The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1868-03-04
River Intelligence.
OFFICE OF THE SoUTH- WEBSTER

wet and windy with now and then sckly streak Of
sunshine. On Sunday the wind blew great guns from
the southwest tearing up trees by the roots and scat
terng odfences, store signs, &c broadcast over the
land 1t was the hardest blow of the
The river opposite this point commenced rising last
Tuesday and up to Saturday morning had risen three
feet Then up to Monday night it receded five inches,
when it commenced rising again slowly. The last boats
out from Jefferson report three feet in the lakes
and rising The bayou, at eerson up to last Satur-
day. had risen three feet From above the raft have
letters, which publish elsewhere, giving fatterng
prospects ola rise from that region. The officers of
the last boats up report from to eight feet in the
channel The water at this point three inches
higher last Saturday than at any time before this
son.
Business on the landing for the past week was fair,
as will be seen from the the following arrivals and de-
partures z.aE#s@ s.. --m.-a.
WEDNESDAY February 2s.-The llght-draught stern
wheel pac ket Right Way Capt. Noah Scovel Warren,
clerk, arrived from Fleta Landing Cypress bayou,
three miles below Dallas street. with S04 bales cotton
and few of the more intelligent of the natives who
were a voyage of sightseeing We learn ON Capt
Noah that trouble was brewing in the camp, owing to
the heavy decline in cotton and the rise in freighs.
The most dsconsoate of the warriors moved sulienly
about camp and refused to be comforted by either
friends ire-water. Mutterings loud and deep could
be heard all sides, which the captain said sounded
something like the following: Lost $40 bae,'
"Busted, by thunder" Dn the luck" and words to
that effect The big medicine man and the Jim Cute
chief were consulting the spirit land Thus matters
stood when the Right Way left Capt Noah after tax
ing on at this point 800 bales cotton brought out from
the CyDress by the Gossamer on her last trip left for
Gen Hancocks headquarters with 500 cotton and cab
in full of people
l Early this morning the Kouns Line packet Fannie
! Gilbert Can't B. B. Kouns, displaying two white
rings around her chimneys announced her coming by
two long whistles. She was from Gen. Hancock's camp
with full load of merchandise and her cabin full of
people 1t was q regular old fashioned kouns family
trip Thanks to her officers for files Of late New Or
The large and elegant sternwheel packet 1rene Capt
Underwood arrived to-day from the Crescent city with
fair freight and her commodous cabin crowded with
people She brought the passengers from the sunken
steamers Iron City and Caddo. We are indebted to
her polite clerk for files of late papers.
The Kouns- Line packet Gossamer, Capt. McChesney,
raised seam whistles and white rings to-day and put
out for point Dallas street as the water would
permit with first rate freight reshpped from her sis
| ter Fannie Gilbert and the Irene She had much
freight as she could tote on the water. When this
packet arrives at her point of destination the Jmple
cute will doubt ONTO extacies over the enormous
freight brought by the Goosehamer for the Dallas
street suffers.
THURSDAY, February 27.-The large and feet stern
wheel packet Golden Era, Capt. W. G. Harrison, VIM:
Cubcrtson clerk n place of the Bart Able, reached
our landing to-day four and half days out from the
Crescent city, with heavy freight and good list of
passengers. We are indebted to Mr. Culbertson for
| file of Camp street papers.
The Kouns- Line sldewheel packet Era No: s. Capt.
Isaac Kouns rounded to at our landing to-day from
Cypress bayou, with two white rings two long whs-
ties and 500 bales Dallas street cotton. The camp
in considerable disorder when the boat left and serl
Gus apprehensons were felt of general outbreak
the demoraised cotton buyers and hide dealers
The cotton wagons and Texas bulls out in strong
force with the express determination Of wipng out the
insurgents. Another 7d decline in Liverpool will do
the work for them The No. s, after dlschargng her
cotton and taking on good freight from the irene,
left on her return trip to the Cypress,
The large sidewheel packet Frolic, Capt Geo Alban,
arrived day from the headquarters of the fifth mill
ary district, with light trip of both passengers and
freight We indebted to her pilot John Alban, for
file of late Northern and Western papers, and to the
clerk for file of New Orleans papers
| The Kouns-Line packet Fannie Gilbert Capt. Is. b.
