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STEAMBOATS,.

STEAMBOATS,.
Fleta Pickett. from Washington
Qua thta Belle Blanks from Camden
Robert Lee. Campbell. from Vicksburs
w Pike. Brown, from Fishers Landing
Kate Dickson Taylor, from Boeuf River
w + Curtis, Cooley, from Bayou Macon All
TenSaS
La Belle, Woods, from Shreveport
Waloon, EuiZ, from Lower Coast
Mary Ida, Ruiz, from White Hall
ARRIVALS AT THE NEW BASIN.
Schooner Best Friends, from Amite river
schooner Truzilla from Bayou Lacombe
schooner Shamrock from l'thefnucta river
Schooner Noneta from Bay st Louis
Schooner Camclia, from Maids nville
Schooner Laura l.. from Tchefuncta river
Schooner Monterey from Blind river
ARRIVALS AT THE OLD BASIN.
Schooner Victoria No from Tangipahoa
schooner Pomme d Or. from Blind river
schooner Olivia, from Bay st Louis
Schooner Sidouia from Blind river
Schooner City Belle. from Blind river
Schooner Mary Jane from Bayou Lacombe
Schooner DcGcada from Pascagoua
Schooner Appalachec, from Blind river
Schooner Bismarck, from Tchetuncta rivef
Schooner Alciope from Blind river
Schooner Lady Gay, from Blind river
Schooner New from Bonfouca
Schooner Geo Pandely from Blind river
Schooner Lille Dunn. from Blind river
Schooner Leander Jane from Bayou Lacombe
Schooner l. Eclair. from Tchefuncta river
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Below high water mark OF '-1i.
NELSON GOltOM, >ergt. sig SerN.. L. \. =.
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RED RIVER.

REGULAR RED RIVER PACKET
Leaves Oh " WEDNESDAY,, March L. at p NJ
r. For Jefferson, shreveport and Ill
stslss.s-tys way landings Red Rver-The fine
A>S@s"~'~ sdewheel passenger stcamts
La Belle.
N y. We od master q. W. Drown cferR
viii leave positively as above For re hit passage
apply on board
mnlt AOl;D ~ McSEAKE, AZ Camp street
MINDEN PACKET
leaves on " WEDNESDAY,, March t. atsP NJ
r. For Minden. Lake Bistepcnu
lSSGsL.tss Grand Ecore Grand Bayou st. Maurice
sa<>s=--.=s4 Cotile Alexandria, Normans Barbn \
and all way landings-The 4 No packet
John Howard,
ii. |. Lee, master E. Il. Perry, clerk,
will leave above For freight passage apply on
board or ~
LORD & MCPEAKE As Camp st.
MIG BRITTON A EPPLER lO6 Common st.
REGULAR RED RIVER PACKER
Leaves Wednes lay, March T.. At ! p NJ
ssuss For shreveport, COu>Eatia. Grand
LsNMs-x@ EcoIe Alexandria Barbin's Norman's
and all way landIngs-The tine Iassen
ger packet
Bradi>h Johnson.
Jno Helm, master
For freight or passage apply on board to
LORD a NcPEAKE 40 Camp street.
NH liz N. o. DONOHUE.
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LIST OF VESSELS
Up, Cleared and sailed for New Orleans.
BOSTON.

BOSTON
Ship City of Boston, Crosby cid Feb Il
Bark scotland Roger. sid Feb Ii
PHILADELPHIA.
Steamship Yazoo Barrett old M;r II
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OPEi.OUSAS.

