The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1874-06-09

New Orleans 8 feet inches below high water mark
Of 1871. NELSON GoROM,
Signal Service Observer.
WEATHER. BUSINESS, ETC.
The weather yesterday was hot, close. sultry and
very dsagreeable.
No business Of any moment to report on the levee
yesterday The Texas went over to the salt pile, and
was supposed to have enough to- fill her out.
The river marks denoted last evening feet and
three tenths below high water gaa OF 1871.
DEPARTURES.
W. S. Pike for Bayou Sara, Henry Tete for La
fourche.
BOATS TO ARRIVE.
Frank Pargoud from Greenville, Fleta from Bayou
DEPARTURES FOR TODAY.
Katie. Cap W. s. Campbell clerk John H. Mossop,
for Natchez and Vicksburg.
Texas, Capt. G. W. Stinde clerk Geo. E. Fee, for
Shreveport and ferson.
Bertha Drummer, Capt. VIM wenzel, clerk Ferd. v.
Cellos, for Camden
Seminole Capt. p. G. Montgomery, clerk j.
Monr, for Shreveport and fferson.
We are again under obligations to John A. Mouchon
for a late Shreveport Times.
Correspondence of the Bulletin.
MEMPHIS. June Z, Noon.
In the language of the immortal +" Buzz who dwell
eth away up the country, somewhere near the mouth
of smithland might say that business for the past
twenty.four hours has been bully. but when the
statement back here in print, some of the water
artesaus, who do the heavy for the press, would
laugh and say that 'rwas fearIully dull all that
day. when the fact it terribly hot yesterday
aft rnoon that none of them dared venture down to
the river for fear Of being sunstruck bat had their
little messengers running about with notes inquiring
to boats, trips. etc.
In fact it was about much, with the mercury at
SO in the shade and 113 in the broiling
writer wanted to do, to about the landing and
catch the floating items from the lips Of the half
mated mariners who are fortune enough to have ON
ployment during these exceedingly dull times.
The of Samuel Bierman who, it will be remem.
bered, was a month SO since suspended in mid-ar
with a rope by Henry Powers, mate Of the steamer
Clarksville the hanging being Powerss modus Operan
di of exortng from Samuel confession that he had
stolen lot of jewery from passenger; and who had
Henry arrested and the boat tied up claiming heavy
damages for the stretching he got brought suit and
the being called yesterday in the U. g. District
Court order issued for the sale Of the boat
abe is considered pershable property and might sink
burn up or be eaten up by the Mississippi catfish.
II is proper to add, in connection with his suit.
that the boats commander. Capt Reese Pritchard,
was not on board when the hanging was done, or Mr.
Powers would We been landed on the first log. The
excitement at the time was so great here among our
Jewish citizens-the plaintiff Berman. being of that
faith-that they subscribed large sum of money to
prosecute the and may. before 1t is ended get
Powers . seat in the lower house 1t Nashville.
The monster Paragon, with barge in tow, pissed
down last night has sounded herself over Plum Poiut
without lghtering and put Is or so tons here. Her
big items for city follows: 1662 kegs nails
1000 boxes glass, 400 bbs -four and meal 1900 bars
iron. 400 boxes bacon, 500 bbls whisky and on 1900
boxes eheeee and starch, $50 srces hams 160 boxes
oArd1es and aomething like 5000 ANAL and miscel1a-
neOuo pockAe6k