The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-05-14
Above low m : :, -,

Nashville ..- .-.......-. Q
pIttsburg. .......... 70
6hreyeport. " ..-..-.... 81 0 70
81 Loufs.................. u 70
rtsa Indicates fall
II II was warm again yesterday. and business
The Florence Meyer got away yesterday morn
The Daniel Boone had steam up when we left
Mr. Ed Mclaughlin. steward Of the Charles
Morgan, came down on the Sherlock % Visit
1na EN- sa WI Hnrrg sn L eone New
Oreans, anf he expected to meet him here.
The little Vieksbnrg. running for some { I time
en XVII il ii Wing y on tic other side Of the river
4 The City Of Augusta has been charterad %
take the place Of the Lucy y. Gastrsll. me Gas
eelye Il general repair. Her boilers will be
Moved further aft. she. will be raised between
and cotton guards lss Will b put en-
ice the advertisement Of the Baton Rouge and
Donaldsonvilie packet Katydid In another col
The John Wilson. leaving for the ouaehita to-
az will take ffeiKht for Camden. re-shipping
X c san ". j. Konntz was In st, Louis Sunday.
Hs SAY says The Ii. Mary will leave Saturday Tor
MI. Il. writes that Capt A. J. Carter. Of the City
N areenvlle, is mistaken Ia saying TINT nothing
va seen of the D. }. Gay after leaving the
aa Crossed - 10 over 70 land 1t e I'll Wolfs Mr.
ii eays but for this she would have passed the
areenville before she got q the Elevator. When
ana fast shortening the distance between them.
Vas the Big Injnnn after him. he probably not
knowing th u the Gay and NHtchez are 30 much
alike. The Greenviile is undoubtedly very
inst boat; 80 II the Edward j. Gay.
Capt. Nick Theodore has gone Into the wood
business on m extensive scaie with hls Painter
Nj and barge5. He has several thousand
cords Of wofd on the Atchafalaya and Black
rivers, which he Will deliver at any point below
the mouth of Red river at prices to suit. See
bib advertisement In another part OF tho DEMO.
! Graf
CALIFORNIA "REMINISCENCES CONTINUED.
The California Steam Navigation Company
tho Van Pelt brothers. Gen. Alfred Hedington
and others. and embraced nearly every steam
boat engaged In. the inland trade from San
the senator, New World Antelope. Confidence,
Wilson g. Hunt, y. Bragdon. Urilda. Comanche.
tGov. Dana. r. X Page, and several smaller
Vile, on the Yuba, just above ls junction with
Feather rlver.and to Colusa. Tehama and Red
Bluff. on the upper SACRAMENTO. On the Stock
several more. The boats were very regular.
accommodations fair. and rates reasonable for
tnQse DAYS. a,,a.aaa aro,.,r 80
awhile. but they had more boats than they could
use and could not sell them. ~ there was no
other trades open for them. Every few months
placed on the route, and after running for
awhile at q loss would BE- sold 70 the company.
IN time II became by-Word that Il any one
wanted I'd make raise they would build boats
ID run In opposition TO the California Naviga-
ton COMPANY. purposely. TO be bought OF.
Ts Ws bn. n New 1osk ~ aaken
H md Sacramento In opposition, and 40 quietly
was everything done alb out her that she proved
g sa ae ana aben ohn
ID run upon some Of the rivers there. One
very great drawback to the company, was the
number Of unsuitable boats they had TO buy In
when thy. company was frst formed, There
was an old propeller that was lying up opposite
Sacramento City for quite d long while: her
Il only one About the
1856 some parties built, in kan Francisco. q high
pressure Loaf. called the Eclipse, and shortly
smother st a The Helen Hansls. and for tie time
being opposition was the cheese. The company
finally bought them of and added to their IN
productive capital,
The strongest and most persistent opposition
The California Navigation Company ever had
was from a gentleman BY the name Of Kidd.
Kidd was very wealthy banker In the city Of
Nevada, and frequently Travelled on the river.
He built his boat to be fine and fast, and she
Will 10 see. The machinery Of the Nevada was
built BY Donahne, the great foundry. man Of
IAN Francisco. In the meantime the compaLy
bad built splendid and fast low pressure
steamer called ths Crysopolls, and the latter
and The Nevada were com peted about the same
Tine The Crysopolis was built on the Hudson
river stockholders on the guards and walking
DEAN engine She was very ronmy and the sa-
oons. we're beautiful " fitted up. The Crysopolis
could oatrun the Nevada when the Bay was
eebs The California Navigation Company
alterWard built the Yosemite, similar, to the
Mysnpols. The Nevada WIS run ashore In
Capt Kidd aft a built the Washoe in
place OF tho Nevada. The Washoe was fast
4 aana good boat. but very unfortunate: she
as Up once, killing several people: another
nme she was partly burnt, and finally she
vas turned into ferry boat to run from San
francisco to Alameda and Contra Costa.
- my next | will tel how the New World was
ssoen from New YORK, AID some personal eX-
periences on the Californian rivers.
II Tbs y, John A. Wood will DO ready to leave for
The popular Ohio river passenger steamer
TThos. Sherlock, Lew Hates il command. Nj. T.
sherlock will be followed Saturday BY the Robt
Mitchell. and Wednesday by the Guidlng Star
"a The fa and comfortable passenger steamer
norwegian In command, Geo Miteuberger
Clerk. leaves Tomorrow, without fail for St
louis, To be followed Saturday by the James
Howard. See the excursion advertisement in
The NJ. u T. Company's Future City and
pargss, from Sc. Louis. Is due to arrive and will
ave immediate dispatch on her return trip.
me tri-weekly upper coast packet Eva. Chas,
EsBourhel master. Sept. Toca clerk. leaves to-
day at II d. m. for Helvetia Plantation.
The peerless John w. Cannon, J. @. Libano
MISTER. ]. Ii. Mossop clerk leaves to-day nj 5
y nm.. az usual, for all coast landings. through
Bayou Sara
i The New Orleans and Red River Transports
in,on Companys United States NAL steamer
an,aanube Chas. Thorn master, j. @. McChesney
asrk, Is receiving TO leave to-day tor Shreve-
The W. ]. Behan. Capt. Geo. E. Wilkinson
saves TO- morrow for Minden direct.
me United States mail steamer John Wilson
II place OF the John III. Hanna, OF the New Or
mans and Ouachita River Transportation Com
any, w. Blanks master, B. q. Cornwell clerk
1sMv hes today at .. m. for Ouaehita City.
Bs# na asna regular trweekly upper coast paekel
a aeie Frank Bergeron master. ). q. BeIHeron
\ sn M leaves to morrow as usual az 10 a. m.
ine regular lower coast packet Emma Irvine
II XII IA \ huiz master, leaves tomorrow at IL q. N
WI Orange Farm
r aas regular Greenyile, Vieksburg and bend
al.ed States mail packet J. NJ, White. J. Fl
m ssner master. W. N. Gaines clerk, leaves TO-
Ev~hun.s rup.urs Nay