The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-08-08
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Feet Inch. Feet Inch
Cairo NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. ta n fo
Cinelnnati ............... 10
Ifouisyt lls....s..'-.tt ...t ~
Msmrlhiis .....-.t"t.,..... ~ II o
NashVills.-.... .,-..-..,. ~ !
FEew Orleans. ........... II 10 ~
Fittshufg .'tss. ..'......t ~ !
/ gnrevsport.... ..s...,..- II
Ht. Louis ...4..4........... l6 - 2
Tiekshurg. ..s...... 70 ,5,. 4Ind,oates
.+BalrW high water marx q 49, t1niiea'''S
rise. fInalcatas fall.
During the past week the Red river at
Shreveport has fallen inches me Missouri
At Yankton rose - inrhes. oatii.h'Y Y. ~
"Wednesday. and fell 10 Wednesday 20 L n,
day: rose ii inches at Omaha. anu enrtli.Meu
almost stationary mt IeavsnVpIth. M Mis-
sissippi has fallen 10 Inches NJ ~, fa'li 80 NJ
I,aCrosse 20 at Dubuque. II At Davenport ana
Ut Louis; Mt Cairo tlsh 81 " lnhbas oecnffhn
flntn Saturday ~ Tuesday. stncs fallen IL
The Tennessee at Chattanooga has risen "A
i1lrhee. The Ohio rose over 4 feet At Pitts
burg On Sunday. since fallen 4.
No change in the weather
SHIPMENTS were confined principally TO the
Frank Pargotid yesterday, ana shs left with
n very fine trip-larger, II anything. than she
bad last trip. Later In the afternoon Chpt
Pepper received u dspBtcht'om y. y Hughes
Mt iirepnville, stating That the town aud
county quarantine had been raised. Shippers
Wars Immediately notified, but 1T WAS to late
Had the telegram been received earlier. 1t
would have been the means Of adding Gonsid-
u
freight was 800 sacks salt for the Ya2no. or
derpd by telegraph to he put off at the upper
Vieksburg quarantine. Since ths establishment
af quarantine no boat from here has been al
lowed TO put off any kind Of freight. the Dean
having brought I'LL of hers back, but the sup
nostton il that this order was one that
Floksburg couldn't fill. Hence the permit 10
allow it tn come ny the Phrgpud. On, quar-
attiue wners II thy consistency?
The Lucy T.. Gastrell aud the IL. j. Gay
were the only boats left ut the landing last
teVrung
The Gastrel will not get away this week.
She Is not doing anything. and part ~ thu
freight received Inst week has been returned
to the shippers
The Marina brought more now rice yester-
day. two barrels clenn. tho first iii tile mar
ket, and 43 saeks rough rice.
The panking pf tbs new wharf has been
commenced: " considerable portion ut the Old
wharf nearest to Gravler street Is being
filled In with dirt.
we were sorry To hear yesterday of tbs Sc
rious illness ii Major W. b. ttuekett. who Is
stopping mt the St Charles Hotel. Wednesday
evening H. was ~ very III that II waa feared
he would not live the night through. He was
O little better yesterday.
The u. j. Gay lands every Monday and
Friday ut GarrOlltoG. taking passengers ut
ten cents. The proceeds are given to the or
phans
SEQ special notice Of the Whisper and J.. J.
Gay ia other column.
Among the departures By Iail Wednesday
were Capt. Geo. T.. Norton, supervising n-
speetor OF this district. tn Chicago. and Mr..
Peter Frelingel, chief engineer Vi the j. M.
White. to Louisville.
The Emma Irvine, having finished her re-
pairs, left yesterday for the lower coast, and
will be back to leave Tomorrow.
The Silver City, Capt. Ben Mckay, leaves
tomorrow. as usual, for Alexandria and
CERES providence.
LOUISVILLE, August 4, 1879.
10 the Editor of tue Democrat:
To-day has been busy one for the voters
OF the proud commonwealth 81 Kentucky.
Y The celebrated DIR. Luke Blackburn iE no
doubt the future Governor Of the State, aud
that by MI overwhelming majority. The
election has passed off very qustiy, The
day has been excessively warm, considered
by great many the hottest If the year.
Capts. Sinnott and WlImot have taken their
departure for Pittsburg, after lettering by the
way and taking - look ut the New Natchez in
Cincinnati.
expecting the coal fleet He soon tired and
hurried on 10 the Queen City. Hs speaks In
glowing terms OF lie happy hours he whiled
away at Point Lookout.
Tom Howard has made his appearance and
intends remaining until September Il He
spends his time back OF New Albany, with his
wife and little ones.
Yesterday the harbor presented grand
sight. The towboats with their Heet OF barges
hove in sight, and SCOOTER than | eau write
they followed in quick succession Such d
blowing OF whistles newer heard or probably
will ever hear again. They appeared to me
tohe Hll trying to get into the canal Tut ones,
they backed aud filled and rubbed so close to
one another that i looked as II there surely
would be- 4 smash up; bit al the fuss ended
In good luck and no damage. am sorry 10
say that no coal goes $ ,uth; The only coal
going out of thu Onto river goes ~ ST. Louis
Com. Sam Brown. Watkins and FISHER were
here looking after their interests
The bonts building around the falls ara
making good progress. j rs jesse k Bell
has all OF her deck frame on and outiiggers In,
and the planking Ii finished with the eNeep-
ton III d few straka "a each side. She shapes
up splendidy aud will he y l1ns looking boat
The five Thousand bale III. Liner" has her
boilers. engines, shaft, etc, oil board, pilot
house and texas nearly finished, cabin inside
with two coats of paint on She will b. the
pest boat OF the class ever built Captains
Hodge and Dslahoussayes boat is set up,
knuekle koels0nf down and li1or stfeHks all
bolted. deck frame nearly all ana engines
ready to go on board as soon as launched.
Capt. Scovell's boat Is nearly all set up, and
SHOWS evidence Of being Y iirst-elass FED
liver packet when competed.
A little Cumberland river packet. Just fin
khed for Capt. Lowell, will raise steam next
saturday for the first time.
A week from next Saturday the new Hen
derson packet will be launched. AZ II said her
name will be James W. Goslee,' u truly
good selection
tits rnmored that Capt. ]. ". Cannon con-
templates building another boat Tor some OF
lhe lower trades, but can't trace 1t to any re-
liable source.
Our mutual friend, Will a. Hays, and my
sell fully intended to visit Cincinnati ana wit
neas the launch OF the Big Indian, PVT We
tailed from the fact Of our friends neglectilg
70 send MS u telegram in time to be OF ne,eiit
~ us. Am delighted to see that yellow
Jack makes slow progress. More anon.
Toby TUGGLEs.
The Fair Play leaves rs usnhl Tomorrow
Iof Grand Isle. ut \ u. n, from the head ol
narvey's canal J.. L. kranz in command,
FRANK krahz clerk.
me regular tri-weekly upper coast packet
Eva, Chas. DeEouchel master, Sept Ioca
sW.erk leaves to-day at II u. III. for the new
A faehefip road