The New Orleans daily Democrat., 1880-03-12
Above low t,hanua.
stations.


a rather x dull day-tha aulleas we've HAD III
t,ms ras A. White hsa bad ,sh n9 'Ssgh trp
nd between flTty and sixty rRasanHera.
The Corona has been taken aeroaa the river.
Tho john Means left Wednesday night for b..
Tke n q. stpnard laid over and viii leave tp-
81 at . d. N. for ". Louis, Oh. .rlle beamen In
The John III. Hanna laid over alau.
HE DeHmet. detained by business, failed to
ffivs yesterday. she will leave to-day for
VHp y. nj. Ghainbers wac due Last night from
synu Techs, and ia recetvhg fhts morning at
head If Htea*l E street t rntafn t.; t.. lnnfrnM r :,
Apk IL. II. MuWKah in command. Capt. u. ~,
Fhe renowned Anchor Line steamer James
Yaps snsG N ae e1epsI Grk hs
~ frem IT. Louis. receiving to return to.mer-
n sd dhaass S1s ssss Ss 20
gpa iAe J, NJ white W. learn That he John
tus from NatcheE and the Mamie Wood, from
baton RUuEa, had haan sent Nv her assistance.
Up to O'clock yesterday The river had rieen .
ipckee pit a. Louie, 8 at Caita, and was ~ Inches
above the danger line, ri. vicksburg, and was
~ point, and 4 10 feet above the danger
l1e, md 4 !nShes & at shrsyepprt, where Y wv wa
4A1pihE,, AZ fell tn.hen Ut Memphis and waa y
tp1Asa below the danger lipe. and inches at
The yue. D. Williams, Capt. John Williams.
louisville with q tow OF ~ boats aud barwes. all
3oataed with GOAL except three, Of this number
1hs left W Rsd River. " ~ Bayou Sara and :
nb D1naldsonville, and brought here =; also D
ooate of atone fYr the iettiee. She was to have
xeturned last night
po M wrte ng ftse q W. Wnow o. he
ia laid uR at AZ. Louis. auita aiek. and II afraid
that II will ba Home time before he Will DO back
The Matches will be found at the landing this
The, beautiful Jeeae X. Bell y receiving te
Grand Eoore. Cant, Dick sinnott In command.
Tothe River Editor of the Democrat.
Apropos of the erand contemplated race be-
tween some OF the fact boats, vou aaY I'm your
noiMnng on the tenth instant that tho Il, ~, Lee
nor y. ". Cannon will ba likely TO enter, leaving
the neld open g the White and Natehes, A.
between the two The former ought to win aa she
Altssether more OF a race boat than the Natchea;
er wsre INV sS sr rsSnS SanS
Natehes. the White. should allow the Natches
twenty minutes. and about that time to vicks-
loving the Nachez ID draw Ieas water than tha
Nhite the latter would beat the former to
Cairo and probably have enough distance 70
\ Wins not split Tie diferaacep The whites
owners say easo 900 for race to hatcher or
socc IL more % or s" Face II u ss Louis. % II h ,hs
owners OF the respective boats are anxious for
tri oi secs&s & ,et Ya ,hsm agree sh f. n, ran
qistanea 70 Nafches .vieksbarg. Memphis aud
srn Ssow INV ne eshs osy n ma
tho boat reaching any of tho spectned points
1n ItAe shortest space OF time 70 have the
Probably Ia the event Of ench an arrangement
the little Cannon mtaht take walk. AS to
s we l nas m ,so sn1 II rre , nn T.
eioned with tho contemplated race,
Aaaln, saoS,a there 3s s ,eal M, trial ot speed
81 SotS bes tse eeIebraea time G tha Sr I'D L. I
80, we firmly believe the old commodore
roala send tha. present Lee. up the river. IN .
hurry sura and II he does look cut for flying
(ha veteran would not take defeat while be
las &s ane Rnd powerful q craft as the Il. 10.
V reality raee between ,ba san hn,an hee and
ither one and the Natchez, With your per-
niTlon The subject may be commented 1M nRon q
The Henry Frank viii extend this trip above
leMphis md te 6atro and will leave to-day.
qFs a.a, y. 2: ny ,! Y Frank Hicks Ia command.
Thes. +. Line steamer Golden Rule. 0. p.
9hinkie master. Albert Shinkle clerk. leaves to-
morrow, without fail, VT y. m. for Cincinnati
hc % one OF the incest passenger boats on the
TSs coast and Bayou I.arourcAe packet Belle
The i. u. DAY. John ]. Brown master. 8. g.
srcck elerk. leaves to-day at .. m. ior Bayou
The regular coast packet to Bayou .Gouia
Whisper. j. A. Oomstock master, q. NJ. Woods
clerk, leaves to.day at q b. m.
The 6eet Bayou Lafourche packet Assnmp-
lion. Y. A. Gharet master. leaves at 10 =. m. to-
The hover coast packet Emma Irvinc. J. A.
Knia master. leaves tomorrow at .. m for
The John ". Cannon, J. o. Libano master
leaves Tomorrow at s p. m. for Bayou Sara.
The new Natcheg. 4. Z. Leathers In COM
mand. leaves TO- morrow at p. M for Vtcks-
The N. O. and r. r. T.. Company's steamer
1axso Valley. q. ". Rea master. a. q Boazman
@ cleEk. leases te morrow At u M for shreve-
ExcAanke Clippings.
Cincinnati Times. Marches
The dimensions and volume of the Miss.ssip.
and either the rivers lines are very chanEeahle
or previous statements are very incorrect. A
1entleman has recently returned from canoe
ECruise OF about 1--WE weeks about the head OF the
Mississippi, and thence down its sinuous way
20 Lake Pepin, more than 1000 miles He care
= ietlnite channel from ftaska Lake. ana found
te width to be just twenty feet its greatest
1epth thirty one Inches. and its current two and
oEty miles la a direct line from the Northern
Iacidc Railway. 1t is almost inaccessible. and
an only he reached by eight ar nine days cir
xlcksburg Commercial, March TO-:
Water is running over the bank at Diamond
having gre Ereat % trouble to iina Ian land enough to put
freight on. The way freiahts on the line of the
low banks will diminish rapidly until the full
ektent OF the pres ent rise Is known.
special Telexrams.
Nr, LOUIS. March ll.-Belle Of Memphis and
John a Scuader have arrived The Mollie
Moore, on arrival. will load for the South The
3s abundant still and barge tonnage short
The Josie, with her Grain tow. leaves to-nor-
Ec.. and the scudder Saturday.
The following was inadvertently left out Of
6estHrdays paper:
sE Lours. March 1a.-Departed: City of Alton,
Rssh heavy trip: Fl. g. Jaeger. with all she
Etnted. The MY Choice leaves tomorrow.
Dart Lowry has returned from the Ohio he did
bot buy. Peter Conrad bought the Robin at
cyansville The Josie arrives TO- morrow from
Dubuque with eight harges. 97 900 bushels Of
on ia bulk Tor Glover i odendahl.
CNRo, March 1.-THE Gilmore and barges
baseed up to-day; the Golden Crown last night
laa loaded fat
HoxRoK. March il.-Weather cold and rain
ng. The river is rising RAPIDLY. Passed up:
ohn Howard last night.