The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-01-04
Exchange Clippings. January i.

Cincinnati Commercial:
Part OF the crew OF the Cherokee arrived
Bysrs and Ksyt together with the pilots 1ss az,
Cart Of i. g. Gray arrived from st, Louis. b,
he has no particular apprabensions In regard
TO the Fearless and barges. aground at Turkey
Island. At New Albany, Ind. he closed d con-
225 feet long. SO feet beam and feet hold. They
are TO be arranged SO as to carry grain In the
hold as well as on deck. It is expected that they
will carry from IS 900 to $4,000 bushels each. Il
is possible that Capt. Gray may contract for
some more barges OF similar character soon.
CAIRO. Dec, so.-The minds OF sleampoatmen
tion. What ought l to DO? Is asked on all sides.
any, 9ne with The foresight Of only thirty days
would We receive g reasonable BE, compensation for
weather vii. do in that time. We have here the
james "; Gaff. with good cargo Of cotton.
ses, etc.. and the John A. Wood, BImpson
Horner and barges, and Raven and barges, all
laid ND here since Saturday. whose crews are all
aud navigation above Cairo BIO resumed. The
appearance OF things Yesterday was taken by
the weatherwtse as very favorable Tor speedy
breakup. The weather report from the North
west is not very unfavorable. but the knowing
ones aver that II the rivers we're to thaw out now
It would be thirty days before navigation could
be resumed. he ice. that foated In q constant
stream out oil the OHIO. was broad enough to fill
the river from shore to shore ut any point above
ssml6idap1 a1d m a Of the e,ds were very
Is very hard and share. The Thos. Sherlock
kept In the middle Of the river and slowly
worked her WY out The shore ice was 20
heavy that sh- could not land at any point until
she. reached Padueab. At Irish Jimmys the lee
bad nearly stopped moving. and the Sherlock
had all she could do to push through The ends
OF her wheel arms are worn round By constant
contact with the strong ice. bhe added 800 tons
hhs ss Yheh gives her duie good cargo for
mont to load for New Orleans with freight from
~. Louis over the. ]. d.: IL. H. The Belle OF
shreveport cleared for New Orleans with ful,
be followed by the Commonwealth. The latter
fs here dis charging her northward bound cargo
Of ABOUT II 1o9 tons. The John 3. Maude is lloyd;
Cairoites scratch their heads In vain to thiuk
up 0. winter equal to the present. No
sao Fememb 9er e, time when there
Two inches Of T. snow now lei yesterday riss;
morning. and since dark the mist of the early
evening has turned to snow. A ground thaw Is
me snow II II continued a day Tor So. II the
6oatieg ice gets much heavier. in the Ohio 1t is
Of the b2as will take refuge in
CAIRO. Dec 31.-The river has. fallen eighteen
inches IN the past twenty four hours. and has
been receding at this rate for several days Ice
morning and evening the transfer steamers find
i very hard to make the landings at their in
Last evening the floating caks were
which would indicate a gorge above at some
point, no, doubt CoesviIle. The Mississippi
Is bridged at GreeDf1eld's. and drove Of
Ice Is inches thick. The Tbos. Sherlock re-
NAMED over until last night, and added nearly
100 tons. She is well laden fer all points South
being well filled, and will get away to-day. The
lhio river boats Ia port are quietly awaiting
he opening OF navigation, which does not now
ohio river boats have been caught In a bad
situation by the ice. it so often occurs that boats
with large cargoes of stock and people get
picked up on, some out-of the way nar when
he freeze up" occurs. involving loss to their
,Wners and great detention to their people,
This winter the bars In the Ohio are all clear.
md all steamers are In safe harbors. Capt
taft. are still here. SO is the crew of the Che
oAss' A's0' business Is D''Alns up fsRR aIzT.
Yesterday closed the year 1873, year that
las been remarkable one, In that during the
.ntire year VIZ have had such uniform good
ga r. either Hood height nor extremely low:
he highest point reached was On June is, Is Z
eel above low water mark, and the lowest was
~ feet During the past year the arrivals at
his port, OF all water craft. numbered 3713, with
custOm-nouse tonnage measurement Of 092- |
70 TONS, Dat with carryiog capacity of double |
hat amount. The departures for all points for
ne same time foot up 1850, all told, or an az
toppagee OF almost all river business by the
,reat yellow fever epidemic for nearly or quite |
v months In the busiest season of The year. |
'el the prevailing idea that our rivers are be- |
oming useless and improbable highways OF |
ommerce and communication.
Mem phis Avalanche, q:
The City of Augusta did not leave yesterday
q advertised. but will leave Saturday.
Especial to the Democrat
MEMPHIS Jan. 3.-Heavy ice commenced |
assing here this morning and tonight The ]