Ileaves EVERY WEDNESDAY, at F. NJ
sxs;rrs su For Ensh.Eg,0n, Pors BMrFp.
isimmsport Churchvillo and all land,ass
on the Coast, Atchafi.aya River and III;
you curta3leAu-the now and Light draught pssssn.
Goc steamer
Bertha,
w m. burton, master j. B. Schmidt olerk
VIII leave AZ ahDys. connecting AT Smmsport with
steamer Minnie for Bayou Des Glaizes Far fr,igh1
or passage apply board or to
aus If BRITTON L. EPPLER LOG Common n
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lREESY!ILF.
UNITED STATES MAIL PACKET.
Leaves every THURS DAY at > p NJ.
rE> For Grefnviiie, Vicasburg, md
ls9ssss1 sthe Bends-Ihs ans and fact passenger
nsIaIsaszAsds packet
Frank Pargoud,
J. NJ White, master. G. Homes, clerk
Carrying the United State. Mail and connecting
Vicksburg with Pari-ot Line for all points on Yazo<
and Taliahatche Rivers and connecting with tn.
Chicot Railroad for all points to Pine Bluff
JNO. JANNEY. III Common street.
GITE d CARLIN
Tchoupitoufa. street.
ADAMS & WORK,
sa2o Il .Comrnerciai Place.
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Ship Calcutta. Tyrcll, from GI..noch Jan i! TO
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STEA MROATSe
BAYOU BARTHOLOMEW
THROUGH YOAP FOE TSYOyo YsHTIYOYO
MEW-liEAD OF NANIGATION
Ieaves on FRIDAY, March H. at } F. NJ
F., IT, For Portland. Poplar Bun. Loui-
sf.seAef 3 sana Line, Lind Grove, Bastrop and all
'A'r-Ss=---zFs way landing, On Bayou bartholomew
The splendid steamer
ISDNrop.
arus N"'ge HsS'es, D.. +. l'e'th'u-strs, oYegso
Fox freight or passage apply on board,
IITE n CARLIS SJ.Aou.,sil4s st.
W. Is. CLARK,
ADAMS b WORK, AGENTS. milo
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WEEKLY REGULAR GRAND ECORE PACKET
Leaves every SATURDAY, at ; T. NJ
For Brownsville, Grand Ecare,
l.4IsasaaarS Montgomery, Mouth Cane River Alex
s.1,--s==zs-" audria Barbins and all way landings on
ked Hlvei-Ihe Al and irst-class passenger pac ket
Seminole,
On place OF Fleta)
John e. Mitchell master Jas. l.. Robbins clerk
will leave positively above, throughout the entire
season. For freight passage apply on board or to
LORD n MCPEAKE Agents.
n. B.-Makes sule connection every trip at Browns
vile with steamer Ida Leon for Bayou Pierre.
mh3tf
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SHREVEPORT-PeT steamer Belle Rowlani-i62
bales cotton Jno Phelps 6co-lli l. WanSey x
Cos T. a Yorke-63 All Mouton--i2 Britton
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STEAMBOATS,.
ST. LOUIS.

Jno j. DaIragh, MASTER Thos. J. Darragh clerk
viii leave as above. For freight passage apply ON
board or TO JAMES MELLON Agent.
kountz Line Office 81 Grayicr street
Ill take freight for The Illinois Central Railroad
and its connections. mbti
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1875-08-07
A Re.ark.ble Calculation.

Max TWAIN, IN the August Atlantic,
NOUNS over the diminished length of the
Ainiseippf In this strain: -
1herI46re, the Mississippi between
Cairo and New Orleans was 1,2f5 miles
lang 170 yesrs ago. Il was 1 ,160 after the
cut-oGA Il 1722. It was 100 after the
Ansican Bend cutoff (some sixteen or
ssveaaeen yean ago)- i has lost sixty
iensth is only e7s miles At present. "
Now, IL l wanted to be one of those
ponderous scientific people and 'let ON
to prove what had occurred in the remote
pAse by what had occurred in q given time
in D. recent past, or what will occur in
the far future by what has occurred in
late years, what an opportunity is here!
Geology never had such . chance, nor
such exact data to argue FRONT Nor " de-
velopment Of Species" either! Glacial
epochs are great things, but they are
vague-vague. Please observe:
II the space Of 170 wears the lower
Mississippi has shortened itself PAP miles
That 10 an average of . trifie over one
mi1e and third per year. Therefore,
my calm person who is not blind or
idiotic can see that in the Old Oolitic
Shuriau Period, just . million years ago
next November, the lower Mississippi
River was upward Of / 800, 900 miles long,
and stuck out over the Gulf of Mexico like
. Ashingrod. And by the same token any
person can see that TAB years from now
the lower Mississippi will be only mile
and threequarters long, and Cairo and
New Orleans will have Joined their streets
together and be pIodding comfortably
along under single Mayor and a mutual
board of Aldermen. There is something
fascinating about science. One gets such
wholesale returns of conjecture out of such
trihIng investment of fact.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1875-08-07
Famous Mems Weaknesses.

