The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1876-03-16
THE RIVER.

lib III v Eli.
OFFICE NEW ORLEANS BULLETIN,
Thursday Morning, March 16. 1876. !
MINIATURE ALMANAC.
Sun Rises --..-..-... Moon Rises Morning
Sun Sets. 60} Last Or. I'D 7:24 F. NJ.
Oriole, Waloon, Josephine, J. F. Frazer, Wave
mock, Katie P. Kountz, G. B. Church, Belle Of
Shreveport, @. 81. Durfee.
DEPARTURES.
Oriole, Walo u, Wawenock, Josephine, st. JOHN,
Bastrop, Geo. Spangler, Ouachita Belle, III. S.
Turner, Bismarck, st. Mary. Bertha, B. L. Hodge.
TO ARRIVE.
Oriole, Wawenock, Waloon. Lower Coast; Mary
Houston, Susie Silver, CINCINNATI Nellie Peck,
Arkansas; Henry Tee, Lafourche; Fontenelle,
Red River; Carondelet, John A. Scudder, st.
Louis; Mary Ida, Josephine, Upper Coast Tren-
ton, Bayou des Glaizes; Tensas, Opelousas.
BOATS ADVERTISED TO LEAVE TO-DAY.
Oriole, Lower Coast, 10 A. M.
Mary Ida, Upper Coast. 10 A. NJ.
Trenton, Bayou Des Glaizes, 5PM
G. Fl. Durfee Red River, P. NJ.
shannon, Ooachita. P. NJ.
Willie, Tensas and Macon. P. NJ.
C. B. Church. Cincinnati. 5 P. M.
MISCELLANEOUS.
For additional river news see our daily tele-
grams.
The Frank Pargoud, J. NJ. White master, Curt
Holmes clerk, leaves to day at P. NJ. for Green
vile and the Bends.
The Natchez is due tonight from vicksburg
and will return on Saturday.
The fleet side-wheel packet Oriole leaves daily
at 10 A. NJ. for the Lower Coast to Live Oak
Grove.
The Waloon will be at the landing to-day and
will leave tomorrow for the Lower Coast, going
far I Ruiz nds
Mr. P. E. Barry clerk.
The tri-weekiy Upper Coast packet Mary Ida
J. A. Ruiz master, Il. NJ. Stella clerk, leaves to-
day promptly at 10, for all landings through to
Union Plantation, st. James parish.
The Bayou Lafourche packet Henry Tete,
making semi-weekly trips to Thibodaux, will be
found at the landing oday, and will return to-
morrow at 10 A. NJ. ]. F. Aucoin master, NJ H.
Landry clerk.
The Trenton, NJ NJ. Dufour master, A. P.
Trousdale clerk, leaves to-day at P. NJ for the
Atchafalaya and Bayou DIES Glaizes.
The Gov. Allen, John J. Brown master, s. s.
Streck clerk, will be found at the landing TO- day,
and will leave at ?. NJ. tomorrow for the Coast
and Bayou Sara.
The Willie leaves to day at P. M. for all
landings on the Black, Tensas and Macon rivers
through to Floyd. J. B. Sullivan in command,
]. L. Robbins clerk.
The Belle Rowland, Geo. W. Rea master, II. G.
Bozeman clerk, leaves Saturday at 8 P. NJ for
Lake Bisteneau to Minden.
The G. Fl. Durfee, w. T. Boardman master, w.
II. McChesney clerk leaves to-day, at p M for
shreveport, Jefferson and way landings on Red
River.
Yesterday started in very bo1sterous, strong
and variable winds blowing at times almost
gale up to - O'clock when drizzling rain set in
clearing OF towards evening, and promising
clear weather to-day.
Business was much better yesterday, a very
fair amount of it having been done.
| The Katie P. Kountz, arriving ahead of time.
| ing, with. a splendid trip from the Arkansas
River. She is receiving for return trip and
| will leave tomorrow at NJ, Dave Haney in
command, Mr.. f. I. De Ward clerk.
The lightning Willie leaves to-day without
fail.
| The Mary Houston, Charlie Miller in COM
mand, is due to-day from the Ohio, and will
| return on Saturday.
| The Susie Silver, from the Ohio, will arrive to-
| morrow and return on Tuesday.
| The Chas. B. Church, Jno. s. Patterson master,
arrived yesterday morning from the Ohio with
| q good trip, part OF which was 1859 bales cotton
and 81 hhds. tobacco. She is receiving for re-
turn trip and will leave to-day at p NJ. Mr..
Johu L. Hambleton has charge Of the Office.
| The Katie had 2S46 bales cotton.
| The New Orleans and Ouachita Transportation
Company's steamer shannon. one OF the best in
| the line, laid over to 5 P. NJ. to-day, when she
will leave for all lanuings ON the Ouachita
through to Camden. W. G.. Johnston master, G.
| II. Arthur clerk.
The Peytona and tioti.la have left Evansville
for New Orleans.
Capt. ". J. Kountz is building three boats,
| two at Pittsburg and one at st. Louis.
Mr.. Blaine will shortly introduce in Congress a
bill fixing the liability OF owners in steamboats, at
| the amount of stock owned by each, and making
the inspectors certificate prima facie evidence in
all courts of the vessel being in good condition
| at the time Of accident or in Jury.
The Iron Mountain, with tow loaded at Pitts
| burg, is on the way down.
The LaBelle of the N. O. and Red River Trans
portation Company, leaves on Saturday for
Shreveport.
Capt Frank Hicks and ALI Grissom arrived
here yesterday from Memphis.
| The light. draught Homer, Capt. Will Gillian,
| coneects with the boats OF this line for bayous
Wincey and Pierre.
The Frank Pargoud leaving to-day, the Katie
| lays up for short time.
| Capt. McElroy has taken the B. L. Hodge to
Louisville for the purpose Of building Coast
| packet for her machinery:
The H. 8. Turner had 200 hhds sugar, 100 bbls
moiasses, 400 bbls rice, 125 bales cotton, 1900
| feet lumber, and large lot of miscellaneous
| freight.
The Bismarck had 1000 boxes oranges, 1875
| casks soda ash and SEQ tons sundry freight
The Belle Of Shreveport, Thos. W. Rea master,
| arrived yesterday with large trip from st.
Louis, and ia receiving to return on Saturday.
| We were sorry to find her clerk, Mr.. Donrman
quite sick in bed.
4uo NcAIio 1CChS 1Iom WIG hIhduSdS, udu uOt
| arrived up to dark. She is advertised to return
| to-day at P. H., and will go through to Fort
| Smith, John A. Williams in command Jno. Hanna
] clerk.
| The Memphis Avalanche says:
can important insurance suit is pending in the
Superior Court at Cincinnati, in relation to the
| steamer Celeste, which sunk in Siler's Chute
| fifty miles below Little Rock, on the 12th OF De.
cember, 1871, and was afterward raised and re-
paired here. The boat was insured at the time
for $4,000 or $4,000. The insurance companies,
after having set her afoat and put in repair. ten
dered her to the Arkansas Packet Company,
which declined to receive her on the ground that
| she was merely patched up and was not restored
to her former condition. She was then sold at
public outcry for $500, and $500 less than had
been expended in repairs, but before she could
be run several Thousand dollars additional ex.
pense was necessary. The Celeste afterward
sunk in the ice and totally destroyed, 100
miles above here, during the month of December,
1872. She was insured the last time for soma
$4,000, which was paid without complaint, and
Capt. Stewart, who was in command, emigrated
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