The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1874-09-25

Ida. 4. J. ruiz master, leaves at 10 NJ to- Ia,
fer the Convent and all landings intermediate OF
the Upper Coast.
Tue empire leaves at 10 A. NJ. tomorrow fol
| Lower Coast.
The W. ;. Pite, j J. Brown master, leaves al
5 p. d. to-day for haynu Sra.
| FROM CUR EXCHANGES.
The Cincinnati Enquirer OF the 22d says:
Capt. Charlie Miller, commander. and Elliott
Miller, chief clerk of the Mary Houston, are il
the city doing the Exposition.
| The Ohio River Improvement Commission
meets at Evansville tomorrow. The Pensyl-
| val ia delegates. Gen. J Moorhead, George H
Thurston, joseph Walton, Gt II t. ]. Powers and
J. L. Blanchard, leit iIttsburg yesterday to at
! tei the meeting.
The soundlngs taken by the pilots on the
| steamer Lille show 10 inches at Deadman, and
| abont tn, same at accom-. There we've the 81 al
lowest pla rs, and show inche- more water than
the PIttsburg metal MAJ * call for
| The Paragon was to have come oft the docks at
| ST. Louis Yesterday.
! There is no boat loading for New Orleans at ST.
! Louis
The St. Louis Globe says that at P. NJ Satlr-
day, there was not single steamer at the wharf,
| which is the first instance OF the kind in fifty
Years.
The river has fallen one inch since yesterday
with ct inches water IN the channel
Weather clear and pleasant.
From st. Louis Democrat, september %:
The river at this port according to the Govern
ment gauge, has risen inches since SATURDAY, 5
p. NJ, and the prospect is for an additional climb
Of from to inches. The Missouri is reported
to b, tn, stand still, while the illinois is ex-
pected to RISE from Ia te rains
Business is dull. That word "dull" has ften
appeared IN connection with the state Of affairs
on the lev. g, but 1t covers the case, ad it
for its veracity and simplicity. Yesterday was
the first day IN IA that the con-olida ed line had
no advertising card as to departure of boats but
to-day, it will be seen the consolidation have two
h ataI E,rf ptov nat Rafn
and 223c and will stick to these figures, they be
ing at the bottom until there is a more decided
change in the water.
MOVEMENT OF BoATs.- The Mollie Moore
brought $40 tons nf freight from New Orleans
the De smet 25 tons from Grafton; the Reu
Wing $50 tons from Keokuk the Northwestern
$50 tons from Ke"kuk; the City of Chester 50
tone from Memphis; the Savanna 40 tons from
Louisiana; the Colossal 800 tons Fl ON Keokuk
the John KYLE tons from New Orleans; the
Commonwealth 4SO tons from New Orleans, and
the Fa ny Keener 375 tons from Naples.
From Louisville Ledger, Sept. %:
Saturday at 5 z. VI. there was not boat at the
st. Louis wharf. Such a thing has not occurred
for fifty " airs with that city, says the Globe.
The small boat built at Evansville for Capt.
King. OF VIcksbnrg, has been turned over to NJ
owner, and starts South tits week. She has been
named the Vlcksburg, aud will run in the Yazoo
River.
Ge' rye Musselman. Billy Varhle, Mann Latten-
hide. Hen. Hopkins and Geo. Mcbride went fish
ing this morning. At noon they had caught one
channel cat four inches long, and had ordered
two kegs.
'Ihe only signs of business along the river
were the boys fishing on the dam" Try on, my
boy; you are on the right road to make a first
class commercial reporter. 1t will soon be, we
half suspect, ''those dam fishing boys" We'll,
well.
The Vint Shinkle was in t midst of the Ke-
Iogg fight. Size got out, however, as soon as
possible, rect living few shots against her
boilers. A private letter gives graphic descrip-
lion OF the part she took: Capt. Remission. her
captain. took uge behind smoke-stack, from
which position he delivered lis orders with great
GOODNESS. Billy Mcintyre, her chief clerk, in the
first excitement, performed an act of agility III |
climbing down hog-chaln aft. The letter all |
says the Shnkle made the run to Red River in 23B
hours, t. Natchez in a34 hours and to Grand |
Gulf in A hour |