The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1874-08-04

| Tuesday Morning, August 1, 1871
| The undersigned liz the only authorized Rive
| Exporter Of the BULLETIN. all communication
intended for him will meet with prompt attention
! i left at his office, Kouns building, Can,l Stree
/ Ferry Landing, from A. nj. to Z NJ, or aite
T., that hour, at this office, 100 Gravicr street.
! GEO. J. DUNCAN.
The dus, and heat combined rendered tn.
| river front Yesterday anything but comfort Il
the dust was binding and the heat almost In
tolerabe
! About O'clock Yesterday evening the sky be
came suddenly overcast by mass of dark, omin
Gus looking clouds, which threatened deluge
/ but turned out to be only wind. At z p NJ vIu
lent uorther came up, scattering The dust ir
every direction and causing a general stampede
| IF all parties who by business were forced to re-
main on the lcNeo up to that hour.
As yet no action has been taken by our city
fathers ia regard to reduction of wharfag sc.
How much longer are our oyertaxed steamboat
men going to submit to the present exorbitali
rates? The matter is iii your hands, gentlemen
OF the river fleet, and if you do not act and act
at once. Shake not your CORY locks at Us" foI
We have done our level best to keep our end up.
Late advices from Red and Ouachita rivers are
rather discouraging to steamboatmen and long
season of low water navigate N is imminent.
We are indebted to Mr.. Dave Jackson Of tn.
firm OF jackson Il Manson, for copy of the fol-
lowing dispatch received by him Yesterday
BAYOU SARA, Aug. 3.-Will arrive in the morn
ing. All we'll C. w. STINDE,
NJ ster steamer Texas
We mentioned, incidentally, few days ag,
that new line of ST. Louis and New orleans
packets was in course Of formation. BY our lasl
exchange we learn that the line has been rmed.
and will be known as the ''Grangers' Line ana
be composed of the following steamers: jam +
Howard Great Republic, City of Alton, Gelnco,
John Scudder BIS narck md Pauline Car. oil
The arrivals since Saturday evening were as
ollows: Katie from vi, ksburg, Selma from
BAYOU Sara. Willie from OuachIta River, Para
gon from Cincinnati Henry c. Jaeger and Com
monwealth from ST. LOUIS, LIZZIE Hopkins from
Latonrche. Hunter from Lower Coast, B. l.
Hodge from Baton Rouge and Josephine IRON
Bonnet Carre
The river at this point continues to recede.
For manifest OF steamers see marine column.
The RoBr. LEE.-This magnificent steamer
came to the landing yesterday and immediately
commenced receiving frei- ht to leave on her first
trip of the season, for vicksburs and all landings
at P. NJ to-day. The champion
during her retirement has been under the abb,
sur, rvision Of the veteran Captain Jno W. Can
non; placed in tiptop o"der from her heel to the
very tops Of her elegant smoke stacks, and % da,
looks as we'll as when fresh from her builders
h ,nds
she is indeed noble craft and worthy to beal
the iiustrious name of the great Southern Chief
tain. Her cabin both inside and out has be,i
rpamted, retitted and gilded, an the
m isterly manner in which it was done reflects
credit upon those Wel-known Steamboat painters.
Delacroix u swain. The cabin and stateloon
furniture, under the skilltul manipulation of Mr.
VIM. Kraft, the upnsterer, is to day as good as
new whilst the engines, boilers aud other steam
have been placed by Slr. VIM Perkins
ana hIs able assistant, Mr. ion Berry, III prrfec'
working or 'er. In conclusions, can oniy sa,
hat the X. e. Lee is today the finest fitted out
,ud handsOnlest steamer on the Southern Oh