The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1868-12-30
River Intelligence.
OFFICE OF THE SOUTH NJ EsTEitN,
Shreveport, December 30, l86s

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~ w. toe, cloudy with strong indications of rain.
'"..,o our last weekly issue the river opposite thi
o,, To Saturday, remained stationary, when
P' nro1 falling Since then it has fallen one foot
t.1 rccsiing last night at the rate Of four inche
~'trfour hours, with scant thirteen feet above tn
II o." ,rater mark Of the season.
M D%'' roo1ar Ola river, at Carolina Bluffs had fallen
n t'. leaving fair navigation for boats adapted Il
ii nat trade. ~.
7@ o..r,on this point and Cypress bayou we have toll
p I, fair navigation for second class sternwhec
"'y Above Boon Bend it is difficult for any class Of
F01 IN the lakes the last boat out reports 81 feet
'1' c,tonost and j. feet the flats and the water
briog 80. ,o v;..;ss;n,,; tbo ,-o.o- :.
lin f,rthe largest class Of boats with full loads
s'9 ,os class Of sternwheel boats manage to work
p'~. ont slowly with full loads The last boats
"- oort cigIlt feet large in the channel, with the
n @. 4IIjng all The way down.
r..pess on the landing for the past week vas very
gr1xr.Dar Dec 23-Iate last night the Kouns-Iine
tt Era 10. g. Capt G. L.. k0uns, Chas Drown,
E came in from jefferson with $50 bales of cotton
"o GOOD list Of passengers. She got all the cotton
Ls wanted here and left for the city about midday
Il 2SS "SbpIiy trip
sa fine nirht the Cuba No Q, Capt Wilkinson,
Lai from Jefferson with fall load Of cotton.
E~bs Iarcc sernwhee steamer Ida Capt. Willoughby
IN. for the CITY with full load Of cattle on foot and
d #cbarrcl.
lees Inc steamer Enterprise, Chpt H. L. Ice, got
Frthc CITY with 4zo9 paleS Oh COTTON anu ilige lot
q J%bdcs She had as much as she wanted
LAKE. in the night the large sjdewieel steamer Mon
son, Capt J. NJ Tucker, Mense, cl?rk! ielt Tor the
rrs
'The Golden Fra, capt gus ilooGe lcIt Today Tor
as city WIN over I,| D.5S o. 0"'i4" ana as nnGh
Mfand macs as S"9 c""'" pam - va" " 7""" 'i'P
rle Hodge family ...-- M. o.. n w
Early N 'le I I@u' ',G @ a. s -"
od"leH' 49, N, r,e with GOOD frn;rhf Man'
hFS oHt Itpn I' 49, t''.9, ''''' " -''1
9kS TO Inc cIe% lor noct Selma Cant
inc I4' - a." T5;iio c1sr IN nIcn Of ~ ~!
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MI-: VI a. a ,lndr r2n,- ot; ,S
az, WIZ I,n;i Io' far IIatn nanrTs
bAF' Ii n b,,rn t1.ot Part A11 r4
S2cI u rnrr; w Tomkins clerk " r G;I "P,
T and N Human asSist9nts orroG t @
LH Nu Hn '',H ~ 49, t "a ~ ca ii. ouI
wharf, "'e oyer toF o4[s pns l1o me cly Wh
goa Ig ip rr farors i'''5 '""1NS
~tAe cS! +h ,,;,rbt The e+oo,,or ro+os NJ r4 r
Lac III I cae in from the civ, MIN bc ~ a ~:
D. I aIr', '1'
G sns 1rs limo ,,,ol-c+ pior.or Can't ci1i, ~
L1s iIron Win AZ ha{es cotom N ii' NLiG
n4o" r I1 rI 70 sacl,s Loi r, ~ ,,''o" "'5
81" Tb 10 Marv Fien Can't Milton came in f Ola
"a
The george; apt 'HI |Lo9NS' "'iNtu ABOUT sun
down L"m Jft,So3. with -'@ N"'' COTTON 100 dds
beet ana pare "ooI
Late IN !hc night me Nouns ilhe packet Fra NO. s.
Capt. D. EoH' got Oh Tor JEFFERSON wilma good trip
FRIDAY, Dec. o. - Late last night the sidewheel
steamer Dora, Capt Lodwck left forJ rTurson in search
Via load ofcotton.
Dnting the night the Lotus No. Q Capt H. D. Dan
r,, J. j. Dodd clerk, passed up for Cypress BAYOU
With her guards fiat in the water She had bat a light
firf his In tn plA
Lac last night the large steamer Judge Fletcher
Dap Jas. L. Phelps, J. W. Ong, clerk ssrd for New
orleans with 1900 bales Of cotton lot Of beef hides
sid small list of passengers.
S.rrRDAy. Dec o6--Tbc LITTLE steamer Mary E,I,
Can't Milton left for Carolina BuIfS in search Of Iod
5c't+on '''''' 1''-'' - es"' ''i VI " ioau
The l,rrn si1nUhonl sfoon,or Doro r,4 1a;,
r4urncI odav from an unsuccrssC,1 ottn,t t i'
jsfcrson She turned back at ALBANY, 'p' W '''1"
The largo and fleet runnino st,aII,or Iotov.,,ro
Capt. J. ". White, p. A. Y ork and Tom Reedcrs,
clerks made landing. four DAYS and eighteen hours
ont from the city, with good freight and fair list of
PASSENGERS Many thanks to the clerk for files of latn
o2ers;;.
1hc little steamer George, Capt Jim Crooks left to-
day for some point above here in search of a trim
soon after dinner the feet running low water racknt
Lizzie Hopkins, Capt John T. Roots J. W Lancaster.
clerk arrived at our landing three days and seventeen
hours ont from the city, with very heavy freight and
anl list of passcnrers She had ovor, 81 - lr0 IN
Plata consigned to our merchants Many thanks
the clerk for late papers and to Bob Dale the portlv
5arkeepcr, for late Northern papers and the folowin
memoranda; " Left New Orleans at $50 ru Tuesday;
a"~4mesday met Richmond ESQ AM. at Philadelphia
FONT, Rose Franks $50 A NJ at Ploqnemine and ar
HTed III Baton Rouge at y n; passed the Glide l:43
ta' IL thomas point; met Lulu H. 3:lo PM at Man
N oar ana arrived al WHart-bOat $50 PM. lett 9:l5
a; arrived ut Alexandria Pm, and left at $50; met
Era NO. . ll:i3 PM ut ilardee$; met Golden Era Fri
day at An at Irndho!Amca bend, Enterprise at
&59 ry, Monsoon AIS r.H. at CarroIps; passed the
l. ~ lime at GfceDlngS, putting out her Mlnden |
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