The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1876-02-22

Belle Of Shreveport, st. Louis, S p. NJ.
@ FL. D1rfee, shreveport. M.
Bonnie Lee. Jefferson, 5 P. M.
John B. Maude. Grand Ecore, ~. NJ.
Lessie Taylor, Grand Ecore, s PM
Mary Houston. Cincinnati, SPIN.
Susie Silver. Cincinnati, 5 P. NJ.
MISCELLANEOUS
For additional river news see our daily tele-
grams.
The Memphis and Bend packet Illinois, Mark
burg on arrival Of the Lee on Friday. See adver-
tisement
The new and fine steamer Assumption, Joe
Dalferes master, n z. Dupuis and N. Dalferes
clerks, leaves to-day at P. M. for all landings
on the LatOurche to Thibodaux.
The fleet slde-wheel Lower Coast packet Oriole
leaves daily, Sunday excepted from the head of
Cont street, at 10 A. NJ, for Live Oak Grove.
The Waloon. Alfred J. Ruiz master, P. e. Barry
| clerk, leaves to-day at 10 Z. NJ. for the Lower
Coast to the Forts.
The new low-pressure and elegant Lower Coast
packet Martha, W. 8. Bassett master, leaves on
to-day at IL M promptly.
The Mary Ida, leaves Tuesday, Thursday and
Saturday At 10 A. NJ, for all landings on the Up
per Coast to the Tureaud Plantation, Ascension
parish j. A. Ruiz master, E. NJ Stella clerk.
The splendid side-whe,l weekly packet Qua
chita Belle, M. Kenison master, Joe Holmes
clerk, is receiving to leave tomorrow at for all
landings on the Black and Ouachita rivers to
landings.
The Chas. Il. Durfee, ". 7. Boardman master,
W. q. McChesney clerk, leaves to-day at 5 P. NJ.
for Shreveport.
The Attakapas and Atchafalaya packet George
Spangler, Abe Smith master, Frank Greig clerk,
is receiving, to leave tomorrow at 5 P. NJ, going
through to st. Martinville.
The Belle Of Shreveport arrived Saturday
night from st. Louis and will return to-day
at P. NJ. Thomas W. Rea master, q. A. Dohr-
man clerk.
The Susie Silver leaves to-day at p NJ. for the
Ohio River through to Cincinnati. D. H. Silver
master, John s. Lehmer clerk.
The Mary Houston, Chas. Miller master, Elliott
Miller clerk, leaves to-day at P. M. for Gin
cinnati and all intermediate points on the Ohio.
The Olarksville, Capt. John 8. Jones, leaves to-
morrow at P. NJ, for the Arkansas River to
Fort Smith.
The fine and fast passenger steamer .Lessie
Taylor, H. L. Lee master, F. G. Fiudren clerk,
leaves to-day at P. M. for Alexandria and
Grand Ecore.
The large sidewheel Alexandra and Grand
Ecore packet John B. Maude, John Heinz master,
Ed Outlaw clerk. leaves to-day at 5 P. M
The W. J. Behan, Capt. Geo. E. Wilkinson,
F. W. Ames clerk, leaves tomorrow at P. NJ,
for Lake Bisteneau to Minden.
The Bonnie Lee Noah Scovell master, n. Sco-
veil clerk, leaves to-day at P. M. for Shreve-
Capt. Il. L. Lee, of the steamer LESSEE Taylor,
has special notice ir another part Of our paper.
The Merchants Independent packet, Fannie
Tatum, Green F. Shields master, H. Q. Tatum
clerk, leaves on Thursday at p NJ. for Shreve-
port and Jefferson.
The New Orleans and Ouachita Transportation
Company's steamer Kate Kinney is on berth and
will leave for Camden to-day at P. NJ. Joe
Kinney master. Andrew Clark clerk.
The Shannon, also of this line, is at the wharf,
and will fl low the Kinney.
The Bee, with five barges, arrived Sunday
night. Part of her cargo was 1000 bales cotton
and 81, 900 bushels of corn in bulk.
The Henry Tete will lay over next week from
o'clock, so as to allow her passengers to spend
Mardi Gras here. Special rates for the round
trip will be arranged. band Of music will be
aboard to enliven the trip.
The passenger steamer Bismarck. John Spane
master, E. Ross Powell clerk, leaves for st. Louis
tomorrow at P M.
The Houston had a fine trip in from the Ohio.
The " Earl of the Streams is in command.
telegram received here on Sunday gives us
the news of the sinking of the Lotus No 3 at
Albany, twenty miles above Shreveport on Lake
Caddo, with cargo of 1000 bales cotton. No
lives were lost. The boat lies in deep water,
and will most probably prove total loss. The
Lotus was built at Pittsburg in 1869. and was
MsS by Capt Pave Dsnnas g. ,aso h.o
cotton and 982 sacks seed, caught fire Sunday
morning while lying at the wharf at Carrollton,
and burned to the waters edge, her officers and
crew losing everything, except what they had on:
The Lowry was built at Pttsburg in 1871, and
was owneds by her commander. Capt. VIM.
Braith waite, and w. J. KountZ. She was valued
at $12, 900 and was not insured.
Courier Journal, 18th:
1.-The Howards' are rushing things at their
ship yard in Jeffersonville. They have just
launched Capt. Lovelrs new Upper Cumberland
hiver packet, and is now ready to leave Sor her
new trade in about two weeks. Her dimensions
are : Leneth, 14O feet beam, 26 feet; 31a feet
hold, and TX feet guards; two boilers Is feet
cabin Accommodations for her crew and a few
passengers. She will be the lghtest draught
boat of her inches ever built, and as PIttsburg
has always had the reputation Of building the
hshtest draught boats, the Towards call upon
her to step down and out
'The draught of this boat, everything finished
excepting the machinery, is only inches, and
when ready to raise steam and run will not want
more than 10 inches water to run on. She will
have the carrying capacity OF the John Z. Brans,
ford, and If the Towards had fooled around
much longer she wouldn't have touched the water
at all-she's so light.
"The new Walker Morris, for che louisville
and Portland canal, will be launched this after
noon.
"The Towards are making fine Hull for &er.
This will leave on the ways at the Towards no.
thing but the new bad Bob Lee. Her beauti-
full hull is nearly panked. The joiners have
commenced her upper works, and with fair
weather and the force that is at work upon her,
she will be ready to let her graceful form nestle
ike a swan upon the placid bosom OF the Ohio
River.
"The Great Eastern is SOL feet long, so feet
wide; tonnage, 25,0O0-the largest in the world"
The iberia, Allen Jumel master, Chas. Brusle
clerk, will be FOUND at the landing this morn ing,
and will leave tomorrow at u M. Tor Baton
Rouge and the Coast.
The st. John, r. Bergepon master, s. 6. Der.
geron clerk. will be found at the landing this
morning from Bayou Lafoarche and the Coast,
and will return to- morrow at IL NJ.
The peerless Thompson Dean was due last
night, with large trip from Memphis and the
Bends, and will return Thursday. W. B. Miller
master, George Mitenberger clerk.