The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1869-03-10
River Intelligence.
,nyr1rE OF THE S}orTEH EsrERN,
.Shrttenort, March 10, 1859.

IA 20 '1 It weekly report the river opposite III
no,1. one foot and half leaving it last ''e
81 E;,btaoo and half feet above the lowest -"'
d and falling fast ,aIas.eg IF Siam
Carolina Bafs is still accessible to nj 0'"S''' Oh se'
els with the water falling fast ,,,.o. - p
We have coed navigation throu@" - '.'' :.
,,to bcad, where tie water Is ge'' 4" 'li,' '"'
,.nouyh for good class Of bona WIN '''' VIZ
q tha, can get. Water falling I'S
En..n III an7earances naTIG7 alton above The r@1'
\ ,,, closed until another ise Al i"S' accounts III
Il .t,,r,.rz Cuba No ., Chi and George were c"'SI
q .,ovr White Oak Sho@,s The Right " ag WIS be'o'
Fulton and may pos biy get ou' "'t"on' more "a,e
,,,irt out to the Mississippi we have fai
,,eri,atioo fer TIC largest class OF boats.
D,.:m. ,le mast week all Of the packets have ha
-..,1 49,, rims bnt rather slim down trips
ytr,a<EsDaY March 3.-The Kouns-line packet FIR
H = Capt. G!IIen, Chas. Drown, clerk, came in thi
morning from Jefferson, on Cypress bayou with S
buIes cotton aud two cabin passengers She lays owe
and takes her chances for a trip to
About dinner time the 81: Louis packet H. u 7hreys
Capt. Il. X. Riley, IL. NJ. Worshlnl, clerk, left drec'
for ~. Louis with light freight. .,a+
Late in the evening the express malI-lne ,n; LES
Grey Eagle, Capt Geo i. kouns, b. i. liotcLAiII'
clerk. left for the Crescent city with 800 mead ~
80 bales cotton and fair list Of cabin passengers
THURSDAY March f-Eary this morning t :Id ~ 49,
Cypress BAYOU with good freIgh esIpped from 'he
St. Louis packet H. NJ. Shreve
Ahnnt monday time the feet running steamer Lota-
wanna Capt J. H. Tucker, Jasper kuss, clerN, came
in from Cypress BAYOU With 400 bales cotton ana sx'E
cabin Itasscngcrs Late ia the evening she got OF Tor
the ctv with a small addition to her Jefferson cargo
SonH itnr fine arrival of the from Marshall the
Nouns line packet Era No. D. Capt. VIM Gilicn, Chas
Drown clerk left for New Orleans with 2oJ bales cot
ion and small list Of cabin passengers ,
Late in the night the steamer Judge Fletcher N'P'.
Jas F. Phelps arrived from the ciry with good trip
Thanks 10 the clerk for files of papers.
N,ylr +11. n
commodous steamer Judge Fletcher, Capt James H.
Phelps Ferd Cellos, clerk sailed for Cypress bayou
for which creek the larger part of her cargo was con-
at ~ o'clock NJ the high headed steamer Caroline,
Capt W D. Bateman, j. J. Compcre, clerk arrived al
our landing, five days and twenty hours out from me
city, with heavy freight and good list OF people.
Late in the evening she left for cypress bayou Thanks
to tine clerk for files Of late papers
Early in the night the large sidewhcei steamer Ma
tiOnal Capt. DicI, Sinnott Florence fmdrel, clerk,
sal cd ior the city with go bales cntt0n 80 head OF
bulls lot of hides and fair list OF cabin passengers.
Late in the evening the petit steamer Nia'S E'le"
sailed for Ola river with very good freight
SArrRDAY March G.--Ab0ut MONDAY the kouns-ne
packet Selma came in from Jefferson with g.? bales
cotton and 40 cabin passengers. We received by THIS
steamer valuable package with the compliments OF
the ,inplecute, which we highly appreciate, but the
charges were altogether too heavy for us to stand
Thanks, gentlemen, for a sample OF the productions OF
the Lone Star State but for Gods sake, next time pay
the charges. Late in the night the Selma sailed for
the city with addition Of $50 bales cotton and %
cabin passengers.
At o'clock Pm the fleet running and popui1r pas
5'IEe' s'e@'"t1 A1,T hnp,"2' ,ol'' tta d
and thirteen hours ont from the city with her guards
in tha water and her cabin fu of peoplc TWAS real
oldtashoned John Roots trip and made the family feel
happy ~ Hlu' 70 De sure! Lave IN VIe S1 s s'G
We are ,I,drr n1ont ohiiIutions TO the clerk for file
of New Orleans papers, and Bob Dale the barkeeper,
lor NE OF HoFSnerh papers aW1 l5ie i1o" l'g ei"o
40 and arrived at Wharf-boat at AM THURSDAY: met
ulu b. II An at Smith Enterprise ll:15 at Natchito-
ches bay"G an9 Bart ape ZIP r.H. at Iocoda; RI
~ nw At MONTGOMERY, and Iotawanna lg'45 PM, at
I'rudhomme's; Saturday, met National ESQ AN. at
ITe"dWeII 5, ana arrived atShreEeport at PM Ilhe
W",cJ in +ha ofternnon the argo
si1cwhcel packet Evening Star, Capt b. F. Fulton,
Tom Jacobs, clerk made our landing little less than
st r 2'' nf ,sSnn Tbank fo thn clarl for
late papers.
Late in The evening the sdewheel ship Dixie, Cagt
IHI'oF "acooS' came III from 5p'eSS bayou "l'n'0'
Soon after dark the elegant passenger packets. l..
Hodge No >, Capt. W. I. Boardman Joseph Aiken
cIerS arrived az our al1ng, nue. oyer ,g 81 i;S Of
cabin nnsseneer thinks to the clerk for ate papers
MONDAY, March State in the evening the l1ttie