The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1880-01-10
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Cincinnati -...-....-...... A "
Louisville. ...-s...... 80. ~ r
Mem pills. ...-....s- ...... ~ ~
HaSnVflle...... .,..-s....s 10 y
New Orleans.....'.,.... ~
Ptttsburg. ...... .....s.... IL 70
Shreveport .,............ "
st. Louis. .......-......,.. 10 " nj
"Below high water. mark OF 1871. sA sas ]
bench mark. Indicates rise. 1lndicates fali.
Bg a Ga &c atin nes lair. The John Howard
aud the W r, Halliday wers both TeoeIyInK
largely yesterday. and the former Will nave alI
she wants to-day. The Red river boats also
were doing pretty fair. -.
river She met The John d. seully above tho
mouth Of Black river on her way up He'd. and
left the =. Neal still at the mouth Of The river
The w J. Behan. Bonnie Lee and Silver City
all got through to Shreveport. The two former
we're TO have left yesterday for here; the latter
The Alexandria Is laid up for the present.
The Ashland waa towed to thu salt warehouse
last evening from there she gees e hsh n rlver
and si is In the the GOOD intent DOCK The damage
be out and !. # again to. day. Her freight she
left behind. carefully dunnsged. covered. and
under the care OF q part OF Der crew.
The Frank Pargond arrived yesterday and
after her arrival 1t was determinsd 70 send her
out to ArkauolIs instead Of the Ed. Bicnardson.
which steamer goes to the OHIO next Iuesuay.
instead OF the Thompson Dean. ,,,,
The new Guiding Star. w. b. Miller IN COM
| mand J. 8. Jones cler X leaves to. dsy OF q. M.
positively for Cincinnati, and will be followed
Tuesday next by the Kobt. Mitchell: The Star
had most e1eellsnt tT,p. both Oh areignt, and
| by fogs, losing two days and night In the
Ohio and two, nights this side OF Natcnez. me
already quite number OF berths engaged.
Those who do come on her will remember the
trip for besides finding the incest ana clsanesI
the best In the land they Will find their pleas.
ure Increased by the attention they VIII receive
| |. ON Captains Miller. Jones. and her steward.
| Mr.. Brown three OF as clever men 40 there Ia
| See special notice tn Red river shippers til
another part OF the DEMOCRAT. A3
Capt. John q. Hauna received 9. telegram
from Bayou Sara yesterday FROM Capt. ].
| arrfv4 this a. M. A full description of this flna
steamboat Will be- ,und elsewhere.
laying over to tnis 5 a. m, when she viii leave
| prom pity for the Rapidan plantation,
| Capt. Miller has favored US with photograph
| OF his pct Guiding STAR
| correspondence.
ON BOARD BOARDING BOAT Cora.
/ Dardanale ARK. January 9. 1880. !
| To the Editor OF the Democrat:
Since my last we have cut down about 500
| Fonrche La Fare river. The,riyer com mencsd
| rising on the iwsnty-third OF December and
| up to the twenty eighth had risen about twenty
| feet; 1t then commenced falling, and up TO the
first instant had fallen about fifteen feet There
was about twenty rafts passed down on the
| thirty. fl rst 90 route to Little Rock. We reached
| PerfyvlIle On December 81 aud suspended oper-
ations according to instructions from Major w.
Banyaurd
| Since starting operations in the river. August
| 2S. we have cut down 6ss7 trees, pulled out 800
| snags and deafened about as 600 trees: have
| OF RATS and done q good deal OF work on Kinks.
| Turner Rock. lied Ferry. Indian Grave. Piuey
Point and Mrs; Mays shoals; oluldsnot do any
thing to Affords on account of water there being
at least tn, 90 feet over IL when rfached there
| The river is now navixabte 10 Perryvile. q
about seventy i've from Little Rock In taking
view of the ryer think It T. enc 81
the set tax "a at Afords shosI. u 'o' '''" y
! The Arkansas river rose about IL inches at
this place yesterday. and Is still rising.
/ Plsw Boy. from Little Rock. passed up yester-
day en- route { e e.. Fort Smith and the Florence
Assistant United States Enaineer.
The John Howard. Capt. J. w. Carlton. leaves
The Corona, from Camden, Is due to- day.
n The Laura Lee Capt; q. !. Lee. Clerk Walter
stead OF the Silver Oil "a announced yestar-
day The Laura is one OF the best. prettiest
and ~ fastest est boats i that eyer went % Old Red
port, Capt; Charlie Tfuslow Ia command. I'd.
/ Bark clerk.
Halliday; Of tue Anehor Line, 10. W. Gould
master. 10. W Gould. Jr.. clerk. leaves to-day az
| D .. m. IOr bt. Louis.
The City Of Alton follows the Halliday next
| Wednesday.
The Frark Pareoud, az regular packet
leaves to-day. without fall at D. no. for all I'M
| fermediate points TO Annapolis Capt. Frank
Beck. Jr In command. Curt Lewis. Eug. Wells
and Tom Hazard clerks.
The De Smet pulled at the Lucy GastralI,
parting her lines and pulling out her bits, but
couldn't get her off.
Capt. Max Blanch ard has requested us to say
that the Laura l.. Davis. leaving to-day "a
usual. for the Laf0urebe, Ii running In place OF
the Belle. OF which he is an owner and that
either the Davis or the Belle will be- in this
Is water. The Captain has his war paint on.
and says he won't be buldCzed
Cap. L.. " Cooley telegrapns Britton IL Tppler
tnat the Irnsas Will be on hand TO leave to-day
posttiVely at D. "a. for the Tenaas and Macon.
shippers would do we'll TO give the Tensas the
boat. hnt she Is the first TO enter aud the last 10
leave this trade. Capt. Tom Knee is her reliable
and attentive clerk =
The elegant ard fleet Ed Richardson Canf.
james II. Pepper. leaves Tuesday next for Gin
c1naaft AZ advertised.
The Laura l.. Davis Max Blanchard In no,o
nand. John Webre and 9. J. Blanchard clerks.
leaves to-day. as usual at 10 O'clock for ion p.
aldsonvtlle and Bayou L4fcurche.
| Capt Frank OtteDdorfer's sldewheeI steamer
De smet leaves %, day IT i =. NJ. for the upper
coast to ~ duemine. =. Il. Goodwin and Il. b
The regular upper coast ID Ben Tur eaud,,
| pacKet Belle, Cnarlte Dean master s. d. HarneI
CLERK. leaves as usual this vi a. M
Ine regular semi-weekly COAT and Bavor
Laloutcne packet .Assun ption. p A. Charis
u, fo, Eaw Efenile clerk. leaves to-day st
The regular tri-weekly lower coast packe
l Emma Irvine, j. A. Ruiz rnaatar M unIsetS