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

The weather yesterday was very blustery
with a strong wind from the southwest;
during the day it made several efforts to
rain, but only succeeded in splitting little,
as though it was getting dry in the cogs.
0 Prob. had his storm flag up, which has
its own Specification.
Business on yesterday had not improved
very much from the previous although 1T
was observable that one or two OF the lead
ing steamers were slightually well patron
led The Ouachita Belle had the call by
all odds, and as usual went her way with
good freight list.
The river at 4 o'clock last evening was
II inches above high-water mark of 1871,
and still creeping up slowly; the river had
raised sufficient, that's, broken through under
the wharf, and was running all around in
the gutter of the street near Jackson Square
and on the railroad track, and should the
high wind suddenly veer around to the
south, 1t is much to be feared that the city
would suffer heavily by an overflow.
Freight tariffs are all unchanged.
ARRIVALS.
Frank Pareoud, from Greenville; Onachi
ia Belle, from Camden; James Howard.
from st. Louis; Henry Tete, from Bayou
Lafourche.
DEPARTURES.
Ouachita Belle, for Camden b. L. Hodge,
for Baton Rouge; Bertha and Bradlsh john
son, for Opelousas Era No. 10, for BGutf
River; T.. Hensley, for Lower Coast.
BOATS TO ARRIVE.
Natchez from Vicksburg; Lessie Taylor
and St Mary, from Grand Ecore: Bart Able,
from Camden La Belle and G. ii. Durfee,
from Shreveport; City of Alton. from St.
Louis Sam J. Hale, from Cincinnati; Mary
Houston, from Louisville: Lizzie Hopkins,
7 R.l
Landing; Empire, from Lower Coast Mol
lie Moore, from st. Louis.
DEPARTURES FOR TO-DAY.
Frank Pargoud, Capt. J. NJ. White, clerk s
Holmes. McCrndle and Benedict. for Nat
chez, Vicksburg, Greenville and all way
landings.
James Howard, Capt b. r. Pegram, clerk
J. II. Chassaing, for Memphis, Cairo and
st. Louis.
Molie Moore, Capt. Dave Haney, clerk
Henry J. King, for Cairo and st. Louis.
Texas, Capt. C. w. Stnde, clerk Geo. E.
Fee, for Shreveport, Jefferson and all way
landings on Red River.
Garry Owen, Capt. Nick Bouchman, clerks
Jenkins and Culbertson, for Camden. Mon
roe, Trenton and all way landings on Black
and Ouachita rivers.
Era No. 10, Capt. Tom l.. Taylor, clerk
Tom Clements, BGutf River.
Gladiola, Capt. H. l.. Lee, clerks Ed.
Groves and w. A. Devinney, for Mnden and
Lake Bisteneau.
Ruth, Capt. r. =. Burton, clerk VIM.
Barnes, for Camden, Trenton, Monroe and
all landings on Black and Ouachita rivers.
X. T. Bryarly, Capt. w. T. Scovell, clerk
Z. Burke, for shreveport, Jefferson and all
landings on Red River.
DEPARTURES FOR FRIDAY.
w. S. Pike, Capt. J. J. Pike, clerk J. F.
Muse, for Tunica Bend and Red River land
ings.
Henry Tete, Capt. John Dalferes, clerk S.
S. Streck, and the Lizzie Hopkins, Capt. }.
F. Aucoin, clerk P. A. Charlet, for Bayou
Lafourche.
The wharf dues question as to an embargo
on business has received it's quietus at Du-
buque, Iowa. Wharfage tax has been
abolished entirely; at Evansville, Ind, the
wharf dues on their local packets has beer
reduced from $1,000 to $500 per quarter; and
at Louisville, KY. the talented river editor
of the Courier Journal is advocating free
wharf with vigor, and has the full concur
enee of all the merchants and steamboatmeL
in his behalf in the good cause. Our hum
bic efforts have been used that way since ouI
first career as a river reporter, and we intend
to keep at it until something is done to re
lieve our poor steamboatmen Of that heavy
drawback to all their business property; it il
q heavier embargo on the business and com