Ferdinand H., Grand Duke of Tuscany,
wns also, il appears, the slave of his in
nrmities. He was often seen walking up
and down his apartment between two large
Thermometers, at which he anxiously and
continuously glanced, putting on skull-caps,
Of which he had five or six in his hand, &C.
-cording TO the degree of cold or heat that
the instrument pointed toward. So too
with the Able de st. Martin, who in the
seventeenth century was SO notorious for
his mOnomania. He had always nine
skull-caps on his head to keep him from
the cold, and on the top of those he put
wig, which, of course, was never by any
chance in its proper position! More than
this, he wore nine pairs of stockings, one
over the other; his bed was of brick, I'M
der which there was q furnace, where he
made fire to obtain just that amount of
warmth that he desired. The Jesuit
0hezzi wore seven caps under his wig.
Fourier, the mathematician, who had re-
turned from Egypt nearly dead with
rheumatism, suffered severely when he
found himself in q temperature below
twenty degrees Reaumur, and a servant
followed him about everywhere in readi-
ness to offer him additional coats and
wrappings. During the latter years of his
life, when rendered hors de combat by the
asthma, from which he had suffered since
his youth, he lived almost entirely in a
kind of box, which allowed no deviation
Of the body and allowed nothing to pass
except his head and arms CHurchman's
Shilling Gazette,
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1875-08-07
Mississippi Steamboat Racing.

Racing was royal fun. The public al
ways had an idea that racing was danger
Gus; whereas the very opposite was the
case-that is, after the laws were passed
which restricted each boat to just so many
pounds of steam to the square inch. No
engineer was ever sleepy or careless when
his heart was in a race He was constant
ly on the alert trying gauge-cocks and
watching things. The dangerous place
was on slow, popular boats, where the en-
gineers drowsed around and allowed chips
to get into the ''doctor" and shut off the
water supply from tine boilers.
In the "fiush times of ste:mboating a
race between two VIGOROUSLY fleet steamers
was an event of vast importance. The date
was set for it several weeks in advance,
and from that time forward the whole
Mississippi Valley was in state of
consuming excitement. Politics and the
talked only of the Coming race As
the time approached the two steam
ers stripped and got ready. Every
incumbrance that added weight, or
exposed a resisting surface to wind or
water, was removed if the boat could pos
sibly do without it. The "spars," and
sometimes even their supporting derricks,
were sent ashore and no means left to set
the boat afioat in case she got aground.
Wnen Inc Eclipse ana Tie A L.. ShOtwell
ran their great race twenty-five years ago
it was said that pains were taken to scrape
the gliding off the fanciful device which
hung between the Eclipse'sc and
that for that one trip the Captain left off
his kid gloves and had his head shaved.
But l always doubted these things
If the boat was known to make her best
speed when drawing five and half feet
forward and five feet aft, she was carefully
loaded to that exact figure-she wouldn't
enter dose of homeopathic pills on her
manifest after that. Hardly any passen-
gers were taken, because they not only add
weight but they never will trim boat"
They always run to the side when there is
to see, whereas a conscientious
and experienced steamboatman would
stick to the center of the boat and part his
hair in the middle with a spirit level.-
Mark Ttcain. in the august Ahantic
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1875-08-07
Barege and GauZe Dresses.

