The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1869-09-15
River Intelligence.
OFFICE OF THE SoUrH- WESTERN,

q There is still navigation to Boon Bend on Cypres
bayou for light draught boats At last accounts ther
were % inches water at the Gate Pos. A+a a.
George Sweeney, pilot of the Lulu D. one of the We
Grams of the wheel reports 81 feet at Grand Ecor
BAR and SO feet on the Falls. He thinks, however
that by means of the washing process the na.iga
ton will be as good below it is with furthe
fall of three or four feet here.
WEDNESDAY, Sept. S.-The Lotus No. 2, Capt Johl
Lewis, Tom Jacobs, clerk, in last night from Cy
press bayou with nothing in the way of freight pas
sengers.
- Late at night the Kouns-line packet Era No. 9
Capt. NJ h. Kouns sailed for the city with 81 bales
cotton and her deck covered with stock. She had
fair list of cabin passengers.
THuRsPAr, Sept. 9. Only the Pioneer and George
at the landing yesterday. No arrivals nor depart
ures unless the George may be said to have arrived
She passed by yesterday without stopping (pot and
captain supposed to be asleep, "took up" at the
slaughter house below town, where she discharged
cargo of lumber, and sneaked up this morning as
though she were ashamed Of herself.
FRIDAY, Sept 10.-The light draught steamer Rose
Franks, Capt P. G. Montgomery, c. a. Breard, clerk
came in last night from the Crescent city with good
freight and about one hundred passengers After dis
charging her cargo she left for Campte for the
of bringing up the Lotawanna's freig ht.
The George, Capt Jim Crooks got off for the slaugh-
teri on Cypress bayou with good trip reshpped
i SATURDAY, Sept. 1.-THE Lotus No. 2, Thornton
Jacobs, master, Tom Jacobs, clerk came down from
Boon Bend, some three miles below Jefferson, this
evening She brought 80 bales cotton at IS per bale
After taking on board at this point 1875 bales cotton
g. and 46 head of CATTLE she let herself out for
the city Cotton is now hauled from Jefferson to Boon
Bend. eli 80 =
/ The Pioneer, Geo. Wilkinson, master, left for the
village below about - O'Clock She had some passen-
4 gers, lT3 head of cattle and "a bales cotton
SUNDAY, Sept 1.-THE new and elegant steamer Lo-
tus No. o, D. D. Dannals master, J. J. Dudu, eerk,
reached our wharf to-day, bringing fair freight for
this point and some six hundred packages for Jefer-
Her attentive officers furnished with the usual
papers asa,x sont =, r,o ,.....,
l.. Z. Delahoussaye master, and our friend Charley
Petrovic doing the honors of the Office, assisted by
Charles Corwine, came into port this morning with q
good cargo, and Jos recruits for Jefferson. We are
pleased to that the Lulu to under almost
entirely new regime Thanks to Charley for newspaper
| favors. e5es 44-5, g
| TUESDAY, Sept. 14-The new and beautiful little
sternwheeler Ffavla, John T. Roots master J. L. Ma
Piles, clerk, reached here this morning, bringing
much freight as the stage of water would permit The
Flava is tidy craft and looks as bright as new pin
This is her first trip and good portion Of her freight
brought through from Louisville. We indebted
to her accommodating clerk for the following memo
in port-Early Bird and Era No. 10. Met the Travis
Wright at Baton Rouge the 9th at IL and arrived
at wharf-boat at 10 PM same night left the 10th
at AN; met Era No al Shaggy Point on the 18th
at An, and Celeste at Crosby's at day;
Lotawanna lying at Campte with shaft broken, the
llth met Lotus No. at Cousatta at the 18th;
met Rose Franks at Grand Bayou 18th at and
Pioneer above Grand Bayou at AN. River falling
all the way down, with 81 feet principal bars
FREIGHTs.-Up freights are now landed here at high
water card rates-75c. @s1 per Dbl Down--Cotton 50
per bale. Cattle 1904 per head according to size.
Cabin passage 800; deck passage IS. -o
FoR NEW ORLEANS To-DAY-The elegant regular
ten-day sternwheel packet Richmond, Capt. W. T..
Boardman, Charles J. Boardman, clerk, will leave as
above, on the arrival of the cars from Marshall
FoR NEW ORLEANS To-DAY. The elegant Kouns-
line packet Era No. TO- Capt Chas. P. Truslow, 7. J..
