The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-05-17
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BUSINESS was anything but active. ..
NE has on her barges 200 hogsheads sugar, 200
ssappty barrels and ten tons sundrfes,
The Robt. Mitchell ts conslderaply Dsh.na
tme, having been detained by low Waeer aoo'e
h WSood. Widney h o.. telegraph Capt. John
stevenson that the Future Gisy ~ pasfs 2
p Esads shs returns TO st. Louis to. day.
I'M. Charlie Thorn was In the city Thursday. |
azoo Valley wsn. thp9Sg t.
fer ~ Pbon.s 9n Cane fage Notice
IA inject that the Silver City, leaving to-day.
VII VII take Minden freight.
Nv e James Howard goes to- day, sure.
Mention is called to the advertisement OF the
rtssldsonvile and Bayou Sara United States
III packet Katydid In another column.
HER RECORD.
w. Bayou Lafourche packet Assumption ar
yssd Thursday night and lays up for. brief
l ms during which time she will reeeivs such
sssnslrs as may be found necessary. The As
npion being great ta favo III ln the BayGu
baIlt bas met with more than ordinary success
NH seas Oh. and Of which her officers are very
ntoud She has made fifty one trips, bringing
this city 1881 hogsheads Of sugar. 1894 bar
III md ion bali barrels molasses. 10 427 sacks
roonah rice and 35 bales moss. Capt. 2. A. Char
M Her clever aud energetic commander. IL par
sS1nnnarison from the fact that II IL an iiustra
Nm 81 the business she does in the Bayou, but
avery little proportion OF 1t having been re-
ssiyed at points below Donaldsonyille. The
I sssnpmytion is known as one Of the fastest and
Sest stern wheel boats that eyer landed at our
wharf and now she Is to the front as one Of the
1uost largely pa,ronized, We compliment both
Sost Ard her gallant crew On this showing 81
vhOt they can do, and hope they may live to
~ many more just such seasons During the
line the Assumption Is laid up the Henry Iete
I'M attend o her business.
The ST Mary takes the days and hours Of the
Assumption In the coast and Bayou Lafourche
ffade and will leave to- day at II 20. positively.
Gait joe Dalferes In command Mr.. d. Nicolle
Ths Iron Mountain passed Evansville Tues
Day.
Bayou Latourche falling fast. and the rico
Djsnters In distress thsreat. Many 81 them
Who have the means are irrigating their lands
artasally whie others are toi IN lear ehae iof
The grand excursion steamer James Howard
Mthe Anchor Line james O'Neal master, Ar
e6ie Woods clerk. leaves to day without fail FIR
BIZ Louis. the Howard IL fast boat. and il
hmed for her large statRrOoms and the excel
knce Of her fare. A pleasanter boat to travel
Oh Ii not In the trade.
psDy's towboat Future CITY and barges. w. A.
DOLL master, leaves to-day for st. Louis at
Tbat great favorits with the travelling public,
lie Robert Mitchell, Dan Moore In command
frank Stein clerk, leaves to-day at D. N. for
Cincinnati.
L The regular LTl-WeeRiV upper epAst pHckSt
Dslis. Frank Bergeron master. J. 9. Bergeron
aerk leaves to-day at 10 q. m, promptly. for
bn Tureaud'a.
The regular loweg coast tri-TeeMkly ~ packet
asrk. leaves to-day at .; N. for Orange Farm;
sssst and United States mail PACKET John W.
Cannon, J. @. Libano master, J. Il. Mossop
dark, leaves TO day at p. ~. without fail.
The regular United States mail packet Nat
dlez T 2 Leathers master, James r. MUSE fss
ders. leaves to-day. promptly. at 5 .. M, Tor
The Yazoo Valley. In place of the Bart Able,
kreeeving to leave to-day at .. m. for Grand
bore Geo. W. Rea IN command. E. g. Boaz-
The I'M Nav Orleans and Red River Transports
Hon Company ste amer Silver City. O. W. Stinde
Master. VIM. Qaicksali clerk. leaves to-day for
bhreveport.
