The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1871-03-11

ZIG west stbONC Two iuiiSS, liONi WA1CA
the cotton is brought on flats and then
upon the raft for shipment.
The up freight is deposited in the upper
or lower story Of tho small warehouse,
according to the stage of the water.
There is nothing lively or enticing
about this point, except that it presents
in 81 wild waste some of the appearan-
ces Of human presence.
MARIE SALINE.
Out "into the woods we steam away,
house, but of larger dimensions, and a
raft in front, stands out to the vision at
the edge of the timber. OFF, along an
opening through the timber made for
a railway before the war, one secs tho
hills, half-a-mile distant. Cotton Is
shipped and goods stored here as at
Rowland's Raft. About 1000 bales are
shipped annually at this point, com
prising most Of the cotton made in Ash
ley county. Two miles above, the Sa-
limo empties into the Ouachita. Two
miles from tho mouth Of tho Saline, the
two streams arc only forty yards apart.
The Saline is navigablo about 100 miles,
within % miles of Pine Bluff.
At CARYyILLE,
y little settlement landing, the main
overflow terminates, and we come to
the first higi, land after leaving Ouach-
isa City. From this point on to Cam
den the eastern bank OF the river is low
and subject to inundation; the wes-
| tern bank, here and there, affords
points for all the landings below Cam
den, except Moro.
PIGEON HILL.
The chill" part OF this name is very
lappropriate; a high hill, sloping to the
water overlooks the river; but we
looked in vain for the pigeons. These
had flown About four hundred bales
arc shipped at this point; but before the
war the shipments We're much larger.
It is now Il place of splendid prospects.
| MORO
Is q Harding situated upon g lake,
called, for some unknown reason, Moro
Bay. 1t has stores, a warehouse and
cotton shed, and a few residences in the
| back ground which is covered Tricky
| with pine. Moro ships about 1900 bales
! of cotton annually. The Lake extends
| few miles above, but is practically Of
no navigahle Importance. Moro sus-
tanned a fire not very long ago, and
could sustain another.
WILMINGTON.
This place is supposed to be named
| for Wilmington, Delaware, but it has
no ship-yards and no railroads, Tho
! hills make in here again to the river,
and couple Of warehouses, 8 small
store and a large chicken coop have
been erected to commemorate the eff
| fort of the hills Wilmington. how
ever, ships several bales of cotton, prob
ably one thousand, and drives a good
trade in game chickens.
CAMDEN,
The end Of our journey, is a prosperous
little city of about 1000 inhabitants (ac-
cording to tho census) and ships annu-
ally $4,000 bales of cotton. It has the
trade, in whole or in part, of eight or
nine counties, some of them touching
on Rcd river. above the raft.
Tho first settler Of Camden was Louis
lie Bland who located there about tho
close OF tho Revolution. Tho hills run
bluff up to the river for quarter of a
mile, conccaling the town until tho
wharf is reached. The wharf has been
graded for about scventy-fivo yards
along the bank, so as to incline to the
wator's edge at an angle of about As de-
Grees. TIE business Of the town is
mainly transacted on the street fronting
tho wharf, and has an extent on both
sides OF nearly ha,f-a-inilc. Several of
the business houses arc built of brick, as
also tho courthouse, 4 fine two-story
building, which, however, stands upon
an eyecrable location. We noticed two
churches, and a thirs: III an incomplete
condition. The main industrial enter
priscs are wool-carding and planning
mili,a plow factory, and a wagon Elcto-
ry, all apparently in a thriving condi-
ton. There arc two newspapers, the
Democrat, daily and weekly, and the
Journal, q Radical sheet The Deno- |
crat IL in the hands of that unconpro- |
missing Southcrn2r, Colonel T.. n. Hill, |,
whom we had the pleasure of meeting, !
and Of conHGrSing with about tho state |
Of affairs III Arkansas.