The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1870-06-08

From our Exchanges.
WHARFAGE.-A Memphis paper says Probably one
OF the greatest outrages of the day the present sys
TEN of enforcing wharfage tax from steamboats,. 1t
is wrong which would not be tolerated in any civil
lied country, and would have done credit to the fra
ofthe blue laws of Connecticut Every steamer
landing at wharf is benefit to CITY, and it
would be more proper to pay them a bonus than to
make them pay for privilege which is not privilege
Why not charge every railroad train for entering with
in limits? 1t would be equally sensible as Law
ing tax upon the arrival of steamers. 1t is no ex-
cuse that our city wants money 1t would be equally
as just to arrest and throw into the county Jail every
merchant IN Memphis until they paid into the city
treasury whatever money it needed. We do not and
never did believe that the wharfage tax was legal and
we hope that steamboat owners will club together and
test the question, not only here but elsewhere 1t
would no doubt cause some trouble to have to
all the moneys collected in this way, but we sincerely
believe that 1t can be recovered by law.
The following are the particulars of the expedition
OF the steamer Texas up the Red river of the South
Our informant says this expedition is ten fold more
perous than the Red river expedition of the North
undertaken by the English. The steamer Texas left
the port of New Orleans on May H. 1870 After as
cending many days through the tribes of the Rapdes
Natch1toches, Caddos and tribes of various other de-
nominations, we entered the lakes that surround the
great raft OF Red river After passing many dangers
OF storms and snags entered the Black bayo black
as the pits OF Erebus; then we encountered Bayou
rouge redder and more angry than the sum- passed
through chain of lakes filled with cypress sumps,
snakes and alEgators After passing through these
wonderful lakes we then encounter the fearful falls or
"h"Ah VI ehe oSttH Day you Navigation company AAlo
is second Niagara falls, and exhibits the danger to
navgators of beng dashed to pieces any moment
After passing safely through this perous canal OF
Poster bayou arrive latter many days of hard strug
Cling at Fulton, situated the banks of Red river.
Here we met two barges, the Comanche and cmcka"
saw, laden with cotton, and various tribes from the In
dian nation. On conversing with one OF the Indian
chiefs he informed that he expected raid on the
frontier by the Kiowas and Comanche tribes On the
receipt of this from above we feared an attack
and Immediately prepared for our return voyage The
crews of the Comanche and Chickasaw report the
of the steamers Caroline and Lulu D. as still
living but how long they would remain so they know
not. After leaving Fulton continued our course
homeward bound and not long in reaching our
starting point New Orleans Times
STEAM TO BE SuPERcEDEp.-The New York CORE
spondent of the Boston Journal describes new in
venton for using electricity in place of steam in pro-
polling machinery Actual experiments prove hat the
invention is of great value and Importance andlt
is said in a comparatively short time steamships ano
steamboats, will be propelled by it. machine OF great
capacity is being constructed in New York, an Will
soon be publicly exhibited The whole thing, power
full enough to carry rstclass steamship across the
Atlantic, can be secured in a small trunk.