The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1869-08-25
River Intelligence,
OFFICE OF THE SouTH-W EsTERN,
Snreyanort A,rpt,St 95 1876


The river at this point has only receded six inches
since our last weekly issue The officers of the last
boats ont from Jefferson report thirty inches the
Albany fats, and scant two feet in Potatoe Bend. JEFF
ferson is still accessible to small class of boats with
light loads.
The officers of the last boats up from the city re-
port good navigation for all the business offering.
WEDNESDAY, Aug l5.-Eary this morning the Pho
neer Era came in from Dallas street flying light.
Late in the evening the Lulu D. came in from the set
Element on Cypress bavou with nothing in sight.
THURSDAY Aug. 19-The "hndwheel " low water
Kouns-line packet Era No 10, Capt. Chas. Truslow,
in to-day from the Crescent city with good
evening rather early in the night, she left for Dali
las street. Texas with all she could tote the water.
FRIDAY, Aug. 20.-The nice little sidewheel steamer
Early Bird Capt Jasper NJ Russ, came in to-day from
above tlying light Thanks for favors.
SATURDAY, Aug. 2l.-The little sidewheel steamer
Early Bird, Capt Jasper NJ Russ SCARED to-day for
the city with full load Of assorted Texas cattle and
small list of cabin passengers.
SUNDAY Aug. 22.-The Kounsine packet Era No.
TO- Capt. Chas. Iruslow, came in from Dallas street
hying light She took on board at this point full load
Of Texas cattle and left early in the night for the Ores
cent city.
Late in the evening the Kouns-line packet Era No.
., Capt. NJ artn II. Konns came in from the Crescent
city with full load and her cabin full of people Her
Jefferson freight goes forward on the Pioneer Era
Thanks to the clerk for late papers and the following
memoranda: " Left New Orleans Wednesday evening,
making the fastest low water trip of the season. only
four days out from port to port 10 insure safe,
speedy and pleasant trip to New Orleans, is TO en-
bark upon the old reliable Era No. O."
Early in the night the low water packet Richmond,
Capt. W. 7. Boardman, came in from the city with
full freight and her cabin full of people. Most of her
freight for this point Thanks to the polite clerks
for late papers.
Sometime in the night the Pioneer Era, Capt. Geo.
Wilkinson, came in from the stockade landing on
Cypress bayou with nothing in sight, and at once COM
menced loading with return trip
MONDAY, Aug 23-No arrivals or departures to, day
Capt Geo Wilkinson, got off for Jefferson with all the
freight she could carry on the water.
The Kouns-line packet Era No. Q, Capt Martin Fl
Kouns, sailed to-day for the Crescent city with full
load of Texas cattle and small list of cabin passen
gers
The elegant low water packet Richmond, Capt. W
T. Boardman, left for the city with good load of
Texas cattle and fair list of cabin passengers.
Late in the evening the sternwheel steamer Enter
prise Capt P. C. Montgomery, t. G. Heat, clerk, ar
rived at landing five days out from the city, with
a full freight and small list of passengers. Thanks
TO the clerk for favors
FRE1GHrs.-Nese Orzeans-There seems to be no set
tied rates for up freghts, varying from 10 to 20 per
cent below high water card rates. Down freights
pretty much in the condition. Passage $40
For New ORLEANS, THURsDAY.-The light draught
steamer Enterprise, Capt P. G. Montgomery, H. c.
Heat clerk will leave above the arrival of the
from Marshall.
FoR New ORLEANS FRIDAY, Sept S'-The light draught
steamer Era No. 9, Capt. Martin H. Kouns, Charles
Drown clerk, will leave above on the arrival of
the cars from Marshall.
For NEW ORLEANS, FRIDAY, Sept. 3.-The elegant
regular ten-day sternwheel packet Richmond, Capt.
