The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-09-04
STAGE 0f the RIVERS.
Above low rbanoe
~. Stations,

.tgartous ooints. win changes. In the "a hours
hiding yesterday at .. a.
Above low Change.
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sBsToW high water mark 81 1874. finaISH4t7s
riss. tfndieetss fali-
The weather yesterday vas eisal ~ "o ,rr,
Cannon and Wilson both had goo . ~ s aha
ths Biz SHnaywsr WA nearly ~ ~ re galef.
The Frank P 'rt afi' sfassrd At yicks
noon At Fort Adams. The Pargoad nat 3. me
sterYa In nswtown herd. - miles below sicks-
Snrg Sns vent to tne BANK and laid there 9 Or
10 hours waiting for II to sn5sids- Hes ,ofhcefs
report the warehouse r. NeW - Yrs IS. ianaihg
Ion 81 Ii vas the statue Of 6sn. pullman carried
sn the pilot house 81 the boat OF that nanne},
W Tns Trenton, lost Monday was built at IT
sersonviile ia I85g. She was sold at marshaPs
sals h few months ago. 10 Mf. Dave Hash.s
was valued a. 5000. and, insured for $1,000 she
haJ lately hsen repaired ana was under charter
10 Capt. VIM. u awfofd during the time that
the Yazoo Wss being repaired. Iearl7 al q
iost al Of theif personal effects. A number q
trunks and valiaes belonging TO the passengers
: and crew wsre washed ashore, PIT were rlred
M some Of the people On the banks. Tns
freight received for the. Trenton was TO have
been sent 40 on the Big suaflowsr. bnt that
so ,ssii handle. aid not TAX, IT, Capt crarford
i crowding the WORK On the Yazoo. and will
have her ready to leave next Tuesday. sne
will be st the wharf By Saturday.
The Bertha Is 10 leays Saturday for, the At
ehafalaya, NJ KsnisQn la command, Ihso,
Yas Rofyt Il. Lee comes Tut next Tuesday.
The David Hoatetter IL running To the IT.
weekly mil servicS between Bayou Sara and
u Ths auehor Line steamer W. r. Halliday. z
w. Gould master, = w. Gould, Jr., clerk. is an
ngancea to Leave todsy y 2 o. RI y: Loui5
Chas. asamea master. Miles Carpenter clerk. Is
also advertised to leave to-day fof 81. Louis.
The, regular New ort ans ana Cin.inna i,
packet Paris G. Brown, Am. Halliday master, e.
q Young clerk. leaves to-day y, ? .. q.
The npper coast packet Eva. Capt. Charlie De
Baqshss ~ vi a s1s eg 1 s II for Grand Isle
Ire John ". Cannon rode the storm out III
Bayou Sara ID Derfset safety. not receiving the
stannch az she Is feet and beautiful
The particulars ot tbs John Gilmore disaster
will be- found in our local eoluma. The gil.
more viii return to. S.. Louis hs soon AZ her
damages are repaired. which fact will bs duly
CAPT Jas. Sweeney. who had charge of
large portion Of the coal fast ut @iiloE Grove.
met also with h@aVy los In Ens+. skiff+, Ste,
which has not os mentioned 10 any Y q TT
MIS- brother Ell f.. and four others In his en-
Doy were 10 the water and had to swim fnr
ther lives. Three ont q the four l4 Wsrs sa7 .
other. Geo s. Kuntz Was drowned. He mad been
La the employ III Capt. sweeney ~ o pumped
f9r twelve years md vas ts considered as one q
The lower coast PACKET Emma Irvine J. A.
Ruiz msstsr. q. M vaIletts CLERK. leaves to-day
t.
= T Il til ios gasky pa ne Hsnry Ts Capt j. E.
Aueoin. NJ. FL. Laad y clsrk. leaves &c p %. To-
day, for Dona!j-onviIs and coast landings.
Pareond. Capt Jas. f. PspD-r. W. ~ Cslmes
CLERK, leavss for Greenviiie aud bend landings
Tbs Eva, Gharles DsBouchsl IN command.
leaves U. morrow, as usual. at Ii d. a.. for tna
New Vaoherie roai.
b. Mary. IN place VI ne e. J. Gay, John J.
Brown master. leaves Tomorrow az usual, tas
s .. Ii.
ST.. Louis. August 81. 1879.
To the Editor OF the Democrat:
The weather Id this locality is very pleasant.
although for the past fsw days very warm. An
occasional shower every day or two, however,
cooIs the mo5phHrs, and with cool nights
makes this ami other points ia ths same tati-
tpde vest very Inviting.
The river ii very iow-only 81 feet out to
Cairo. Several heavy cargoes have. however.
R9berta. With four bargey bulk grain. 100, 0o1
bushels; ths John Dippoid and Nv Choice. Of
the Mfssissipp Valley TRANSPORTATION C1mpa-
ny's barge liue, With 10000 bushels bulk graiu
and large quantities of otner freight; the John
A. scu1dsr and Gold Dnst. Of tho anchor Line
with all they could carry On the water, and the
big H. g. Yaegsr OF tue Kountz Line. with all
She could take. ana engagements below 10 iii
ont 1T Cairo: making q and total Of at least
way freight. so You SOS hat New Orleans. "a
say the leas- ts most IMPORTANT commercial
point for Western Interests, even during taia.
the very dnlest month In the year. The balk
Of THIS business, giving era loyment to thou
SANDS Of boa men. merchants. capital AMI
steamers, y tie result Of twenty fiv3 fact of
water through the South Pass AZ tie mouth Of
the Mississippi river. made available for the
use OF commerce BY the enterprise and snerey
OF Capt. jas. =. Eads and the li5sreliy Of the
government purse AS the government LAS
shown disp5 sitipn 70 expend her. means liber-
ally TO protect improve and extend eommerci<l
facilities Wlthin her own borders. rs we'll IA To