The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1880-02-18
stage Of the Rivers.
vel, We low Change.

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During tho pnst week tho Missouri above
Yankton. aud tins Mississippi at III Paul and
LaOrosse have continued frozen. During the
occurred In tributaries Of the Ohio. The Ar
| kansas rose 81 Iuehss from tho afternoon Of the
we'th to tho thIrtesnth Tho Missouri has
!nllsn 10 Inches nt Omaha md risen "a inches at
| l.eayenwOfth. Tho MissssippI has risen is
inches at ,Dubunuee inches at DayenpQrt II
phs. 100 Inches 1t vlcksbnrg and inches Rt
New Orleans. The Cumberland Mt Nashville
rlseshaye also occurred In the other tributaries
| nf the Ohio. Tho Ohio has risen 3 feet at Pitts-
| burg and 10 feet mt Cincinnati.
Tho weather yesterday was cloudy and
| threatening Rain enough to lay the dust
would bs very acceptable.
BUSINESS continues active The i; =; Lee.
all had fne trips ont. The Annie Silver had 500
hogs b, .l sugar 1000 packages ioryardin9
| ~ considerable lot OF M scellaneous freight for
| why points and u very f.lr passenger Hat. This
Will KYLE had every stateroOn occupied. The
| Dippold took i've barxes eontaiuine ri tons
| old railroad iron.
Tho Fnnchon on account u repairs, laid
| over to Tuesday next Tho Bertha took her
dapt Noah Bcoyell takes the Silver City up thia
| trip. Capt. Wood stopping of on account 81
The Katie r. Kountz JOS Lei,rleh master. A.
CLARK. n. clerk arrived Monday night from
Lafayette street to leave again tomorrow for
all points through to Camden.
The Red Cloud arrived also Monday night
from Camden, having gone there direct from bk
Louis. The Ked CLOUD is loadlnx Tor st. Louis
ind VII leave to, morrow IT, e F. m IA. Will
Hoe telegram below from the Tonsas,.
The champion cotton boat Chas. ?. Chonteau.
L. M u - dso h IN.
morning receiving to leave again tomorrow at
. 9; m. for Memphis and the bonds
Kate Kinney. j." J. J. Dodd master. Gapt joe Kim
| ney clerk, leaves to-day ut .. m. for bhreve-
port t;. . pao, .r.,uo, uaa,..,.v ,rom
Shreveport with fine trip: also the H. O. Yae-
Tho trips Of the 81. Francis Belle have been
extended above Welhams to the whitehall
The Fred A. Blanks leaves to-day as usuaI.
Tho Anchor Line steamer Centennial Capt,
Thos Davidson. Clerk N. . Fowler, arrived
Monday night from st. Louis. and VII return
The st. John arrived Monday night from the
o. No. for r. shreveport dIrsc as an lndepsndent
packet. She lays at tho head Of Onstomhoas0
street. ~.
Tomorrow is packet day to vIcksbqrg and
the bends. The J. M White Is the packet and
a finer or fnster ono never lei' on that day.
Paris 6. Brown. A. NJ. Holiday master, g. q.
Young clerk leaves to morrow at p. M, with
out fall. for Cincinnati: and Will be loilowed
Brown is a No. boat, has the best OF passenger
accommodations and IL fast.
The TIL; weekly Bayou Goula White Star Line
NJ. Woods clerk, caves to: day ut ii o. m.
The John W. Cannon, }; y. iLbrno master. J.
usual. for all ma!i landings through to Bayou
Sara.
leaves to- morrow at 10 .. m. for whitehall.
The regular trl weekly upper coast packet De
Smet. Gnpt. Frank .Ottendorfer. leaves to-mor-
row ut II n. m. for Bayou aoula.
Emma Irvine. J. A. Ruiz master. loayes to-.
m2rrow at u a. m log oaa1Ys Fhrm md
Un, ns Tf Snta m mail pa"ks, T. NJ. WhAe
To3in master, leaves Tomorrow. as usual. at o,
rho Belle Capt. Ma. Blanchard. leaves to-
raorrow. AZ asual. Tor tho Lafourchs to Lock-
D0''' Exchange Clippings.
Cincinnati Commercial. February16:
Supervising Inspector FohreDsAch. OF thIgs
district. says tho amended pilot rules. giving
TWO boats meeting. 10 The ascen ling boat goeS
Into efYe8t July /. He further says evsry pilot
Hem ml an s nnnr nsn a nanG
and thinks tho time given TO bGaoms aecuainted
with 1t will certainly obvate the officially which
seems greatest to the minds OF these opposed
PrrrsBrna. Feb IA me sting 81 steamboat
owners and pilots was he.a 70 take action In
regard 10 the proposed chtlnge In The st6AmboHs
laws directing descending boats 10 first signal 8
passing boat. Nearly evfa,y oWDsr and pilot In
the, city was present, Capt, J. Kerr presided.
occasion to condemn the proposed change al
unw!ss and altoReth ar unca!led for. Similar
remarks were made BY others. after which q
committee On reaol a eions was appointed whose
report condemned the action u the board OF
supervising inspectors. and eharactsriasd tho
proposed change 40 unWlse and lnludieious. a.
II will increase tf.e risk Of life and property.
To the Editor Of tbs Enquirer
It Is my opinion the lars change made In the
rules for the Government Of pilots 10 based enc
tirey on tbs construction placed on the reading
81 rule No, !. As for ny part and all pilots
have ever Heard speak OF this rule, 1t has never
descending boat has the absolute right OF way
or the channel Of the river. The right of wHes