The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1876-03-26

Gov. Allen. Bayou Sara, Pm.
Henry Tete, Lafourche, 10 A. NJ.
MISCELLANEOUS.
For additional river news see our daily tele-
grams.
The side.whoei steamer Ouachita Belle, of the
New Orleans and Ouachita Tram portatiOn Com
.pany, making weekly trips to Ouachita City,
leaves here on Wednesday.
The Waloon for the Lower Coast to the Forts,
leaves on Tuesday at 10 A. M Alfred J. Ruiz
master, P. +. Barry clerk.
The Painter No. 2, Capt. NJ. Iver, has an ad.
Tertlsement III another column, to which atten.
ton is called. she is powerful towboat, ana is
ready for service at all times.
The Mary Ida, j. A. Ruiz master, E. NJ. Stella
clerk, leaves every Tues lay, Thureday and Sat-
nrday at ~ A. NJ Tor the Iureand Plantation, As
scension parish.
The regular weekly racket, the favorite Bertha,
usual, without fail, for the Atchafaiaya, Courta-
bleau, Des Gaizes and Bayou Beuf. H. H.
Broad master, Theo. John clerk.
The fleet Illinois, Mark Cheek master, ]. w.
the arrival OF the R. E. Lee.
The Henry lete, from the Lafourche, will
arrive to-day and will return, going through to
Ihibodaux. J. Z. Aucoin master, NJ. H. Landry
clerk.
The Assumption. Joe Dalferes master, N. z.
Dupuis and n. Dalferes clerks, will arrive also
tomorrow, and leave for Lafourche.
The Gov. Alien. in place Of the W. s. Pike,
hS
rive this evening and leave tomorrow at p NJ.
for Bayou Sara, earring the United States mail.
The United states mail and Lower Coast packet
Wawenock, john Taylor master, leaves to-mor-
row, as usual, at ~ A. NJ. sharp, going through
to Port Eads
The feet sidewheel Lower Coast packet Oricle
leaves daily, Sunday excepted, from the head Of
Cont street, at ~ A. M for the Live Oak Grove
The st. Mary is due from the Atchafalaya and
will return as usual on Wednesday. Fred Probst
master, J. B. Schmit clerk.
The regular weekly independent Alexandria
Heinz master, John M. Daniel clerk, is due to-
night and will return on Tuesday.
The weather Yesterday was all that could be
desired, even by the most fasidious.
Business wa. very fair on the landing, some Of
the packets leaving with very good trips, the
most noticeable being the Maria Louise, John
Howard, st. John, Assumption, Natchez and
Geo. Spangler-
and rising.
Capt. John Kouns, acting for Capt O'Pry
made his contract at Mound city. The material
will be gotten out by Hambleton, and shipped to
this city, where ii will be set up. The boat will
be i25 feet long, 2i feet beam, feet hold, and
from the reputation the Kouns have for build
ing good steamboats,, we sre safe in saying that
she will be good one. Capt. O'Pry assures us
that her whistle will be heard on the Lower
Coast within sixty days. When the new BOAT
comes out it is the intention OF Capt. O'Pry to
give the Oriole thorough repairing, and then
run 06r 10 the Lee IlanCatlOD.
The Lotus Nc. has been let off the DOCKS and
is about ready to wheel into line again.
The Clifford arrived here Friday evening, and
was taken over to Aigiers for repairs.
The John ". Garrett with two barges arrived
yesterday. In addition to the corn previously
reported by US che had SS2 bales cotton and 1893
hogsheads tobacco.
Capt. J. West Jacobs, formerly of the City of
Quincy, is coming down IN command Of the
Leopard.
Tie H. C. Yaeger was to have left st. Louis |
last night. Capt. Van Hook don't take time to
rest at either end.
The truly fine passenger steamer James
Howard, the largest boat afoat from st. Louis. |
will be as the landing to-day and will return /
Wednesday, landng at intermediate points, b. |
r. p gram master, j. Il. Chassaing clerk.
The Wabash is very high ana serious fears of |
an overflow are entertained.
Plenty of water in the Arkansas now.
Capt. John 5. Jones's well-knOwn steamer |
GAINESVILLE il On the way down from the
Arkansas, and will arrive to leave here the first
of the week.
SNOW STORM ON SINKING STEAMBOAT.
.[From the Davenport Gazette, III
The latest information from the sunken steamer
Arkansas is to the effect that the vessel is total
loss, all hope OF saving her having been aband.
'Oned. The steward Mr.. John Frelinger, the |
second mate and the entire cabin crew, have their
homes in this city, and arrived here Saturday
forenoon.
Their story of the accident, and of their night
of hardship and suffering en- board the wreck, is
interesting Hays's Lectui on Arctic Expe-
riences. When The steamer sunk on Thursday
morning, the captain entertained no doubts as
to her being raised and saved, and SO the entire
crew staid with her. She had but five passen-
gers who We're taken to the shore in the life
boat, the yawl having been smashed between he
sbarges. But the steamer lay abreast the cur
rent, and ct o'clock in the aftern, on she COM
menced settling. aud before long the water was
up to her fke DOORS By the time night came
she was bent and twisted so much that the wood
work of the cabin cracked apart in . hundred
broke, and the interior Of the boat was almost
as much exposed to the weather as the hurricane
deck itself.
There was neglect to get supply Of fuel from
the deck. and coal ran short. Two men took the
lfeboat, with the intention Of going to the shore
for coal, but the ice compelled them to return.
The only place OF shelter was in the laundry,
and it was soon crowded; but the inmates had to
leave it in short order before longlts roof crack
FOUNDER. The light would have been cold
enough with toe air still but the wind blew q
gale and the snow swept through the place as
Some of the men took bed-clothes and tried to
be comfortable on the barges-and couldn't sue
coed. Ia
There was danger that the cabin would break
to pieces with WI, and the twisting OF the hull;
so . rope was fixed to the bell and watches kept
up all night, and when the cabin bent the bell !
would be rung, and the men would fly from the :
shelter places they had built to the starboard !
barge for safety. They did this dozen times i
during the night. Once all hands got on barge
and prepared to cut loose, drift with the stream
and try 70 make the shore, but the idea was
abandoned on account Of the ice. Every one ]
connected with the boat got chilled throug b, and
suffered very severely. Never was band Of uu- 4
fortuuates more glad to see morning dawn.
At o'clock Superintendent Wood came down
with the little steamer Saltwater, and it was de- 5
cided to leave the Arkansas to her fate-indeed !.
that was the only decision that could be made. +
Her bedding, doors, blinds, fur iture, stoves, h
everything movable in the cabin, put aboard 4
The Saltwater and taken to Fulton, while the c
barges were given safe harbor.
When the crew left her the water was up to I
her boiler deck. Saturday morning it was nearly
up to the hurricane deck. She Is bent in the .
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