WOODEN barege is coming into vogue
again. 1t is fashionably worn i'm France,
and is admired for its soft, clinging text
ure. Full costumes of barege have been
sent over from Paris in stylish ecru and
dark blue shades. The ecru barege suit is
made up without darker silk for lining
and is worn over white muslin skirts; the
basque, however, is lined throughout with
thin lining silk. The over-skirt is in the
round, full, French shape, edged with
knife-pleating, and there are several rows
of pleating on the lower skirt. Being
worn over white, the transparent ecru ba-
rege becomes of "A pale cream color, and to
give character to this delicate dress there
are bows for the front of the over-skirt, the
throat, wrists and tOurnure, made of dark
scarlet ribbon in rich damask patterns. To
wear with this dress is black chip hat in
toque shape, with the brim dropping over
the crown, and the back turned straight
up behind. The only trimming is "A scarf
veil of ecru barege twined around the
crown, with knotted loops behind support
ing scarlet ewing, and a long, flowing
streamer that is wound around the neck
and tucked in the belt of the dress. An
other pretty country toilet is of indigo
blue barege, trimmed with ruffles of white
muslin wrought in English open work en-
broidery The dark blue does not look
well as transparent over white, and
should be worn over blue silk. Pale
Sevres blue barege is also imported by the
yard for costumes and for wells. This shade
is most becoming to pure blondes; the
dark French blue is worn by both blondes
and brunettes
Chambery gauze dresses are chosen for
full-dress toilets for the summer Plain,
damask- figured, and striped gauzes are
most elegant; plaid gauzes are also worn,
hi fs,., oil,
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1875-08-07
Gaines and grenadines used for costumes.

Gaines and grenadines used for costumes.
Two shades of plain color, such as pearl
gray and violet gauze, made up over pearl
silk and trimmed with f1ounces OF duch-
ess lace, or of Valenciennes, make an ele-
CANT dress for ceremoniOus dinners and
receptions. Pale blue gauze in damask
designs of the same shade is trimmed with
wide, rich fringe, and worn over gros-
grain of the same tint. The over-skirt
and basque are of the gauze, richly
shirred; the sleeves and train skirt are of
gros- grain. Some black damask gauzes
are trimmed with thread-lace; the fancy
for these thin black dresses is to line the
basque, but not the sleeves; the trans
parent sleeves are coat-shaped, and dis
play fine arms advantageously. Striped
gauze dresses have a youthful look, and
very young ladies prefer them to the frail
tulle and tarlatan robes that are scarcely
fit to wear more than once. Ecru damask
gauze, trimmed with white lace and draped
by carnations, makes a pretty dress for
summer balls. Jet is still seen on BIZ
damask gauzes, but the neWex go ,,.;.o 10 ~. ~
trim them with lace, esyr. any WHY S iaIe
of r.ra nu.I;.v An Over-dreSS OF black
VI e,. iaa. dus1 az worn with black, gray, or
Sfs~,.nder silk skirts on which are gauze
fiounces; violets in the couture accompany
such dresses.-Hdrper's Bazaar.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1875-08-07
A sthma and Calarrh.-see d. Langell's adv't
THREE little golden heads at an upp

