The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1869-11-10
River Intelligence.
S0TTH- W ESTEHN,
ofs Shreveport W November 10, 1863

4ba
inches The fall is al 'DN
:; 4yortv.four hours
IN WEN w. carolina Bluffs has ceased to be naVls
ou Nv s,,ss of boats larger than the Mary Ellen.
Die 'o seess at present to look for rise from aoo'
~ as the water was low and falling at fullo'
,,k last week
Tha Cate Post pres warning to all steamboats, draw
inc over twenty inches of water to keep away from III
fats above Albany few days more OF dry weather w
efactuaIIv shut out the twentynch ooa1s HUM I'll
Iakes Cvpress BAYOU navigation IS no" renleiioefe
only in song The George the only dlnky In lhe Iraue
10 mn +ba. wav somewhere, long way behind her tim
to be out.
The river men enter serious complaints against tn
stage of water between this point and the mouth OF tn
river The officers of the last boats up report three
and half feet on the falls, three feet scant on u b.
thirty inches on PRO and Dixie and twenty inches
IN Coushatta and the water falling.
WEDSEsAY Nov. Soon in the morning the Fla
villa Capt Roots left for Boon Bend, in Cypress bayou
with all the freight she wanted.
The George Capt. Crooks, left for the same place
with all she wanted to I" tote " on the water.
Late in the evening the light draugh steamer Firt
Capt Hazett, came in from Cypress bayou with "a
bales of cotton and bdls. hides. .
Late in the evening the old reliable kouns,hne
packet Era No. Capt. Martin Kouns Drown and ong,
clerks sailed for the city with 700 bales OF cotton ana
fair list of cabin passengers She VIII nave 10 lgh'er
over the worst bars.
THURSDAY. Nov. 4-The only departure to-day was
the steamer Jefferson Capt Rea, with 75o bales OF cot
ton, lot of hides and fair list of cabin passengers
With all this load she only drawing three feet
scant at the stern and thrtytwo inches at the DOW.
She will be apt 90 through without much detention
FRIDAY, Nov 5.--Sometime last night the Lotus No.
2 Capt Thornton Jacobs, Tom Jacobs clerk, came IN
from Old river with few bales of the staple Late IN
the day she left for the city with addition to her trip
Of 200 bales.
Early this forenoon the new light draught steamer
Gladiola Capt H. L. Lee, Ed Groves, clerk, came in
from the city, five and half days out, with ell
the freight she wanted and ninety seven fullgrown
passengers all of whom able to eat their rations
which was big drain on the boats commissary de-
partment. Thanks to the likely clerk for late papers
Soon after dinner the Flavlla, Capt. John Roots, j.
L. Naples clerk, in from Cypress bayou with l25
bales of cotton and passenger or SO. She lays over
and leaves according to advertisement. Capt Roots
reports only thirteen inches at the Gate Post and the
water falling.
Soon AFTER the Kouns-line packet Era No. 70, Capt.
Isaac Kouns, came in from the Saughter-house on
Cypress bayou, with 225 bales of cotton and few pas
sengers. She will probably get off sometime in the
night for the city with addition of 800 bales to her
Cypress bayou cargo.
SATURDAY Nov. 6.-The Lotus No. 2 and Era No. 10
did not get off fur the city until after the arrival of the
They drawing all the water in the channel
when they left.
Late in the evening the steamer Flavla, Capt. John
r. Roots sailed for the city with addition to her Cy
press bayou trip OF $50 bales and few passengers
Late in the evening the steamer Gladola, Capt Fl.
L. Lee left for the city with $50 bales of cotton and
passenger or tive. IT,
SUNDAY, Nov 7-The little Mary Ellen, Capt. Milton,
in from Old river with about sixty bales of the
staple.
