The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1867-05-01
River Intellig
OFFICE OF THE SouTH-W EsTERN,
Ghravrarfprt Nav 1874

The river opposite this point continued to rise until
last sunday, when It came to stand, and since then
has fallen about foot and was last night about nine
faal below the highest water-marS, The last boats
from above the Raj: report the river within its banks
and falling fast. At last accounts the bayou at Jefer-
Sal as falling slowly, with plenty Of water in the chan
il ..rthe largest class of boats. All apprehensions
. ar overflow this season are at an end
The regular packets, usual, are fully freighted on
ngr up trips, but 60 out comparatively light. The
cotton they take out will not begin pay for the value
Of the freight they bring up. Somebody, evidently,
vii have to pay the fiddler
the following are memoranda for the week:
WEDNESDAY, April 24.--Tke elegant stern-wheel
ia nt Irene Captain Harvey Heth, arrived last night
PROM the Canal Reconstruction Camp, route to
a.. -.sorrauised sctemcntson Cypress bayou, with
H., tri5 It took crew Of thirty haltcivilised male
.. nearly all day to discharge what freight she had
fr place before continuing On her periIOus voyage.
Gal:lig Harvey IIcth in command. We learned
fru The pastry cook that there barrel of castor
49,. on board for the Jmplecute man. who resides at
J.l r4on district What in the name of common sense
docs Ward Taylor want with barrel of castor oil?
anything the matter with the . inaards Of Dallas
street?
The large and elegant line packet Bart Able Captain
W C. Harrison, VIM. Cubertson, clerk arrived to-day
from the city, with ouand out hunkadora trip. Ma
poleon is himself again We are indebted to the clerk
for file OF reconstructed papers, published near Fifth
District Headquarters
The Kouns family packet Monsoon, two white rings,
Of the natives, all under the supervision of Captain
Nouns with two BIS, came in to-day from the democrat
ised camp on Cypress bayou. When she landed she
had the appearance of being loaded to the guards but
as soon as she discharged tho copies Of the mplecute
she lightened W, and able to take board 200
bales more Of the staple and fine lot OF respectable
people. She left late il the evening for the city with
what might be called good tripif man did not care
what he said. We received order by this packet
from the Jimpecute for dozen boxes Of our I'M
paraeled backing, which very respectfully declined
to ill always respectful to boot blacks the
ground that would iniure its sale in the future TO
be plain we have not been able to concoct article
that would give him polish no matter how black we
made it or how hard we brushed him.
THURSDAY, April 25.-The kouns family Gossamer
Cliffs on Little river, with two dozen of cotton and
or two savages Her officers report the river falling all
the way down, and the planters along the river busy
repairing their fences and putting in their crops
FRIDAY, April 2G-ThIs. morning found three of
the members Of the Kouns family in port, all up for the
region above the raft. These children recognised
by the white rings around their chlmneys and the two
long whistles The Fannie Gilbert member of the fam
lily just from vistto Captain Cooper, Wlo taking
into consideration her lady conduct during the past
season. ordered her new PAIR OF shoes and fine white
summer dress. Fannie loaded to the guards with
government freight. All Of this family got off during
the day for their points of destination with good trips
Captain John along and held the rens well in hand,
and only applied the lash when it needed.
The Old river packet Independence, Captain Frank
Seth left to-day for Hurricane Bluffs with very good
freight
The Bart Able, a Red river packet of considerable
pretensons, under the supervision of ". c. HARRISON
aWell-knoWn Red river steamboatman, Of long expert
snce and "much" reputation, left to-day for Mayor
HeathS dominOns, with three gross of cotton bales
and good consi gnment of people
SATURDAY, April 27.-Captan Harvey Heth's elegant
packet Irene in to-day from destruction camp
the frontier with gross of cotton bales and few of
the genus hom0. The latter ntractabe and would
have nothing to do with The Captain locked them
alup in their staterooms, to keep them from breaking
the peace and then informed the engineers that il
his intention to spend the night with US.
The Old river packet Independence Captain Frank
Seth, came in to-day from Hurricane Bluffs, with one
twelfth Of dozen cotton baes-less This looks
though the staple was all out of Old river.
SUNDAY April 23.-The Irene packet, on the arrival
of the to-day put out for the Reconstruction camp
Canal street, with fair trip for the season She
picked up at this place two gross of cotton and fifteen
or twenty respectable looking Christians.
