The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1875-01-05

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The river Office of the BULLETIN has been
removed from Kouns's Building, Canal street
ferry landing, to No. Delta street. over E.
Conery & Sons, where the undersigned can
be found daily from 8 A. M. to p NJ
GEO. J. DUNCAN,
River Reporter n. 0. bulletin.
We cannot find words sufficiently Strong to
convey an adequate idea to our readers abroad
Of the condition of the weather with which
we have been blessed (?) for the past forty
eight hours; those at home we feel convinced,
''know how it is themselves" At this writ
ing, everything the sky only excepted) looks
blue; one of the sugar sheds full Of u s. in
fantry, company Of cavalry drawn up on
the Customhouse street side of the granite
building, and business on the river front at a
stand-still If all this is not enough to war;
rant us in saying that this is g Blue Monday, -
what would be?
At sunset yesterday fine misty rain began
to fall, and the temperature was at least five
degrees colder than it was during the day, we
may look out for aspell of cold weather any
thing for change-and we have not had one
as yet this winter.
Rates to Red River are slightly mixed.
Heavy rains have prevailed all along Red
and Ouachita rivers for week past.
The arrivals since our last issue have been
numerous. For list of them and copies of
manifests, we refer our readers to the marine
column.
We refer our readers to the advertisement,
in another column, of the N. O., Shreveport,
Texas and Pacific fast freight and passenger
line, composed of the following steamers:
Selma, Capt. T. E Jacobs, C. H. Durfee,
Capt. Jas. Aiken, W. J. Behan, Capt Geo.
Wilkinson, Maria Louise, Capt. H. J. Brinker,
and Texas, Capt Chas. w. Stinde. They are
all frst-class steamers, and their commanders
are well and favorably known. MIR. NJ w.
Joice, agent of the Texas and Pacific Rail-
is at 20 Magazine street, corner of Gravier.
The receipts of cotton by river since our
last issue, amounted to 1896 bales.
The towboat Iron Mountain and four barges
arrived Sunday from Pittsburg with an i'm
mese cargo, consisting principally of $50, 600
fire bricks, 4475 kegs nails, 1877 sacks corn,
1923 cans and sos barrels oil and 400 bales cot
ton.
The fine passenger packet Seminole leaves
at P. NJ. to-day. for Grand Ecore Tin place
of the Fleta) We congratulate Capt. Mitch
ell, her able commander, upon having secured
so fine steamer for the trade, as she is, in
our estimation especially in regard to cabin
accommodations-the spar excellence" of
sternwheel steamers, having all the comforts
of a modern sidewheel packet. The smiling
face of our friend Mr.. j. L. Robbins will be
f, Z I'd 4 her Office
The we'll known firm of Jackson, Fitzpatrick
& Henderson has been dissolved, and their
large salt business will from this date be con-
Quoted by Messrs. jackson & Fitzpatrick.
Capt. Douglass Fitzpatrick will as of yore at
tend to the river business of the firm and fill
all orders (be they large or smalD entrusted
to him by his steamboat friends.
The fine packet Era No. 10 leaves positive
ly to-day at S P. NJ, for all landings on Red
River.
The Ouachita Belle, Capt. F. A. Blanks,
came to the wharf yesterday morning. look
ing as pretty as new made bride. She
leaves tomorrow at P. NJ, for Camden and
all way landings on Ouachita and Black
rivers. We shall have more to say of her in
our next issue.
That hole in the wharf near the Harbor Po-
lice Station is being closed slowly and by de-
grees. At the present rate Of progress we
expect to see the lower steamboat What
patched up just about the time the whole
structure has rotted away.
STEAMBOATS, LEAVING THIS DAY.
For GRAND EcoRE-The fine passenger
packet Seminole, J. c. Mitchell master, J. L.
Robbins clerk, leaves as above at P. NJ
For V1cKsBuRG R. E. Lee, VIM.
master, A. McVay clerk leaves for
the above and all way landings at 8 P. NJ. to-
day.
For M1NDES. Rapides, Nat Puckette,
master, Ferd v Cellos, clerk, leaves as above
at p NJ. to-day.
For RED R1vER.-The Era No. 10, VIM. |
Gillen, master, Tom Clements, clerk, leaves
to-day at p NJ. for jefferson, Shreveport
and intermediate landings.
For BAYOU BARTHOLOMEW. - The light
draught packet Bastrop, Gus Hodge, master,
P. Dslahoussaye, clerk, leaves tor Lind