Kouns, left oday for fifth military d,tret headquar-
ter with bales cotton belonging to the Dallas street.
ties broughts out by the smaller members of the kouns
The sterawheel packet Irene, Capt. Underwood,
sailed oday for district headquarters with $50 bales
cotton and a good list of people.
FRIDAY, February 25.-The only stir among the pack
to-day the arrival Of the steamer
| Independence (caed " Fourth of July packet for
shor) Capt. Tom. Jacobs, from the plantations Old
river with half dozen bales of the staple The length
OF time occupied BY this packet on her last voyage Gre
ated good deal of uneasiness ia the mind of VIM.
Thatcher the energetic and enterprisng agent of the
Hunkadori-Line: The arrival of the packet safe and
sound relieved his mind, which he gave vent to in
hearty laugh. It seems that the captain and his
got tired OF steamboatng, tied the boat and spent
week in fishing and hunting. Glorious seamboating
! that
SATURDAY. February 29.-Somctime last night the
light draught sternwheel packet Rose Franks, Capt.
Harvey Heth, arrived at our landing over six days
out from the big camp Canal street. with her guards
Hat in the water and fine list of cabin passengers AT
ter dischargng large consignment Tor our merchants
she left for Dallas street Cypress bayou, for which
point she had much freight she could tote the
present stage of water IN the lake.
The New Orleans and Jefferson packet Lotus No. Q
Capt Dannals arrived this morning from the foot of
Dallas street. with 500 bales cotton, 100 dry hides and
II bales hides. She double-trpped 1t from Albany
Her officers report plenty of water in the bayou and ris
ing. Three feet in the lake. After staying short
Headquarters
without any further addition to her trip.
The light draught sidewheel ship Dixie, Capt John
White, drawing three feet of water, 1--WE didn't the
captain, but the ship, with $50 bales cotton and
1000 hides, got in to-day from Jefferson. Capt. John
did ne. not get his promised eight dollars per bale
very naughty in em wasn't tJohn: Never mind my
"bower,' maybe you'll catch them sometime where
the wool is thin. High water and high freghts don't
mix we'll Capt. John says the rise in the bayou has
had good effect in restoring order and tranquility in
the camp, aud that the natives are strainng every
nerve to get their money back where they lost it.
me large and well appointed sternwheel packet
Goldsn Era, Capt W. G. Harrison, VIM Culbertson
purser raised steam, and after arousing the whole
country with nnumerabe piercing Whistles turned her
nose in the direction of the headquarters OF the fifth
military district, with 1000 bales cotton and a small
number of hoecake eaters from the envrons Of Cypress
swamp.
The ght-draught sdewheel steamer Froic Capt
Geo. Alban, Ed Burke, clerk, backed out late in the
evening, with 200 bales cotton and slim list of pas
sengers She was drawing 51a feet water and the cap
tain expected to get out without much trouble by
fully nursing the rise as it runs out.
The steamer Caddo, Capt. Barnes, before reported
sunk in the @ Bon Deu, arrived at our landing this
morning with quite large amount of damaged freight.
She does rot look much the for her sinking roIc
The necessary repairs will be made this place. when
she will be as good as
SuSDAY March 1.No arrivals departures to-day. |
MONDAY, March EARLY this morning the stern |
wheel packet Lulu D., Capt Grace in from Dal-
las street with GOO bales cotton and lot of hides She
doubleGipped it from Albany to Jefferson.
About noon the large sdewheel packet Ezra Porter
Capt J. H. Porter made her appearance rather unex-
pectedly, not quite four days from the city, with
very light trip The Porter was laid up gers but
receiving dispatch from this place late Thursday even
ing that the river rising, raised steam and left with
out waiting for freight. We are indebted to Mr. n |
Porter, the clerk, for file of late papers.
Late in the evening the sernwheel packet Flicker
Capt. Taylor, arrived from the bull packery on Cy- |
press bayou with 100 terces of bull beef and 700 bun
dies of wet bull hides. just above Albany the Flicker
run through herself and lay by two three days re-
pairing. .-.=.
TUESDAY, March 3.-Early this morning the Lulu D., |
Capt Grace left fer New Orleans with 1000 bales cot
ton and 90 passengers. Her clerk signed bills of
lading for 400 bales at this point.
The Kouns-Line sdewheel packet Era No g. Capt |
Isaac kouns arrived to-day from Cypress bayou with
Ais bales cotton in addition to her white rings and
the family whistles She lost some time in the lake,
owing to the high winds. A.
he inc ctar uboo1p