THREE little golden heads at an upper
window and long line of carriages in the
street below. Nurse holds baby up, who
laughs and claps his little dimpled hands
as his eye is caught by the nodding plumes
on the hearse; and presently the process
sion moves down the street, and mother
has gone away forever. The men from the
undertaker's remove the traces of the
funeral; the parlors are in their wonted
order, except perhaps the curtains are not
Topped as gracefully, the furniture is not
disposed as tastefully and the little orna-
ments and bijOuterie are not in their ac-
customed places. In mothers room
there's chill and prim air about every
thing, so different from its usual look of
cosy comfort. A bright June sunlight is
cleaning through the half opened blinds,
but it does not seem to give warmth or
cheer. The toys are brought out, but the
children soon tire of them. There's some
thing gone-they scarce realize what. By
and by baby begins to fret and nurse gets
cross. Poor little darling! mammals petit
how tenderly she would have sOOthed him
with soft lullabies. And then papa comes
home and gathers the little flock around
his knee and tries to tell them something
of the beautiful home to which mamma
has gone; but they want her sadly here !;
they cannot think why the Good Father
should want her so much nore.-P9ess.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1875-08-07
Buckwheat.

Buckwheat, as cultivated crop, is as
widely distributed throughouf the world
as wheat itself. 1t is found in nearly all
civilized countries of the globe and, in
many places, forms an important part of
the food eaten. Its unusual adaptability
to all kinds of soils, and especially the
success with which its culture is attended
in poor and inferior soils, commend it to
the attention of farmers everywhere. No
other crop can equal it in subduing and
cleansing land, and its merits as a green
manure are too well known to the intelli-
gent reader to require repeating. Not
withstanding it will grow and produce
well on most soils, it undoubtedly does
best on a mellow, sandy soil. On rich,
and especially moist, lands it does not
grain well, its growth running principally
to straw. On rough lands and dry hills it
is as profitable a crop as can be cultivated.
1t is usually sown the latter part of this
month or the first of next. When the sea-
son proves favorable it fills better late in
autumn, but the risk of frost is too great,
and we advise sowing as early in July as
possible. Sown broadcast, bushel per
acre is plenty; with a drill, half that
quantity will do. A dressing with lime
or ashes, or both, will sometimes almost
double this crop, where lime is deficient
in the soil. A light dressing of gypsum
OF guanO, Oh poor SOILS, Will always pay
Buckwheat generally commands paying
price, and this year, in view of the de-
ficiency of the wheat crop, there will be
no risk in culture whatever.
The usual way of harvesting buckwheat
is to cradle it, rake and set up in small
punches, twisting the tops together, and,
when dry enough, haul to the barn and
thresh it on the floor. By this method of
threshing many grains are crushed and
wasted. A better way is to build plat
form of small poles or narrow boards set
up edgewise and elevated six inches above
the barn floor. As the grain is thrashed
out it falls through between the boards,
and is safe from injury. Many thresh it
in the fields, on similar platforms, with
sheets or quilts underneath. 1t is decidedly
better to haul it to the barn. The straw is
saved. the grain can be cleaned and
handled more conveniently, and there is
less liability to get "grit' in it. If a
large crop is raised, the machine should
be used for threshing it.
Buckwheat straw contains lime, mag
nesia, potash, soda, phosphoric and sui
phuric acids--all essential elements to plant
growth, and hence arises its importance as
a green manuring plant, in connection
with the fact that it is very rapid grow
er, and, like clover, draws its growth
largely from the atmosphere. The straw
of buckwheat, after it is threshed, should
be carefully saved to augment the manure
pile.-Ohi0 Farmer.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1875-08-07
FARM AND HOME.

