The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1880-03-10


Ii stage 81 the Rivers.
daily telearnphic report OF the stage OF water
r various points. with changes. IA the = hours
snd'ns Yesterday e = p Fl Above low m.,v,
s'As'0us' Feet. inch. Feet. Inch
S3sse Isl mat ... -. . Il & II
4 LOUISVILLE. ..-....--. s..- 10 -
Wamphis ..s........ ...... ~ ~
Raehvlll9 ..... .........- w ~
New Orleans ............ 70
11ttaDurG. ...... .........s IL
/ fnEeyeport ..'.....'.-. Il ~ "
XlNEeburg. ........,.--..- 40 o ~
Mellow high water mark Of 1877. sAh0ve
ste1ch-mark. Indicates rise. 'lndicates fall.
The Mississippi at st. Paul and Lacrosse re-
mains frozen. ksd river at Shreveport has
TiSsn q inches. The Arksnsas e Little Rock
iuXhee Vt ODahH and 81 inches at Leaven worth.
m Mississippt has fallen 4 inches az ksokus
y a. i i H sa7 q
2sneer line tas feetl. and 2s inches at vicks-
6uf9. where Il IL within 10 inches Of the danger
kSSsv risen 81 inches. The Cumberland at Nash
WA roee ~ feet from Rday t. n y nat
daysD Monday fell 81 inches BY Thursday. and
foe since risen 10 inches: at Cincinnati It rose
n Inches, Friday to Tuesday. but has since
SFj6Ssay 70 Wednesday. but has since fallen Il
Yesterday WINS pleasant Day and mode
{fic out aud i good passenger list The Annie
Gllver. for ct. Louis. had also fine passenger
{ trip. and 700 hogsheads sugar 1899 bales jute
miscellaneous freight. The Guiding Star. for
tbe Ohio, had one. OF the finest passenger trips
~ has lett here IN many days. Every avalia-
Number New s~ Orleans ends Of her round
sishs 81 her crowded cabin and boiler deck was
pretty. one. and Capt. Miller was highly graft.
he'd BY the fact that some OF them. attracted by
the good name given his boat, engaged passage
Mp for the d sxt rip.
The John H Hanna did notleave yesterday.
Ine ho u Line steamer Mies n arnnn.
n Ter clerk, arrived Monday night from st; Loats
! ana will return to-day at 3. IN. The shipment
tUt the distressed of Ireland. spoken OF In yes
4 tstday's DEMooBAT. consists o. 1000 sacks corn
I neal consigned to Gordon Il Gomtln. The
nesl y put UP IN white sacks; nv pounds eaeh
fhrouRh the Merchants Exchange Of st. Louis. =
The Irish and American flags appear on all OF
the bags es well as other Embellishments OF a
The fayorite Golden Rule. Capt. Q. P. shinkle.
arrived Monday night also from the Ohio, with
. 6ne trip and Is the y. I. Line boat for satur-
Ithe o.. Mary, Capt J. B. Sullivan teleeraphed
u arrive last night. will leave Saturday for the
capt j. W. cannon is on the Lee this trip,
gapt, Campbell having stopped on account OF
n 30A1Ilnee6 OF 0tE son,
Wallace McChesnay is In the Office Of the
Bonnie Lee. Will Dillon having gone on the
name 81 the wreck above shortway, Wallace
" GCChes uey says It is the Augusta. u side wheel
4 steamer sunk there In the 4o's.
Using. We doubt II much else, will result from
the Newspaper talk OF a. grand race. There are
oap
Of the Natchez. tor race to vt. Louis. he offer
1pg tc bet $4,000 on his own boat getting there
81 saturday, 70 the eff ct that the J. N; White
would enter IN . race e Natchez or Vicksburg
Eng e th1 hs TIVE ~ &
7 terence. and unless one Yields that point thsre
MI hardly be q race Ne one who knows any
r snpsor spee each has made S
4 NnAy almost be- called record. The Natchez
Ans on one or more occasions beaten the time TO
4krfOllton made by the Leo and Natchez In their
&teAt race. While the White on one occasion.
With 600 tons aboard. ran the first hour out TO
point between the runs OF the Lee and Natchez
On their race. On that same trip she made
Qonaldsonvtlle only one minute and haif be-
hind the fastest time on record. and made one
Bayou Sara g Tie whariboaf Ia two s hours and
ten minutes and made three landings. evidence
enough surely to tern m. them the tieete e.
arranged 10 test which is the fastest
u the question now under discussion. The
Lee ~ practically out of the question. for Capt.
Cannon. for no one who has the authority has
mentioned her 10 connection with #. 80 that
s an Il re shs
above preaented. We believe the proposition
from the White the best. There IL . yer, great
run that would So eou llized, or nearly 80. In a
shorter one. The WHITE, burns more fuel than
the Natchez. consequently she would lose time
ter than the Natchez. point In favor OF the lat
Ter that would tell between Cairo and Ut. Louis
particularly; but make the race from here to
NatChez. as we suggested some time ago. and
peither would have the advan' age. and only the
boat that y actually thu fastest VII get there
to 20 to Baton Rouge inside OF hours and Nat
Tbs Joseph b. Williams passed yscksburg
Pantner %endas al all With S coal The john
Means passed down also Monday. landing there
The Henry Frank. Capt. ] F. Hicks, ia receiv-
ing 70 leave tomorrow for Memphis and the
ne Fred 4, Blanks leaves to-day. as usual.
The bad VIM Pagan. Capt. Gus Hodge. Clerk
y. p. Delahoussaye. leaves also to-day for
The Anchor Line steamer Centennial. Thos
u ". Davidson master. N. b. Fowler CLERK. is re-
ceiving to leave Tomorrow for g. ! nis, with
james Howard Capt. ]. II. Pepper.
Can't. ". b: WriEey and Perry q. Williams.
~ e day ths pilots Of The D. spe
her last trip to New River Lending. 81 miles
above this city. made 24S freight and passenger
landings. and answered ls2 halls. landing In
every instanoe, thus maxine total Of $50 land
lnks" This statement. they say can be veri-
lied BY the CLERK 3 books. and they claim 1t to be
unprecedented by any boat that yer ran In the
trade. To make this extraordinary number OF
landings and still make her time. much Ia due
% the skill Of her pilots. She did both. and
that they claim the greater part OF the credit
therefor is pardonable. Two such men on q
boat ought to be In demand.
u Capt. John z. Hall leaves to-day for San An
tonic. Texas, on a visit to his wife. who Is an
invalid at that place. Capt. Hall will return
shortly. to AL position in the office of either
the Lee or the Cannon this coming summer.
& The we'll known and very popular Ohio river
passenger steamer Robert Mitchell. Dan Moore
~ com mand. Frank Stein clerk. leaves to NOR
'.xU0 sure for Cincinnati.
Y The tri. weekly Bayou Goula White Star Line
packet Whisper j. A. Oomstock master. Geo.
Woods clerk. leaves to day at II u. m.
The John w. Cannon. j. q. Libano master. j.