The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1875-09-21

ARRIVALS.
Onole, Waloon, w. J. Poitevent, Bertha
Drummer, W. s. Pike, R. E. Lee, Arlington,
Mollte Moore Grand Lake, Josephine, Iberia.
Col. A. p Kouns, Rice Farmer, St. John.
DEPARTURES
Oriole, Iberia, Josephine, w. s. Pike, Ber-
tina Drummer.
Oriole, Stella Block, Iberia, Lower Coast; Les
sic Taylor, Baton Rouge; Bertha. Opelousas;
Kate Dickson, Lafourche; Josephine, Upper
Coast; Frank Pargoud, Greenville; Atlantic,
st. Louis; Cherokee, Cincinnati.
BOATS ADVERTISED TO LEAVE TO-DAY.
Oriole Lower Coast, 10 A. NJ.
Favorite, Upper Coast, 10 A. NJ.
w. j. Poitevent, Lower Coast, 10 a. M.
Waloon, Lower Coast P. nj.
Mollie Moore, ST. Louis, P. NJ.
MISCELLANEOUS
Capt. John M. Bietry has entered his
staunch and fine Favorite as regular Tuesday
and Friday Lower Coast packet, leaving at 10
A. NJ, and going as far as the Lee Plantation.
Charlie Fagot, veteran in this trade, will be
found in the Office.
The Waloon, John 0. Vallette MASTER A.
j. Thomas clerk, leaves daily at P. M. for
all Lower Coast landings to the Mary Plan
tatioD. The Waloon has clerk on the levee
during the day.
Capt. Probst has finished the repairs on his
truly elegant st. Mary, and will have her at
the wharf in day or two, and will commence
receiving for lower coast trip.
The Stella Block, leaving this morning
will represent the j. F. Frazer, now undergo
ing repairs, in the Lower Coast trade.
The st. John, that left here Saturday even
ing broke her larboard shaft just above Don
jacksonville, and had to turn back. Her freight
for points above she resbipped on the Era
No. 10, Capt McElroy accompanying to
see to it's prompt delivery. The st. John will
be ready for business again in week. In
the meantime she will be represented by the
b. L. Hodge. which steamer will be found
at the landing this morning ready for
business. The extensive repairing put on
the Hodge has just been finished, and she is
in tip-top order. The officers of the st. John
will be found on the Hodge,
The r. E. Lee is at the landing with lO49
bales cotton, 2205 sacks cotton seed and 272
barrels apples. SIZE returns to Vicksburg to-
day at 5. VIM. Cam pbell MASTER A. McVay
clerk.
the M. l. line steamer W. ]. Poitevent,
Alfred Ruiz master, George f. BARLEY and S.
Heno clerks, is at the landing near the head
of Cont street, and will leave tomorrow
morning, at TO- for all Landings on the Upper
Coast to the Union Plantation.
The Arlington, from the Ohio, is at the land
ing head of Poydras street with fine trip, and
Louisville and Cincinnati. The Arlington is
fine boat, frst-class in all her appointments
and has good name with the travelling pub
lie. Dan Moore master, Alex Mcconnell clerk.
The st. Louis, Cairo and Memphis packet
Mollie Moore, D. Haney master, F. I. De
Ward clerk. arrived Sunday night, and is re-
ceiving return evening at P. M.
The Ouachita River packet Rapides, Joe
Holmes master, lays at the head OF Custom
f,ouco cfroof op0 10 rocaivino for all landings
on the Ouachita and tributaries.
The Cincinnati @ )mmerc al saws:
1.-The new steamer st. Francis Belle, leaving
for New Orleans this evening, is a neat boat.
The hull was built at Catlettsburg Kentucky,
and was lowed from there to Madison, where
she received her cabin and machinery and
was fully equipped. She is neat and trim
estern-wheeler, 1873 feet long, 26 feet beam and
A feet hold. She has two double-fue boilers,
3S inches in diameter and 20 feet long She
has two lever engines, 121 inches in diameter,
with feet stroke She is owned by Capt W.
r.. Porter, her commander, and others.
"a colored preacher by the name Of Stew
ard took passage on the steamer Ashland, and
sat down at the first table. Capt Kyle re-
quested him to wait for the second table, he
said he would get up from the table when it
suited him. The passengers on the boat COM
PEELED him to leave the table. Steward swore
out warrant for the arrest of the officers of
the boat, but no o.e was arrested"
The Col. A. P Kouns arrived yesterday with
a fiue trip, part of which was 442 bales cotton,
80 head cattle, and 142 sacks wheat
The Kouns returns tomorrow, taking
freight for all landings on Red River to
Shreveport and Jefferson. Mart Kouns mas
ter Chas. w. Drown clerk.
The side-wheel Lower Coast packet Oriole,
one of the most regular and reliable boats
running on the "Big Muddy" leaves daily
at 10 A. NJ, for the Live Oak Grove Planta-
ton. jos. T. O'Pry master. The Oriole has
clerk on the Levee during the day.
The Cherokee, from Cincinnati, and the
Atlantic, from ST. Louis, both passed Mem
phis on Sunday, bound down. The James
Howard and John B. Maude are also on the
way.
The Frank Pargoud, J. NJ. White master,
from Greenville, will arrive tonight and re-
turn on Thursday.
John Hanna and Wm Pagan were in st.
Louis on Saturday last.
Capts. Ike Kouns and James Aiken arrived
by the Kouns yesterday, and Ed Burke, the
efficient and courteous secretary OF the hed
River Transportation Company, wore very
smiling countenance in consequence.
The Vicksburg Herald says
"Capt. John w. Cannon is about contract
ing with the Towards, at Loui vile, for new
hull for the Robt. E Lee The new hull is
to be 315 feet long, and AZ feet beam, M k.n 6
the new boat fifteen feet longer and two fee
wider than the present boat The new boat
will have the engines and cabin OF the cnam,
piop, and while she will be much hgnter VIII
be equally as fast as the old boat. The tim
Der tor the new hull will be gotten out this
winter and will be well seasoned in time fol
the commencement of the work next spring
The Lees engines are among the best evel
constructed. The cylinders are forty-eigh
inches in diameter and ten feet stroke, inc
largest on the river"
business on the levee yesterday was very
dull. Reports from the Coast are that the
rice, cane and orange crops have been con
-siderably injured by the recent storms. snip
nents from the country have been very hght
in consequence of the bad weather, but nov
shat it has cleared off revival is in order.
The fine passenger steamer Lsssie Iayiol
got in Yesterday with % bales cotton, 81 SACK
go q csots coed cotton and 133 sacks cOttOr