The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1875-02-24
RIVER AND STEAMBOATS,.

CINCINNATI, Feb % River eleven feet one
inch, ard rising. light rain fell to-day.
Arrived: Paragon, from New Orleans.
PrrTaBIEa, Feb - River four feet nine
inches, and rising. Weather warm and pleas
ant.
LOUISVILLE, Feb. y River six feet in the
canal, ana rising. Light rain all day lee
rapidly Disappearing. Departed: Mary Hous-
ton. fpr New OIleans.
| CARfo, Feb. 23. Arrived: Capitol City from
| Nicksbmg l. NJ; johu Kyle from New Or
leans A. NJ
No departures.
River twelve feet and falling rapidly Rain
this morning clear and warm tonight. Mer-
curry 60.
EVANSVILLE, Feb. q. Light rain all day.
Weather warm. Up: Susie Silver, $50 last
night. Down, James Howard at $50 7. ",
and Bodmann 81 80 T. N.
81. Lor'Is Feb % The mild weather the
past two days has considerably weakened the
ice in the river here, and to-day the harbor
boat T. G. Smith and several ferry boats and
tugs have been ice MASKING with great
effect broad channel has been cut both
sides of the river from the bridge as far down
as the arsenal, and tomorrow work will be
resumed. Probably most Of the Ice in the
harhor will be 50 broken up that when the
breakup comes little il any damage will be
done to steamers aud other craft at this point
The river has riscn about foot aud if the
rise and warm weather continue two or three
days longer we shall have an open river and
a resumption OF navigation after a two months
embargo.
MEMPHIS, Feb. -. River fell three inches.
Weather rainy aud warm. Arrived: Legal
Tender t ON White River. Departed: Belle
Texas for Pine Bluff Nicksburg for Vicks-
burr.
NIcKsnrKG. Feb. 23.-Passed up Charles
Il. Church, s 4. NJ, City OF Helena, Il NJ
Down. Belle Lee, II last night. Frank Par
goud, \. II. to-diy, Natchez, p. NJ.
Weather warm, raining all day River tell
eighteen inches.
MEMPHIS Feb. 43 The following dispatch
has Just been received by the fernando In
surance Company, from Jacksonport, Ark,
23d inst
Tho steamer Cora Belle burned this side Of
Pocahontas. One hundred and fifteen bales
cotton lost. Particulars later.
ALBERT SMITH,
Captain Steamer Batesyille.
The Cora Belle, which burned in Black |
River yesterday with one hundred and fifteen
bales Of cotton, was little dnkey plying be
yeen Jacks import and Pocahontas. The cot |
ton was insured partly in Memphis offices.
SOUTHWEST Pass. Feb. % noon. Barome-
ter 2990. Wind southeast, fresh. Weather
foggy.
Arrived Steamship Royal Standard. 10 4.
NJ, Johnson, master, from Cardiff, Wales, /
for orders.
No departures.
P,ss-A-L OrrEE, Feb. ., noon Wind south
strong. Weather thick and hazv.
Arrived Steamship Margaret at $3.50,
Baker master, from Havana, via the Florida
ports. to J. X. Roberts.
No departures.
Pass. t.r OurGE, Feb. - 6 T. NJ. Wind /
south, fresh. Weather thick aud hazy.
Arrive Schooner L. J. Collins, Townsend. h
master, from Philadelphia. with a general
slrgn to Geo. A. Fosdck \ Go.
Sailed Steamship United States.
SoUrHwEsg Pass Feb. %. & z. NJ -Ba-
-omeier 1870. Wind south southeast, fresh.
Weather toggy.
Arrived: Bark Sarah VI. Smith, Taylor,
master, forty days from Liverpool, in ballast
to 4. X. Miller \ Co.
No departures.
GALVESTON, Feb .. Arrived Steamship
hyde from New York, schooner Witch of the
Wave from Tuxpun. Cleared Schooner r.
+. P,e&er for Cedar Keys, in ballast. schooner
lhos Ill. Sweeney for Boston, schooner A. d.
>cull for Pensacola. il ballast.
New YORK, Feb. %. Arrived: san Saliva
'ador, Manhattan, Eldor
An exchange asks; IF there's a place for !
where is tie place for boil?' !
/ has been sald that the best place for such I
N ornament is on some other fellow, and we
lont think better location can be dis