The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1874-10-27
THE RIVER.
OFFICE NEW ORLEANS BULLETIN, !
Tuesday Morning. Oct. 81. 1874. I

NO rain yet; dust on the landing GROWN
thicker every day, and the sun about as warm q
can say for the weather.
We do not look for any marked improvement
in business until after the election, and then wit
the downfall OF our present State Government
We expect to see our river front crowded will
steamers and our shippers kept busy as bees.
The Behan is out Of dock, where she went t.
have her patent hustle taken from her stern
which was found to interfere with her locomo
ton. She will leave early in the present weel
for Jefferson, Shreveport, and all way landings,
The Robt. E. Lee arrived just after dark yester
day evening, with by far the largest load of the
present season. Her cargo consisted of 1901
bales OF cotton, A sacks seed cotton, 1909 sacks
cotton seed, so bbls oil and sundries.
| The weekly Grand Ecore packet Flets, John G.
Mitchell master; James L. Robbins clerk, arrived
last night, and is receiving to leave as usual at
r. NJ. to-day.
The light draught packet Bertha Bruner, W.
Vented master, Ferd. V. Cellos clerk, leaves
to-day, at 5 P. NJ, for Trenton, Monroe ana all
way landings.
Don't forget that the Fleta will receive this
morning at daybreak, to leave at P. NJ. to-day
for Grand Ecore.
At last accounts old Red was about on a stand
We have no late advices from Ouachita,
Business continues brisk on the upper but very
dull on the lower landing.
The Bossier leaves positively at P. NJ to-day
for all landings on Red River.
The II. G. Jaeger, Capt. Van Hook, leaves at
P. N. to-day for st. Louis.
The dust on the river front is fully foot thick.
The following named steamers are the first
boats due at this port g. A. Thorn from Red
River, II. Q. laeger, G. V. kountz and John Kyle
from st. Louis, John D. Maud from Memphis.
Bertha from Opelousas, and st. John from Baton
Rouge.
The departures yesterday were the Katie for
Chlcot City, Glencoe for st. LOUIS, W. s. Pike for
Bayou Sara, B. L. Hodge for Baton Rouge. and
Henry Tete for Lafuurche.
The steamer Ida Leon is at present running
from Coushatta to Shreveport She is doing a
good business carrying cotton up stream to be
shipped at Shreveport North by rail. If our
too late, however, that our trade with the Red
River Valley will be lost to US forever, and st.
Louis i'll be the outlet of the cotton crops of the
whole northern portion of this State.
News items are scarce on the landing at
present.
The Fleta had on freight 500 bales cotton, 179
sacks.cotton seed, "a sacks seed cotton, % bbls
and SO half bbls. molasses.
SUGAR AND MoLAssEs. receipts Of these |
staple articles are rapidly increasing: Yesterday
sugar, 663 bbls and ITO half bbls molasses, and |
ret the grinding season has just set in.
We stated a few days ago that repairs we're to
De immediately commenced on the lower landing.
1 few pues, and several loads of lumber were
brought to the front, the pile driver overhauled,
nut there they stopped, and nothing has as yet,
'een DONE
STEAMERS LEAVING THIS DAY.
FoR yIcKsBuRG- Tuesday L. S. Mall Packed
The champion r. E. Lee, William Campbell,
laster, A. McVay, clerk, leaves as above at p.
l. to-day.
WEEKLY GRAND EooR8 PAcKEF.-The Fleta,
list from dock, and in Al order, leaves as above
P. NJ to-day, taking freight for all way land
lgs, and going through without reshipping.
apt. John Mitchell commands, and Mr.. J. L.
obbins has charge Of the Office.
FoR RED RIyER.-The Bossier. W. T. Board
ian, master, c. J. Boardman, clerk, leaves for
hreveport and all way landings at P. NJ. to-day.
FoR ST.. Lou1s.-The Henry c. Jaeger, j. c.
an Hook master. leaves as above, at 5 P. NJ. to-
~. Is
FoR TRENTON AND MONROE. - The Bertha !
runer, Fighter than the hghtest,) leaves for !
le above and all intermediate landings at p. NJ. !
'-day VIM. Vented commands, and Capt. Ferd. +
ellos has charge Of her office.
The total receipts of cotton by river yesterday a