The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-08-06

ending yesterday at D. M
...., Above low Change.
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sRsiosr hieh water mark of 1874. Indicates
rise. Indicates fnll. ,
Business continues very fair. me fafls ".
Brown. for the Ohio, had 1000 hafrels fosln,
ii cedar LOGS. 900 tons old railroad and 40 tons
acrar iron 500 barrels soap STOCK Mnd D1O
bundles ties. She was gettlng more iielghG
than was wanted, and had To refuse during
fla afternoon She had also twenty passan-
nars. The Thompson Dean had also u very
fine trip. as had the Yazoo and Fanchon.
No u'larantine yet al Washington, whereat
ye Atehafulaya boats Inugh and grow int.
The Lucy u. Gastrell will leave for Cincin-
natl Saturday.
VIM. Pierce and Volney Brown have formed
a copattnership In the dscharging business,
and have the contract for putting out the
boats of the N. o. andgR. r. I. Company.
Capt, Halliday says he will keep the Paris
Brown running as long as there Is water.
fever or no fever.
Monday morning a deputy United States
marshal walked aboard the Thompson Dean,
and, after notifying the officers that be was
their commander, for awhile at least. show
ing his authority for the same, comfortably
seated seated himself on the boiler Deck
where, while he could have an eye on VIII
Cannon in the office, he could at the same
time observe Ovid Bell receiving freight and
Nose Gibbs, the mate, sending 1t aboard
Everything, apparently, was to his satistae-
ton until Capt. Campbell came aboard, when
he enlightened him as to the facts, which
were as follows A colored roustabout had
VI,,if ,,J Sfnfs iCfr lat
Court for wages due, amounting to the sum
OF $6 30, and in pursuance OF this proceeding
a writ had been issued, directing tho marshal
to seize and hold in bis possession the steam
boat Thompson Dean, her machinery, tackle,
etc. Further inquiries on the part OF Cap.
Campbel OF his officers showed that this
roustabout had quit the boat nf his own ac-
cord that about this amount was due him !.
but that he had not come to the boat utter It.,
nor had he sent any one for It; aud that this
demand, through a seizure of this boat, WAS
the first request that had been made for his
money. Capt. Campbell, though justly
very indignant ut such summary pro
ceedings. concluded that h. would 70
tlement; but when he found that
the costs amounted to about $40. and Mr.. r..
King Cutler was the lawyer IN the case. ne
allowed the suit to remain as 1t was and gave
bonds. An extraordinary feature Ia this case,
and 1t has many parallels, ~ that q man who
is responsible neither financially nor morally
can cause the seizure on his simple assertion
of d boat that i5 at our wharf two days out 81
every seven, that Is owned here ny men who
reside and have property here worth many
times the amount involved; yet In the face Of
ali this the boat 10 subjected to datentiOn, and
In many instances to seizure, and her owners
to annoyance and expense. The steamboat
men know Mr.. r. King Cutler to their sor-
row. They know that like Shylock he viii
demand the full measure OF his debt, and that
when he appears In case there must be q
settlement In full, no matter how unjust they
may think 1t or the expense OF q trial, Tor ne
does not allow his client to go before q com
missioner, but carries the case directly TO
court, leaving the steamboat no choice in the
matter. But there will most probably be an
end to this some of these days, for captain
less patient and more irasclble than hls fel-
lows will rise up III his might and smte the
prosecutor and intermediler as Samson
smote the Philistines. 1t was under just such
circumstances that Judge Billings rendered
his ever-to-be-forgotten decision III the
Natchez case last winter, when in language
most forcible he said he would not permit
these frivolous seizures and snap Judgments.
Capt. g. b. Church, news OF whose death
at Biount Springs, Ala, was received yest,erI-
day by telegraph, was well known ~ THIS
city, to which he had steambOated for many
years. In 1a49 he owned and ran the Bulle-
tin, In the Memphis and New Orleans trade,
and remained actively engaged TO the break
ing out Of the war, at which time ne owned
anu was capta h "a ee oo, ho"n raSidant If
XIII Mal 0p aa NIL, ha a@,,a,,.d III thn hank
ing business s ,,,nc,, VOC IN H., c;tv vester
Az Gapt' = - - ussah We - 80 80 $500
"" Eho .,ohar \ ia eta,mar Ral,e ~ Shreve-
Inc hnca T me , s.oa' pe'o r Ft2geraId
clerk, arrived Monday hlR1e i.'h IA III ,1
dau 49,, thia ,yoor r.. 81 I,n,,is
oebaIthfe e.e Weuh ~, o. row, ie tho "dandv
E III, ,oss1 Taa l.r fnr ,rsnnevilIa
ILL., 49,, - $50 Irr;na iii, III rsndv WI res,,me
he ne ,, iai,a the lower coast to-m9rrow Hel
new wheels will make her both run aud han
die much better.
Mr.. Alvin Ruiz. aged twenty-six years, 0
lower coast pilot died at the residencs OF his
father, Capt. Alfred Ruiz. at Grand Prairie
Saturday last
The st. John, leaving to-dny. takes the place
of the J. W. Cannon. The officers OF the Gan
non will b. found i'll charge.
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