The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-04-24
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New Orleans. ........... to .
fittspurg. -.--.--... II 40
st. Louis. 10 to
sin,r Xix ,,ot. % 81 t1nd,ootas
Though pleasant. the weather yesterday was
cloudy and threatenng.s
Business continues moderately active.
turned her freight over to the Jewel. and was
taken across the river Yesterday.
VIM. Dillon. arrived yesterday from shreve-
port. and Is the company boat for Saturday.
Part Of her freight was Ssra Jog a naes 81 hay H rem
parties who raised it have been sending the
greater part Of their crop to Shreveport, where
d venture. The Bonnie reports the river fall
Ing ell the way down. -, ,.,
The N. NJ. Jones took the Guiding Star folks a
riding yesterday.
erat that the Henry Frank had been lbeled on
claim for salvage made by the owners Of the
fact that the Henry Frank had been blown from
night. the fourteenth, and while .adrift wss-
and Maud wiimot Tuesday judge r Billings Hi'ss
looked overt the papers in the case and fixed The
leased he case was at
the request Of Hornor y Benedict, counsel for
libellants. on the grounds that the bond was
.4sse and That III oasht y Bssed 4 s 900 H.
stead. Pending the c6nsiderationa of this re-
aqe es rsn s L Sss a sovn s
the matter. and as 1t W Of great moment and
will be prosecuted aud defended with vigor the
result will be watched with interest.
Another fort will b. made to pump the John
A; Wood out and a at this morning.
The mississippi valley Transp2rtation Com,
NS The peerless s ). M White arrived yesterday
ttr,,nf r,v bah Io o,,Ir e., !,
usual. She is as beautiful as she is fleet and as
fleet as she is beautiful.
"Reminiscences.
[Selected for the Democrat
On the fourteenth Of April. 1914, the steam
This boat was built ~ MI. Fulton. under liz
agency Of Livingston n Latrobe. She was built
at Pittsburg. The departure of tbe Vesuvius is
but the whole Western and Southern country
About three years ago q steamboat Of 400 tone.
gazing he Mississippi between New Orleans
and, Natehez. The ,vesuvius. with another
ba the Pie and
the chain of navigation. She Is Of 4so tons bur-
then. leo feet keel, 2s feet inches bear. and
q neat cabin for ladies. Previous to her depar-
ture she made trial trip. attaining speed of
four or five miles an hour 10 stream. The great
difficulty which rendered the transportation by |
sea In time Of peace from New Orleans to Phia-
delphia. and thence " land across the noun
TO the long. tedious voyages BY keel boats and |
barges from New Orleans to Pittsburg, occupy |
ing many months. has at last en fully over |
come by the invention OF the steamboat. and the |
vesuvius will demonstrate to the world |
that the great Mississippi river has at length |
press how sratifled we Should feel towards Is the
inventor Of this mode of transportation. Robert |
Fulton. The obligation which the nation--I
freely acknowledged by history. Tue Vesuvius |
went from Pltteburg to Louisville, 757 miles. In
q h9nrs and q, bnnr 20
Natchez to New Orleans In 80 hours: total from
Pittsburg to New Orleans 227 hours. or days
In 1915 Lord Sheffield. If mistake not. nick
named Earl Of Liverpool. declared that the
par ri La
map and trace the course Of the river from
New Orleans to Brownsville. and then read the
ter paee eaea tie Bapsr
"On Monday last the steamboat Enterprise. II.
n. shreve master, from New Orleans, IN ballast.
discharged her cargo al Pit sburg. She is the
the mouth Of the. Mssi sipni and back. She
In ifty-fou days. twenty days OF which were |
different towns on the Mississippi and OHIO. SO
that she was only thirty-four days In active ser
vice In making her voyage. which our readers
must remember was, performed against the
h length d Wonderful performanre This boat
had two masts with sails and riggtd like ship.
she used them when there was TAR wind Tor
the purpose Of making greater ped.
Another letter. written NJ y 8. SAYS: From an |
officer OF the steamboat Enterprise. OF this
place, we are informed that she was at Natchez |
on the twenty fourth of March, having subse- |
Quently to the fourteenth OF January made |
from New Orleans five trips to the Balizs and |
one to the rapids of Red river. The last voyage |
from New Orleans to NatcheZ was made in four |
DAYS a distance of s1a miles, against strong
current and without the aid of sails, her rig |
ging having been previously laid away.
The Anchor Lines grand excursion steamer |
James Howard, JAS. O'Neal master, Archie |
Wood clerk arrived Wednesday night from st. |
Louis. and Will return Saturday,. as advertised |
In another column. The boats Of this liGe will |
hereafter leave Mondays. Wednesdays and Sat |
urdays.
The Gate City Is back from the Onachita and
is at the upper landing
See advertisement Of the Baton Rouge and |
Donaldsonville packet katydid in another /
The New Orleans and Ouachita Transporta-
ton Companys steamer John Howard, J. W. |
Carlton master. is receiving to leave Saturday |
for Camden.
The Golden Rule will arrive to- morrow morn
Ing and leave Saturday for CINCINNATI.
terday, head of Lafayette street.
On the principle that there is a time for every
thing and that every thing should be done in |
Its time. Capt. w. b. Miller has set apart 5
o'clock this afternoon as the time for the Guild |
ing Stars departure on her return trip to the
Star are OF the best possible character ia every
respect; her speed. her fare and her appoint
ments generally have made her a IT. favorite
everywhere on the river Besides this, her |
clerk. Capt John 3. Jones. is one OF the clev |
crest men in the business. With whom 1t Is