The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1874-04-12

i TIL. st. Mary having been Withdrawn from the
Grand Ecore trade il has left the field wide open LOT
that cav packet the Leslie Taylor. and sh is Ell
able to fiji the BILL and quite swoPplng OF crews tooA
Mace on account Of the change. Capt Geo. Z. nam
;lton the he'd and correct first clerk OF tne
esse Tsvor takes charge of the Office and he ls well
known in the trade one OF the post poruiar erks
that has ever been in 1t, aHd will carry immense
husiness to the boat His abb partners, Tom Dowty
and r g. Maddox will also be associated with MIN III
The LESSEE and that is trio hard 70 beat The bust
ness will be carried on to perfection IN the mans
both to the satisfaction OF her patrons spo o"nes.
Success to the LESSEE
The Fannie Tatum has gone to . place OF retire
ment where she will rest easy until times improve
and omen a way for her to obtain load in some good
paying trade.
| day the 14th, Bayou Macon.
Our Men phs letter of today's issue is wei worthy
of perusa it is full of inter esting news, and our
merchants and dealers will find correct list OF the
cargo Warner and barges route for this port
from Evansville. We hope our merch nts Will appre-
cate our enterprise in obtaining these lists for them
in advance of the boats arrival and that they will sig
nifty their approval by giving their patronage. This
is new feature introduced by the Bulletin for the
| exclus We benefit OF our citizens
Our levee q all times point Of great impo' tsncs
and interest; and that he weather 10 clea- aud
Die a.apt is visited by hundreds OF citizens and
strangers viewing the mighty Father OF Waters on its
ceaseless flow The ocean. grander sight Is hard
to be found anywhere. Our steamboats, are also, At
ALI times attraction for all classes who
love to view and examine the handiwo Of man. But
all This only brings to the point that the walks lead
ing from man fash enable avenues to the leves
ar in NEST miserable condition. and req Tres new
lanking; and unless done very soon, somebody will
get log broken ankle sprained, and tie city will
be called on pay bi OF damages. All OF these
things should be well considered by our City Admin
istrafon, and, while they are 1T that, take also into
consider ii the covering OF the dirt wharf either
with granite blocks or heavy plank. and 1t will be
something right, provided you wind it all up
with abol .hing the odious, onerous and excessive
wharf boat tax which our poor bsatmen are now sub
jected to.
Before closing this we would remark that the te
addition the Dsgo lunch houses the plank walk
leading to the Canal street ferry emit gu euva not at
all agreeable to the oactorias OF the passersby more
especially the ladies' for it is very disagree able the
extreme. Come, gentlemen, wake up and let us 8 -e
what YOU can do to benefit our commerce. steamboat
and mankind i'll general and merit the grateful
thanks of the community at large.
Passengers and shippers must bear 1t in mind the
selu is the regular Tuesday weekly packet for Shreve
port and will leave positively on Tuesday l4h, at
5 +. NJ.
Correspondence of the Bulletin
MEMPHIS, April 9. midnight.
Old Prob" didn't miss traction in his morn
ing synopsis and conjectures to-day, when he noted
that the storm center in tn ISouthwest had moved
eastwa d to Mississippi. and that g nerally cloudy
weather. with shifting mos with rain, would be our
portion OF the little inclemences to-day. He forgot
one thing however skipp that page in his book,
and TIL to tell us Of heavy rain-storm, which
sted from o'clock this morning until nearly II. aud
never much said word about the driving snow
storm that followed it, lasting full two hours all for
r III,
south, April showers, and the like. which usually, al
this of the year. give considerable impetus to
gro wing vegetation but VIII i'll this particular
mas pretty thoroughly washed ont arly all the vege
| tat on in fro t door-yard and left the owners
| thereof to Iepant-when they get good
chance. The fe thick and fast
long hours keeping in doors everybody except
those whose imperatv. duty compelled the presence
upon the streets andng and, taken as WHOLE the
streets had much the advantage for there were per-
ambulators along he levee; t. work wanting
and 0bOrerS seeking shelter, until the mid
lie OF the afte noon, when-the snow ill falling
lighty-an occasional whip-cracker would show him.
self the elevator wharfboat for dat dar load OBJ
| stuff" The wind blowing all day-as il oid-a gale
from the northwest, didn't help matters bit, and
only delayed the boats due compelling some to go to
the bank and interra ptng business generally and
compelli almost tota suspens on of hauling to or
| fro the boats depots as result of which the
boats that did venture ont had scarcely anything ia
the of freight and ore passengers than they
could comfortably provide for.
The river II inches during the day. and ton ght
was 81 feet inches above low Water mark, and IS
now feet inches below the hig Water mark OF
1867 and 20 inches lower than it week ago. The
ht avy and pro onged rains will however check
the decline somewhat in the course Of the next few
days, and being general above here will send down
enough water perhaps 10 make rise II few inches.
The cumberland an Tennessee are rising a4an very
st, and the Arkansas and White rivers viii send out
another wave which will not help matters below mere
much, unless it should after the river had got
within its banks all the way down.
The business done at the landing to-day amounted
to Just nothing at l. The City Chester brought
400 tons from st Louis which went out at the eleva
tor and she went ont light
The Future City aid tow went up at P. NJ, adding
| an empty ice barge here; and the Warner, with two
barges i'll tow passed down an hour later four days
out from Evansville, and had as her principal cargo
items for New Orleans, 26OO bbls flour. 50 boxes
and Is casks meat 100 sacks oats 1000 sacks 600
pieces bulk meat, 10000 hoop poles and 100 hhds.
tobacco and some mscel aneous freight. not emo gh
however, to psevent her from passing the city as
though she had been shot out OF a gun; never once
stopping to make her bow to our obligng wharf,
master whose ten per centum con- mission this m nth
will be rather light.
The little tug bispat b. sent down to bring up Dan
+ ices advance boat, returned during the morning
not having the " breadth of Wheel or length Of
cy der to pull push the Laura up against the
current
The R. W. Dugan laid again, not getting any
freight, and by the way she and the Boyd now con-
sttute the line to Little Rock, the Carksy lille having
been withdrawn for want OF bus The two boats
named will leave here Mondays and Fridays
and when there is enough to do the Gibson and
Clarksville will be put in
Tue Andy aum, for Cincinnati, left at 6 p NJ with
the lghtest trip she has mad this season. taking but
40 passengers and 20 bales Of cotton her "hefty
fat item.
MEMPHIS, April 10. Noon.-The weathe to day is
clear but cool and business more active still not
II A. NJ. The Capitol City from VIcksburg arrived
early with 81 ba es cotton Is sacks ed and far
trip of people. c. B. Church went down at 6 A. N.
with good trip from tho hio.
The A. J. White from ChIcot came up at 2 A. NJ
with Is bales ,tton and 1893 sacks seed; her officers
bring the intelligence that the Hushpuckana levee was
cut yesterday morning by some fend incarnate, and
that when they came by the break hal washed TO
nearly one half mile in width and from TO feet in
DEPTH and tpat the water was pouring through at .
fearful rate and wo Id undoubtedly many plan
tations; the planters were busy getting together
force with which to check the further washing OF the
bank, but found it slow work This levee is one Of
the best and strongest the river being SIS feet from
base to top and having ba 9 surface OF $50 feet.