The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1874-04-09

merce of the city than any other one tax
| that could he named, and it is shame that
our CITY Fathers are 80 short sighted thai
2 they cannot see the immense draw back IL is
/ to the property of our city. Free wharf Is
our watchword and will be until our boat
hands have some relief.
Passengers and shippers must not over
4 look the fact that the Mary Houston, Capt.
Charley Miller, with his brother Elliott NIL
Ter as clerk. is the fine passenger steamer to
clear for Louisville on Saturday, tine 1lth.
at P. VI. She is par excellence.
The CITY of Alton. with Capt. T.. A. Sheb G
in command and who is worldwide known
for his amiability Of temper, kindness OF
heart and perfect and safe steamboatman
withal, that leaves on Saturday, April ii, at
8 P. NJ. for Memphis, Cairo and st. Louis.
VIM Mason is her accomplished office clerk.
and Young E. A. Sheble is his able assistant.
and Capt. Horace f. Bixby and Ed. Fulker-
son are her thoroughbred pilots. and safety
always goes where they 60, as well as with
the City of Alton. Give her trial, and you
never regret it.
Capt Dan Able was in the city last eve
ming.
The levees were crowded last evening by
our citizens and strangers, viewing the
Father of Waters on one of his periodical
rampages. as it is a sight well worthy to be-
hold. as well as awe inspiring, for it is hard
to tell what will be the result should the
river rise much more.
GLEANINGs FROM EXCHANGES.
The st. Louis Republican, Of the 9th re-
ports the river had fallen five inches the pre-
vious twenty-four hours, and the weather
very gloomy with no business of any kind
having been transacted on the levee: even
the levee church services were dispensed
WITH on account of the disagreeableness or
the weather.
They have good take off at the Comique,
in which the city of Vicksburg and Capt.
Bob Riley play hand. The play is enti-
tied IA Trip to Vicksburg." Capt. Riley is a
leading character in the play, and is well bur-
lesqned in the person of Fred Wilson who,
donned out in Capt Riley's veritable fur
lined Overcoat. takes command Of the stage
boat, and with Capt. Bob's voice makes the
niger deck hands hop around lively. In
the course Of the play the captain gets into
a race with another boat and after the wood
and coal give out he orders the firemen to
chuck in a niger or two. The play culmin-
ates in a general mixing up of things. occa-
stoned by an explosion, in which niggar is
thrown out Of the chimney. Capt. Bob is
spilled, the chambermaid, mates, deck hands
are thrown in nineteen different directions.
lie COIifiuOHN tdltu, Sdpi.
master, is the next boat to leave in the Con-
solidation As there is less than nine feet in
the canal, all boats passing through will
have to pay full toll. If the directors of
the canal have the power to reduce the rate
when there is over nine feet, why have they
not the power to reduce when there is three
feet! 1t is plain nothing can be done with
Congress for the next two years, and we
must now look to the directors. Let us hear
from the Chamber of Commerce On the sub
ject. The magnificent head of elk horns
presented to Capt. Shields of the Common
wealth will be put in place in front OF the
pilot house to-day.
The Louisville Courier-Journal, of the
6tn, says:
The river was rising slowly yesterday
with 10 feet inches in the canal, and feet
2 inches in the chute on the falls. The
weather was of that varigated nature which
makes it disagreeable to pedestrians. Dust,
sunshine, clouds, wind, rain, thunder and
lightning, all inside of II hours. Business
fair.
Capt. Rueb Neal, of the Indiana, arrived
from Evansville yesterday by rail- He went
up to Madison, where he has home, though
he hasn't seen it for five years.
The Tom Sherlock supplied all the fruit
vendors yesterday with bananas, and put
out for Cincinnati. The Captain was mad
at the bell before he left, or else he thought
everybody on board asleep.
A darkey on the Church asked an Italian
yesterday, who was carrying bunch of ba-
nanas "Look-a-heah, boss, whar you get
dem par pauss
Two BARGEs OF Coal SUNK.-During the
storm at noon yesterday, the tug Laurel at
tempted to put two barges of coal in the
canal. The wind caused the ting and tow to
become unmanageable, and the result was
that they struck Weitzels dam opposite
Fifth street. The barges were sunk, and
the tug crippled and grounded. The Grey
hound and Ida succeeded in getting the
Laurel away. The coal belonged to w. H.
Brown, and will be saved unless sudden
rise in the river should take place.