marx q 1874 sneqw
bench mark. Indicates rise. Indicates fall.
Tho weather Yesterday very pleasant
ciear In tho forenoon. cloudy tho balance 81 tho
day.
ISusineas was about ns II usually ia on Mon
days Mt thia aenson II the year. The lower
landing Was ehoek full OF sugar and molassea,
tho receipts yesterday by river amounting to
2oo4 hogsheads and ga barrels sugar aud atG9
barrels m0Rgsos.
tho Edward ] Gay, falling to arrive In time
TO lenve yesterday, Will got of to-day sure Mt -
for Bayou Sara.
The Sam Roberts mud barEes ibid over on
to-day ~ u. m for tho ohio. Capt BoniamIn
Frazlor IN comn,and, Arthur Miller elerk.
Tho Belle hnd to,Ro In dock Yesterday. Cant.
leave this morning for Bon Tureaud other
wise tho Clara &. viii take her trip Capt Won
za having kept her ut the landing for that pur-
pose
The following steamers are all duo TO arrive
this week John A, Soudder q X Ieek, M"lhe
Moore j. W Carrot and barge John Gilmore
and hinges, all from ~ LOUIS. and tho !! I
snhenck New Mary Houston. Corona and the
Etdorndo from tho Ohio.
The John Chambers was dropped down 10
tho lower landing yeRterdny nnd Will leavo TO-
rnorr W at .. IN for tho Bayou Toeho auyler
tho command Of Onpf. r. II. Muggah Tho
Ghnmbers was In tho Techa last senson: was
reglrded IA tho beat boat ever In II. and undar
III" charge thi7 sehson Us she H. 81 fapt Mug
gRh. ono OF T u most popu hnptalna TINT over
rHn hpAt hfr", big season Woik may ha
put down AS n GRrth4Hty.
IhA tHR J. H. MnHlf1n, from HRypn hnfh III
rived yesterday morning with two boats "aIl
belonging To tho Grand i1hkn Gpnl Company
nnd returned Inst eveninR.
The stock Of eoal on hand Sunday evening
amounted TO fG bouts and 6 barR8s Flttshnfg I
Of nuf md Of HI. Barnard. OF tha Ptttshutg
eonl. } bnnta and bHrge T. ri the eunkan 9Hl.
The probabilities -nAy. almost certainty aro
TINT the Assumption, aftnr this trip, Will mnka
tri- weekly trips to tho upper eaRRt, going IA
high MS tho Ashland plantation. OF pethnps
Bayou GnuIa
The 10 BryarIy returned without her cotton
aa tho Whi4poT took i 0h nnd brought 4
e. Yaoger. it learned. Ind Il bnlta. which
ie ono abort.
Tho lnrRe cotton trip VI tho Charlcs T. Chou
TOM Il few WAeka ago Is aim 4 stltgGe at fon
v"rsaiipn. ind whefh"r it. will be- sffi ta or
aurpnesoi by any boat of tn" pros ~ aag Is q
oplnion Unleaa We except tbs i NJ white the
ChonteHu has but two tlvals tho Henry Frank
md n" ~ Richardson md should ,yar tho
opportunity Gffer ~ rather should their cnp-
tHins nttnmu q il. thera ethase who arc eertuin
either Of them will bring . groatsr ead ~ ~"
staple, Tho question OF big triuH has nlways
beHn an interesting ono and fl IN t,ntR in our
possession va viii give some al tho bllle ribbon
eArRoes Of other days. In the days whom
was made Of the COTTON brought. tho ilrst If
which wa find any record was In 1870, when tho
YesuviuR whs reported as hnylng arrived At
parenrly eIther the lnrgast or most populnr ono
ri her day, for though othnra were reportal she
always had Tho largast trlpa. aa In $40 she f.
credited with 1909 bnles and IT, 1921 shn brought
1911 bales from Match r. In 1894 rho Folleiant.
from y FrGneleyile brought e7l halas which
Vlckshufg. with FPS hats- md the MohHWs,
from Florence Ala, with 1868 bales.
In 1sis tho Cogcorfia. from Mlliken's Bond,
brought $500. end bout tho sumo tImo the An
torrM Violently Tho wonder of her day. arrived
from Mnmphia With 1907 balNa.
In 1863 tha II X. W. Tin. from Menpbia, ere-
atod sensation by landing haro with 6if2 bnos. |
which, howov"t was totally eclipsed tho year
following hy the Magnolia which steamer nr.
Of this cargo was received ut Vicksburg. and
was whih was fnmiIiarlV ealled In thpso days
rnflroHi cotton" bats Of which about
ono NTH hoas ief thnn the plantation cotton OF
to day. Tho magnolia WIS commanded by 81.
Clair ThomaRson, now resident Of this city
on" Of the mont popular enptnlns Of his or hny
other time. Mr. W. NJ Calmes the present nhinf
rlork Of the Frmnk ParRoud. was senoua clerk
hnd tho writer ~ this wee her disehargEng
enrrisr Of ante helluIn tim was rhe John 81
monda In 1861, with the lato Oap 9. u. Church In
fpntnnhd shI pf9uRh' R9}H bhies' tle snnS sen
son. Gnpt J, L. iitcks having succeeded CaUt.
Church In thu 'ommand. she brought seas bales.
In 1919 tho Rtsrnwha ltr Exporter ast0nlshed
ever hoiy by landing hero with u load from tho
Arkansas tvsr amounting 10 55H bales. A year
afterwards tn" Natchez and Robt. q, Leo
brought In 55tl md s74l bales respectively. tho
largest loads ever carried by those famous
steamers. In 1875 the james Howard brought
her largsst trip. 770 bales Gotton $500 sacks cot
year the MARY Boil. unqusstianably the largest
cotton hoat oyer built, brought q lond Tint To
this day Is without parallel. consisting OF 1903
balos cotton aad ~ asa sacks cotton So d. eqa ri
to II o16 balea
In 1916 Tho Grand Republic brought s21o hnles
cotton md Sac sncRa cotton seed or s34l bales
Loo h,onght her largest cotton trip. Ha7E bales
and 2Gl5 SACKS. or Obs bales Tho Same BHason
tho John A. Haudior. from Mtmuhis, brought
Atl bales and IL 40 eHeka, or 1856 bnlet. The
nrgeet narRo 81 tn" Horny Frnpk WIS brought
in D"eember last anl amounted to 7Isl baes
ald 10 $40 aarka. "unal to 9703 hHlaH: Tbs Sumo
month tho Thomson IbHnu EkP9