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

| water. lle river mas IalIeu away iIOLl ueT
since she sunk, and the water has been
pumped out Of her hold with her own pumps,
so that she is now dry She sprung her butts
in striking the bank, but broke nothing, and
now lies straight with the channel and In an
easy position.
Capt. Hutchinson thinks that as soon as the
freight is taken out of her hold she will light
eli up and can be got AFT Dat without the as
sistance Of any of the wrecking boats. 1t is
probable the Tom Jasper will 60 up to her to-
day and take her freight to New Orleans
Capt Hutchinson thinks the freight on deck
will not be damaged, but that in the hold
will be to some extent.
The John B. Maude went to Mound City
for repairs instead of going to New Orleans.
The Memphis Ledger hopes that Frank
Beck will keep his temperance pledge, and
Frank hopes that Jim Durtf, the Ledger man,
will follow his commemorate example. Better
do it Jeems.
From Shreveport Times:
The river at this point continues to fall at
the rate OF two inches in twenty-four hours,
and was, yesterday afternoon at o'clock,
twenty feet and six inches above the lowest
water of 1872, tor eight inches below the
highest water of this season.
! The officers of the last packets up found
| oceans Of water on the thinnest bars in the
lower river with the water rising.
! The last boat out from Jefferson found five
feet in the cut roads through the lakes. The
Bots a Arc pass furnished that much, and that
is about the shoalest ''layout."
Capt. w. T. Gillian, Of the steamer Frank
Morgan, came down yesterday from Fulton
on the morning train and left again last night
for his boat. The Morgan had got out of her
low water trouble above Fulton and had ar
rived at that point She will leave for the
Upper River as soon as Capt Gillian reaches
Fulton. She had not been aground as re-
ported, but was between two sand bars, which
amounted pretty much to the same thing.
The lower bar washed out and let her out.
We would not be surprised if there was some
thing Of rise up that way.
Yesterday was such horrid day for business
on the landing that we have not the heart to
speak Of it.
The Clifford was due here last night from
Old River with load of the staple.
The Royal George is over due here from
above the raft.
Up freights are half-card rates or less, and
cotton down 81 SO per bale. Cattle accord
ing to contract.
The following clippings from the Louisville
Courier-Journal of the 26th, will show how
its river editor amuses himself during the
freeze up:
A steamboat pilot telegraphed his wife at
Cincinnati thus Il am ice-bound." She re-
piled thus: chubby, take blue mass at night
and seidlitz in the morning. The poor man
is a lunatic now.
Some people won't believe anything. An
Irishman didn't think we had jack on the
leyee until yesterday. He went down to find
out, and, after getting kicked through glass |
door into a shoe shop, he was hauled home
satisfied.
A well known river man has been married
six years, and his wife, after reading the river
column in this paper seven months, comes
forward and makes her husband happy. It's |
the first one, and boy. Tell her to read it |
some more, John.
If it wasn't for WeitZel's dam, the ice would
slide on over the falls instead of lodging in
front Of the wharf.
The river is every low" and packed in ice. |
1t is confined to its bed with bad case of |
dams, and will hardly recover.
The wharf committee meets at 3 o'clock |
this afternoon. We hope they won't charge
the boats wharfage, since they have been ice
bound here.
The Jos. H. Bigley raised steam yesterday
afternoon and went up to her tow near the
Pumpkin Patch. She is waiting to take it to
New Orleans.
People will persist in calling our jack
mule. There is as much difference between
him and mule, as there is between Beecher
and Methuselah.
Pittsburg turns out the handsomest tow
boat captains in the world, and nature didn't
half do her work when she made Capt. Bill
of the JOS Fl. Bigley. He has
a fine face, a keen eye, bully pair of side
whiskers and voice that would make any
girl in the world forget her "tilter" and
leave her "mammy.
o, Bill you are so handsome,
You look at me sly.
o! come and kiss me, Bill, my boy,
O! love me-let me die.
We now strap howitzer loaded to the nuz-
zle with powder and powders to our jacks
back, with the muzzle aft, and ride to the
evee for river news. We carry lighted
torch in one hand and steer our walking
arsenal with the other. If our citizens hear
like clap of thunder and feel an
they needt be alarmed, for we've
sent Conley, mate on the Lyle, where he'd
never get a chance to "clean us out'-as he
said he would. Look OUT.
by Telegraph
BATON ROUGE, Jan. 2S.-To Capt. John
kouns: The Col. A. P. Nouns will arrive at
o'clock tonight with 400 bales cotton.
Leave Saturday, positively, for Jefferson
direct. ISAAC H. KoUNs, Capt.
BAYOU SARA, Jan. %. To Briton & Eppler:
Steamer Bart Able will arrive tonight and
cave on time Saturday.
E. SINNoTT Master.
TRENTON, Jan. 27.-To Messrs. Lord & Nc
Peake: Will arrive Saturday morning; nine
hundred bales cotton. Leave Tuesday posi-
lively. W. c. JOHNSTON.
Master steamer Garry Owen.
SHREVEPORT, Jan. 2S.-To Britton & Ep-
oler: John Howard will arrive on Sunday
nd leave Tuesday for Minden.
H. L. LEE
BATON ROUGE, jon. 2S.-To n. Q. Bulle-
in: Leave at P. NJ, with twenty-four hun
lred bales and thirty-seven hundred sacks
T. p. LEATHERs,
@a Steamer Natchez
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