The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1880-01-11
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Vicksburg .s,.,--- 36 TO-
sBelow high water marx Of 1874. sAboye
bench maxi. Indicates riea. Indicates fail.
Yesterday vac y tusy day on the landing;
nearly NIL The denarturrs ieaving with gnod
trips. The Jehn Howard. ~ eartleea,ar bad u =
Louis had 400 bog-heads sugar. 100 barrels
molasssa and a lot ~ ~ ere W ndtsr. ne Gnto-
Ing Star Z + the Ohio han $40 70 600 h.Rsnends
sugar, 400 btrrels moiasses and u lot of hlscei-
The event Of tho day WIS the arrive' q tbe
new Fred A. Bsnts orpt 4 "a ,asia i R,vsr
Transportarion q mpany limo OF ~ amers
She was due - lhe m rninY. put p"isx %
tanned Dy fog. did not ut I've I'LL afr o',iock;
party OF lAdiss md gentlemen. accnm panied
by q band OF music. Wtut AZ On the y. a. nee
Capt H MeSesy a1d net her Inst 4 ns o. tb H.
neet OF O'clock boas wse l5nyng the scehe
was oneto be- ramemb-'et- Artilery Vas on
s sae a9r rom thsse guns aud the bowns
OF ever 30 many whistles at once. We may
almost ,ssy. was Utmost ne UT y, ne
Ranks had u large passenger iist o. her oWn.
aid the party from tho 10 ,es Awelltd the num-
Der to quite a err wd. which added 70 the atttac.
tlons Of tho oea .an ne ba NM "a Can M
BlaDks wrote some time ago she Is poor
man's boat. and ~ good business D at as ey-r
was put together So far she has met his most
sanguine expectation, for, though her ronmy
hull liz q mi 80 Of heavy tiutbera. sue IL very
light drawing only fhrlythree inch.s "a tn%
bales, IL light on fuel. runs WILL. ana hahdles
beautifully Her CABIN Is plain, but her st 'tee-
rooms excel. Tor they are not ouly nil unusually
large. but III s1erptiona ~ comfortable. The
Blanks will leave for the Ouachita Tuesday.
and aa between now and then she VII % iarg, ~
visited, her Ulcers have no fear of u most cli
The following. presented to Capt. Blanks BY
his passengers, speaks Tor ITSELF.
STEAMER FRED. A. BLANKS.
F. 0H nnnnluN my !
To the Editor OF the Democrat:
Permit M to tender to you. will pleasure In
expressibe the rnurxrd COPY OF r so utions as
framed aud adopted with an .ntfre unAntmity
by the passengers on board cf Jhta eeRsGt u, d
awift-sailiDg ~ amer. built by Gait. Jack w
Blanks. aud named Att hi- broth r. it trib-
ute-fur the New Orleans anu Uuachitd II ada.
and now en- route ~ your Crescent City to enter
at once npon active and vigorous duty Ia tue
waters Of her sunny Sou bern home.
AT q meeting III the pnr eenRers. nsaa bed In
the spacious rotunda of The bAHuti al steamer
Banks now on her maid n trio la kou bern
vsEsr IN n ms i ehar and Mr. Wecn actias
Resopea That the thanks OF NIL are due and
hereby rendered tn Capt. j hn W. Blanks. her
genial and yigilant commander. to Capt. Jos. y
Holmes, her faithful and ever attenitvr purser.
aey assisted BY rs hsa1g Fogl" 20 ne po; IEil
and last. but by no means teas TO Cardtnal Pat
Ryan the prince OF stewards. VIII r. htrols with
such excellence the department cuisine.
Res0lued That La our varied and extended
steamboat traysl we have found none more
capacioua, comfortable. pi' assault or Nhereon
ail.without 8uy exception from kee'son roof.
were made 10 feel more at home than upon the
beautiful Blanks. which will EVER prove an
honor to her name aud the whole souled gen
tleman after whom she has been 80 appropri-
ateiy called,
Resoired. That we wish the Blanks. as che
fully and 80 we'll deserves. long and prosper
Resoiped That when We forget that the stars
shine In the heavens, or that there is beauty ia
fhn arr will KyA "a rln ~ Id
trip upon the palatiai Blanks or the gentleman
ly kindnesses OF her gem u nflissrs. Further.
recommend the Blanks to The travelling aud
shipping public 40 q new, safe. we'll officered.
fleet and commodious steamer.