Exchange Clippings, May II.
Cincinnati Commercial:
Capt, Tom Z. Leathers fs more than pleased
with the model If hts new Natchez. He has
eompmented Mr.. Hurry W. Stein, of the Chas.
from New Orleans TO Cincinnati, the Natehez
leaving New ORLEANS on the thirt eth instead Of
thethirT first instant. LOOK out Tor time n
CAPT Lew Hates. Of the Sherlock, and Capt.
JAS Alexander. clerk OF the new Clifton, have
contacted with the Marine Ways for q new
Hernvhsel steamer fer the Cincinnati and New
Orleans rade, similar to the Golden rule, but
hWq1ite 30 long
Capt j. D. Reynolds late ~ the Virgfe Lee
And Paris q. Brown. has purchased the towboat
h0ver, and has Il full tow engaged to bring
GOWN from Pittsburg as soon rs there is water.
ANY will h, pleased to hail Capt. Reynolds on
GEEK again"
.John Hay In his dialect poem about Jim
Sldso, engineer Of the Prairie Belle. says:
He seen biz dntE, dead sure thing
And went for 1t thar and then"
Aman to be hero must, by legitimate means,
pursue ends beyond himself He must Dur
Il tlsyer Of little Edith Freeman Il no hero The
iellowing sketch by BDz' illustrates our idea
n hero:
Carr LUCE This gentleman il now an
Inspector of the Great Western Insurance
0ompany at New York. James G. Luce was
Sptatn of the steamship Arctic. which was run
INTO and sunk on the twenty fourth Of Septern-
Al, 1854 When the disaster. occurred this ves-
vi had 2a3 passengers. aud thars were 10 in
w crew. Only 81 passengers we're saved. AMI
shaved very badly. Theysd the Il boats s 'a and
Wien they were about to abandon she sinking
Opt. Luce, who, with his little boy by his side,
sttlons to rule III crew: He indy mainly
sDurned the offer. and when those in the
ss s sbsl tg take f. his Vent SON ol he also
asship. hand an hand with his child. The boy
w iost, but he Cambria clicked up Capt. Luce
Mef three days had expired since the accident.
aMsreattr hero tnan Napoleon was the captain
OCtL,sshfp which . as run down. who. when his
ssD was aulveril and the water vas gurgIng
Eound her. stood by the buiwarks with pistol
a%eis hand and threatened to shoot dead the
~, n1Im man who endeavored 70 gel Into the iieboat
MSnltll every woman aud child was provided for.
AaMese Two brave men are indeed heroes"
AMEMpHIs. May rs.-The Grand Lake and
s ssi9Res passed up at noon. The John Gilmore
s sd hoarRes due down. adds an Ice barge here
III III p.loW. The Kellogg. with empty lee Dargss.
VI iar above last night. The Greyhound, with
ptales. went w this morning. The Future
INV .afoDued her toy and went down 70. Reeves
M srreso sound yesterday. and found nine feet
Nv a. snd t. ok the feet through all right Shoe
nsA ; ana reeves are both getting bad. The chan
M.ao ragged and water s2atsIef. TIE Annie
r INV Gown last night. tpgnd nine feet at Bal
loTl she added fifty tons aud will fill out b.
hs w. ialling riper canght y couple of stare
dissss Y petongng ~ Nntols Calhoun. near Har-
tkss lr..aaaf, e. miles blow here last week and
nov VII WI. have to b. unloalei from the boats.
liysrl s ~ aud dry. They were out or Hatchfe
boat mr. Il. three Of the Aee Brown coal Loaded
ssns III Hi, als high And dry at Shoofy. var the
nnfhirp.. ase, and mnst b. uulpaiai. There Ii
Nannk else In trouble hareahouts.
Hlamsp Avalanche May IS:
bel ~ ~ oh the RGbAr Mitchell report the chan
umnr. nshaiietn whead and the cutoff very
isat - sne latter has two channels. with scant
Halsr. and all steamers have to make