The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1874-08-02

The dust aud neat combined rendered tn
levee anything but a desirable locality yesterday
| The sky uutecked not even miniatur
cloud presumed to put in appearance, and tn,
| god of day shOne forth with unusual vigor; i.
fact he seemed to be trying to give us river mel
an idea Of what we might expect i'll the grea
| hereafter.
Billed to fine point, the above means silnpl,
! this and nothing mnre-it was awful hot on tht
river front yesterday
Business on the landing yesterday was better
than it has been for several weeks past, and thu
departing steamers all lett with good trips.
| The Merchants line packet Belle Rowland
George W. Rea, master, Charles Drown. clerk
leaves on Wednesday, 5th inst, a, 5 p NJ for JEFF
ferson, Shreveport and all way landings.
Rates to all points on Red River are full caro-
| all around.
The kounl line packet Carrie V. kountz, LEFT
! last evening for st. Louis with over 500 tons o.
| freight and no salt in it.
The Bee and harge;s, from St. Louis, will ar
| for st. Louis. Capt. John A. Stevenson agent Of
the NJ. Y. T. Go. will make all freight engage.
| ments for her.
The Champion r. E. Lee leaves on Tuesday
the 4th inst, at S 2, NJ, for Vicksburg and ali
way landings.
The Hy c. Yaeger, Capt j. H. Burk. leaves
for st. Louis OIL Wednesday, August 9th, at {
PM.
The Frank Morgan, from Shreveport, arrived
SSstcIudN VIII h Illlt lOdU Oh CdJJIC.
For arrivals and manifests We refers our read
crs to the marine column.
The stage OF water in our principal tributaries
Is becoming rather thin.
One Geo. Washington, who probably did not
own little hatchet but wanted the wherewithal
to purchase one, brought suit against Capt.
kenison of the Lessie TAYLOR, for damages. The
case was aged, as the LESSEE has been out of
commission for month OF two Frisbee and
his right bower r. X. c., took the case on hand
and 1, ~. To-
of holding full hand were euchered by the
captain.
Capt Nick Bouchman has been before Frisbee
on several occasions lately, and few days ago.
whilst undergoing severe cross-examinatl0n.
threatened this pet Of the R. r. party with an
indiction of the same treatment that his (Fris-
bees) legal adviser underwent during the July
riot in 1861 In plain English, he threatened to
make him crawl mp fue.
Mr.. W. H. Woodruff, for over sixteen years
engaged in the trade between this city and ST.
Louis, departed this life on the 18th Of uly last,
at ST. Louis in the tifty-second year of his age
He leaves large circle OF friends to mourn his
loss.
Mr.. John Bird. well known in steamboat cir
cles, is now employed as freight agent of the
Memphis and Charleston Railroad, with head
quarters at Memphis.
Through telegram received yesterday and
dated Shreveport, July 81, We learn that up to
that time the Lotus No. 8 had not arrived at
fast with from two feet to thirty inches on the
bars.
Freight rates remain unchanged.
The river at this point is falling slowly
When will onr city authorities take action on the
wharfage business?
The Garry Owen, Capt. Nick Bouchman, leaves
on Tuesday, at p. NJ, for all landings OH Black
and Ouachita rivers.
IT the dust becomes much thicker on the
landing we expect to report terrible case of
sufiocaton in few days. 1t is deep enough at
pr esent to hide small boy or horse and wagon
on pinch.
The departing steamers Yesterday all had fair
trips We noticed specially the r. L. Bryarly,
of hem had all the freight that they could carry.
The Fieta commences her trips as a regular
weekly Grand Ecore packet on Tuesday. the 4th
inst.
The Sabine will be repaired in time to leave on
Saturday. the Sth lust, at ) P. NJ.
The Willie will arrive in time to leave for all
landings on Ouachita and Black rivers on Tues
day, the 4th inst, at Z. NJ.
The Commonwealth from St Louis and Katie
from Vcksburg, are due to-day