The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1869-08-18
OFFICE OF THE SoUTH-WEsrERr
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clerk left for the Crescent city with afuload Of Texas
beeVes of all ages and Sizes and few cabin passen
gers.
1t is hardly worth while to state that the fussy little
steamer Mary Ellen, the captain of which can make
more noise with that Z" blab" of his than any other
man living, left for Old river with a large trip For
Gods sake, captain, if you want to blow up your crew.
don't do it with your whistle, to the annoyance OF all
the peaceful denizens ofthe city.
| SATURDAY, Aug. l4.-The old reliable K0uns-line
packet Era No. 8, Capt, Martin Il. Kouns, left aten
the evening for the city with go head of cattle and
| small lis! of cabin passengers.
SUNDAY, Aug. 15.-About midday the and ele-
giant steamer Lotus No 3, Capt. D. D. Dannals. j. j.
Dodd, clerk, made our landing three days and eigh
teen hours out from the city with good freight and
fair list of passengers. She is the first of the
boats to reach our landing, and is the most
plete sternwheel boats that have We
have given her dimensions before La the way of
speed will suffice say that she beat the Lizzie Hop
kins to the mouth of the river Thanks to the clerk
for tavors
Soon after dinner time the Lotus No Q, Capt John
Lewis Tom Jacobs, clerk, in from Dallas street
with a lot of lumber for the beef packery
Late in the evening the Lulu D., Capt. Jack Grace,
passed up for Dallas street with good freight and
MONDAY, Aug. 1G.-The Lotus No 2, Capt John
Lewis sailed to-day for the city with full load of
Texas cattle and good list of cabin passengers
TUESDAY, Aug. 1.-THE little sidewheel steamer
Early Bird, Capt. Jasper Russ passed up to-day for
Dallas street with good freight and fair list of cabin
passengers She had but light freight for this point
Thanks to the clerk for late papers.
The new and large sternwheel steamer Lotus No. g.
Capt D. D. Dannas, left to-day for the Crescent City
Slaughter House with 26o head of CATTLE bales OF
cotton and a small list of cabin passengers.
FREIGHTs.-Ae2O OrteanS-Up tleights are now landed
here at high water card rates-75c. @s1 per barrel
Down-Cotton 81 252 per bale; CATTLE $496 per head
Passage $50.
F0R NEW ORLEANS, TUESDAY, Aug 24.-The elegant
regular en-day sternwheel packet Richmond Capt.
VIM. T. Boardman Charles J. Boardman, clerk, will
leave as above, the arrival of the from Mar
shall
from EXchanges
/ Julia a. Rudolph is the name of Capt Ii. G. McCo-
mas Red river packet intended for New Orleans,
Shreveport and jefferson packet. The hull was built
at California, and is of the following dimens ions ::
Length $50 feet BEAM 81 feet; hold ~ feet. She is
extra timbered and fastened and is very substantial
affair Engine cylinders IS inches in diameter, with
feet stroke; three boilers 36 inches in diameter "a feet
long The machinery is being fitted up by JAS Rees,
Esq The cabin will be handsome one as W. f.
Richardson is doing the joiner work. She will be
pleted by the Goth Of August. Capt McComas has
named his Red river packet after of st. Louis
fayore daughters. Success to the fair Julia, say
/ CINCINNATI, July 3l.-The sternwheel steamer
Jennie Howell now lying at the foot of Ludlow street.
built by Capt. A. NJ. Halliday for the Red river trade
Her dimensions are as follows: Hull, l46 feet long;
BEAM 3515 feet hold 515 feet Her wheel is IS feet in
diameter with IS buckets q feet long She has three
double ued boilers % feet long and IS inches in d.
ameter two engines of ~ feet stroke. with 16 inch
cylinders Her cabin is about 1870 feet long and has
q commodious staerooms. Width OF cabin ten feet.
Space between decks II feet Ceiling of cabin feet
high She has texas 40 feet long and y feet wide,
containing 10 rooms for officers and crew. Pilot house
Ike feet square. Pilots wheel feet in diameter: The
Jennie Howell, she lays in the river to-day, draws
"A inches forward and IS inches aft. When ready for
business she will draw Is inches forward and 90 inches
aft She will be able to carry GOO tuns freight and
stow 1900 bales cotton As She is built for Red river,
her hull very staunch. Floor timbers 81 by inches;
bottom AZ inches forward and 81 aft The entire
boat built under the superintendent OF MT John
p Shearer, Of this city. The hull was built at Millers
port by Mr. Shearer; machinery, boilers and Chin
neys by Capt. c. T. Dumont, Cincinnati; painting by
D. Williamson & Co., Cincinnati; ship chandlery fur
nished by William Shaw; upholstery by Knight Il Co.;
cabin outfit by Bailey Co.; carpets by Drown Glib
son; Golfer work by B. VanduZen; chandeliers by
McHenry eco. 1t is the intention of Capt Halliday to
run the Jennie Howell to Pomeroy, if the river gets
low, until fall, when he will load her for New Orleans
and Red river She is admirably adapted for the Red
river trade, and will ply regular packet between
Shreveport and New Orleans during the cotton season.