Oak timber loses about one-fifth of its
weight in seasoning and about ONE third
of its weight in becoming perfectly dry.
-Scald quart of gooseberries in water
until they are soft, drain, and when cold
work them smooth with spoon. Add
half pound of powdered loaf sugar, four
ounces of fresh butter, four ounces of
bread crumbs, and the yolks of four and
the whites of two eggs-more eggs may be
used if liked. Beat all together for quar-
ter of an hour. Strew sifted sugar over
and serve hot or cold.
Morning Glory Tent.-Describe a cir
Gle eight or ten feet in diameter. About
equi- distant from each other place pole
about twelve feet high, meetiae &C !he
top; fasten them by ss.; ~ ;, tunning
through them; BH1m tbn a wire sir i to staIes
dr;vs, s..mn even with the surface of the
-s1and. Plant vines, the various kinds of
Iponaea, all around, having cut the sod up
for the purpose, making bed six inches
wide running around. The vines will
soon grow and conceal the wood, and you
will have morning glory tent, a marvel
of beauty and comfort.
Many woman's happiness would be
enhanced, yes, her life prolonged, if she
could only have time to devote to the
culture of few flowers in doors and out
she can have the time if she will only de-
eide to neglect that which is of infinitely
less importance. We know that the cares
of a farmers wife are manifold and con-
tinuOus, still we know, too, that life is
given us to make the most of, and it is
the duty of every wife and mother to live
as long and happy as she can, not for her
own sake alone, but for the influence twill
have over the lives of the children, whose
remembrance of early home should be the
happiest that can be recollected.-DetrOit
Free Press.
Set posts firmly in the ground, six feet
high and eight feet apart. Take No. 8
wire and stretch it from post to post, out
side, fastening with staples made of wire
driven into posts. Place three wires one
inch apart, one foot from the ground; an
other three at top of posts. Take CON-
mon laths and weave in, leaving three
inches space between sides of each. This
makes the fence four feet high. Then take
other laths, picket one end, chamfer the
other like chisel- blade, and Intervene
among the top wires; then shove the
chamfered edge down beside the top of
the bottom lath, tapping under wire two
inches. This makes a cheap, durable and
pretty fence, seven feet and ten inches
high, and is fOwltight The wires should
be left somewhat slack, as Intervening
the laths will make it up.-Poultry World.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1875-08-07
A Terrible Leap.

A correspondent of the New York World,
writing from the Catskill Mountains, says
On theverge ofone ofthese rocky terraces,
looking down on a plush-like forest q
thousand feet below, stood hale old gen
tleman, with Q straw hat in his hand and
his white locks streaming on the breeze.
"a long leap, that" he said with q
smile as bent over.
AYE, indeed, sir; . tempting leap for
q suicide. Only that bed Of green looks
too soft to bruise limb or break bone. F"
AZ came up this mountain q few win
tiers ago." said the old gentleman, when
the snow was very deep and hard crust
was frozen on the surface. That's the
time to climb the Catskills. My compan-
ion was an old resident hereabouts-born
here. in fact. We walked up that peak
yonder with less fatigue than l now feel
amer getting up this far. He told me that
. suicide actually did take place here
when he was lad, and he related the cis-
cumstances."
Seeing my interest the old gentleman
went on:
at was q young woman-a young En-
giish woman-who had arrived in this
country year or two before in company,
it Is said, with her brother, and who, after
serving some months in the household of
. merchant in New York, came up here
pAnion to the children Of the merchants
brother, . well-to-do farmer in this neigh
borhood. She was as good as adopted
into the family and treated in all respects
as an equal. Once in about every fort
night she received . letter, addressed al
ways in the same handwriting, but post
marked at different places in the West and
South. These letters were understood by
the farmer and the family to be written -
the girls brother, who had 1870 me
6fW--Abous the beginning Of one spring
ia lefief1 cr1Dd to arrive. The young
Woman ns1sd and pinned. In the follow
han1ed - her in the evening. She took
= - ~ room. Next morning she had
dlmPpeared, leaving her trunk locked,
and kef clothing, except what she wore,
hanging from the pegs against the wall.
II yns NOT until some ten days afterward
that some boys out chesnuting canse
acro0 her body below there under the
trees- In her dress pocket was found the
last letter abe had received, . letter which
disclosed that the writer was not her
brother, but her husband, to whom she
had been married just before their de
partlre from England, and from whom
she had consented to separate until they
should by their united efforts have saved
enough money to start them in life to-
gether. Absence, in his case, had rusted
love. This letter announced that he had
married another person. All, meP con-
eluded the old gentleman, sadly, putting
ON his hat and preparing to move away,
$50 wags the world"