Yard will 1pay on fha vol IF
the cars from Marshall. -,&#
FoR NEW ORLEANS, ToDAY.-The elegant sternwheel
low water packet Lulu D. L. P. Delahoussaye, master,
Chas. A. Petrovic and Chas. Corwine, clerks, will
leave above the arrival of the from Marshall
For NEW ORLEANS, TUESDAY, Sept. 21.-The light
draught steamer Era No. 9, Capt. NJ. H. Kouns, Chas.
Drown clerk, will leave above, on the arrival of
the from Marshall.
-,nN5SA, from our Exchanges. 40
ST.. LOUIS AND RED RIVER PAckETs.-The New Or
leans Times said truly when it said arrangements
being made at st. Louis to steamers in the Red
river trade unto the city of Shreveport, where
cotton bales and cattle abound. But we sorry to
see the Times attempting 20 throw the merchants of
New Orleans into state of fear aud trembling about
it. Can't the boatman and the merchant and the in
ns the small Of FIVE g.
Shreveport during the coming fall season. without put
at heart the Welfare fare Of the people
and it will add to their welfare to run them several
regular packets from St. Louis The thing is going
with everything and all things that are wanted on Red
river, for ornament, the necessares of life and
the Injuries thereof Numbers of our wealthiest and
most enterprsing have pledged their patron
age and their efforts for the frtherance of the project
and the five six boats ready They are excel
lent dewheel boats too good boats in all respects for
the trade For that matter if wooden bulls won't d.
the material is here in plenty to make iron bulls Of
But hull that is suitable for the Missouri is the right
thing for Red river. These boats will be provided
wit of
hides, anything else that the Red river merchant
chooses to ship be insured at reasonable rates to
the amount of $780, 900 $3.50 900, without troubling
New Orleans at ALL That trade of Red river is worth
looking after ST. Louis market which it will prove
to the interest of the Red river merchant to be in com
munication with As to the competition and obsta-
cles which the line will have to contend with,
may speak in future paragraph. In the meantime
we may state that the merchants unit in de-
termination to go in with strong wills for the St. Louis
and Red River Line of Packets
missouri Democrat, Sept. LIST.
We learn that the following boats will comprise the
above line: Silver Bow, Fl. s. Turner, H. NJ. shreve.
Mary Mcdonald and Nile The agent of the line has
already been appointed He thinks that on Monday
morning. the sth of these boats will begin to load
for Shreveport and way ports 4zssS# 8. y -
We copy as follows from the st. Louis Democrat of
the 4th E4+s
The river has fallen six inches and the decline seems
a sure thing, although at present slow: The upper
rivers appear to be quite unwilling to take the down
ward grade but nevertheless it will sooh found that
they low. In the meantime navigation outside of
the Ohio good everywhere, far as heard from We
don't name the upper Ohio, that played out long
ago. Business is heavy at wharf. It does not ap
pear lively The class of boats now existing carry
much little water that they don't require to be
loaded to the guards to carry large amount of freight
Boats carrying 400 four feet of water and
others 900 tuns six feet form startling contrast to
the Western steamers of twenty years ago. Weather
is fine and warming up again. We see by the St Paul
papers that every boat leaving there for ST. Louis has
her cabin filled with passengers. The Muscatine
in Thurcda ivhf md ri that ali
the biggest passenger list the round trip Of the
son.
We copy as follows from the Cincinnati Enquirer of
the 4th
The river here is on the slow decline again. There
feet inches in the channel last evening, fall
of two inches in twenty-fo hours.
There not much activity in shipments yesterday
New Orleans boats business was somewhat better.
We copy follows from the ST. Louis Republican
of the 4th:
During the month of July there shipped per
steamers and barges to New Orleans 1886 bbls. of
-four 10 422 sacks of oats and 39,78S sacks of
and for the month Of August $3.50 bbls -four, 2ls
sacks of oats, and immense amount OF corn, etc,
and we suppose that the above figures under
the actual amount from the fact that or two steam
ers have not yet returned their outward bound man
ifests. The barges continue to depart weekly, with
large lows freight and the Atlantic and barges leav
ing this day will have full cargo. The river here con-
Times to recede the decline Yesterday being and