Early this forenoon the light draugh feet running
steamer Lotawanna Capt Jos. Morgan Alex. P. Work,
clerk, in from the city, five and half days
out with light freight but fair passenger list An
incident of interesting character occurred on board
the trip up, namely, the birth of child. In honor
of the place Of its nativity as also because of the sgn
hcation of the word the dawn of day." (the event
having occurred at that period of the day. the little
well spring of joy" was at once named Lotawanna
Met Rose Franks at Turnbulls sugar mill at II PM
on the I'd, Rudolph at Bedou's at II AM on the 3D.
hicn1uona ct 1nnes wood yard at PM the Sd, Ida
ut Jones' Bluff at Pm. the at Alexandria
at $50 Pm; 4th, met Rapides at Montgomery at 10
M, Lizzie Hopkins at Bayou Pierre at PM and Lulu
D. at Campte bar at - Pm; 9Th, met Era No. at Tai
ly Browns at PAM, Dixie at Dixie bar at AM and
Jefferson at Robinsons island at PM 9Th met Lotus
No. at Reub Whites at Pm, Era No. u at Cash's
at $50 Pm. and Flavilla at Woodlawn at PM; 7th,
met Gladiola at Walter Cranes at AM"
At half-past Pm. the new light draught steamer
Lotus No. 8, Capt D: D. Dannals, j: J. Dodd CLERK,
to the clerk for files of late papers.
TUESDAY, Nov. 9.-The elegant steamer Lotawanna,
after dinner time for the city, with 400 bales of
cotton and forty cabin passengers.
Just about dark the Lotrs No g. Capt D. D. Dannals
sailed for the city with SO bales of cotton and some
half dozen cabin passengers the reason why she did
less than sc per bale
FRE1GHrs.-During the past week up freights were
landed here ct full card rates Down-cotton has been
shipped at four and six dollars per bale The Fir
The last boat to leave, loaded at 81 per bale The ru
ng rates will probably be five six dollars for the next
few days. Cattle-none shipping Cabin passage s25
and deck So.
r. From our Exchanges
SINKING AND TorAL Loss OF STEAMER Cora S.
T,r ;rn Il IF HurfH DC Rirr srhfp
eft here Wednesday evening for Cincinnati struck
og Sunday morning near shawneetown, and sunk up
20 her boiler deck. The boat and cargo $50 bales of
cotton and miscellaneous freight, will prove to-
sl loss The Cora S. was owned by her captain and
,erk, AL Croxa valued at $40 ,O00 and insured for
hree-fourths her value She has been good steamer
having sunk several times in the Arkansas and in
he Ohio On this last trip she left port with 500 bales
cotton and when thirty miles above here broke her
haft. She was brought back to the city for repairs
Ter cargo was reshipped another boat The shaft
vas welded here, and her repairs cost over one thou
land dollars besides the delay of several days. incur
ing heavy expense. We suppose her captain and
Memphis Avalanche, 26th ut.
A New PRoJEcT-A distinguished Texan, Temporal
,Iy residing at Washington, d. c., opens up to the
Chronicle Of that city plan for inland water commu
,ication between the Mississippi and the Rio Grande
'By digging and dredging about $50 miles the waters
or steaming and barge and fatbeat navigation. This
yoiild give about $500 miles of increased navigation
md place Texas and the Mississippi and its tributaries
il close Deighborhood canal could be easily built
most of the work could be done by machinery, and
there would be but few locks the expense would
,e great It would be fed mainly by waters of the sea
ind from the various rivers, lakes and lagoons, into
Ill oftwhich the tide GIBBS and flows"
The fact of the jurisdiction of the United States
Ill tidewaters being exclusive would render the &C
lion of Congress necessary for the construction of such
| work; besides the lagoons that would have to be
lredged out are obviously under the exclusive
power of the general government ,..-.=s--
Perhaps no work would be easier to build than ca
la of this sort certainly that would be more re-
nunerative 1t would open up to the commerce of the
world 237 900 square miles of productive territory in
Texas, and about 10000 in Western Louisiana. The
reiphts of salt lumber and CATTLE saying nothing about
sugar, molasses wool cotton and every description OF
,ther merchandise would alone give rich return up
IN the investment The trade with Mexico would also
point on the rivers and brought in the finest ORDER
,table-rigged barges propelled by tugboas, to the
Northern market
Such canal would supply the lumber to renden the
over Mississippi valuable navy yard. Few sub
ects are ofmore Importance to the nation. The north
vest is directly Interested Illinois and Pennsylvania
more thanany other States without it is Ohio and
Indiana. -
Can't lG L. Kouns writes from Louisville to ST. Louis
hat he will probably bring the Grand Era round to ST.
s.uis and load for New Orleans or Red river.
FURTHER PARTICULARS OF THE Loss OF THE STONE.
sA1L-The following is the statement Of Mr.. r. A
Phelps, of this city who was on the stonewall at the
time she was lost by fire. We6nd it in the Democrat