The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1875-01-29

HlVer Reporter n. ~. bulletin.
'Old Prob hit the weather to dot yester
day. At d ark it commenced to rain again will
fair prospects for wet weather to-day.
Business on the landing yesterday was bet
ter than it has been for several days past.
The Ouachita Belle, La Belle, Frank Par
goud, Rapides and B. L. Hodge were receiv
ing, and all seemed to be getting all going
their way.
The Natchez is receiving to leave for Vicks
burg and all way landings at 5 Z NJ. to-mor
row.
The regular Memphis packet Belle Lee
Frank Hicks, master, arrived yesterday with
1850 bales cotton, 256S sacks cotton, and l069
sacks cotton seed meal She is receiving to
leave to-day at 2. M.
Mason of the Shreveport Times speaks in
his issue Of the 26th thusly of the weather of
that port:
The average lover of mud and rain had no
reason to complain of his lot yesterday, pro-
vided that it was located in the goodly city of
Shreveport. The sky was overcast at the
1t commenced to weep and persis emit
ly hung out for the balance of the day. 1t did
not come down in torrents, as the saying is,
but in broken doses at stated periods. 1t was
well calculated to give poor man the blues
and rich one the ''typanhods," whatever
that may be- 1t is not a new name for DRINKS
The mud under foot was Of the slipperiest
sort and it was no trouble in the world to
either sit or lay down. In that respect it was
the most accommodating mud we ever had
anything to do with. Oh! for soMe hole to
crawl into that neither rain, mud, thieves
nor collectors can find. There is no such
domicil in this burg.
The regular Saturday Grand Ecore packet,
new Bart Able, Dick Sinnott, master Geo. G.
Hamilton, clerk, is receiving to leave at 5 P.
M. to-morrow-at the head OF Crossman
street.
Shippers can rely upon the La Belle leav
ing regularly every Friday for Vicksburg and
way landings. She is receiving at the head
Of Gravier street, and leaves positively at 5
p. NJ to-day.
The BLANKS Line packet Gov. Allen,
Jack Blanks, master, is receiving at the head
of Common street, to leave for Camden and
all way landings at P. NJ. tomorrow.
Ouachita shippers should bear in mind that
boats of the BLANKS Line " give through
bills of lading to all points on Ouachita River
and its tributaries. The Captains Blanks
have made every preparation to accommodate
the residents of the Ouachita Valley, and we
hope that their efforts will meet with the sue
cess that they so richly deserve.
The following named steamers left port
yesterday: Ouachita Belle for Camden, Era
No. 10 for Jefferson, Frank Pargoud for Chi
cot City, Hy. c. Yaeger for st. Louis, Mary
Ida for Upper Coast, Alice (from New Basin)
for Amite River, and Waloon for Lower
Coast.
The regular Grand Ecore Tuesday packet
Seminole, Jno c. Mitchell, master, James L
Rob bins, clerk, is receiving at the head Of
Crossman street, and leaves positively at 5
p. M. to-day, for Grand Ecore and all land
ings intermediate. After this trip she will
resume her regular day Of departure and
maintain it during the remainder of the sea
son. The Seminole is fixture in the trade,
and her officers are clever gentlemen and
thorough steamboatmen.
The Minden packet Rapides, Nat. Puckette,
master, Ferd v Cellos, clerk, is receiving to
leave at 5 2. NJ. to-day for Minden and all
landings on Lake Bisteneau, taking freight
and passengers for all plantations and way
landings on Red River as high up as Loggy
Bayou. The Rapides is fine packet, and as
for her officers, we have 70 language at our
command to tell OF their merits They are
hard to equal and can not be excelled,
Those shanties are nearly completed. Look |
out for plucked cotton and bands oft of bales. |
The fine passenger packet Glencoe, Capt. |
Calhoun, is receiving to leave Saturday, Jan
uary 30th, at 5 Z. NJ, for ST. Louis, Cairo and |
Memphis. She loads in the Mississippi Val
ments for freight can be made by application
to the popular agent of the line, Capt. John
A. Stevenson, No. 46 Camp street, corner |
Common
The Col. A. P. Kouns, Capt. Mart Kouns.
is receiving to leave Saturday, 3Oth inst, at )
z. NJ. for Jefferson, Shreveport and all way
landings
The Cherokee, Capt Geo. Wolf, leaves Sat
urday at 5 P. Nj. for Cincinnati.
The regular Bayou Bartholomew packet
Willie, Capt. Trinidad, is due to-day or to-
morrow.
Late advices report rise in the Ouachita
at Camden.
The latest advices from Red River report
that stream on a stand from Fulton to
Shreveport and plenty water from that latter
point down.
The Waloon, Capt. Ruiz leaves daily at 10
A. NJ, from the head OF Cont street, for all
landings on the Lower Coast down to the
Greenwood plantation.
The Ouachita Belle and Frank Pargoud left
last evening with splendid trips The Ouachi
ia Belle had every ton she could store away.
She is "Bulletin boat you bet
Several tons Of stone ballast were hauled to
the lower landing yesterday and dumped into
the holes which for the last two or three sea-
sons have rendered it but little better than a
hog wallow.
STEAMERS LEAVING THIS DAY.
FoR NIcKsBuRG. fine passenger pack
ct LaBelle, with our old friend Capt. Sam
Ayles in command, and that courteous gen
tleman, Mr.. Charles Drown in the office,
leaves for the above and way landings at 5 P.
NJ. to-day. She is good boat and richly
deserves the patronage bestowed upon her
For BATON RoUGE.-The regular packet
B. L. Hodge, J. 2. McElroy, master, f. Ber-
yeron, clerk leaves as above at 10 A. NJ. to-
lay.
For MEMPHIS. champion Belle Lee,
!. f. Hicks, master, Alf Grissom, clerk,
caves as above at 5 P. NJ. to-day. As pas
'enger packet the Belle has no superior, and
Is carrier but few equals.
FoR GRAND EcoRE.-The fine passenger
packet Seminole J. Mitchell, master, j. L.
Robbins, clerk, leaves as above at ?. NJ
FoE MINDEN.-The Rapides, Nat Puckette,
master, Ferd V. Cellos, clerk, leaves as above
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