The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1867-10-30
Mails and the Boats.
|, il very hard to tel which ofthe above

1t is very hard 10 tpli winch " 'he 'oo'' Il
named institutions have, forsthe last two
weeks, been cutting up stranger freaks or
causing us all more trouble and annoyance.
AS regards the boats we can offer for them =
the best ofexcnses and cannot attach any !
blameS TO their freaks. Red River from i
its mouth to Shreveport is in worse stage
of navigation then it has been since 1889.
The Butler, Irene, and the two -Cubas have
had a hard time of it above, being out from
this place ten days to two weeks.-aA4l iour
have returned here pretty well raeked aad
used up and have started for New Orleans
and will certainly makega good light from
mis- down to reach the Big drink in decent
time.~ Weurwish. thema,.alls ellaandaback I
here by, Christmas. The FEMME Gilbert
has had q merry time Of it too, She lett
New Orleans on the 10th with a full load
and nd. reached here the 26th with about one
half oft. The, balance sha.stored on the
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way. She discharged her cargo here and
left to bring the portion Of it left behind
The jolly little Lotus has had better
luck than any Of tem. She left New Or
leans on Thursday and reached here Sun
day, with little OF no trouble. She is
trump of low water craft and handed US
the only late papers we have, seen IN
Coon's age. The favorite Elnora left the
city Tuesday the 22d and at the present
writing has not reached our port. @
y Nov what shall we say Of the institu-
ton pd ar8 excellence? What excuses can
be offered for the nuisance?a It would be
|. charity tosuppose tie whole concern DE-
i mentea and confined in "a mad house, OF
. dead ana buried The smallest portion o.
Of three mails in three weeks has been oul
allotment and thankssfor that! The New
+ Orleans weeklies of the 18th, 18th, ant
0 18th inst have not reached here yet. i
s would excite The curiosity Of an antiquarl
o an to find out what have become OF then
: We shall certainly not trouble ourselye
It, with unravelling the mystery. i94 iih
n There is d stage, a llack or some sort 9
II a vehicle, in government pay, making reg'
ii lar tri-weekly trips from the mouth OF tn
it river, via the old establishedron .of bel
it ter days; and we learn from the feebl
,e echoes that some times rise, from the gray
= of the institution, that this contract wa
Of intended to.bring our New Orleans mai
lie tri-weekly
he After terrible and larculean etfor
he of the concern for more than three month
nd and the use ola ,galyanic battery OF thr'
tic hundred elephant power, the thing has pa
er tially succeeded in awaking up the dead
y the New Orleans Post office and we d
to on last Thursday actually receive a mali
BIS part ofone by the stage Or hack. Gre
cir were the rejoicings Of our people, but as
oh ual the growing was too soon. L
sts stage or hack came up on Saturday abe
in - M and broughht no mail And VIII
,ill simply because they leave the mouth
dv the river at least FIVE hours before the
oct rival of the boat and come up here hyl
far light, making fancy time. without regard
di. any thing else. The whole matter OF
= mail is a simple one and can be remed
~ ina minute and at Will and give us
! of three mails regular every week and ne
:, a failure. just adopt the old schedt
-. and none other will answer, and leave !
~ Mouth every Sunday, Wednesday and /
&c day evening at I o'clock, arrive here n
80 days by P. NJ, and our word for it,
no more failures viii be heard Of and all
,,on work right. But will it be done?
!. ~ have no idea of it. The concern has b
~. ~. pegging away for nearly three years
' ~ such unmitigated bosh never was hear'
4 before. The remedy is an easy and pre-
w one and can be effected at once with
=. trouble or extra expense. II. I ~
way .,ii 34a l-o1so.?c--.-ses-s ~+s>r~-s-~-i9a
arts A New and Grand EpochmNledic
AVE s1i 7a1a'1'.5 y. ''.--A- 49, .sa.Ia
the DR.. Maggiel IS the founder rpds Of Of q !.
fla Medical System! The, y aaaanttiltarl
,a whose vast internal doses. enfeeble