The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1867-03-20
River Intelligence.
OFFICE OF THE SoUTH- w EsTERs,

yorabe for outdoor business Last " ednesday opened
with RAIN sleet and snow, with very cold wind from
the north which lasted all day On Thursday morning
the thermometer indicated y degrees below the reez
ing point. 1t moderated toward night and commenced
showing. On Friday morning the earth was white
with snow Friday and Saturday were wet and dis
agreeab BILE days. Sunday the sun came out ana the
prospects that the dsagreeabe weather was over
but Monday told different tale-damp and drizzly.
Yesterday was repetition of the day before The
sun has not been from behind the clouds three days in
three weeks
Since our report the river opposite this point has
been steadily on the decline and last night about
23lI feet above the lowest watermark Ithas fallen
all about feet We have had number of arrivals
from above the Raft all Of which report the river fall
ing fast The last news from Jefferson reports the
BAYOU on stand. The current in the river is still
very strong and tpus the best Of the boats TO their
full capacity to make anything Ike time All the boats
have had full up freight, ard some Of them fair down
trips but most of them had to 60 out comparatively
light The following are memoranda for the week:
WEDNESDAY, March, 18-Just after dark last night,
the steamer Pioneer Era, Captain Glleu steam
ing into port from the mouth of Kametia, tributary
of Upper Red river, with $50 bales of cotton, lot Of
hides and 20 cabin passengers all Of which took shell
ter on board Captain Dick Sinnotts National. We
learn from the officers that the river falling all the
way down with only feet water in the channel above
Rowland.
- soon after Jne flonSer nag tieo up captain Zen.
bohha!' VIII! uHe l""E packet falule OllDeFt
rounded to and made fast to landing The Gilbert
from Lanesport and had six hundred and fifty
paes u cottoI lor VI nuGs ah4 re" people ell OF
'iT Ttt1 HluSi tGS atLe,iy careoI captain
>Cch !hoIS' heh IlG Nlipeft lett Lanesport the
CT aa s~Iitt1 Two nehes pqt II vas the OPINION OF
'T HST tJtG "OGr% noo De nocn o. [lsGc
iStitL lfIHe eteSiit PACKET 'aSiohai'
W 'So ia our St issue as aEnS le! on
.S oiu MOI ge' Oh i2[ Inc cry un. ~
b t@ 81 ~ n "a C;ih f ~ ~ ~
VIZ @ r. 3li i'' id f t4 W. OH W+ G
i b l1' f "a Ii ,J %
iii Of nagsoerI an{" o e baJ ,'o
lG a o. a s et IKE t 10 So'a3no4 10
we 20 Ivnr ,Inoend viii tbn rosrndt W. l ti 't
Ia a, onG cFoTnad ono1 tho 20 rtfoa al ,i1g ne
r9d enanr{ar n can If oystnrs aid so1,o 80 bt
he sent with his commitments to rs His cor9innts
| III iit hi II s,bstaU+; ta 0V g. tt );
STiI Laf t3a Iin71I az C1"t,+b ,ato 9'+'e
Eatiy tb;s r9nTnn tIe loron ana e1eosn+ NAN, 01o
and Jefferson Dbcket live Oak Canfair,J " white
T;I1 irI- farri,od frn1 +bo TpsJ,or+ars ~ ~
Iirtt Ijtriof With frst ata trim IF hofb nossonars
d fra"f1t She snant The better hart Of tla 6ay Win
VS. disa6argipg freght when haDDenine to think that
81 had fty boxes for the merchants on Dallas street
nitorv Of Texas Fifth District raised steam and nut
t fo That quarter. CAPTAIN White paid his compI
nr+s IN ms in the shane of a sheep's head oysters
nGnsS 70 o uS NJ Heck What does the Jmpecne
Xxx 1a+2 Come down and see us: we are ronn
,,1' i ~ bot Mr. Gillian the accommodating Clerk
T3r3isbcd Us with SMILE and file Of late papers
Green may I Slv 15Ths mornnr about day@bt
va Noy Orleans and Jefferson packet Caddo, under
nc 49, " Contain A A Barnes GINS Uodoa clarl,
SuHI-9 u @ nr+ todoT on ronta to the fTnntar of
M FGr niTict with fiji load CAPTAIN Barnes is
M ia soomboatman but has been off the river for
~ t;o g ha hnlonns to jefferson and This bano
some tllh4 "a N ~ C5o t%e t ;no,n t
1 1;ntn han will no d0nbt rive him warm recon
J;l 80 I'D irin m ali he has cot The Jnfersdn
tinr sharr. thav 176ss nm in tba I,;sht 70
P' o,1 of tSo;r Gshirm hn1a {ye wish rsntoin
heeP 10 CO IJ+a s,c6ass j., il, ar ar+afiPr
barnes anu Tvs l1o17e Suoe' 49, ~ $50; r.
