The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1868-12-23

Loss OF TIE ERA No. 10.-By tie arrival Of the
Fra No g. Oh Sunday are furnished full particulars
of the loss of the No. 10 by coling with the No
about two miles above TurnbuII slatd On Thursday
l,oruig last. The Glen. Of Tie No >tAtt2 At thee
were raining along in a l9.t fog weu suddenly 4
thick bank Of fog sprung up in front Of the boat making
it Impossible to any distance ahead. All at
steamboat whistle heard aud almost 81 lie
time steamboat discovered not over two han
dred yards ahead. The pilot Of he No > imme;
ately answered ,hc signal stopped tic engine, and
deavorel TO change the co4:&n of his vessel, bat too
I&te prevent collision. She struck; the 70. 10
the i board !;14Cbe both vessels gancing the right
Ihc 10. Immediately went for the bank, bat finding
she had sustained injury to her null, to the
of the struck and found for the
first time that it the Era No. TO- and in a sinking
condition. Her passengers (thirty-two in uumbcr)
with their baggage, were Immediately transferred to
tn. No. 8. No lives were lost. Capt y. T. ScovelI
Fho vas at yh@ wheel Of the 90 &c. says that when lie
bic~ his whistle he had no IDEA flat steamer
near, but blew warning 70" Ear there might be
one. When the No. 9 left the wreck it was settling
fast, with seven feet of water on the upper side and
twcnty-seyen feet Tie lower side. The @eamcr St.
Nicholas had taken the passengers and picking up
the cotton that floating in the water. The loss
falls heavily on the ners, there not doltar
insurance on her. She boat built expressly
for GIis trade, ana Was Oh her third trip.
A,'e are under many obligations to Mr.. Chas Drown
clerk of the Era No. 8, for III" above information.
DISTRICT CouEr.-Thc following persons found
guilty Of pcnicntary offences, and sentenced by Judge
Lcvisec follows Ryns C4tlih coIored, two years;
Lewis Williams, coloTcd, sis months, George Calvin
colored, two years; Jacob Uch United States soldier
one year; julie Grogoan, wliitc year; William
Stewart, alias Texas coloreI, two years J. D. William
son. white one year Thomas Franklin, coIorcl, two
years j. Alexander, white, eight years-two sen
fences Of years each The above criminals
shipped yesterday on the Lizzie Hopkins consigned
to Baton Rouge.
The following colored individuals were sentenced to
The parish prison Louisa Cook; Stewart Thatcher;
Smith Wilson; Sas Goodwin; Il. Deckart, alias H.
Clark. J. IiariSop white, was allowed trial.
2itmqn ard I2ntcy appealed
Slo>s OF PEosrER1ry.-We seldom take up 4 coun-
try exchange but what we fnd paragraph on the re-
turning prosperity Of the country. We shall from
time to time copy these glad tidiMgs we have
for them. The Mansfield Times s?eahs Us follows of
DeSoto parish:
Business begins to look up in Mansfield. Amos,
every day during tie past week we have noticed
wagons oaGed with cotton streets, the great2r
portion of Which sold here Money circulntes
more freely, too, ard Improvements Of various kinds
can be seen all around us Our people cheer
fuiand lave brighter hopes Of the future. We are
Glad 10 chronicle these iartS and h"pc that more
unspcots Is Ga@ninG upon rs. That dnrNt hour,