The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1874-10-01
THE RIVER.
OFFICE NEW ORLEANS BULLETIN.
Thurs.lay Morning. Oct. l, 1874.

Another beautiful day was vouchsafed US yes
terdav The sky was clordless, the temperature
from morn til. eve cool, and everything on the
river front Except busiuess) was truly lovely.
Several steamers left port yesterday, but not
one OF them-if we except the towboat Bee, had
q good trip. The City OF Quincy, for st. LOUIS
had fair freight, the Ouachlta packet Willie had
little over a halt load, the st. John, Tor Baton
Rouge, went out lighter than usual, whilst the
Bertha, tor Opelousas, was not as inii as usual
To-day being the LIST Of the month, revival in
business may be looked Tor, and we hope to be
able to give good report from the front before
the close Of the week.
In consequence OF the delay Of shippers in
completing orders, the Red River packets Carrie
A. Thorn and w. J. Behan were compelled to lay
over; they will get off to-day.
Late advices report Red and Ouachita rivers
rising slowly.
The weekly Grand Ecore packet r. T. Bryarly,
will have clerk on the landing this morning, at
the head of Crossman street. receiving freight /;
she leaves on Saturday, I'd inst, at ?. NJ, on
return trip.
The Belle Lee leaves on Thursday, 9Th inst. on
her first trip Of the season as a regular New Or
leans and Memphis packet.
The superintendent OF the bladder factory did
not make his appearance on the landing yester-
day; he was out III town discussing the question
whether Gen. - wore a straw hat last week or
only pair OF epaulets He will tell all his
steamboat friends tomorrow what he knows
about it.
The fleet still attracts quite number Of visitors
to the levee every evening.
The departures yesterday were Bee and barges
and City Of Quincy, for st. Louis, Willie, for
Ouachta, Empire and Waloon, for Lover Coast,
and Bertha, for Opelousas.
The delegates from this city to the Steamboat
Convention, which convened yesterday, are:
Capts. Jno. W. Cannon, T. p. feathers and Geo.
Kirk.
Our genia, friend Capt. Mellon, OF the Kountz
1.-The, is rapidly recovering from tie wound ne
received on Sept. 14th.
The Frank Pargoud, from Mouth Of White
River, will be fouEd on the wharf this morning.
The Trenton from Opelousas Natchez from
vicksburg, Eelle Rowland and Il. T. Bryarly from
Grand Ecore. and Bastrov from Shreveport, are
due to-day.
Want Of space prevents us from giving full ex-
tracts from our exchanges.
The Bertha Bruner, Capt. Jno. G. Mitchell,
Ferd. Ceos, clerk, lie receiving to leave lin place
Of the Fleta) for Grand Ecore, on Saturday, the
Sd inst.
The W. S. Pike, from Bayou Sara, viii arrive
this morning.
STEAMERS LEAVING THIS DAT.
The splendid Frank Pargoud, J. NJ. White,
MASTER c. Holmes, clerk, leaves at P. NJ. to-day
for Ch;cot City, mouth of White River, Argyle,
Vicksbnrg and all intermediate points. The
Pargoud is one of the finest passenger packets
afiOat, and her officers are too well known to
need a sigle word Of praise at our hand.
toR UPPER CoAsT.-The Mary Ida, A. j. Ruiz,
master, Messrs. J. L. Boyd and John Raymond,
clerks. leaves at 10 A. NJ, to-day for all landings
on the Upper Coast as far up as the Convent.
FoR RED RrvER.-The fine low water packet
w. J. Behan, Geo. Z. Wilkinson, master, F. w.
Ames, clerk, leaves for Jefferson, Shreveport and
all way landings, at 5 r. NJ. to-day.
For Sr. LOUIS Capt. Mellon will dispatch
the Kountz Line packet Henry G. Yaeger, Capt.
l. c. vanhook, for the above and all landings
intermediate.
ToR SHaEvEPeRT-At P. M. to-day the Al
light-draught packet Carrie A. Thorn, Charles p.
Truslow, master, Charles Thorn, clerk, leaves
for the above and all way landings.
by Telegraph
NATcHEz Sept. 1910 John Janney Pargond
will arrive at 8 A. NJ: POO bales and 5000 sacks
of cotton seed j. NJ WHITE Master.