The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1874-04-15
WEATHER. BUSINESS. ETC.

WEATHER, BUSINESS, ETC.
The weather yesterday was cloudy during
the day, and several times threatened rain,
but up to dark it had, thanks to kind
Providence, tai.ed to come, for we have
water privileges now more than we have
use for and more at present might create a
disaster which would crush now already
overburdened people.
Business matters Of yesterday had failed
totally to improve any on previous day.
The shipments were SO scarce that some OF
our regular packets had to lay over and
try another day for their luck to be
better.
The river last evening had, to all general
appearances, not changed at all from Mon
days report. 1t seems to be in brown
study, and which, we hope, will finally re-
suit in its commencing to fall. All reports
from every quarter give us hopeless out
look for the future, and but little depend
ence can be placed on the prospect for any
crops this year. Nearly everything and
everywhere is overlooked, and this country
totally ruined.
No change in freight tariffs.
ARRIVALS.
Selma and La Belle from Red River, Bertha
from Opelousas, Willie from Camden.
DEPARTURES.
Maria and Empire for Lower Coast, X. T..
Lee for Vicksburg Selma Tor Shreveport.
John Kyle for Ohio River
BOATS TO ARRIVE.
Frank Pargoud from Greenville, Ouacnita
Belle from Camden, Commonwealth from St.
Louis, John Howard from Arkansas River,
Era No. 10 from Boeuf River.
DEPARTURES FOR TODAY.
Bertha, Capt. w. H. White. clerk j. S
Schmidt, and the Bradish johnson, Capt
n ~ Ill. -. Tt Co..,
Ouachita Belle, Capt. Nv. Blanks, clerk
Joe Holmes, for Camden and all points on
Black and Ouachita rivers.
C. B. Church, Capt. j. S. Patterson, clerk
NJ. NJ. Deem, for Louisville and Cincinnati.
B. l.. Hodge, Capt. V. B. BarancO, clerk
j. P. McElroy, for Baton Rouge and all Up
per Coast landings.
Fleta, Capt. L. S. Greenlee, clerk Jas. L.
Robbins, for Bayou Macon and Tensas.
Sabine, Capt. Chs. p. Truslow, clerks Aleck
Fraser and John w. Ong, for Shreveport and
Jefferson.
Selma, Capt. Thornton Jacobs, clerk Tom
Jacobs, for Shreveport, Jefferson and all
way landings on Red River.
We are indebted to Capt. John Lewis, Of
the Selma. and John A. Mouchon, Esq, of
Shreveport papers.
were registered guests at the Southern
Hotel, st. Louis, on April 10th.
The Thompson Dean is beginning to ex-
hibit her speed of late days. On her last
trip from here to Memphis she beat the
Belle Lees time two hours. Any boat that
can beat the Belle Lee is fast nag, sure,
and will do to bet on.
Circumstances over which he had no con
troll compelled Capt Jacobs, of the Selma,
to lay over until to-day, when he will leave
positively at 5 P. NJ, for Shreveport, JEFF
ferson, and all points on Red River.
Shippers failing to complete their ship
ment Of goods on the Fleta are informed
that she has laid over until to day, at 5
p. NJ, when she will depart for Bayou
Macon and Tensas.
Correspondence Of the Bulletin.
MEMPHIS, April II, midnight.
There hasn't been vast amount of bust
ness done at the landing since yesterday
noon and in fact, hardly anything was done
at all yesterday until nightfall. when the
boats came up quite lively from below, and,
as usual all with slim freights. The Grand
Tower (instead of Belle Memphis, as stated
Yesterday started for st. Louis at shutdown
with 80 bales of cotton and 400 beer kegs.
The Atlantic came down with five barges of
ice and one of freight in tow, and after
leaving three of the former here, left with
the balance for New Orleans. The Quick
step, for White River. had very good trip.
The Ben Franklin started for the Ohio at
1890 last night, with 621 bales of cotton
and so passengers. and the Robt. Mitchell
went up an hour later with 10 cabin and
100 deck passengers and $50 tons of freight.
The City of Helena followed the Mitchell
closely all the way from Vicksburg here
just close enough in fact to let the Mitchell
get all the business; and the Susie Silver
came up, at 10 P. NJ, bent on catching the
Mitchell this side of Cairo; the former put
out 200 packages and the latter about the
same; the Silver having but 100 tons freight,
but real nice woodward on board when
she and the Franklin started up side by side
for "bout." The Phil AllIn and A. j.
White got together in some way, near
Helena yesterday, the result being loss of
one of the Allin's wheels, or so near it that
it had to be ".jacked" up railroad fashion on
the bank at Helena.
The latest information from the Hush
puckana crevasse here last night, is to the
effect that the laborers have not. as yet
been able to check the washing of the dirt,
and that the water is pouring over at a
rapid rate and flooding the country, running
towards the sources of the Sunflower Tai
lahatchie and Coldwater rs:.hooding many
plantations in that direction, as well as to.
wards Australia and Carsons, and with the
present heavy rise now coming down, the
advance of which has just reached here the
situation in the flooded country will indeed
| be distressing. Other levees below Hush
puckana are reported weak and likely to
break, and the break below the mouth of
the Arkansas has let out enough water to
completely submerge nearly fifty of the
best plantations in that locality, and in
some cases even the stock is suffering for
food and room to exercise in, being confined
to high spots of ground, where they can
only be reached by means of skiffs or dug
| outs and their oNners are too anxinus 10