Shreveport daily news., 1861-06-29
Special from our Travelling Correspondent
Letter from IiatOr.

often, nor .at regular intervals; but
even an occasional .iotting may prove
OF some interest to Your readers. ="
course you do not want me !" give
YOU dissertation upon the weather;
notwithstanding the few extremely
warm days that have been cNptren-
| ced in this vicinity within n week
past. Nor would vnu like me TO pen
Il long letter about the frequent show
crs that have visited tho regions
round about. IT might not prove
interesting, however, to note the ;'l'-
pcar:,nce of the crops. and report an
Well, after taking moderately
GOOD survey Of your growing CITY;
and paying short, call, so to speak.
upon the "\cwS,' my co,nrade ana
Inyself turned our course towards
Mansfield. We found the road toll
erahlv heavy, and the rays OF Il md
: dav sun were poured down upon us
ere we reached kcacllic. On lcav-
ing Shreveport. We were struck
with little surprise to observe how
: far out the surhurbs extended: not
. to mention the manifestations OF I'M
prov.lnrnt in the town itself. a
! moderate rain had laadc the roads
I southwark little muddy i'll places
while the early spring floods had
= washed the turnpike quite badly
: For y wonder, we succeeded IN cross
: in- without hreakin- tho buggy
i though on. of our company Was 10
So Fortunate.
As Il general thing, the cr"p
were not in SO t;,rward :, condition ~
those on Red river, while the graS
seemed to have ovcrrun Il few field
entirely. In the neighborho"d "
h k.achic, a place owing its chi"t I'm
le portancr to the we'll conducted he
D. male Institute located there, We 10
" ticrd somewhat of d change. In
II, deed we were highly delighted Wit
Of both the people and the co"ntr
d. around. 1t was our privilege to Al
Is tend the preliminary examination {
IL the Senior class, at the Institute
O. and could not but he pleased wit
the evidence of thoroughnrsS exhih
We ted in the studies Of the pupils
ne Prost. j H. Jucker, the principa
e is certainly entitled to much credi
nd During oir short stay we We
OF most hospitality entertained by
! Y NJ. Gntlin, Esq, and also by Mr..
IS l.. Scoy-in. The residence of NJ
ch John \. Ross drew nur attrntio
rot for it is one of the finest. douhtle>
nd IN DrSoto parish. At kingst"
Il" which we next visited. we also toul
ns tlck settlements and agreeable pc
pie. The crops all looked remark
nd bly, well. and i'll II forward conditl
Fly Mr. =. NJ. Norris and DR.. Allis
to showed US kind attention. We dro
nd through Mansfield without maxi
ew any calls; the place has chan"
zen much in uppcar;,r;incc since our vi
th- in 1852.
nee Now taking circuitouS route. Il
md passing through til" n.lgborh""d
nan Mr.. W. h. Benson. with whom
5 !, spent an evening. we arrived i'll &
'n- time. at Pleasant Mn. Recent ra
use had lnudr Our r"ads rather rough
ave some places; but we reached
and little town last mentioned i'll -
NOW season, and coald bu, note its c
al"r tinued prosperity. y little this :
can one of our buggy rods gave W;
l. and gentleman by the name Of
NJ. Gibbs put lis under obligari
for mcnding the same. lie lives
ttee. Sabine parish and related +"
some of the doings of our peopl
that region; among other Till
resolutions had been adopted in
"A police board, to raise '"HIcnr
stou Hog orcr cach vublic schoM h0
the question was afterwards pu
two the children themselves, and car
cka- unanimously