Shreveport news., 1864-03-22
Special for tho News.
On tlle Mississippi River.
MARCH 9Th. 1864

occasional opportunity that might
offer, I" communicate from time to
time with your readers. To-day,
amid tie qnirt and peac. Of the Sab
bath, and within sight of the float
ing buiwarks Of Yankee power. 1 un-
der'ake 10 redeem my promise. hop
ing, rather than expecting. that my
letter will reach yon.
No one who has never enjoyed a
home in the Lowell y region bordering
the lower Mississippi, can apprecia-
ate the pleasure with which l look
once more. after two years Of absence
in the" :.nted field" on the once teeln-
ing sugar fields, which even in the
waste and desola,ion that war has
cast over them, still reflect the love.
Illness and beauty Of this wondrous
climate. But for the embitterin9
thought that 'Il the charms of such a
. Paradise are enjoyed by the hated
foe, one might be happy only to look
ON this country. But Lincoln's path
ST ruin st"res the travel in the face
Mt every step. Palatial residences
reduced to ashes, fields oversrown
with rank weeks, are the mile posts
along his journey, and give ris. TO
maiiy n sad and notifying reflection
on the plumbers of military commau-
/ dcrs, or the ob,uscn.ss of cabinet Of
ti.ials, whose negligence or whose
want Of foresight, has lost us the
smiling delta Of the Father Of waters.
| Looking out at the river, all seems
as in the old days Of peace and pros
| pcrity. Steamers are continually
passing, fret GIFTED with produce and
merchandise. and fAlsifying the
though that the sanguin- may have
entertained tina. The rrcmy had not
Yet obtained the free navigation Of
this stream. Now and then gun
boa, passes lazily by, black, huge
and ugly. leaving for miles behind
! dense, threatening smoke. which coils
its lengths like u hsdg. Of slavery
over the distant trees, slowly and re-
luc,antly vanishing away in air
From time TO time traius of wagons
loaded with cotton pass du%n tho
, road on IFS way I" shipping point.
meeting other trains coming mp in
return W tn boxes Of goods for tho
army. 1t is OF this pr;ucip!e alone.
Of cHcla, g for articles Of prime ne
cessily TO the army. that the ship
nent Of cotton through our lines !.
! permitted. The ~A,ravacnut reports
relative 10 This iladr. tIat were 50
current n Sh.rv-t o. when was
there, turns out. 49, | expected. to
lave been gross cvag-,rA''ons. 30
! wholesale trade viii the enemy has
ever been allowed hv our E,urral,
IN this >ect Il. nor has il ever been
carried on. Goods III. occasionally
>lnug-!rd out from! the cncmp's lines.
! but 70 cotton goes back. except in
f,lie manner, and undo: :h- rrs:ric-
lions have !nrn,i"ueI.
T | sier,!av | enjoyed H., rare rlrna-
ure of reading ;l,c New trl.n,,. -
min. papers OF the Gay before. and
New lor!< da;,s of the 9th ui,. In
: tlc fist tie ,.-..'h OF Mg, E,.l,. !I,...;..
. regard IS au!.a uu.,d, with til usuu;
accompanying Nituprrai'"n . her il
i.-.ri"us !.ua.and. Ih- whole cn,ln:
Try Wi ~:.-."r@,:l.sc w:iE the gal!lu.
e rnurv II Charleston, ia hi, sad
} berra%, .n"n:. Another death, that
ct ChaS. r.. Bou!igny. rncriv mem
b"l Of Congress. from the New Or
l"ans district, is published with tho
remark. that hal refused I" follow
S!iG"ll. H"nja,n!n. X Co. in their gal
l"r out OF the Federal Congress, and
WAS a man OF iinc so,i;>, qualities, but
wy moderate abilities. Alas, poor
Yosicll his is all the praise his
drsrrtion OF country, principles and
honor, obtained from Kiss abolition
race into whose arms he rushed in
such indecent haste.
Apart from these items there i,
little III the papers to interest your
r-ad"rs- War news, except illusions
t" uninportant cavalry skirluishes in
\lgInia and Tennessee. are banished
from the columns. 1t at all possible,
however. | shall enclose YOU the
Era and leave You to make your
own selections.
This morning it is reported thas
the enemy are advancing in heavy
force from Berwick Bay If so y,u
will probably hear the details before
this reaches YOU, or At all events, be-
fore We, in this low section of the
State can obtain them.
10" Nil SOC from the papers | send
you, that Michael Hahn has been
elected Governor Of the bogus State
of Louisiana. The vote stood, for
Hahn GIL for Fellows (CorAerva-
tive 1853; for Flanders Chase alb
olitionists) 2,225; total vote 1856.