The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1876-02-08
THE RIVER.
OFFICE NEW ORLEANS BULLETIN,
Tuesday Morning, Feb. s, 1876.


Lotus No. 3. Red River; Rapides. lenses and
| Macon; Fieta, st. Mary, Opelousas; Thompson
Dean, Memphis; Utah, Yazoo.
BOATS ADvERTI-ED TO LEAVE THIS DAY.
Oriole Lower Coast, 10 A. NJ.
| Waloon, Lower Coast, 10 A. n.
| Mary Ida, Upper Coast. 10 A. Il.
| Gov. Allen, Bayou Sara, IL Nj.
| Martha, Lower Coast. II NJ.
| Bertha. OpeIousss. P. NJ.
| Assumption, Lafourche, 5 p.
G. II. Dlrfee Shreveport. S N.
| Kate Kinney Grand Ecore, 5 P. NJ.
| Fanny Tatum, Shreveport, P. NJ.
1 Rapides, Tensas and Macon, 5 P. ".
| Charles Morgan, Cincinnati. P. NJ.
| II. s. Turner, Cincinnati. 5 P. NJ.
City OF Quincy st. Louis. 5 P. M.
MISCELLANEOUS
For additional river news see our daily tele-
grams
The r. E. Lee leaves to-day at p NJ, for
Vicksburg and way landings. VIM. Campbell
MASTER A. McVay clerk.
1 The Memphis and bend packet Illinois, Mark
Cheek mas er, j. W. Spears clerk, leaves Vicks-
| burg On arrival of the Lee on Friday. See adj
| vertisement.T
| The new and fine steamer Assumption, Joe
Dalferes master, N. Il. Dupuis and N. Dalferes
| clerks, leaves to-day at P. NJ. for all landings
on the Lafourche to ThibodauL.
| The fleet side-wheel Lower Coast packet ORR
| ole leaves daily, Sunday excepted, from the mead
Of Cont street. at 10 A. NJ, for Live Oak Grove.
| The Waloon, Alfred J. Ruiz master, z. E. Barry
clerk, leaves to-day, at 10 A. NJ, for the Lower
| Coast to the Forts.
| The new low pressure and elegant Lower Coast
| packet Martha, W. S. Basseit master, leaves
to-day at y NJ. promptly.
| The Mary Ida, leaves Tuesday, Thursday and
Upper Coast to the Tureaud Plantation, Ascension
parish, J. A. Ruiz master, i. N. Stella clerk.
st. Louis Republican, 4th
'It is estimated that the damage to
| the John NJ. Chambers, burned at the wharf
| just above the Arsenal Wednesday night
will amount to about $4,000, the upper works
| being burned off and the machinery badly in
jured. The forward part of the main deck is
intact. and the after part burned off. The Cham
bers is owned entire by Joseph La BARGE. Of this
Cincinnati offices for $4,000. The Waterman of
the boat was standing forward. when some one
called to him from the bank about smoke issuing
from the rear OF The cabin. He rushed III opened
DOORS and was driven back by thick smoke and
the boat was soon enVeloped in flames and be-
came smoulderiDg wreck, although the fire
engines arrived early upon the scene.
fortunately Capt. W. w. Klnnear happened to
be close by when the flames were discovered and
had the steamer Bayard lying a. the bank with
steam up. Ordering his crew on board and TO
follow his orders implicitly, and his orders only,
he backed the Bayard out. People on shore
shouted to haul out the burning boat, - but dis
regarding them, he ran alonsido the new steamer
Carroll which lay below, and was overlapped by
the Chambers. He made fast to the Carol,
towed her out and placed her in safety. He then
removed some barges out of danger. but could
do nothing for the Chambers. The course Of
| action Of kinnear was admirable His presence
of mind and prompttude prevented the spread
of the flames and saved property testimonial
from owners or insurance companies has been
well earned by him."
The Red River Transportation Company
steamer G. Fl. Durfee, W. r. Boardman master,
Wallace II. McChesney clerk, leaves to-day
without fail, at P. NJ, for all landings on Red
River to Shreveport.
The Lotus No. 8, also of this line, Dave Dam
nails master, j. P. Dodd clerk, is due from Jetfer-
| son, and will return on Thursday.
The independent Red River Fannie Tatum
finishing her repairs in time will leave to-day
at P. N. for Shreveport. Green L. Shields mas
ter, H. c. Tatum clerk
The regular independent weekly Alexandria
and Grand Ecore packet Kate Kinney, John
Heinz master, Joe Kinney and Andrew Clark
clerks, leaves to-day at p M.
The splendid side-wheel weekly packet Qua
chita Belle, W. Blanks master, Joe Holmes
clerk, is receiving to leave tomorrow at for all
landings on the Black and Ouachita Rivers to
Ouachita City. The Belle will also make Coast
landings.
The shannon, John De Hart master, G. H. Ar
thur clerk, arrived Saturday night from Camden,
and is receiving to return tomorrow at P. NJ.
The Tensas and Macon packet Rapides, J. B.
Sullivan master, J. l.. Robbins clerk, leaves to-
day, at P. NJ, going through to Floyd. The
Rapides will take the freight shipped on the len
saS.
The Iberia, in place of the Lessie Taylor, Allen
Jumel master. Charles Brusle clerk, leaves to-
morrow st IL NJ, for Baton Rouge and the coast.
The large, fast and comfortable steamer IL. $.
Turner, Fl. U. Hart MASTER Ed. Donnely clerk,
leaves to-day at P. NJ. Tor Cincinnati.
They are talking OF sending the United States
from Louisville with grand Mardi Gras eXcur-
sion trip
The Charles Morgan leaves tomorrow at 5 p
NJ. for the Ohio through to Cincinnati.
The Morgan Is fine, fast and exceedingly
popular boat, and that she has been so successful
is due almost entirely to the untiring efforts of
her commander, Albert Stein, and his son and
clerk, Harry.
The Robert MITCHELL from the Ohio, James
Pant master, Frank Stein clerk, arrived yester-
day, and will return on Thursday at P. VI.
The Leopard and barges, from st. Louis, ar
rived Sunday. A portion Of her cargo was 10000
bushels corn IN bulk.
The Tensas quit the Tensas and Macon
trade and LIFT Saturday night in place of the
Trenton for Opeousas, having been chartered by
Capt Burton.
The Trenton goes to Bayou des Glaizes in
place of the defunct Garry Owen, with M. M.
Dufour master, A. 2. TrOusdale clerk, and leaves
to-day at 5 P. NJ.
The Bertha arrived Monday morning with
good trip from the Opelousas, and will return as
usual to-day at P. NJ.
The imperial Thompson Dean is due from
Memphis and the Bends, and will return on
Wednesday. W. B. Miller in command George
Miltenberger clerk.
In our Saturdays issue we spoke of the Cam
oncus as a dangerous obstacle to navigation
and suggested petition addressed to the mill
tary authorities requesting her removal to some
other point. Such petition was gotten up yes
terday and will be presented by those most In
terested-our steamboatmen. We earnestly hope
it may meet with an immediate and favorable
response.
The Bayou Lafotirche and Coast semi-weekly
packet st. John, f. Bergeron master, J. G. Ber-
geron clerk, will be at the landing to-day and
will return tomorrow at II NJ, going as far as
Laurel Valley.
day. From the light rain thst fell almost con-
throughout the day but little business