The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-01-14

at .. m. for shreveport.
McVay and W. Cannon 10 charge OF the oflce.
leaves this p. m. for Vicksburg and all way
The United States mail racket Fanchon, 81.
y. Broad master. Theo. John clerk. leaves to-
day, without fail. at o. M, for the Atchatalaya
The regular weekly Atchaialaya packet Yazoo
VIM. Crawford master, j. Z. bchmlt clerR, leaves
to day at .. m.
REGULAR DEPARTURES FOR TOMORROW.
Eva Upper Coast ......10 a. m.
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Exchange Clippings, January III.
Cincinnati Commercial:
PITTsBURG, Jan. 10.- MIR. John /. House. an
old wholesale grocer, ana vel Known 70 many
river men e2mmitted suicide last y, nlgn ,.f ne
sulting therefrom 10 supposed to have caused
him to commit the rash ct
VIVA. Biz iS Sandy and auysn have played havoc
with the steamboats, and barges to-day. Fifteen
feet at Charleston. with a heavy gorge Of Ice,
sr Tom FarroW WIFE % nne arg
lost sih her Wheel Shs sad he /. Perrsr9nt west
orossley. lying IN the mouth 81 81 he Gayan. Is
now total wreck. and lies In the middle Of
the Ohio. In the goreed Ice. up to her
Bay Brhe as'k and S Geo.
city; valued at $4,000. and uninsured. Great
efforts are being made at Huntington
Catiet let's y The l. T. Moore IS total wreck
The Fanny Freese is In a precarious situation,
and It is doubtful If either she or the wharf
is reported badly injured. but to what extent Is
not known. The Louisa wharfboat and a gov
eminent snagboat also. run out OF that river,
The Buckeye State and wharfboat are safe at
Ashland. The Ashland Coal Company lose six
empties and one loaded barge and pumpboat. q
part Of which may be recovered Their tqgb S
hull Ii. Campbell C Sons lose one empty barge.
The Ice m2yed here at 2. m.. doing no great Eat
Wharfboat and ferry Both are high on the tbs
bank. The river has risen ten feet since the ice
moved. It has gorged at Hanging Rock. but
= GHAaLEsToN. Jan. 1o,NThe Ice gorge broke
above here at Ii last night. and here at 8 a. m.
The Kanawha rose rapidly and is stationary at
Ernss lost n her whee II
empty barges. was drifting with the gorge, with
steam up. seventy-two barges sunk or drifted
CAIRO Jan. 10 Floating Ice In the. Ohio is
thinner. and great hopes are entertained that
n on % % sas 10 aay 20
ice. and the transfer Of cars will be resumed to-
day. All the steamers In port are resting easy
sition those afloat or those piled out on shore.
From the Illinois Central wharfboat to the head
Of No. wnarfboat. at Sixth street the fore ice
and forms a shield for the whaffboata f& SO
that the passing Ice floats probably 3Gs nant,
side q them; business f. quite hislf sowill
on the Ice at Greenfleld's. back OF Calf seN is
nine inches thick and clear "a crystal, Cfpt.
Joe Clark ride. across to this city and ard
peone rode @ o1 se Ms e Tesn
ssss ss re ta" I'll DO s ss
lain three weeks to-day. and during which time
sleighing OF the fiaest quality has been enjoyed.
hard icy bed. and the roads are as smooth
and white as any Canadian road eyer was.
sSleighing In Cairo. three weeksl Who eyer
are safe, SO far. The Simpson Horner was cat
out Of the shore ice at Fillmore City yesterday.
and is down, at the point. So is the John A.
day. q man who WAS dragging logs to mill with
sled. slipped between two, Just as the horses
started. and had one OF his legs broken In two
places, just belo " the knee and Just above the
ankle. 1t was Immediately set. The Grand
Tower and Commonwealth are expected at the
wharf to day to load A dense fog has setled
down over everything since midnight.
by Telegraph
FRANKLIN, La. Jan. Ito J. E. Carlin. Il
VIII arrive Tn Ua5a
leave for Bayou Teche on Wednesday. the if
teenth instant. positively. u,-,o.r -
CINCINNATI. Jan. 13.-There is rise Of feet
Is is expected to break to-morrov, the gorge
broke at Ripley thisimorning. sinking the Etna
and several bLrges. The Gallipolfs gorge broke
no damage there yet. A rise Of 20 feet up the
Kentucky river will break up the Ice in that
stream and probably prove disastrous to boats
Sherry. Baum aud the United States snagboat
Woodruff are In the Kentucky river. All the
steamers Ct the wharf here have steam up. ex-
In Mo- llnr md Thorn arn
about 80 steamers. 200 loaded and 400 unloa1ed
coal barRes here. An OIL City dispatch reports
feet 9f SNOW on a Level up the Allegheny river
Ing river. Another rise, Is reported to-day In
the New river which XII clear out T.! the Kapa,
Whs ana a water having e Il
there.
LATER.--,The river at 2, m; was % feet and
the Big Sandy, Packet Company; was built
years ago. and was insured. The Ice In the
river gave, way there this afternoon at o'clock.
the Newport Railroad bridge to the foot of Cen
trail avenue. No damage to the boats. A break
from above e expected To- morrow. 49,.
menced moving at AS this morning and passed
without material damage to steamers. Several
barges were torn up and En some coal sunk
at $25 900 The Naysvllle gorge. from
which the greatest danger is feared. will
Ths nsTs Gadas Star was carried
away By the ice at 10 o'clock D. N. She was
valued at $50 900. and owned and com manded
by Capt. W. b. Miller. Of this city.
ST LOUIS, jan. 13.-There Is no change In the
river here. There Is . feverish desire to hear
from Cincinnati. Louisville and Evansville as
to the Ice and water Crews are being sent to
Cairo to load the boats there The Common
wealth leaves tonight The Gold Dust is load
ing here for New Orleans. and the Grand Tower
for Vicksburg. There Is another gorge this
morning Mt Iron banks below Columbus. but
It will probably soon give way. Freight for the
South il abundant at Cairo. The Jas. Howard
and Wick burg. from Memnhis. are about due
at Cairo The Maude left Vicksburg on satur-
day for Cairo. The weather here is moderate
MEMPHIS. Jan. Is. 1o:4o D. m.--The Ice fig very
light to. night. The river Is rising. 1t broke
the shore Ice from the sand bar. about mile In
length. It foated away without doing any
damage. The rise in the Hatchie river carried
one hundred dollars covers the loss by the
mills. The City Of Vicksburg and James How;
ard left this morning for Cairo. The local
packets have re-entered trades. Business Is
better. The streets and levee are very slippery
It is very disa9reeable hauling freiRhts: The
II. G. Jaeger leaves Tuesday. y. \. NJ.
MARINE NEWS.