The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1867-11-27
River Intelligence.
OFFICE OF THE SoUTH-WEsrrpv
Shravaport NaroL

Shreveport, November 81 1oe-
The weather for the past week has been anvthin.,
agreeable-cloudy cold and wet. '"'
The river opposite this place is about on stand
rising little if anything. The late rains have mt
heavy enough to make any material change in the
of water We do not look for rise at present tboa
we are doing some tall hoping" Nothing of aDv
sequence doing on the leyee
The Lotus No. 3 Capt. Dannals, arrived here last
day night eight days out from the Crescent CITY wifi
lioht freight She left her return trip the nex
with $50 bales of cotton and good passenger list
The next arrival was the Cordelia Ann on Tuesaa.
with good freight reshipped at Montgomery from -
steamer Elnora.
The third arrival was the kouns line packet Goss
mer, Capt McChesney, from the Falls with as mnot
freight as she could carry the present staan g
water.
The stern wheel steamer VIM Butler arrived weston
day from Cen Mowers headquarters, fourteen davs
out with ali the freight she could carry the water
Thanks to the officers for late papers
FRE1GHr-The last boats up charged Sc for dry and
So per bbl for wet. Passage $40. Cotton s..
FROM OUR EXCHANGES.
The Cincinnati Enquirer of the 9TH has the following
"There is a moderate rise coming which will check
the fall here and may produce slight rise. The as.
pect of things at present is not very eheefng Unless
here is more rain the river will speedy 20 down
Va ~ innractcabe stage slight change took Taa
in the weather yesterday which Is regarded aYora
BILE It became mild and the barometer was unsettled
indicating falling weather OF some sort The day was
clear and bright and quite cold IN the evening"
The Louisville Courier of the 7th has the following
The weather continues clear and cool with another
heavy frost yesterday morning.
On the falls last evening there were but wentv-ono
inches in the pass down the Indian chute, and the river
on the decline
The St. Louis Democrat of the 18th says:
River stationary with five and half feet to Cairo
and Memphis four feet to keokuk, three and half
feet in the Missouri twenty-five inches in the Illinois
The latest papers from St Paul and Dubuque say nob
ing about the river but report business as very active
There is continued abundance of freight the Illinois
and Missouri and little Oft comlngln The Evansville
Journal of Tuesday reports the Ohio there still station
arv and expects rise of less than ten feet in three ar
four days.
The St. Louis Republican, of the 8th, has the follow
ing:
business continues dull slight decline in rot,.
took place yesterday -four being taken by the rcgnS
Dackets for New Orleans at 75c per barrel other arfi
Giles IN like proportion The river is about stationary
but slight hopes entertained of any material rss
before the close of navigation.
The Memphis Avalanche, of the 9Th saws:
The river between here and st. Louis continues nm.
changed five feet at Point Pleasant, which is the WORT
place between here and st. Louis. The packets renor
six feet between here and Nicksburg. The Pilgrim
reports the Arkansas falling, with twenty-five ncheso
Pine Bluff. White river continues at low tide Tha
Ohio is falling at Cincinnati and Louisville with three
and half feet in the CANAL and four feet in the chan
n ell in the lower Ohio.
The Memphis Appeal, of the date, has the fol-
lowing:
Capt Aleck Irwin, who commanded the Nebraska
before the war; in the Memphis and New Orleans trade
is in our city perectng gements to put the Mil
Longworth in as Saturday packet between here and
New Orleans.