The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1876-03-05
ARRIVALS.

Sun Sets.............6:02 Full Moon led 1912 Pm.
ARRIVALS.
Oriole, Assumption, G. Fl. Durfee, Iberia, st.
John, Tensas. James Howard, Z. 1. Bryariy, W.
J. Behan.
Oriole, Mary Ida, Natchez, Bart Able, Fleta.
st. John, Assumption, Frank Willard. Iberia,
G. II. Durfee, Willie, John Howard,
George Spangler, Golden Rule.
Wawenock, Oriole, Waloon, Martha, Lower
Coast; Josephine, Mary Ida, Upper Coast; Robt.
Mitchell, Cincinnati; B. L. Hodge, Baton Rouge;
Commonwealth, st. Louis; r. Z. Lee, vlcksburg;
Kate Kinney, Ouachits Belle, Ouachita; Stella
and Macon; Be.tha, ST. Mary, Opelousas; Nellie
Peck, Arkansas; Gov. Allen, Bayou Sara; Henry
Tete Lafourche; Maria Louise, Fannie Tatum,
John B. Maude, Leslie Taylor, Red River.
BOATS ADVERTISED TO LEAVE TO MORROW.
Oriole, Lower Coast, 10 A. M.
Wawenock, Lower Coast, 10 M.
Gov. Allen. Bayou Sara, 5 P. NJ.
B. L. Hodge, Baton Rouge. s P. NJ.
Henry Tete, Lafourche, SPIN.
MISCELLANEOUS.
For additional river news see our daily tele-
grams.
The crack side-wheel steamer Ouachita Belle,
OF the New Orleans and Ouachita Transportation
Company, 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. NJ. Alfred j. Ruiz
master, P. E. Barry clerk.
The Painter No. 2, Capt. M. liver, has an ad-
vertisement in another column to which atten-
ton is called. She is q powerful towboat, and is
ready for service at all times.
The Mary Ida, }. 4. kuz master, =. ID. Stelia
clerk, leaves every Tuesday, Thursday and Sat
urday, at 10 A. M, for the Tureaud Plantation,
Ascension parish.
The regular weekly packet, the favorite Bertha,
is due to-day and will leave on Wednesday, as
usual, without fail, for the Atchafalaya, Courta-
bleau, Des Glaizes and Bayou BGuf. H. Fl.
Broad master, Theo. John clerk.
The Gov. Allen, in place Of the W. s. Pike. Jno.
J. Brown master, s. 5. Streck clerk, will arrive
this evening and leave to-morrow at P NJ, for
Bayou Sara, carrying the United States mail.
The United States mail and Lower Coast pack
ct Wawenock, John Taylor master, leaves to-
morrow, IS usual, at 10 A. NJ. sharp, going
through to Port Eads.
The fleet side wheel Lower Coast packet ORR
ole leaves daily. Sunday excepted, from the head
Of Cont street, at 10 A. NJ. for the Live Oak
Grove.
The new low-pressure steamer Martha, W. s.
Bassett master, leaves every Wednesday at IL NJ.
and Saturday at P. N for the Lower Coast
through to Port Eads.
The reliable Josephine will leave tomorrow,
as usual, at 10 A NJ. for the Uni N Plantation,
Upper Coast. w. d. Cozzens in command. Char
ley Applegate Clerk.
The Coast, Baton Rouge and Lobdelrs Store
packet B. L. Hodge, J. Z. McEIroy master. w. Il.
Greenhouse, Jr, clerk, is due to arrive this even
ing, and will return tomorrow at 5 P. NJ.
The feet Illinois, Mark Cheek master, J. W.
Spears clerk, leaves Vicksburg every Friday on
the arrival of the r. e Lee.
The Henry Tete, from the Lsfourche, will ar
rive to-day, and will return. going through to
Thibodaux. ]. F. Aucoin master, M. H. Landry
clerk
The Assumpti n, Joe Dalferes master, N. z
Dupuis and N. DalfeIes clerks, will arrive also
tomorrow, and leave for Lafourche.
The Lessie Taylor, making weekly trips tc
Alexandria and Grand Ecore. is due. tonight and
will return on Tuesday. 81. L. Lee master, F. G.
Findren clerk.
The John B. Maude, John Helm master, Ed
Outlaw clerk, will also be at the landing to-mor
row morning, and will leave for Grand Ecore or
Tuesday.
The James Howard. B. R. Pegram master, J.
81. Chassaing clerk, leaves Tuesday at P. NJ
for Memphis, Cairo and st. Louis.
The weather for the past week has been sim
ply delightful The streets were well filed with
people yesterday, Witnessing the fremen't
parade. Business was very good, better than il
has been for many days past. Several of the
the departing steamers were full of people, some
of them neing obliged to refuse passengers.
The river shows 10 change, being still 2-1(
feet below high water mark.
Tho elegant James Howard leaves Tuesday
for St Louis. MIR. J. 81. Chassaing, her clerk, lie
the right man in the right place.
The Commonwealth will be the next arriva
from st. LOUIS. She is due Tomorrow aad
will return THURSDAY.
The Bismarck, H. G. Yaeger, and Bee and
barges were to have lefs ST. Louis yes erdsy
The Carondeet and City Of Alton follow within
the next few days.
The st. Louis Republican says "The chic
tributaries Of the Mississippi are the Missouri
Ohio. Arkansas, Red and Tennessee. These
streams are navigable for steamboats, for some
distance during most Of the year, the Mississipp
for 1000 miles, missouri $500, Ohio 1000. Other
principal tributaries are Yellowstone, Platte, Kan
sas, Usage and Gasconade, emptyiDg into the
Missouri, with the st. Francis, Current, White,
Wichita, Yazoo, Cum oerland, Wabash, Illinois
Wisconsin, into the Mississippi, and emptying di
rectly into the Gulf Of Mexico are the Appalachi
cola, Alabama, Tombigbee, Pearl, SABINE, Trinity
Brazos, Colorado, Guadalupe, Neuces and Biz
Grande According to Mitchell, the extent in
miles OF steam navigation Of the Mississippi ant
its branches is 1897 miles; Of the Ohio and iti
br Anches, 1892 of the Missouri and us branches
1865; Of Red River and its branches, 1900 tt
1000"
The st. Mary, that left Thursday for the Ope
lousas will return in time to leave on Wednesda,
, as usual.
Fannie Tatum, leaves here on Thursday fol
Shreveport and Jefferson; Green F. Shields com
mands, MIR. Henry Tatam Clerk.
The elegant and fast passenger steamer
Thomas Sherlock. Lew Rates master, NJ L Vir
den clerk, leaves Tuesday for the Ohio, through
to Cincinnati.
The robert Mitchell, with full load, is due
from the Ohio, and will leave here on Wednesday
Capt. A. F. Powers has sold the Louisville fol
900, taking in exchange property in Toledo:
1t was just twenty minutes from the time the
fire was first discovered on board the Mary bel
until she burned, sunk and was no more.
Capt. st. Clair Thomson Is in the city on q
visit.
The Nellie Peck had 1000 bales on board above
Little Rock. Below that place there is six fee
water.
The Red River Transportation Company send
out boats the coming week.. as follows: Fol
Shreveport and JEFFERSON, the r. T. Bryarly
Capt. W. T. Scovell, on Tuesday; for Minden, the
w. ]. Behan, Capt. Geo. D. Wilkinson, on Tues
day; for shreveport, the gilt-edge Maria Louise
Capt. H. ]. Bfinker. on Thursday, and the Col
a. r. Kouns, Capt. Mart Kouns, for Shreveport
and Jefferson. on Saturday.
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