The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-08-16

st. John, Bayou Sara Eva, Il. J.. Gay, upper
coast, Laura Lee, Cincinnati, w. l. Halliday,
Port Ea1s; J. A. Scudder, j. u. NJ. Kehlor,
Gold Dust st. louis; Assumption LafOurche,
Silver City, Red river.
.5m" stage or tho Rivsra.
Daiiy telegrnphie report Of the stnRe q water
At various points. with changes. Ia the a hours
ending yesterday at 3 D. n
Feot Inch. Feet. Inch
cincinnati .,,...........,. !. !"
louisville. g.. o
Men phts- ...-...,.. ,..... 10 to
N9shvtile..... .......-...
nNew Orleans ........... III -
pittshurg. 49,. ......-... u
shreveport ~. .-......'. "
bt. Louis .............+... ls "
~Below high water mark Of 1874. Indicates
rise Indicates fall
Warm and cloudy yesterday. No rain up
to this writing.
Business quiet. -
The Lucy b. Gastrel got through with all
OF her troubles yesterday and left for Cincin-
natl with $50 tons Of freight Her officers arc
Oscar b. Jolly captain, Robt Barton clerk, e.
G. Cuny and Silas Sutherland pilots, Willis
Stewart and Chas Gillespie engineers and -
g. Patterson mate. The Lucy will make but
this trip to Cincinnati and On her return will
treIl went up on her TO Natchez.
The u. M. Norton left yesterday for It,
Louis
There will be two departures In the Anchor
Line for st. Louis to-day, tho w. Z. Halliday.
Capt. d. w. Gould, Clerk d. w. Gould, Jr.,
md the John A. Scudder, Capt. Elem. Calvert,
passenger steamers, and will both be found at
the landing this morning.
The Kountz Line steamer J. Il. M Kehor,
d. NJ. Brady III command, W, IL. klmber
clerk, Is also announced to leave to-day FOR
st. Louis.
The Port Eads had not been heard from up
to this writing. She will have Immediate
dispatch TO st Louis on her arrival
The New Orleans Cotton Seed Association
have removed their office from 30 Common
street to the large and spacious rooms oyer
Messrs. ID Conery n Son.
Capt. IL. p. Delahonssaye brought tho TIM
ME Baker FROM the Ouachita and she Is out
Oh the ways undergoing repairs. She is to go
to Pearl River.
TheSlver city was due last night. and will
leave again to-day as usual, and will take
freight for points above Grand EcOre to
Brownsville, as per special notice In another
column, to which attention Is called.
The three questions ottenest asked yester-
day were. when will the Gastrell go2 Is thr
Halliday in2 and has Port Eads been heard
FROM The first was answered last evening,
the other two will DO answered to-day.
Correspondence.
LOUISVILLE, Ey, August 10, 1879.
TO the Editor Of tho Democrat:
weather since NV last iettar To- vou The
nights have been cool enough to wrap up In n
blanket, but to-day the sun shines quite hot,
aud ia few days the Precipitation will begin
If fans ete IN i1isineas circles the GUNNER
dearth continues. The same daily change
among the arrivals and departures Of the
local packets. | see dullncss mentioned in
vour column and I sometimes fancy Won
hardly know what real duliness II. Louis
willie can't be called d busy city
A few DAYS ago Wa had Quite a delegation
of Red river captains Visit d. At the Louis
VILE Hotel Won could have yery easIIv mag
innd yo,lrself In New Orleans. The faces ~
Giants. Jack Brinker. M, N, Wood. Charley
Tr,lslow. Noah ScoyeIj and Will Dillon made
xld pnI l,nn, mn and fI,nn loci, DeII.rt
Jaah 'e EIanlSs nd d. smith am and Tom HnwarJ
thrown IN for iaguinppe made as / saw above.
Vn1, Imagination 81 back 10 the CRESCENT
INV. Brinkar has lett for above Cincinnati,
and Wood fOr the Hot Springs via Chicago.
n 4 conversation today With Cant. Hanks
he Informs me that the hI1li IF his nav boat
tho Frad 4 Rlsnlss il aha1t niani.ed and ooIts
snendidlv The calm stanchions are heinr
nIaced in position. and In !. fsw days aha vii
phn, ,, -, FIJI nard onm,ltion liz ~
nects to laIneh in about three weeks He Il
dal;nhtad with HID new boat and lnnIrs ~
ward with eaaerness to tho coming season.
IN haa ,i hidin.r a. Igr var &c hnn
n1shed fnrwnrd lsr q. aridly The 'Jaaaa X
hall 10 nlnnt nanl;ed deck frame and ont
,i.a,er " m Al pptlnha, Nod bainn mt , down
apd IL = faW daya the rabin stanchians viii hs
-, m = Shs i sn"lsen ~ NJ aveTu nna cannhle
u ndr AN u hainI - e,an3;d ~ In CO...
n,cE sinnstt ryili crata t,,rnrn tv Hi har pV'
The nav Yazon hoat far paris,t IL nearing
oonain " IA 80 a III al ,yl y ra i, :,
IN threa ,vaaLa sba Vii Ia ! Grand anecasa
Gant Soovaii,a baa+ 10 81 - III transanaa
ali in kenIson and clamns fastened and the
ribbnnis around her nrenaratnrv 70 GIVING the
hnli tho nroner sheer Sho has q FIJI easv
model somethiny like the level Eand will.
viii ha4, nd ~ nu a IT, lmdy "5 e n
saw m"eb int a p nerson acouninted with
him cnn easily tell he IL happv and nro,,d Of
bis boat and Ter future. Can't. Oh arIey Trus
low keeps n his wake. and casts n fatherIv
glance III Him
Nevt II f,a,,t,ing II,d1a ,nl noIoba,,ca,., W.,