The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1874-06-05
RIVER. NEWS.
OFFICE OF THE BULLETIN,
Friday Morning, June 5, 1874.
WEATHER. BUSINESS. ETC.

WEATHER. BUSINESS, ETC.
The weather yesterday had not changed from the
previous days it hot, sutry and unpleasant, and
no mtgations Of the sufferers from the previous
days.
Business had not improved particle, and no
visible sign of any chauce for it to come up to me-
dunn standard; in fact all feel gloomy sad and OBJ.
pressed At all appearances in the last few days. aud
one has the face to discern the climax which may
The river marks last evening indicated 3 feet below
the high water gauge Of 1871.
ARRIVALS.
W. s. Pike from Bayou Sara, Henry Tete and Lizzie
Hopkins from Bayou Lafourche, Marie and Empire
from Lower Coast Ida from Attakapas, GOV. Allen
from Vicksburg.
Frank Pargond for GrteLville.
BOATS TO ARRIVE.
b. L. Hodge from Baton Rouge. Bart Able from
Grand Ecore.
DEPARTURES FOR TO-DAY.
W. s. Pike. Capt J. j. Brown, clerk James f.
Muse, for Bayou Sara
Henry Tete. Capt. A. Dugas, clerk s. s. streck and
the Lizzie Hopkins Capt. J. T. Aucoin clerk P.
Char.et, for Bayou afourche
Marie, Capt. W. s. Bassett, for Pilot Town and all
Lower Coast landings.
Don't forget tn the Bertha Bruner, Capt W. Wen
re, clerk Ferd Cellos, is the Saturday pack for
Camden and is so light that she always goes through
without fail; patronize hee aad you will never regret
The Seminole and Texas for Red River have both
overlaid until Saturday, at p. NJ.
The Gov. Allen arrived ahead of time from vicks-
(. M.
The Texas came to the lower landing all right. and
is now receiving for Shreveport and j. ferson, to
leave on Saturday, at P. NJ.
Correspondence of the Bulletin.
MEMPHIS, June q Noon.
The weather for the past "a hours has been rather
changeable the and clouds al ernating during the
afternoon and at night the change small gust Of
wind and threatened storm, but latter didn't
come. Business yesterday afternoon and this morn
ing rather brisk. The Future City passed up
with empty tow and the Keokuk instead of going
up reported, went down with stave boats, dropping
stone boat here. The Great Republic with a barge
in tow came down during the afternoon and laid here
until after midnight transfer her barge freight to
the boat and add 100 bales of cotton and 100 barrels
of lime.
She got nothing below Cairo and had the following
through items, of wnch she got above 1776 bbls
neal 22sO do flour, do. pork, $50 tierces lard $50
hhds tobacco, 1880 sacks 1888 do. OATS 800 do
malt. IS do bran LOG Casks bacon $50 poultry
besides about 400 tons of easy freight and gets 100
bales of cotton at Helena and much more White
RIVER all of which, with what she has, will load her
down to l0L feet She drawing 10 feet when she
left and came Osceola bar and Flechers drawing
81, finding II feet there and 10 at Oseeoa but laid up
nearly IL hours above the latter point for light and
account of a storm.
While laying at the bank two of her negro rousters
named Nasn and Logan got into privare alteration
over a colored da nseI If the Future Great the
result OF which was the almost instant carving OF
Logan his antagonist plunging huge knife into
Logans carcass, just below the right lung. which
eventually will q funeral in the Logon house
hold. The wounded maa was cared for by the boats
officers, and brought to the hospital here The cutst
came along by secretng himself on the boat until he
got here and then went to work usual, but was
gobbled up by the "peelers . fore the boat left
The Minneola arrived before dark with e.rly 4O6
tons, all of which she got at Cairo and in the Ohio,
and VIII CHI included 1853 sacks OATS $50 do bran, 1927
ba es hay, 1874 packages iron 200 rolls bagging TAO
kegs nails, g. casks bacon and other small lots all of
which she gets out during the day and turns to the
Ohio tonight tomorrow with all the cotton she
wants to cary up that shallow stream, and will un
doubleday get better rates than did either the Pat
Rogers Arlington which boats learn took Evans
vile cotton ut As cents Cincinnati at 60 cents sid
Pittsbnrg ut 81 49, the rent rates being fraction
higher. and the "cut" caused. Of course, by COM
peting boats Is 81. 4sz5 Sd .sls s-ts
The Colorado down about 10 O'clock last night
with 600 tons, which she discharged and got away
again by daylight, for st. LouiA Capt. Vfnson was
hauled again the pol last evening for mot get
ting his out Of the why. and tho usual tn
weesy nne Of $40 vas paid by him. which Of course.
DO e. but II rather rough on vinson; but he can
stand Il i the city can, and forks his Mtte II.
like . martyr.