The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1876-02-09

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MISCELLANEOUS
For additional river news see our daily tele-
grams.
The feet, side-wheel packet Oriole leaves daily
at 10 A. NJ, for the Lower Coast to Live Oak
Grove.
The B. L. Hodge, from Lobdelrs Store, Baton
Rouge and the Coast, viii arrive tonight and re-
turn on Friday morning ST 10 O'Clock.
The Ouachita Belle leaves this evening at
O'Clock for all landings on the Black and Ouachita.
j. W. Blanks master, Joe Ho mes clerk.
TIE Robert Young is due to-day from the La-
fourche and will leave tomorrow evening at 5
O'Clock, going through to Lockport. U. D. Terre-
bonne master, J. II. Daniel clerk.
The Henry Tete, making semi-weeky trips to
the Lafourcne, will airlvo tonight from Thibo-
daux, and return on Friday at 10 a. IL.
The reliable Fle.a, c. G. Pickett master, A.
Meynier, ST., clerk, leaves to-day at 5 P. NJ for
the Atchafalays, Bayou BGuf and Bayou Des
Glafzes.
The fleet st. Mary leaves tomorrow at P. NJ.
for the AtchafaIaya, giving through bills lading
to bayous BGuf and Des GiaiZes. Fred Frobst
master, J. B. Schmidt clerk.
The Mary Ida, making tri-weekly trips to the
Upper Coast, will arrive this evening and retu1l
tomorrow at 10 a. NJ.
The st. John, T. Bergeron master, J. G. Ber-
geron clerk, arrive yesterday from the Laf urche
and will return to-day at IL n. gong through to
Laurel Valley and making al. Coast landings.
The tri-weekly Lower Coast packet Martha,
W. s. Bassett master, viii arrive to-day and re-
turn tomorrow at II NJ.
The Geo. Spangler, James T. O'Pry master,
making seni-weekly trips TO Happy Jack on the
Lower Coast, will be found at the landing this
morning, ana wi return tomorrow at ii A. II.
The tri-weekly United States mail packet Wa
wenock, John Taylor master, leaves this morning
at 10 for the Lower Coast to Port Eads.
The FIRST SIEAsER-The Orleans-The Washing
ton-BoatiAg on the Missouri in 1319-Daniel
Boone Col Johnsons Expeoition-The Hornet
oh md Cfla
b1ats.
esting "reminiscences from J. Scott Elder, al old
boatman. He writes as follows:
Father emigrated to Kentucky from Virginia
Petersburg-a long time ago, and settled near
settled. Shortly afterwards we moved near
Louisville and lived on Beargrass Creek, near
Theodore Browns farm, about elk miles out
from town. In 1909 my father put his family In
a fiatboat and moved to Natchez, Miss, arriving
there in 1910. In 1911 1 was one Of crowd Of
500 people who stood uaon the bluff at Natchez
and saw the first steamboatsthat ever d0ated on
the waters Of the Mississippi. She was called
the Orleans. It was about that time that the
Remember il as we'll as if it was but few days
ago when it happened
was at Natchez when old Jackson landed his
troops there On datboats. My father thought the
British would take the place, so he weighed
and left for 1.-THE States" In August, 1918, l
made q trip to New Orleans on the steamboat
Washington. She was built like ship--her
ca sin was down in the hull under the main deck.
She had one boiler, and we fired up in 1t at both
ends We were twenty. two days coming up from
New Orleans, and fired twenty-five guns when We
got to New Albany. In 1919 went on the indie
pendence John Nelson, an old falls pilot was
master. Col. Rector and others, of st. Louis,
chartered her to go up the Missouri River as high
as Charlton. We had to cut our own wood and
burn fence-rails on the way to make steam,
though ''goOd rails were scarce then.
Oathe way up the boat stopped and laid all night
at Daniel Boones place on the banks Of tho Mis-
souri,. Daniel lived on three-acre. spot OF
cleared ground in a little log cabin, and was sick
in bed at the time. Some OF the passengers went
up to see him, and had quite pleasant visit.
The boat arrived at Charlton, on the Charlton
Rirer-ths Charlton emptied into the Missouri.
The Independence was the first boat that ever
turned wheel on the Missouri River. She was
thirteen days going up. On our return to st.
Louis we met Col. Dick Johnson, Of Kentucky,
with his expedition Of soldiers bound for Couu-
Gil Bluffs. He had Elk steamboats, and nine
bargee. The names OF the boats were johnson,
Calhoun, Expedition, Rtisman, Exchange and
Western Engineer; The last one named carried
the officers. / ran on the Independence that
season. to st. Louis from Louisville. In 1920 l
was on Missouri River packet.
In 1921 went on the Hornet, in the Louisville
and New Orleans trade. The Hornet Was built
!,
and had about forty owners. In 1922 l was on
the Olive Branch, in the same trade. | did my
first plotting on the Florence in 1923. She had
her main shaft made of wood, and ner wheel
arms were mort,ced into th shaft like the water.
wheel OF mill. Her gudgeons were made OF
hickory wood that run On the plumber-block.
One night, coming up along the shore, at Bue
River Island, size twisted one Of her gudgeons
Of. The shaft fell, and We had to hunt the
island over for d piece OF hickory big enough to
oEa i IliOtlDg
steamboat. in high water and fatboats in low
water 10 New Orleans, and plotted my last Hat
boat to New Orleans in 1929.
In 1896 I was ro. On the Potosi in the iSt.
Louis Mail line. In 1883 was pilot on the Com
merce in the Mail line to NV Orleans. was OF
the McF arland when the Danube ran into her at
Rurdeaux islands and sunk her. l have had
good luck while boating. have been on three
boats that were lost, two on the Upper Missis-
sippi an one on the lower. l was never son
watch" in my life when an accident happened.
did my LAST plotting on the Pauline, in Arkansas
River, in .1s41. have filled every position on a
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