American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1869-02-27

who WAS lost. and who had for the
Tip taken the place Of Cad. Hays,
the proper clerk. The other clerks
were Messrs. Henthorn and Cline,
and who are now known to have
beer saved.
-.5a. THE TRIP.
At the time the accident occurred
the Mite Stephens was Oh her way
TO jefferson, Texas, with large con
Segment of Government stores on
hoard, some 900 i'll specie, per-
hars some money in greenbackS for
paving off two or three regiments on
the frontier, and a large amount of
hay. The hay was placed, as is FREE
quently d0ne, four tiers deep upon
the boiler deck. The danger from
the accidental iguitiOn of his mass
of intiammahle material was not I'M
known TO the passengers, out APP
pears to have occasiOned no protest.
On Thursday, the Mite Stephens
had reached Shreveport, 1.-THE last
point on Red River navigable, owing
to the raft thirty miles above and
had now turned aside into the net
work of bayous. lakes and lOgoons
which connect Shreveport and Jcffer
! son City. 1t is to this latter point
and the last one attainahle by boats
from this city that the Mittie Stephens
was making when the accident &C.
cured
At that time she had already gone
more than half the distance between
Shreveport and Jeffrrson-that is,
had now left the cholled mp current
Of Red River altogether, and sailed
through DeSoto Lake into Lake Cad
do The latter body of water lies
partly in Louisiana (the extreme
northwest portion.) and partly IN
/ Texas. and is fourteen miles long
and seven wide.
On Thursday night, supper had
been served at an early hour on the
unfortunate boat, and the passen~
gers hundred in NUN her-after
occupying themselves in the man
IL r usual to those who have been
-SaNnral daXS on board of a boat, had
retired. AS early as 8 O'clock the
saloons had begun to grow thin, at
~ 'Hes Nrie uesei.e,,' M'an ''!t eA-
,1,. w. 81 ~. 20 o,a,naI.
p"''i ~ l,0"' o." CIV ~, ~ III ot;I,
$50 go t' -, a'I ,.;th
no prospect Of reaching there before
daylight, there was scarcely any enc
stirring beyond the regularly APP
PV M "t'on. :. ,
ing 49, 80, !. - Nv" '"lI'o9e"'
60. 49, OK ':o"e 80 80. 20 ~,
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oHt iittic trouble 10 me liiotS.
THE ALARM OF FIRE.
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