MONDAY, April 29-The large and elegant packet
National Captain Dick r'innott John L. Hall, clerk,
came in to-day from the city, with irstrate trip Of
both passengers and freight We are indebted to Mr..
Hall for file of late papers published at Headquarters
The T. D. IIine packet Captain John T. Roots landed
this point day from the Crescent City, with of
but very little of her cargo was for this point After
passing The mncuts Of the day, the I'D H. left for
Dallas str@e Texas Territory, for the natives OF which
The Hayes 5,miGy packet Starlight, Captain Charles
tlaycs, Gal, Hayes, ecr&, Chris Hayes, pilot -
Hayes. engineer, and Il AL cargo of hay, came in to-
dag from Canal street camp After dischargng the
fire ht consigned tie onterprising merchants of this
place, she left for Hurricane Bluffs Old river. Her
rl Nt she had board the better part of which was
fol llr planters ya DtG river. We indebted to the
officers Of this fine packet for file of late papers, and
fer SuHdlHes not I-jd down in the maps.
The N0uns-Ijap pack Fannie Gilbert came in to-day
hanl ha head OF 1a Raft, flying light She reshipped
harun tri 70 ttHc head Of the Raft on her win-sisters
Pioneer ard tspssaueF and returned to this point with
She reckoned without Her host however, and left for the
~oU street blyouac lsheat as much as stake in
lens1AY, April 3o-Capt. Dick Sinnott's line packet
ouu, John T. Hall, clerk after collecting every
GENT chat their mp freight bills called for, 200 bales of
Ir" and S&n3Fr pcople, left for General SheCldans
u ...' Quarters to-day. -.r z..
TIL regular packet rates for up-freights are 75c and
p. .+l, aud 81 for cotton. Passage $50.
The a.ge and elegant side-wheel packet Starlight,
apLA" Aas Hayes will be found in port to-day, en-
roate t. Eac City Of Reconstruction on Canal street
te&3'N shng TO be reconstructed could not do bet
ter 'a"9 IL, ake passage the Starlight, she is
sale @1"j find under the command OF one OF the most
a&Nerv'oc"r steumbsntuen in the Red river trade
a. HHy'> foeots the pa ssage money -
Y1GaTIoNe There IS 10 doubt that the best
taxed pe"TIe on the faco of the earth. What with
he IH.1"a States ,suup act, internal revenue tax,
't'u TAX aad tariff and State tax, county tax
Ri r.} .az we may well appreciate, as applicable to
OURSELVES, tie following description Of English taxa
lion. hg Sidney Smith;
n e caD lhform Brother Jonathan what are the in
,slli.3n coz4scgueacas of being too fond Of glory.
ut covers thy baec placed under foot-taxes up
on everything which it is pleasant to see hear, teel~
smell, or taste~-tsxes upon warmth light and loco
loiou-ta2es GA everything earth, and the waters
LADDER The earth 0r everything that comes from abroad
OF is g,0wH at home, on the raw MATERIAL taxes
on every fresh value That is added to it by the indus
!ry Of uan--laxes on the sauce which pampers mans
anHr0lo and the dr4g flat restores him to health-on
llr crniac which deaaeates the Judge, and the rope
which hangs ihe cFmjn1l-on the poor mans salt and
the rich mans spice-o@ the brass nails of the colin,
and the ribbons of the brideat bed or board, cou-
chant or levant, we must pay. The schooboy whips
his taxed top the beardless youth manages his taxed
horse with taxed bride taxed road and the dY-
ing Engshman pouring his medicine which has paid
seven per cent, into spoon that has paid fifteen per
cent, filings himself back upon his chntz bed which
has paid twenty-five per cent and expires IN the arms
of an apothecary who has paid license OF hundred
pounds for the privilege Of putting him to death His
whole property is then Immediately taxed from two
to ten per cent Besides the probate, large fees are
demanded for bury0g him in the chaneel; his virtues
are handed down to posteritT on taxed marble, and
he is then gathered to his fathers-to be taxed no
more! In addition to ali this, the habit OF dealing
with large sums will make the Government avarcious
and profuse; and the system itself will inaIbly gen
crate the base vermn of spies and informers ana
still more pestilent Of political tools and retain