The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1876-02-16
THE RIVER.
OFFICE NEW ORLEANS BULLETIN,
Wednesday Evening Feb. IL. 1876.

ARRIVALS.
Martha, Oriole, Fleta, Ouachita Belle, Col. A.
P. Kouns, st. John, Iberia, Assumption, Kate
Kinney.
Waloon, Mary Ida, Bertha, Assumption, Col.
A. P. Kouns, John Howard, r. Z. Lee, Katie r.
Kountz, W. J. Poitevent.
Oriole, Martha, Wawenock, Lower Coast
Clarksville, Arkansas; Josephine Mary Ida, Up
per Coast; Susie Silver, Ohio River; b l.. Hodge,
Baton Rouge; Henry Tete, Robt. Young, La
Opelousas; Ida, Attakapas Trenton, Des Glal-
yes; Carondelet, st. Louis; Era No. 10, B9uf
River; Frank Pargoud, Greenvllle; Rapides, Ten
sas and Macon; Gov. Allen. Bayou Sara; Katie
T. Kountz; La Belle, Red River.
BOATS ADVERTISED TO LEAVE THIS DAY.
Oriole, Lower Coast, 10 A. M.
Wawenock, Lower Coast, 10 JAM.
Iberia, Baton Rouge II NJ.
St. John, Laiourche, y M.
st. Mary, Opelousas, Pm.
Fleta, OpeOusas. 5 P. NJ.
Ouachita Belle, Ouachita, 5 p NJ.
Belle Rowland. Minden. S P. NJ.
John T. Maude, Grand Ecore, 5 P. NJ.
Cherokee, Pittsburg P. M.
Ida, Attakapas, P. M.
Lessie Taylor, Grand Ecore, 5 Pm
C. B. Church. Cincinnati, 5 P. NJ.
John f. Tolle, st. Louis. P. NJ.
For additional river news see our daily tele-
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, will arrive tonight and
return on Friday morning at 10 o'clock.
The Ouachita Belle leaves this evening at 5
O'Clock for all landings the Black and Ouachita.
J. W. Blanks master, Joe Holmes clt rk.
T1a ooh ri VOv1n 10 nQ kO.da fr0J Ia
fourche, and will leave tomorrow evening at
S o'clock, going through to Lockport. U. d.
Terrebonne master, J. NJ. Daniel clerk.
The Henry Tete, making semi weekly trips to
the Lafourche, will arrive tonight from ThibO-
daux, and return ON Friday at 10 AN.
The reliable Fieta, G. @. Pickett master, A.
Meynier, ST., clerk, leaves to-day at P. M for
the Atchafalaya, Bayou Beuf and Bayou Des
Glaizes.
The fleet st. Mary leaves to-day at P M for
the Atchafalaya, giving through bills lading to
bayous Beuf and Des Gaizes. Fred Probst
master, J. b. Schmidt clerk.
The Mary Ida, making tri-weekly trips to the
Upper Coast, will arrive this evening and return
The st. John, F. Bergeron master, ]. @. Ber-
geron clerk arrived yesterday from the Lafourche
and will return to-day at u NJ, going through to
Laurel Valley and making all Coast landings.
wenock, John II ylor master. leaves this morning
at 10 for the Lower Coast to Port Eads.
The Iberia, making semi-weekly trips to Baton
Rouge and the Coast, leaves to-day at IL NJ, Al
len Jumel master, Chas. Brusle clerk.
For shreveport and Upper Red River, the 4.
T. Bryarly, W. T. Scovell master, Thos. Davidson
clerk, leaves tomorrow at P. NJ.
For Lake Bisteneau to Minden, the Belle Row.
land, G. w. Kea master, H. G. Bozeman clerk,
leaves to-day at P. M.
Cincinnati G. numerical, 18th:
"The House Committee on Commerce, on Fri
day, agreed to report Mr.. Saylers Steamboat bill.
This bill is similar in scope to the measure which
Senator Conkling defeated two years ago.
s'Briefiy stated, its more important provisions
are that steamboat owners shall be liable only to
the amount Of double their stock; that no
patent appliances shall be imposed upon steam
boat owners without their consent; that the pre-
sent system of fog and night alarm and low-water
signals shall be replaced by simpler and better
| one In short, all the inconvenient, oppressive
and extortionate features Of the present law are
repealed and system in accord with the practi-
cal needs and experience OF river men substituted
| in its place.
"The bill is somewhat shorter and much SIM
pier than the one prepared two years ago, and
will doubtless become law, as Mr.. Conkllng will
be likely to abate his opposition to it in view OF
| his aspirations"
The Ouachita Transportation Company's new
steamer Fanchon leaves on Saturday at P. NJ.
| for all landings on the Ouachita to Camden. T.
@. Sweeney master.
The Charles B. Church, J. s. Patterson mas
| ter, John Hambleton clerk, leaves to-day at 5
p. NJ, for the Ohio River.
The Cherokee leaves to-day at P NJ. for Pitts
| burg and all intermediate points on the Ohio.
The Commonwealth is loading for st. Louis, to
leave to-day at 5P.M Thos. H. Shields in COM
mand, Owen q. Gates clerk.
The John F. Tolle, from st. Louis. is to return
| to-day at P. M. D. NJ. Brady master, N. B.
Fowler clerk.
The iron freight stea ner Carondelet is due
| from st. Louis, and will return on Saturday.
The Susie Silver will be the next arrival from
| the Ohio, and is to leave here on Saturday.
DELHI, Richland Parish, Feb II, 1876.
Friend Bulletin-On Sunday the trains on the
Vicksburg Shreveport and Texas Railroad will
cease running through, there being eight inches
| of water now on the track. The Macon is spread
| ing over the swamps at the rate OF Blk inches a
day, and will soon fill up every nook and crevlce:
The cotton is not picked out yet, and the colored
people are not happy, although they have not
| worked since Christmas. the Rapides is ex-
pected up tomorrow, and will have good load
out, for sullivan and Robbins are much esteemed.
The roads are in terrible condition, and il this
extraordinary weather continues they will soon
be impossible. DeIahoussaye, OF the steamer
Bastrop, passed through here to-day, on his way
| to Bayou Bartholomew, on business cares intent
| All the streams are rising, and the boatmen will
have plenty of water. 1t is to be hoped they will
have an abundance OF freight to match it
Yours, as ever, NAUTILUS.
The Fra 10 will arrive this morning from