The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1868-09-02
River Intelligence,
OFFfcE OF THE SoUTH-W WESTERN,
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The river opposite this point, up to last SATURDAY
continued to decline at the rate OF bali an lnch ever
twenty four hours, when 1t came to stana; sihc
which time il has risen inches. This rise is fror
above the raft where they have had very heavy rains
The Clarksville Standard, Of the 22d reports yer
heavy rains on the north side of Red river few day
before The river had risen two feet at Albion Iii
tie river in the Nation, reported bank full. W
have rumor from passing travellers that the river
the head of Long Prairie had risen eight or ten reel
but it comes in such shape to leave doubts OF ~
correctness The SLOW light rise at this point does no
promise much of a squirt, and the shallow bars below
here will hardly feel its effects. From the ofhcers
the Richmond, which arrived here on Sunday, sever
DAYS and twenty hours out learn that the river be
tween here and Alexandria is in deplorabe condition
for NAVIGATION The difficulty first commences at tn
falls where there is but three feet of water with YER
strong current 1t takes very heavy pulling to ge
over. From thence it is bars at every crossing, wher
the lead gives but thirty inches sean except at Dixie
where twentyseven twenty eight inches is all that
in sight In steamboat parance boats drawing thirt,
inches water rub all the way and stick frequently be
tween here and the falls rendering trip anything bu
pleasant.
The following are our memoranda for the past week
Wednesday, Thursday and Friday had no arri-
walls or departures
SATURDAY. August 90 The sidewheel ship Dixie of
the White Line of low water packets Capt Thornton
Jacobs, picked up fifty As new cotton and started on
her maiden trip of the for the great city of New
Orleans, 1t is Confidently expected that she will get
SUNDAY. August so-About "middle grub time to-
day the extreme light dranght packet Richmond Capt
W r. Boardnlan, arrived at our landing, seven DAYS
and twenty hours ont from the Crescent CITY, with a
good freight at good prices and fair list of cabin pas
sengers We are indebted to her clerks for file of
New Orleans papers
MoSPAr, August 31.-The petit packet Mary Ellen,
Capt. Milton, arrived to-day from Montgomery with
full load of freight. brought to that port some time
since by the Mittie Stephens
TUESDAY, September Capt. W. T. Roardman S
low water packet Richmond backed out today for the
Crescent city With lis bales cotton and few cabin
passengers
The steamers Caddo, Pioneer and Gosssmar are tho
next boats due from the city Tho Former has been ant
from the city since last Saturday, week
"AsSS W -" .GHr-The last boats up charged thrice
e@FF1 rates. which from 50 25per Dbl. to ss Down
Cotton IS per bale; passage $50.
New ORLEANS PLAYING SHREvEPoRr.-The Crescent
of the 23d says that the night BEFORE after the depar
of the regular packets there but three steam
at the landing in that city, two of which belonged
20 the KounsLine Of Red river packets. That looks
title like New Orleans trying to keep up with
Shreveport Why, Dixie bar, small, barren, sandy
!andng,on Red river, generally has more boats than
that with her, loading and unloading!
THE FINEST Boar EVER Bu1Lr.-The Memphis Ava
.anshe, Of the Goth ult., has the following:
The following is description of the immense boat
sOonto be built by Messrs. Seward Barmore at JEFF
ersonVe for the Mississippi Valley Navigation Com
2any She will be the largest and grandea craft
built for river navigation in the United States, her d.
nensions being follows Length all, 365 feet;
length of keel, $50 feet; breadth ALL LOT feet
breadth of beam 63 feet; depth of hold y feet She
:sto be low-pressure boat, and her machinery will
have to be of immense power to correspond with her
sze-cylinders over eighty inches. The style of the
boat novel and beautiful the draft having been made
by Capt: D, DeHaven, who is to command her The
famous Eclipse will be ecpsed entirely the length of
this steamer being greater-about three feet.
Launch OF THE ERA No. Owe clip the following
from the New Orleans Bulletin:
Through dispatch to Capt. Ben. B. Kouns we lea I'm
that the Era No. 9, built by Capt Geo L. Kouns for
the Red river trade, launched from the marine
ways at Madison Indiana, yesterday with machinery
boiler cabin and everything complete above deck on
draft of 10 inches aft and 10 inches forward which,
being an average Of eleven and half inches under all
proves her to be the ghest low water boat ever CON
structed on the Western waters. The Era No. is to
leave Cincinnati the LIST of September for this port
and VIII, On her arrival, enter through Jefferson
packet.
.ouAcHrrA R1vER--The Monroe Inteiligencer of the
2sth says the river has been rising slowly, and it
expected that there would be water enough to enable
boats to reach Monroe last Saturday
MEMPHIS, August 23.-Weather cool and pleasant |
The river here is falling steadily with mark twain in
the channel between here and Cairo. AT st Louis the
river is recedlng with ten feet in the channel out to
Cairo. The OHIO is on the Decline with three and |
half feet in the CANAL and four and half feet on the
bsrs in the lower Ohio. We have no change to report
in the Arkansas and White rivers.
ST. LOUIS, August 22.-Adviccs represent the upper
rivers still decreasing. Navigation is becoming more
and more difficult The Cornelia, St. Luke and War
Eagle reported aground in the Missouri above Lex
ington. The interruption of cargoes route promises
to be very serious Several Mountain boats are stuck
at Cow Island. The Upper Missouri is very lew, and
stationary at St Joseph and Omaha
LOUISVILLE August 22.-The river commenced fall
ing slowly at this point yesterday and up to dark last
evening had fallen two inches, with four feet inch
in the canal and two feet inch in the chute Port
land bar affords four and half feet water in the chan
Nell Business in river circles terribly dull. Only
one boat outside of the regular packets arrived de-
parted. Steamboatmen, however, confident that
there will be good fall trade and plenty of business
CINCINNATI. August 22.-Thursday night the river
was stationary, but yesterday it declined five inches
At JPN there were six feet nine inches in the chan
mel by the metal marks at the water works. The rise
in the Cumberland, reported in dispatches yester
Gay morning, taken in connection with the reported
rains up the Monongahela and Allegheny rivers indi-
cate that we must have water out of the two
streams last named There four feet large from
Big Sandy down. with rise of three inches repo rted
at lronton yesterday morning.
Affairs IN TENNEssEE.--A Nashville dispatch of
the 18th ult says: "ConciatioR and compromise be-
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