RESOLVED. That d COPY OF these resolutions be
forwarded fer publication to the New Orleans
DEMOCRAT Timts and Picay une
Rescued, That the meeting adjourn and in
virtues Of ,Trinidaos and Oid Rye Carried.
Ike those above m g ,1nyslv nnnaassi%ously
Signed i by Mrs e', a. birmingham Mrs. s.
Bryant. Mrs. Alice. Meyer. Mrs. kiiat. Mas |
Maud Meyer Mrs. A. simpson. MIRA. Nj b
Shaw. Miss Amt. Shaw, M'ss Ruth Meyer Miss |
Ella nsa Pn IKE. Ms T1 Ea Hnwasd Hpary
obstruction. NJ b. Shaw, a. g. Hal. Jno Carver. |
Ben Meyer, T. , Cray. 4. Asset. K A. Duke. M. |
ID. g. Duke. g. W. Munday. and forty-Cwo |
The Ben Tureaud packet Belle owing TO her |
late arrival yesterday. laid over 70 Tuesday. |
The @. X. Peck has b en- withdrawn from the |
Bayou Lafourche trade. ard WI leave Tuesday |
for river. through to Shr. yeport. nnher the |
command Of Cant John NJ. Gillian. with W. t.
The Oify of Alton, Caut II E. Brxbv. Is the
Wednesday boat In the Anchor Line for st. |
The trip OF the Ed. Richardson to the Ohio
has been abandoned for tire present, at least.
u me y ~ Line steamer me- kobnrt Mitchell m Dan
Ing this morning, and will leave Tuesday for
Cincinnati.
CAPT. WIN. Crawford late OF the Yazoo, left |
yesterday by rail- for Evansyile
The regular. Mamphi- aud hnnd packet
Henry Frank will arrive to 10 v, Wednesday.
week vii ba announced In to-morro@'s paner.
The Ashland LIFT the salt warehouse for Red
The White star Line steamer Whisper. ]. A.
Comstock master. g. NJ. Woods clerk. leaves to-
morrow at 10 a. m. for Bayou Gous.
Bo II ste g: leaves 81 ~ orr
a. usual alto d n. for Welham plantation.
The semi weesl y coast aud Bayou Lafourche
PACKET sf. Mary, Joe Dalferes master. leaves
The coast and Bn.on Rouge semi-waekly
packet ST. John. J. p Mcklroy master. leaves
The Bayou sara United States mail packet E
J. Gay. John ]. Brown master. leaves to-mor-
row at .. m.
The semi weekly coast and Bayou La'ourche
packet Henry Teta, J, II. Aucoln master. leaves
Tomorrow az ?. a. for Thibodaux.
REGULAR PACKETS FoR TUESDAY.
Emma Irvine, -. 49,. Lower Coast. .......1I g. N
Belle. Hyper Coast ..-....l1 a. m
Assumption. ..-.-.... Lafou rche. ID N
Laura l.. Davis. W.. LAT urche- ......... o. m
Do smet....t.-+.s-.-. Upper Coaht....... IL "a m
3. t. Lee. .....-......V ieksburg ......... p. 10
The regular Bayou Teche packet j. NJ Cham
oe, 6, L. H. Mugaah master. leaves tuesday for
g. Martinsville.
Especial to the Democrat
ST. LOUIS Jan. l0--Ths weather is c-oler A !
lecline in the river Is expected tomorrow The [
Wyoming leaves to-day with the ,rgest trio
hat ever left here Tor the Ohio-l4oo tons Nayf- {
ration to the Missouri not yet resumed The 9
Annie p. Silver lett to. day with a good TRIO
The My Choice left and will exchange tows with I
he Grand Lake. The shipmants on b rges I
his week will amount to 900 bushels corn
nd 1900 bushels oats. Every barge ts loaded !
instantly. Draws apd wagons for several 4
Quares are blocked this evening. &
uAIRo. Jan, 10; The q; Q. Yaeger is here ;