The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1880-01-23
River News.

endeavOrtnR to decide what 1t. should
do, whether to rise or fall-and has not
yet decided, but remains in about the
same condition as reported last week.
Business on the river front has been
moderately active. The arrivals,
though few, had all good trips, receiv-
ing and discharging' quite literally
here. L.,.,-,-I
The pride of the Ouachita, the Fred.
A. Blanks, arrived on her maiden trip
about o'clock Saturday evening, con-
siderably behind time, having been
detained by various causes, some of
which were small crew, heavy
freight, fog, and an insufficient amount
Of water for her to be conveniently
handled. This reporter went to Ouach-
tia City on the Blanks, and had an
opportunity of thoroughly inspecting
her, and he is fully convinced that
justice even is not done her in the de-
scription which we copied from the
Cincinnati Commercial recently. Her
cabin, though plain, is neat and very
spacious, and is Illuminated by six of
the handsomest six light chandeliers
that we have ever seen on steamboat.
The staterooms, like the cabin, are
large and nicely furnished, and the
bridal chambers are simply superb, or
to use slang expression, t'immense;"
SO fine are they that the average young
man who contemplates that this Is
leap year turns in sorrow and sadness
away and wishes that he were pos
sessed of enough of the "filthy lucre''
to enable him to accept the probable
offer of his fair and charming dulcina
to wed, and to make the bridal tour.
Her tall and graceful chimneys and
elegant s'Texas,' which is capped by a
handsome pilot house, are prominent
features about her aud attract the at
tention and admiration of all. 1t is
the opinion of this reporter that the
Blanks is equal, if not superior to any
boat that has ever Piled the Ouachita.
She left for New Orleans at $3.50 Mon
day morning with somewhat more
than $500 bales cotton, and was draw
ing only feet, though she can load to
10 feet. She seemed to have a little
more than half load. Capt. Blanks
informed us that she was capable of
carrying 1900 bales in her hull; and
also that the statement published some
time since in the Golden Rule Pilot to
the effect that she had the cylinders of
the old Bart Able was false. It is the
new Red river packet, Jesse X. Bell,
that has them. Everything about her
is new.
The Clara S. is hard aground up the
Bartholomew, with 800 bales cotton
aboard, and unless there be heavy
rain above it is likely that she'll re-
main there some time.
The Corona with full load Of cotton
passed down at z o'clock Monday morn
Tuesday with $500 bales. Both were
from Camden. $3.50.
The John III. Hanna, bound for Cam
den, Capt. Billy johnson in command,
and Ben Cornwell clerk, arrived from
New Orleans at $3.50 Wednesday night.
leans, and was compelled to refuse
freight there. Ben Cornwell, her ac-
complished clerk, informs us that they
met the Blanks at IIarrisonburg at
O'Clock Tuesday night with 1900 bales
cotton, 5000 sacks seed and a cabin
full of passengers. This is equivalent
to fully 5000 bales. E
The Blanks, owing to her late de-
parture from here, was unable to leave
New Orleans Wednesday,. It is prob
able though that she left yesterday
! evening.
The VIM. Pagan is due up today.
The editor of the Morehousc Clarion
will hereafter please spell it "Fagan"
and not "Fagin."
A wharfboat at this port is neccs-
sity, and want seriously felt by all
who receive freight by river. BY all
| means let us have wharfboat.
Capt. J. NJ. White, one of the oldest
and most popular steamboatmen on
the Mississippi river, died at his resi-
dence at Cloverport, Ky, last Friday.
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