It, 81 fror1 pecan Paint wiki 5R0 baIas If rot
G, 3ssaners She onIv saiI with Us short
t ! " ~ - ~ t3 "a Vs. +or, ' ~
tune TO Woo anu ; ,aoo4 r1so,a cato; Hoof
- ln ,, Io"Io . - ' ~ rt ~ ~ e., ~
@ r. +I Kian1nt,a with 19o b9roe IF cotton and
noun , o. .Le M 3r+ ~ ti t4o
s go a,T VI r. Non ~ tran Il would ooi- ae
though me Wnlteri4g m SAern were 10
as tie II l, i7IiilN.i 9nl1 ~; 49,. 49, - az
SetIed saI a. n+'tJ 49, Ctatoir lee NJ tbe
70 Ssaner l@nGGo, " ,o'IGsI @ XVIII
y; m biP hftar son1@ I;ttle
Ita4ion between The E0u1sLine DELEGATION and
CaPtanee me 1ossl9I ran ~ sue sn,a of
t 3;e taino tha raSsen6ers f3T dessert Il
SnV 1ins n1aal for tie c513cors nav If the
H Si%ho a = ''''D7 '-0~
a Tb t;o yr,o,, r,,+oin A1ova,dar Grant mr.
toda from III ryer with GO baes Of cotton for
New TIaaHs and G for this city. she accented an in
; ~" W . "1 III XIII noS a nromisr If few
ka aTas'f ih " o wy do Wv
S,TTpnAT March 7f-The Koups-Iine packet Fan
RCr lrort fpf a ysDI1 fS
@ ~ f Nth r od II fre;gbt She Wanted
a. d $50 Tt1os ~ bast Timer Red rivor
Soot f PPb so IF fonne fayors tFe brave The
a 81 far n mUsbe br9Te indeed "a Dame Fortune
800 ~ ha Lon +bair e;da
hon 10 Ie Tp bs morning Cepan Lee backed out
hi. elegant racket Alabama and left for the city She
' 9 h Che iaft ,earIv 1000 bales Of cotton
0S6 IKE hoef md * cabin MESSENGERS. -Four hundred
AVA +nt haIas If This cotton Vas from above the
f+ !" Tnch heter trim than the CAPTAIN ex-
1ened ~ s1et When he arrived here The day before
ebe left he rnmarfed that if be came out even on this
fi hn would nnrchase lottery ticket as soon as he
returned to the city, Luck was on bis SIDE and he left
with having trim We have heard that bread up
W. t P{ ar fI return fourfod but who ever heard
T fv draw IoaSs Of wood scattered among the poor
nnona dHring cold snap returning in less than two
9oVf 1000 hoies Of cotton and rs people? We shall
b@ye 70 dIb CAPTAIN Lee the Good Samaritan of Red
liver
The New Orleans and Jefferson packet Bfittie Ste
pheDs arrived to-day from the foot Of Dallas street,
st If ,3sSenrers She only staid long enough with
70 +Std an hard C9ntan Langhorne and SO bales of
otto before leaving for the Headquarters of the Fifth
District
The Old river nacket Independence Capt Frank Seth,
came in today from Hurricane Bluffs without single
hale of cotton This would look as though the cotton
WAS nrettv we'll out Of that stream
SuTnAT March 1.-THE New Orleans and jefferson