The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1876-02-24


| Fanny Tatum, Red River, 5 p. M.
| Mary Houston, Cincinnati, PM.
| Thompson Dean, Memphis, 5P. N.
| Kate Kinney, Ouachita, 5 P. NJ.
MISCELLANEOUS
| For additional river news see our daily tele-
| grams.
The Frank Pargoud leaves this evening at
| o'clock for Greenvlle and the Bends. j. NJ. White
master, Curt Holmes clerk.
The NatcheZ is due tonight from Vicksburg,
and will return on Saturday.
The semi-weekly Coast, Baton Rouge and Lob
| delPs Store packet B. L. Hodge, j. P. McElroy
mas er, w. II. Greenhouse, Jr., clerk, will be at
| the landing to-day. and will return tomorrow at
| The Robert Young leaves this P. NJ for all
| landings on the Coast and Lafourche to Lock.
port U. D. Terrebonne master, J. H. Daniel and
F. Dalferes clerks. Attention is called to her ad-
| vertsement in another column.
| The Gov. Allen, John J. Brown master, 8. s.
Streck clerk, will be found at the landing to-day,
and will leave at P. M. 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 fleet side-wheel packet Oriole leaves daily
at 10 A. NJ, for the Lower Coast to Live Oak
Grove.
will leave to-nor for the Lower Coast, going
as far as the Forts. Alfred ]. Ruiz commands,
Mr.. P. E. Barry clerk.
The tri-weekly Upper Coast packet Mary Ida,
l y. a. hulZ master, NJ 6beLA eioFk, 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 to-day, and will return to-
morrow at 10 A. M. j. F. Aucoin master. M. q.
Landry clerk.
| The large and fine steamer City of Alton, Hor-
ace E. Bixby master, VIM. Mason clark, is re-
ceivlng to leave to-day at p. NJ. for all interme
| date points to st. Louis.
| The pretty Bonnie Lee, Of the New Orleans
and Red River Transportation Company, leaves
to- day at P. ID. for Shreveport, Jefferson, and
all way landings. Noah Scovel master, Mat
Scovell clerk.
| The Merchants Independent Red River packet
| Fannie Tatum, Green F. Shields master, Henry
G. Tatum clerk, leaves to-day at P. M. for all
landings through to Shreveport and Jefferson.
| The fine, fast and popular Ohio River passenger
Elliott Miller clerk, leaves to-day at P. M. for
| Cincinnati.
| The weather we have been having for some
| time past may be compared to alightnlng change
an orchestra. Tuesday-clouds, no sunshine,
showers, and warm; yesterday-bright, clear,
without cloud, and cool, the very opposite OF
what it was the day before. What is IN order for
US to-day who knows but the great controller of
| the elements.
The river remains unchanged from our last re-
port 5-10 below Fl. W. NJ
Business on the landing was dull.
The W. J. Poitevent will be found at the land
| ing this morning, with q trip from the Tensas,
Macon and Black river, and is announced to return
| to-day. The Poitevent is an independent packet,
and is in with the Changers, and is commanded
! by Capt. Ed. Jones, an old, well and favorably
known steamboatman, Mr.. VIM. Guss presiding
| The Stella Block is receiving for all
points on Black and B9uf rivers, through to
Point Jefferson, and will leave on Saturday. o.
B. Crooks on the roof Gabe Block in the office.
| Gh4rI2a 81 on
leaving Louisville, and had to refuse passengers.
| The Cincinnati Gazette has Memphis letter
which says The Fl. s. Turner passed up last
night at II o'clock, with a barge in tow. She
age on boat and S. on barge; total SIG; took coal
| barge in tow and went on her way grum bling.
Pretty tight to have to pay SIG for the privilege
| Of buying coal and supplies"
The Joseph B. Williams came out of the Ohio
with tow Of twenty boats and three barges at
the average she has 183,5OO bbls. coal.
The Belle st. Louis took from the wreck of the
City Of Quincy rs hhds sugar and 70 bbs molas-
ses. 1t was estimated that the sugar was dam
| aged 80 per cent
The Mary Miller is loading at Cincinnati for
st. Louis.
The Warner and her three barges are for sale
at Cincinnati.
OF the Illinois River, the St. Louis Republican
says:
SsListening to old Illinois rivermen's talk, one
| can soon learn that the steamboat traffic on that
important stream was very extensive some years
ago. It was TO- Capt. G. s. Rogers, President
of the Illinois Packet Company, was employed
beating on the Illinois River about forty-three
years ago. The boats were.very different affairs
then from those of the present day. The Ex-
| change ran between st. Louis and La Sale in
1886. She was single engine boat of so tons
capacity, and drew about 80 inches Of water light.
"Among the steamers of those early days
were the springfield, Contractor and Ark. Berry
Mitchell owned the Ark. He was one of the first
atp9mbOat
was a negro, "a man and BROTHER He lived
| and died in st. Louis, wealthy and well known.
This man ran in the Illinois from about 1884 to
| lS4O The Garden City was the finest steamer
ever engaged as a regular Illinois River packet
| Capt. Price commanded, and he and Mr.. Mills
owned her. They. at different times. owned
| also the Connecticut, Lehigh and Hibernia in
the same trade. The Garden City was an 800
ton boat. Capt. Chas. Ebaughs first boat in the
Illinois was the Cumberland Valley, of 200 tons
burden, 1S47. The running expenses Of this
boat amounted to about SIS per day.
"He afterwards owned in part or whole the
No. 2, Little Martha, Progress, Prairie State,
Admiral Farragut, J. q. Whitelaw, Moonstone,
Bertha, and the boat he OWES now is the Maggie
P. Capt. Ebaugh says the highest wages he re-
$780, and the lowest $50 per month. When the
general government cmpletes the improve
ments now under way in the Illinois it will be,
| except when frozen up, one OF the finest navig-
| able streams in the country. The advantages to
accrue to commerce will be hardly less. perhaps,
| than those certain to follow the completion of
the Upper Mississippi River improvements. The
results Of these improvements will be incalcul-
ably more valuable to the country than their
| cost"
| One of the largest, fastest and most elegantly
| fitted up passenger steamers that lands at our
wharvcs, leaves to-day at P. NJ. promptly, for
Memphis and the Bends we refer, of course, to
the Thompson Dean, boat Differed by men adj
mirably fitted for their respective positions, and
present popularity. Capt. W. B. Miller COM
mands the Dean, Mr.. George Miltenberser chief
| in the office.
| The Maria Louise had fine trip in from
| Shreveport. she returns on Saturday.
Capt Charlie Thorn's pretty steamer, the Car
| RE A. Thorn, is loading for Cane River and Bayou
Pierre, and viii leave Saturday; don't forget the
| fact.
The Spangler had first-rate trip to the Teche,