The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1875-07-31
THE RIVER.

THE RIVER.
OFFICE NEW ORLEANS BULLETIN. +,
Saturday Morning. July 81, 1876.
MINIATURE ALMANAC.
Sun Rises .-..-- ......51s Moor Rises. 3:ls p. NJ
s Sun sets..--.; $50 New Moon Id 7:2s A. NJ
Length of day. 13h. 35m.
Oriole, Willie, Mary Ida, Bastrop, Lessit
Taylor.
Oriole, Iberia, Favorite, Henry Tete, W. S
Pike.
Oriole, Iberia, Rice Farmer, Lower Coast
Favorite, Upper Coast; James Howard, St
Louis; Texas. Grand Ecore.
DEPARTURES TO-DAY.
Grand Isle, from the head of Harvey's
Canal, at 8 A. NJ. positively, the Minnie, Gus
Richards master, A. p. Trousdale clerk.
Belair and Star Plantations, Jesuits' Bend,
Terre.au- Boeuf and way landings at 10 A. NJ j,
the Oriole, Jas T. O'Pry master.
Upper Coast to Hahnville and Union
Plantation, st. James, at 10 A NJ, the Mary
Ida, j. A. Ruiz master, A. M. Vallette clerk
Lower Coast to the Lee Plantation, at IL M,
the J. F. Frazer, 0. Canton, Jr. master, P. E
Barry clerk.
vIcksburg Natchez. Bayou Sara and all
way landings. at p. NJ, the Gov. Allen, Jno.
G. Benson master, Jno. G. Baker clerk.
Baton Rouge Plaquemine and Donaldson
vile, at p. NJ, the Lessie Taylor, Allen
Jumel MASTER Chas. Brusle clerk.
Trenton, Monroe, and way landings on
Black and Ouachita rivers, at P. NJ, the
Willie, J. w. Blanks master, Ed. Phelps
clerk
Grand Ecore, Alexandria, Norman's, Bar
bins and way landings on Red River at P.
nj, the Texas, @. w. Stinde master, George
Hamilton clerk.
Shreveport, Coushatts and way landings on
Red River at 5 P. NJ, the Carrie A. Thorn,
Chas. Thorn master, A. Grivot clerk.
MISCELLANEOUS.
For additional river news see our daily tels
grams
The Gov. Allen lin place of the Natchez),
leaves to-day promptly at 5, for Bayou Sara,
Natchez and all way landings to Vicksburg,
under the command OF John G. Benson, with
John c. Baker and Charley Grice in the Office.
The Allen connects at Vicksburg with regu-
lar packets for all points above to the Bends,
Memphis, Cairo and st. Louis. As there is
no other departure to-day, the Allen offers
the only opportunity for freights and passen-
gers for the Upper Mississippi and through
her close connections is prepared to forward
through without delay.
The mammoth and elegant passenger
steamer James Howard will be at the landing
to-day, with large trip, and is to return to
StsfLouis on Tuesday.
Capt James McQ1o died in this city on
the 18th inst, after an illness lasting through
nearly seven years. Capt. McQuoid was one
one of our Oldest steamboatmen, having been
actively engaged on the river from 1912 up to
1870. For the last five years he has been re-
siding here. In his day he has commanded
the s. s. Prentiss, Crosse Tete, Lounds Jr.,
Morning Light Southerner, Iberville, Area
dia, and lately the Col. Coles. He was thor
ough steamboatman, and kind-hearted man,
and leaves behind him clear record. He
leaves wife and two daughters and five
brothers, three of whom are on the river, one
of them, William, being we'll known mate
in our coast trade.
The fine little steamer Minnie leaves from
the head Of Harvey's Canal, for Grand Isle,
every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday at
s A. NJ, landing passengers at the hotel
wharf. See advertisement in another column.
On and after Monday, August 2, the
Oriole will go only as far as Live Oak
Grove Plantation, instead of Belair, as here
tofore, making daily trips as usual. Due
notice will be given of the departure OF the
tender that is to accompany the Oriole as far
as Terre-au- Beuf Landing A clerk will be
found on the landing, at all times, at the foot
of Cont street, to represent these boats
The Marie will not leave for the Lower
Coast to-day, she having been sold to the
United States Government for a dispatch
boat Terms private. Until the new boat
now building at Madisonville is completed,
which will be in about thirty days, Capt.
Bassett will have another boat in her place,
and will leave with her next week. Our Lower
Coast friends will miss the Marie, for, through
her punctuality, she has been great conve-
nience to tlem, and was as we'll liked as
known.
The fine Coast and Baton Rouge packet
Lessie Taylor, leaves to-day, at 5, under the
command of Allen Jumel. The Taylor will
leave regularly every Wednesday and Satur-
day throughout the season, and will pay par
ticular attention to plantation business
The J. F. Frazer leaves to-day. at ~. for
all landings on the Lower Coast to the Lee
Plantation.
The Texas leaves to-day, without fail, for
Grand Ecore and way landings. The Texas
represents the Bart Able in this trade, and has
superior accommodations.
The following are the dimensions of the
boat building by the Towards for Capt Joe
Dalferes. to run in the Donaldsonville and
Bayou Lafourche trade: Length $50 feet,
beam So feet, hold 81 feet, guards fact; her
boiler deck will be Us feet long by 36 feet
wide, her cabin being fitted up in fine style;
she will have double. fued boilers. ~ feet
long and 3S inches in diameter, and a double
flued donkey boiler, 10 feet long. The Lizzie
Hopkins's engines will be put in her, and she
will be COM leted by the LIST of October:
The light draught steamer Carrie A. Thorn
~
iscs on Red River to Shreveport Capt.
Charlie Thorn commands, Mr.. A. Grivot in
the Office.
The regular Upper Coast packet Mary Ida,
J. A. Ruiz master. Messrs. Vallette, Barley
and Heno in the Office, leaves this morning at
10 for the Union Plantation, st. James par
ish. After making few more trips the Ida
will be lGid up for repairs, being replaced IN
the meantime by the side wheel steamer W.
]. Poitevant. After which the Ids vii! re-
sumo her days and the Poitevant take alter
,ota dave fnrp,irr a dai1v line under the per-