The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1880-04-08

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sBelow high water marx Of 1871 Ab9ve
bench rnsrk. Indicates rise. 1lndioates toil.
Business wac eSs sB Blanks on ha ns the
freight she has had In several trips. and a doe
M Decides a her % shrsse
Il port, leaving Tuesday, had GA hoRsheads ~
Gar and left 200 barrels molasses Tor the HALL
day, which steamer will have Ia addition to-day
ovRe Among on Inc passengers by the Cannon was
Cart. r A. Charlet to Donaldsopville, me
overwhelmingly BEEN reeeiyed and sive Satisfaction, CAPTAINS
Charlet and Aucoin both are satlshed that tnes
are going to have The King eee Oh all 'ne 'o"e
sA The Jimmie baker was at the LANDING. yeeter-
day. She will leave to-day most probably for
The renowned City of Alton. Capt II. i. Blk
bv In command. arrived yesterday from St.
Louis with tlne trip. and is the Anchor Liner
~ The YasSo Valley will be the Saturday boat
for Shreveport
broken shaft It was taken out yesterday,
after which she was towed accross the river,
The John D. soully did not Leave for M MN
Wilkinson In command. VIM. Dillon clerk.
Capt. Kates ieles raphs that his populas VIII
sh anew viii Hit leave here Tuesday az advertised.
The Reuben II. Springer was Z days ana
hours from here to Cincinnati Tn ,,, mac toas
railroad iron. Bad boat to fool with. the
Springer. "a.
Mary for the Tensas aud Macon. are receiving
to leave Saturday. $1,000.
day for Bayou bartholomew. but VIII hardiy
ret off before Saturday
Capt. Peter o'Reiliy expected to get the Maria
Louise es aask ha p and s Waer for
three weeks or more weighs at least 1000 pounds
to the bale and smells to heaven: :. .,,.,. 49,,
The J, NJ. White is the packet boat to vioks
burg and the bends to- day. Her superior never
Don't forget that the Robt. Mitchell leaves to.
day. Captain Dan Moore. her commander. Il
genial man, under whose charge an enjoyable
'f HE e fSsla Lice steamer e O. stanard,
Qhas seamen master Niles fa N; S ~ ons
with full trip, and Ia advertised to return TO-
The ii. Y. /. Company's steamer John Dip.
pold aud barges, Captain +. A. Toms, arrived
yesterday morning from st. Louis and Will re-
The stanard reports the Mollie Moore In Old
river, when she passed the mouth Monday
NIGHT, .,,< ,.,. 49,. ,s,.
as the types hal 1t yesterday.
The Hon. Allen Jumel. our popular state
Andor men r. ned s the grobaei,
man, for he would most certainly bs the right
man In the right place. SO far as concerns
The Mary Ida was taken to the Bayou Teehe
to engage In the log towing business. After
making one trip she was laid up at New Iberia.
where she Is at preeept.
: shows the following coal on hand on the first OF
this month: Pittshurg coal, 81 boats. barges
and French creek st. Bernard. boats; The
consumption during the month OF March
amounted to 26 boats. barge and French
creeks. all Pttsburg, Arrival same month, 80
boats. barges and ench creek all Pitts,
boats. Brown & Jones and J, A. Woods eons
being next In order with Is and 10 boats re-
See the advertisement of the Grand Isle mail
n packet David Hoststttr.
The Anchor Line ste amer ". p Halliday. E.W.
day u az .. M tor st. Louis The Halliday is
8 new boat comparatively, has handsome cabin,
is fast, and Is one OF the best boats In the line
experienc.d. careful and successful steamboat
III 80, and Mr.. Gould H. u competent and pleas
ahsslerk, with whom 1t is "a pleasure TO Lave
The, regular tri.weekly upper coast packet
/ Rene Macready In place OF the Desmet. Frank
to-day as usual. at 10 a. M, for Donaldsonyille
Il The lower coast packet Emma Irvine, j. A,
Ruiz master. i. NJ. Valette clerk. leaves to-day
The regular United States mail packet j. NJ,
White. Curt Holmes master. VIM. Gaines e,erk
Greenville ana the bends.
The 8. 7. Line steamer Robert Mitchell, Dan
Moore master, Frank Stein clerk. leaves to-day
The regular semi weekly Bayou Lafourche
packet Belle, Max Blanchard master. Joseph
Webre clerk. leaves tomorrow at 10 q. M. and
will 90 through Co IxncknOrt,
Thesemi, weekly Plaqusmine White Star Lie
The Bayou Sara packet z. J. Gay. John J.
Brown MASTER leaves tomorrow as usual. at
Exchange Clippings.
1t IL disgrace to our laws that the evidence
taken before the local ms pectors of steam yes
ses VINO are hede5al oes wt
and vested to some extent with judicial powers.
Is not admis' ible In courts Of law. Neither is
permitted by our laws to bs offered In evidence
as to the character Of either of them. In
the matter TT Of collision case where the
of local inspectors. whose findings are ap-
proved by the supervising insp, ctor it is In the
those findings. or to permit the inspecto, 8 to
be put on the stand as officials. o. to allow any
used in these courts Of law. This 10 ,q us IS law
stultifying law, and the sooner this condition
Of things Is altered the sooner We can come
down to even- handed justice. No better case
to show how unjust the law is IN this regard
can be quoted than tina of the steamer Ameri-
Gus and the widow of one of the crew of the
Hope which latter ssel was sunk through the
ignorance or carelessness of the drowned man.
The steamboat inspectors exonerated the
Americas, and now civil court. with no tech
nieal or practical knowledge of the subj .ct,
mulcts the Americas In eamages for loss of life.
Cincinnati Times. April s:
Private advices report that the Jehersonvi'ie
boat-yards are full OF work, and ship carpen-
ters are In demand. They have drawn every
Idle hand away from New Albany AND Madison.
and are now seeking reinforcements here
Friends of the Reuben r. springer no YaE)o
river have sent that steamer miniatur bale
OF cotton. with note which says: Cotton Is
king. and so is the Ruben h. Springer"
CINCINNATI, Al ril 4-Iu j. F IS" reply to
&C" he states that 1t Mr.. Nicholas j. Roose-
welt who built the New Orleans while the Pitts
burg Navigator of 1878 states that 1t was Mr..
Roosevelt a gentleman of enterprise, and who
is acting 1t ts SAIL. in conjunction with Messrs.
Fulton Il Livingston. # New rk has boat of