The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1876-03-02
THE RIVER.
OFFICE NEW ORLEANS BULLETIN. ]
Thursday Morning, March 2. 1876.

OFFICE NEW ORLEANS BULLETIN,
Thursday Morning, March 2, 1876.
MINIATURE ALMANAC
Sun Rises 6:25 Moon Sets Morning
Sun Sets 500 First Quarter 34s M
| Josephine, J. F. Frazer, Wawenock, Frank
Pargoud, JAS B. Williams.
DEPARTURES.
| Henry Tete, 3. L. Hodge, Oriole, Waloon,
| Wawenock Martha, st. john IBERIA John A.
scudder, Bertha, Trenton, Col A. P. Kouns
Lessie Taylor, John B. Maude. Bastrop, Ouachita
Belle, r. E. Lee, Charles Morgan, Shannon Ida,
Assumption, Josephine, Ro6t. Young.
| TO ARRIVE.
| Wawenock, Oriole, Waloon, Martha. Lower
Coast; Jose phine. MARY Ida, Upper Coast; Glen
coe, James Howard, St. Louis; Thos. Sherlock,
| Cincinnati; j. W. Garrett, Cairo G. H. Durfee,
Red River; Henry Tete,. st. John, Assumption,
| Lafourche; B. L. Hodge, Baton Rouge; Natchez,
Vlcksburg; Tensas, Opelousas; Frank Willard,
| Bayou Des Glaiz- 8.
BOATS ADVERTISED TO LEAVE THIS DAY.
| Oriole, Lower Coast, 10 A. NJ.
Mary Ida, Upper Coast. 10 NJ
| Bonnie Lee. Red River. 5 P. N.
Lucy Kern. Yazoo. 5 P. NJ.
| Era No. 10, BGuf River, 5 P NJ.
Carrie A. Thorn, Bayou Pierre P NJ
| Willie Tensas and Macon, P. NJ.
| St Mary, Opeiousas. P. NJ.
Belle Rowland. Minden, 5 pm.
MISCELLANEOUS.
For additional river news see our daily tele-
grams.
The Katie, in place of the Frank Pargoud j.
NJ. White master Curt Holmes clerk. leaves to-
day at P. for Greenvile and the Bends.
The Natchez is due tonight from Vlcksburg
and will return on Saturday.
The sem-weeky Coast, Baton Rouge and Lob
dells Store packet Is. l.. Hodge, J. P. NcEiroy
master, W. 4. Greathouse, Jr., clerk, will be at
| the landing to-day, and will return tomorrow at
10 A. NJ.
Streck ERIK, will be found at the landing to-day,
and will leave at P. NJ. tomorrow for the Coast
and Bayou Sara.
The Tensas, in place of the Trenton, is due
from the Atchafalaya, and will leave on Saturday
The Waloon will be at the landing to-day and
will leave to morrow for the Lower Coast, going
as Tar as the Forts. Alfred J. Ruiz commands,
MIR. P. E. Barry clerk.
The tri-weekly Upper Coast packet Mary Ida,
J. A. Ruiz master, E. NJ Stella clerk, leaves to-
day promptly at TO- for all landings through to
Union Plantation, st. James parish.
The Bayou Lafourche packet Henry Tete,
making semi-weekly trips to Ihibodaux, will be
found at the landing to-day, and will return to-
morrow at 10 A. M. j. f. Aucoin master, N. H.
Landry CLERK.
The Oriole, M. Carrick master, leaves to-day at
10 A. NJ. for all landings on the Lower Coast to
the Live Oak Grove Plantation.
The Frank Willard is due from Bayou Des
Gaizes and will return on Saturday.
The pretty Bonnie Lee, of the New Orleans
and Red River Transportation Company, leaves
to-day at P. M. for Shreveport Jefferson and
all way landings. Noah Scovell master, Mat.
Scovell clerk.
Capt. Charlie Thorns steamer, the Carrie A.
Thorn, is loading TOR Cane River and Bayou
Pierre, and will leave to-day at S P. NJ. Don't
forget the fact.
The Belle Rowland, also of the above line,
leaves to-day at P. NJ. for Lake Bisteneau to
Minden. Geo. W. Rea master, II. c. Bozeman
clerk.
The Lucy Kern, for the Yazoo, Tchula Lake,
Tallahatchie and Spntiower rivers. laying over
from yesterday, leaves to-day at 5 P. N. 8. H.
Parisott master, w. s. Jones clerk.
The elegant st. Mary, Fred Probst master, j.
B. Schmit clerk, leaves to-day at P. M. for the
Atchafalaya.
At the request of shippers. the Era No. 10
overlaid to 5 P. NJ to day, when she leaves posi-.
lively for Black and Bpuf rivers, through to
Point Jefferson. lom Taylor master, ]. P. Monr
clerk.
The Golden Rule, laying over from yesterday,
leaves tomorrow at P: NJ. for Louisville, Gin
cinnati, and all intermediate points on the Ohio
o. P Shinkle master, W. r. Shaw clerk.
Yesterday was warm day, cloudy during the
morning, clear the latter par Of the day, with
wind enough in the afternoon to make the land
ing unpleasantly dusty, and many one to wish
for shower. Business was brisk, particularly
in the passenger line, many OF the boats leaving
to see Rex and Comus, and who left. delighted
with their visit.
The Charles Morgan had 300 tons freight, l4O
cabin passengers and so deckers.
The Scudder had $50 hhds sugar and her cabin
full.
The Ida had to refuse passengers, the genial
Fred. Buck declaring that there was hardly a
chair left to sit on.
The river is rising little it is now feet be-
low high water mark.
Tbaro ofa Of ho 10
terdsy.
Capt Jerry Sullivan, late of the Rapides, has
purchased from the N. 0. and Ouachita Trans
portation Company the light drausht and fast
P. NJ. for Black River. Tensas and Macon,
through to Floyd. We hope Capt. sullivan may
soon recover with the Willie the loss he met with
in the sinking of the Rapides.
The Bosser was sold at Marshals sale yester-
day for $3.50.
Capt. Jas. T. OPry, OF the Oriole, was the pur-
chaser for her machinery; he intends to build a
boat about 125 feet long to run q daily packet
to the Lower Coast as far as Live Oak Grove
Plantation, and will have her ready il ninety
days. She is intended to run in come ction with
the OriOle.
The Glencoe is due from St. Louis to-day, and
will return saturday.
The Thos. sherlock oh the way from the Ohio |
has as part OF her cargo 243 hhds tobacco.
The Cincinnati Enquirer of the 18th says
s'The Cincinnati Underwriters on the sunken
steamer Belle YaZoO have settled with her own |
ers. paying 80 per cent of the amount of policies
and allowing the owners to keep the wreck. The
boat insured for SO, 600 in this city and $4,000
in Chicago company.
The John Howard, of the New Orleans and
Ouachita Transportation Company, will be the !
next departure for Camden. She lays at the |
head of Customhouse street, and leaves on Sat- |
urday, P. G. Montgomery in command.
The Signal Corps report that during the past |
week the Red River has fallen feet at Shreve- |
port. The Missouri has risen foot at Leaven- |
worth The Mississippi has fallen 2la feet at st.
Louis, inches at Memphis, and is now falling at |
Cairo; 1T has rise inches at Vicksburg; the |
water is now l foot above the danger line at
below this line at Memphis. The Ohio has fal-
len feet at Pittsburg, 81 at Cincinnati and 10
Louisville The Cumberland has fallen Isl feet |
at Nashville.