The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1875-09-17


season. The Natchez is regarded by experts
as one of the staunchest and most complete
boats ever built; by judges, one of the dsetest
by connoisseurs, one of the most beautiful
by travellers, one of the most comfortable; by
shippers one of the most regular and reliable,
and by this reporter, the greatest. Her mas
ter and owner, Capt. Thos. P. Leathers, whose
name and fame is inseparable from that of his
boat, presents her to-day to his friends and
patrons in as fine and as perfect order as q
boat can be-
During the time she has been laid by she
has been repaired and improved to no small
extent; new warehouses have been built,
new cylinder timbers put in, new deck floor
ing laid, besides much other work. She has
been painted from stem to stern, inside and
outside, new carpets, rich and beautiful in de.
sign, have replaced the old ones, and in every
particular she has been embellished and bur-
nished to such an extent that she stands to-
day, as much our boast as she is the pride OF
her big-hearted, experienced and successful
commander.
Mr.. James F. Muse will preside as chief in
the Office, assisted by Messrs. R. E. Owen,
Walter Parker and Charles Grice. ALI of these
gentlemen are to the manner born-identifed
for many years with the Natchez, her day,
her trade and her interests-who are univer-
sally popular, competent, experienced and
courteous, and who can, under all cirum-
stances, be relied upon. The Natchez has a
complete and regular line of connections with
packets for the Yozoo River, Memphis and
the bends, Cairo and st. Louis, and can be de-
pended upon at all times to forward passen-
gers and freight through without delay.
The Frank Pargoud arrived yesterday
morning with 448 bales cotton, 1928 sacks
cotton seed, and from the cargo of the Indi-
ana 1884 packages miscellaneous freight, 100
head cattle, 80 hogs and some horses. The
Pargoud was discharged by 10 o'clock, took
on q large freight, and got off on time.
Capt. w. J. Rusk, of the Indiana, and
Capt. Shalleross, of the Louisville Board of
Underwriters, came down on the Pargoud.
The officers of the Pargoud report the In
diana in q very precarious condition, with but
little prospects of immediate relief
The regular Saturday Grand Ecore packet,
G. II. Durfee, Richard Sinnott master, Geo.
Hamilton, Willie French and Tom Dowty,
clerks, will be found at the landing this morn
ing, receiving to leave tomorrow as usual.
Capt. Tom Taylor will have his Boeuf and
Ouachita River packet, Era No. 10, at the
The Bastrop will be receiving this morning
at the head of Customhouse street, to leave
tomorrow without fail, for all landings on
the Ouachita, having connections with all the
tributaries. L. P. Delahoussaye master,
Aleck Mackay clerk.
The st. Louis Republican says:
"The Maude will return South the last of
this week, to ply in her old trade between
Memphis and New Orleans during the cotton
season.
"The Maude will finish unloading her
cargo to-day. The Atlantic did not get away
last evening for New Orleans as advertised,
h,rb Vr,i1I 10 dow,
The side.wheel passenger steamer Oriole,
JAS. T. O'Pry master, leaves daily at 10 A.
NJ, Sundays excepted, for all landings on the
Lower Coast to the Live Oak Grove Planta-
ton.
The splendid passenger steamer W. S.
Pike leaves day, at p. NJ, for Donaldson
vile, Plaquemine, Bayou Goula, Baton
Rouge, Bayou Sara and oil Coast landings.
J. j. Brown master, S. S. Streck clerk.
The Rapides, recently put in fine repair,
leaves for the Ouachita tomorrow. She will
commence receiving to-day. Capt. Joe
Holmes will be found in command
The Iberia, Geo. A. Sheldon master, John
McConkey clerk, leaves this morning prompt
~ at 10, for all landings on the Lower Coast
to Pilot Town and Port Eads. The iberia
pays particular attention to all plantation
business.
The Lessie Taylor will have a clerk on the
levee to-day receiving freight. She will
arrive this afternoon and return tomorrow,
making all way landings to Baton Rouge.
The Minnie Avery, from Attakapas, got in
yesterday morning with "a bales cotton, 10
sacks seed cotton, IA head of cattle and Is
hogs. The Minnie lies at the head of Cont
street, and returns to morrow without fail,
taking freight and passengers for the Atchafa-
laya and all landings on Bayous Chene and
Teche to New Iberia and S.. Martinsville. j.
A. Frerch master, r. E. Hine clerk.
The Favorite. Charlie Fagot, master, leaves
this morning at 10, sharp. tor all Upper Coast
landings to the Convent. The Favorite is a
semi-weekly packet
A colored roustabout named Jim johnson,
on the Bertha Drummer, while car
rying freight aboard fell overheard and was
drowned. No rescue was possible, as moth
ing was seen of him after he went under.
The Opelousas packet Fleta will be at the
landing to-day.
The Grand Lake and tow passed vicksburg
yesterday afternoon at O'Clock, and will ar
rive tomorrow morning
Capt Joe Dalferes left for Jacksonville
evening to witness the launching of
his new Lafourche packet He will most
probably prolong his stay this time until she |
Is finished.
The Coast and Baton Rouge packet St. |
John will arrive this afternoon and return to-
morrow at P. NJ. A clerk will be found on |
The levee to- day to receive freight.
The Cairo correspondent of the Commercial |
writes:
1.-THE Gen. Anderson and Bon Accord |
passed for st. Louis with the new Mary Bell, |
IN Saturday. Her cabin is in place, and the !
machinery on board, but the wheel houses !
Ire not built. The cabin is so small, COM
pared with the hull, and she is so very high |
between decks, that she presents an exceed
prly odd appearance. The tow boats looked
rery small alongside of her, and her lower
,uard came lust even with their boiler decks. ,
;he looks able to carry every bale of cotton
:laimed for her by Capts. Hicks and Gressom.
When she is completed the family of Capt. ,
,uttina, her builder, will make the trip to
Few Orleans on her. The Arlington came