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

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Cairo. ..................... 10 ~
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Memphis ........--.....- 10 ~ y
Nashville ..s.......-...... 81 -
New Orleans. ........... 10
RittSburk ..........-..... "
shreveport ............. ~ ~ ~
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vEksburg .............. - .,uu
Below high water mark OF 1874. tIndicatss
The weather continues ugly. Yesterday was
cloudy. cold, foRgy up TO noon almost. ana very
% ssR at thiss has become very common ex.
preston on the landing.
Business was very fair, and promises well for
The W. J. Behan. from Shreveport. and the
John H. Hanna and John Wilson. from the
Ouachita. arrived yesterday The Hanna re-
turns 10. morrow. the Wilson later. Capt. Will
kinson OF the Bshan. reports the worst weather
Ne ever experienced. On his way up ne met Ice
In Rod river. and on the way down passed
through ice at the mouth. He also Reports the
river rising all the way down.
THE sTEAMBoATMEN IN COUNCIL.
Pursuant to the call published in Sundays
DEMooRAT the steamboatmen in this city met
Iss:srsay consry Son. gem
J. A. Aiken. II. II: Broad, P: y. Montgomery. J.
B. Woods, M N. Wooda. A. r Trousdale, Chas.
Thorn. Noah b. sc9yell O. :, Il ! 3, Brennan J; ".
BniIiyan, II. i. Harper. E. 1. Israel. Z. Conery.
q Binnott, W. Campbell, J. ". Cannon. George
4. ]. GRsilly, ~ Safely W. +. Goodwin. Lsw
Hates. J. X. Bell. J: L. Garter. VIM. Harrison, @.
@. Wayne. Burd Paris, All. Grissom, w. Craw
MoOan, A. p. TrOusdale and Administrator of
Improvements Houston.
The meeting was called to order by Capt. W.
J. Kountz. who nominated Capt. j. A. Aiken as
temporary president. Capt. 2. A. Charlot was
chosen as temporary secretary. capt: AIKEN
Hssd bs to sh sopds Il
PLANTATION was supplemented BY few remarks
from Capt. Geo II. Kirk, who. on the part OF
special committee. submitted the following re-
port. which was received. adopted and the COM
nis'eo discharged Env ORLEANS January ia. 1870
The committee appointed to draft plan Of
for steamboat owners. for the pur-
Borne by the steamboat interests. resp ectfully
report. That In their opinion, the charter and
act OF INCORPORATION OF the Steamboat Oaptains,
offers legal way to organize at once, and with
pfOper eliminatiOns and additions to the BY. laws
any and all actions tending to the protection
panying is the copy OF the act OF incorporation
msntioned. with such ellminations made as the
and th9 hs 81 the
fssSf s aso kirk Be1 Woods w.
On motion OF Capt. KountZ the meeting then
organized under the above name and title.
Capt. q .awford raising a question as to who
should be members. Capt Kountz rose to an
% t evils The steamboatmen suffer and the
means for remedying them, closing by stating
that the membership OF every representative
OF board to whom all matters con-
oerninR their interests shall be referred; the
assessment OF tonnage tax to meet all ex-
penses, and an invitation to every one present
Who had the steamboat interest at heart to sign
~ fr names as members.
The following list was then prepared and
Nigned as follows:
We hereby agree to become members OF the
Bteamboat Captains Union Benevolent Associ-
ation and to abide, by Its bylaws and rules.
", J. Koun'z for all boats represented BY him
oomina to New Orleans when running to said
point: J. w. Cannon; r. 7. feathers, p. 2, John
Ispnsy Silver ka: SnMS Ko Wno5: Bs,Ha sr
aicES W T2p HT Rates d Jsa4e
MiIler. J. L Carter j. p Aucon T A. ChaFet
sa sSsae 8 aar Fl aata Nesh s %sRs j.
woods g2hR fr"y g. J. Brsnna9 Ge aoo T.
Brown Il Jones, p. D. Geo. Roots; Alfred Girls
som. J. d. Hegler. y. Q. Mclean. Alex. Trous-
A motion was then made to choose a board Of
thirteen directors, and the following gentlemen
Brown. j. B. Woods, J. A. Aiken John Konns.
]. VI. Blanks. W. J. Kountz, E. Conery N. Keni-
son. p. A. Chariot ). 4. HICKS, WIN. CampDeli
The board OF directors then retired for the
purpose of electlng officers. and returned and
reported the following: J. A. Aiken. president:
X Bell treasurer.
Cant. w. J. Kountz then offered the following.
which was unanimously adopted:
that convention Of steamboat and barge rep
xnsentative men be called to meet in New Or
At ea da ana barge n
ARRESTS. and that the time OF meeting De liked Dy
the directors.
me use OF their rooms. the meeting adjourned
and the directors held an executive session.
peifec unanimity OF feeling among those
present prevailed. and that q determination to
no ahead and try what good there Is In concert
al action has been reached there is no doubt.
Several communications were read Ia execu-
ana other business OF Importance was trans
TSe Lafourche packet st. Mary due to leave
had h9t danbess T pe Sand this
The famous Yazoo Valley, Capt W. s. Jones
sstnrn t To- day Without fail at D. M for the
The daily upper coast, Ito Hshnvlle) packet
,s Az 9 leaves this is 10 a. M promptly.
The regular tri-weekly upper coast packet
Beaie. in place OF the Mary Ida. J; A. Ruiz mas
tRY J. 10. BrOu CloIk, lodNoS tO.uuy o1 ." -.
Tor all landings to College Point and Jacobs
The tri-weekly coast and Donaldsonvile
mack let Henry Tete. J. +. Aucoin master. NJ h.
Landry clerk. leaves to-day at 10 a. m.
The feet and fine coast and Lafourche packet
Assumption. p. A. Chariot master, y. z. Du-
pnis clerk. leaves to-day at IL m. for Donald
sonyille
The Emma Irvine. E. N. ,vallette master,
leaves this. 3 .. m for the lower coast to the
Greenwood plantation. The Irvine leaves
ADur.
II the Chouteau fails to arrive to leave on her
aay- InmTsday. the Frank will take II. otherwise
She Will lay over to next week. The Deans
movements are still in abeyance
Ine rtahk Will8rd left yesterday for Shreye-
port. ana the Sam Roberts will get off early this
The line passenger steamer q p Schenck of
fhe southern TRANSPORTATION COMPANY Cant
J. i. Garter master, Richard Burns clerk, leaves
to-day at y. m. Tor the Ohio through to Gin
Ginnati
As Mr.. Burton the we'll known cau,ter and
TIE carpenter of the Trenton we're enaagad on
q Goat in caulklng the stem OF that boat her
stage fell over on the float knocking them
both down, Mr.. Burton was hurt but not &C.
riously, rs he seemed to be resting pretty easv
In her cabin when we saw him awaiting the ar.
-lrnl ~ a doctor TINT had oop cant sor z. o.