VIM. T. Boardman, Charles J. Boardman, clerk, will
leave as above on the arrival of the cars from Mar
shall
New ALBANY, IND, Aug 8, 1869
Messrs billiard Co.:
Gents-My new boat, the Grand Era CD is growing
fast to completion and will be ready for service by the
Goth of September, if water to come out. She will be
the lghtest draught boat of her size built have
carried my theory and plans in her construction as
close as did the Era No and all former Eras, to
draught If succeed in getting her speed with her
great capacity she will be the model boat of the period
For the benefit of my friends, who feel interested,
will give you detail of her dimensions, towit: Length
all, 245 feet beam of hull, 40 feet; width from
guard to guard 70 feet hold in clear 61a feet, with
capacity for $500 bales cotton Q2oo tunsl and will ac
eommodae 700 head of stock. Her guards forward of
her wheels are Is feet wide and 10 feet long, will work
two low pressure engines % inches in diameter and
feet stroke; ue boilers 80 feet long; waer-whee 80
feet in diameter with IS feet buckets Her cabin will
be the most gaudy and comfortable ever built with the
modern designs ofmy own experience. With four dit
erent classes and prices with privilege of each pas
senger to choose his price and class of passage, say to
have room and no eating, or rooms and passage ana
live restaurant STYLE or to use old style with all IN one
price. By using the restaurant style merchant can
take his family with him, taking his rooms for the
round trip, and when arrival az the rieee Of
its taking him half day take his family to the hotel
and half day to get them Back board, at once
go with his family shopping and have their purchases
sent to- say room No. 26, Grand Era When through,
they board and order their meals, dinner
supper may be, and as much or little and pay Tor
what they get. Such convenences in my opinion will
greatly increase travel. Once again, say your family
wishes to 60 to the city shopping the same as they
do elsewhere by packet boats and cars, and you have
not time to go with them you can place them on board
in my charge Saturday evening, with their room at
pifrh fllld
to shop and return the following Friday having never
left the boat only to shop, and at comparatively little
expense. Why will it not pay? Ny main cabin saloon
is 2O2 feet long by feet wide with berths for 9S pas
sengers with comfort My second cabin Is 50 feet long
between decks, with berhs for forty passengers and
my third cabin is above ~ feet long, with accommo
datons for the boats entire crew. to dine and sleep %
passengers and with all full 1876 passengers without
cots. To be fitted up in the most gorgeous and magnl1-
cut and with all modern inventions to extinguish fire.
All she will lack is speed to come up to what nave
built her for and that is to be yet one can
tell how boats speed will be until tried and proved.
Now, if your people wish her to come to Shreveport
weekly packet, let me hear from them, as she is
35 feet longer than insurance limits You cannot get
tn comforts shorter boat. Why should not your
people have good boat any other trade even it
they will not help to build them, as all other merchants
do in other cities? will sometime in future send you
prospectus of Grand Eras Torchight Daily, double
sheet to be issued on board. hare patented glass
skyghted advertisements. Send me your card Tor
one Also notify merchants to send if they want to
got up. Passengers will read them over and i, over
again get them up ground in the glass; and will last
life time Of boat. We are building Era II to fill place
Of (1ossamer Yours, G. L. KouNs.
From our Exchanges.i
Capt E. S. Butler formerly of the steamer Warren
Belle died on the Yazoo river last week, rather sud
denly from erysipelas He had only few days be-
fore we understand had his life insured in the sum OF
ten thousand dollars.
TERRIBLE EXPLOSION ON THE oHIo-Hahy LSges LOST;
Mount Vernon, Ind, Aug. 1.-THE Evansville ana
Cairo packet Cumberland exploded her boilers TINS
morning near Shawneetown. Eighteen or twenty lVes
were lost The boats books were blown overheard,
and the names of the missing cannot be ascertalned
The boat is total loss. portion of her cargo con-
sistng principally of wheat and corn, will be saved
The boat was insured for $60o0
AN EXTRAORDINARY APPARITIoN. - We have been
placed in possession of the details of story which we
Should treat the workings of disordered magma
ton were it not that headed and collected gen.
tlemen assure their TRUTH: They arc, substnn-
tally as follows
During the storm that preceded the eclipse hre
bird about the size of full grown eagle, perched
itself on the top of the acksta of the steamer Gen
Anderson Its shape was well and sharply defined.
and from its outlines emanated constant luminous or
phosphorescent rays or jets When this strange appa
rition perched upon the jacksta, and how IT dsap-
peared are not known to single individual on the
boat We at first disposed to believe 1T an opti-
cal Illusion but this idea dssipated by the assur
ance that it maintained its position during an interval
of cen or twenty mnutes-a sufficient length OF
time to allow of deliberate view and study OF all the
details. The entire on watch saw 1t, the more
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