The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1880-04-09
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sDelow hleh water. marx q is1s. sAe92ve
bcttnh.ruark, Indicates rice. Indicated tai
, Yasterda, was an ugly day on the levee. the
rain Interfering considerably with business.
The John d. bcully. however, had hne trip Tyr n
Minden uhrt of which was 1000 sacks salt 81
Sutherland and Sam KelH are her rilota. me
eht Mltehe hid :, ,aht relF h and go. 90 hb bas
/, small lot Of rnisceaneous freight. Among
the passengers by the Halliday was uast; ~ J9 IN
Honduras Monday on the Wanderer He re-, re-;
ports the visit as having done him wonueriui
amount vi good, aud that he was stronger. Det-
tor and ileshier than he has been In two years
The rain detained the John Dlppod, but che
will aet tff this a. m. with barges Tor 81
Tne bad weather operated against the II 0.
Etanard also. and che laid oyer 70 Leave to-day
nc .. m. for 81. Louis, Charlie seeman In
command. Miles Carpenter clerk. ,,,,,
The Simpson Horner arrived yesterday Win
eight boats Ct coal having let .eh at bet ,sa
hear. will take In tow the James Hobson. ,
The Maria Louise has been taken across the
The difference In the staRe of water, from last
Sunday at 8 u in. and . y, m. yesterday elbows
fall OF feet 10 inches at Cincinnati; . feet ut
Cairo, feet inches at Memphis and Inches
al New Orleans, aud rise of 10 inches at St
Louis ane Inches at VieksburR.
When the cts charter was under oonsidera-
tion IL wac sought by some OF the steamboat.
men TO have retained the present system of
leasing the wharves. changed only 80 that the
one who offered to seep them ~ repas anq
should have the lease instead Of the highest
bidder, as heretofore, Had this suggestion
been adopted II woulu have resulted In reduc.
ton of wharfage and given Satisfaction. But
II was not aud the consequence VIII D that the
city authorities who will have charge OF the
whHryes uudsr this new charter will be com
PEELED to reduce the rates or cue all along the
line. for the eteamboatmeH 70 man Will refuse
to pay ter eats ton whafge a ape tna baa %
authority Tor the aeseri Ion.
The. new and popular VIII Kyle is due to-
night from the Ohio with q full load.
The Golden Rule left the landing lust evening
The coast and Bayou Lafogrche packet Belle.
Max Blanchard master, Joe Webre clerk leaves
this 10 a, NJ, as usual
The regular coast packet to Plaguemne,
Whisper, j. A. 9omstock master. IT. NJ "ooos
T6e H. j. Cav. John j. Brown master. 8. 8.
Etreck clerk. leaves to- day at u. M for Bayou
Sara and all coist landings.
The Rene Maeready. 10 place of the De Emet
leaves tp.morrow at 10 u. m for Donaldsonpiie.
Frank Qttendorfer in Command.
Tho fleet Bayou Lafourche packet Assump-
tion. p n. Charet master. leaves at 10 u. m to-
morrow. Hs usual.
The lower coast packet Emma Irvine, J. A
Ruiz master, leaves tomorrow ut y. m. for
The John ". Cannon. J. @. .Ilbano master.
new heshrs IN
leaves to,morrqw at 2 m ~ Tor y,ehsbnr e., ~,
Vim. Pagan for Bayou Bartholomew. are both
receivng r. leave to- morrow.
The 81. Mary is announced to leave for The
1s che So'o g. ( r. II. oompapys steamer
YRgoo Valley, Geo. w. Rea master. III. q. BoHS'
man clerk, leaves tomorrow at p. m. for
The Anchor Line steamer City Of Alton, II d.
Bixby master. VIM. Mason clerk. leaves to-
ps ns tss st L GOLDEN Rule leaves
Shinkie In command. Albert shinkle clerk.
Exchange ClippinEs.
st. Louis Times. April o:
Capt. David "A. Silver is an exceedingly proud
man just now. and his pride Ia OF a very laud-
able character. His fine new steamer. the Annfe
7, Silver. arrived from New Orleans yesterday.
having made the run from port , e port In five
with 400 tone of freight and the usual number
Of way landlnRs.. amounting, to some thirty
stops Ia all. The Silver has always been con-
sidered an excellent boat. but it was not gen
orally known that she had within her such
speed. Perry Tharp. of Cincinnati. built the
boats run well, This may account for the re-.
markabe performance the boat has Just
achieved, She returns South Thursday Green
Shields clerk and Oscar Joyce mate.
Cincinnati Commercial April Q:
Mr., Sam Parker. of Natehez has shipped as
Capt shaiicross. Of the louisville Under
writer's, arrived from Evansville yesterday.
where he recovered 1000 sacks of corn from the
ped to the starch factories at Madison. He says
the barge. will prove total loss. He left for
sT' Louis, April s.-Editor Cincinnati Com
mercial: Some of the peculiarities In steamers
built In early times for our Southern and West
srn rivers may not be wholly uninteresting to
progress In this important branch OF com;
merce; They were modelled and constructed
with heavy frame and iieht plank, short. deep
and narrow. Of heavy drauRht. When striking
an sn obstrSctoas II sufficiently heavy L
thing, unknown to occur at the
present day. They. we're ornamented with
bowsprts figure, head and rail round the lover
dispense with this nuisauee. The steps from
the main to the boiler. deck were In or near the
move them forward. The main cabin was below
aft of the wheels; the ladies' cabin aud officers
rooms above. with the deck room or apartment
Tor deck passengers between them. The Noun
taineer was the fest upper cabin boat The In
novatton was resisted for a long time. The
pen a, ana oinGnna and
and hurricane roof over bailer deck. was not la
use at that time. The Valley Forge adopted a
was the first to extend the hurricane deck. The
Missourian used the first sash In tho pilot
house. This pilot. house PASSED to the Balloon
and then to the Warden Pope. The flrst trip
made In the Missouri river by stern wheel
boat was the Eureka. There was a loud, long
howl by river and insurance men against this
mad attempt. as they termed 1t. 1t is now con-
ceded by all they are the only proper boats for
the Upper Missouri. Such Is progress. as"
Mem phis. April s:
The water is of the banks at all points this
side of Cairo. and planting corn and cotton pro-
crosses with great yigor throughout the entire
Mississippi river valley; also along the White
and Arkansas. Myriads Of buffalo gnats have
Invaded the swamps OF the river valley, and
many mules. horses and cattle have been killed
by the pests. The Kyle dlled OUT here with $50
tons of oil cake. The Jno. A. Seuader passed
South with room for more, and gets 1000 bales
cotton at Terrence which fills her out.
BIG ROAD FROM DEER CREEK.
River Editor Vicksburg Herald:
The steamer Lizzie Bayltss and barge Libbie
Williams brought out 600 tons or about IL 900
sac cotton seed. The Bsyliss and Williams
are the largest boat and barge ever In the Creek
the Bayiiss being 1856 feet long aud 24h feet