Capt Cannon of the New Orleans and Vicksburg
trade has made himself citizen of Frankfort Ken
lucky and engaged in building family residence IN
that city, at a cost OF SIS 900.
The Louisville Courier-Jo Journal, of late date, says:
1t is highly probable that the new boats now build
ing for the New Orleans and Red river trade will be
formed into line, with uniform rates, ec4 The cap
tans and of the different boats for that trade
now being built this point have held several meet
ings in the last few days, but yet definite plan
has been determined upon. At present there are i've
. new boats being completed at the wharf, VIZ Fleta,
Travis Wright, " s. Pike Lizzie Tate and Flavilla.
A New STEAMER LosT-We find the following in the
evening Picayune of the Sd:
CINCINNATI, Aug. 4.--To Capt. C. l.. Gilpin: The
steamer Mollie Gpin took fire at AM, to-day, at
Fords Mills and burned to the waters edge. Insured
for 1000. C. D. 7MAcKENT1RE.
THE New NArCHEz-We clip as follows from the New
Orleans Bee of late date:
Capt. Tom feathers has returned to New Orleans
from Ohio, having learned positively that his new
steamer will be completed early in the fall He thinks
the new Natchez will be the fastest boat the Misss
sir he will
to cost large sum- from the fact that not only will
she be well built, but her cabin furniture and embe
shments will be first class Here some OF he d.
mensions Length of hull 800 feet breadth of beam AZ
feet of floor 81 feet, and hold 10 feet deep She will
have eight boilers double fued, "a feet long and 40
inches in diameter Two cylinders 81 inches IN diam
eter with 10 feet stroke Her water wheels will be AZ
feet in diameter aud Is feet buckets. Her cabins will
have in the main saloon st staterooms for ladies'
servants 1G rooms the freedmens cabin, the upper
deck will have % rooms. She will have dome over
the ladies' cabin for ventilation and one surmounting
office and bar The New Natchez is intended for the
Vicksburg and New Orleans trade, which has always
been remarkably lucrative. No boats but those pos
sessed of great speed elegance and comfort would sue
coed in the trade, and Capt Tom feathers Is sIlli de
sirous being he always has been, at the head OF
the list Once in while opposition arises, bnt Ola In
domtable always fights it until victory alights upon
his ackstaf
7 THE Av1roR San Francisco, July 2s.--The g Err
ial Steam Navigation Company are in full feather;
their model the "Ayitor works to perfection, and has
recently been exhibited daily in the industrial pavilion
The balloon Is OF q cigar Snape IUEly lett
twelve or fifteen in diameter. frame work OF BAN
boo and pine round it. The propeller is OF BAN
boo and mnslin the steam engine which furnishes the
motive power Of BRASS the steam is got up BY the
heat of burnig alcohol. speed Of about five miles an
hour can be obtained Of the steering apparatus 1t is
at present impossible record anything for the sim
pie reason that the model guided by cords
lit is exhibited at present under covert The larger
machine now being constructed will be $50 feet long
and viii be decided feature at the coming Industrial
Exhibition.
Although few believe that the practical point ia AERIAL
navigation has been reached by this machine, many
think that the greatest stride ever made towards 'na
eonsummation has been attained by It, Its weak point
is the vast size required for the balloon in proportion
to its carrying capabilities
IMPORTANT TO ENGINEERs.-The attention of eng
neers is directed to the following:
OFFIcE or Local BOARD OF q. S. INSPECTORS
Cincinnati Ohio, Aug. 2, 1862
The attention of engineers is called to the following
rule which adopted by the Board of United States
Supervising Inspectors at Washington, d. o. IN Jan
uary last
'sWhen an engineer gives up the charge OF the en-
gneer department Of steamer by resignation or 9TH
erwise he shall certify writing to the condition OF
the same; said certificate to be kept on board the
steamer to the inspection of the United States
Inspector Of Steamers and the succeeding chlef eng
neer. Also, when engineer assumes the charge OF
the engineers department of vessel, he shall exam
inc the same in good order, ard IN accord
ance with the specified condition in the certificate given
byhis immediate predecessor, and if not report the