The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1879-05-28
HOME MIRROR.

The whole of last week, though
somewhat a favorable one for the
crops as far as heat and sunshine are
concerned, to our notion, has been a
rather ugly one for real comfort, real
growing weather, and anything but
pretty Mays genial and halmy
weather. As tout ensemble the
weather clerk has put on March or
| October garb, and has permitted old
Boreas to do too much blowing
Rain is much needed in most local.,
ties, and can but help the cane, corn
and vegetables, and in Town We need
it for the cisterns, and more partic-
ularly for laying the dust, now eight
inches deep.
The river has gone up to Sunday
about two feet, is now at a pretty
stage, looks fine, and before this
reaches most Of our readers, may be
on Il decline.
As for business, trade and traffic
in Alexandria and Pinevile, from
the walls and complaints of all, and
the Printer feels il extensively, they
have departed for the time being, to
rest in the haunts where the wood
bine twineth, and can't be expected
back before the 10Th of August. We
must hold our hungry carcasses to-
gether as best we may till then, be
patient and again watch with more
than patient eagerness the lining of
that silver cloud, as it comes glim-
mering in the distant future of hot
August.
/ STEAMBOATS,,
all Pool Liners and kick up. hehinds
in once glorious and grand old Red,
as yet, don't seem to partake of the
general Summer dearth, but are hav-
ing good loads and some travel, and
as the world of Rapides say, are
about to coin money at their high
card rates-what everybody keeps
saying must be so, hence we mean
no offence financially to the Pool Ii,
ners when we thus print their honest
convictions.
AS usual, but "a hours behind
time, yM the modern steamboatman's
Botany Bay, Cane and Little rivers,
; the Packet, Yazoo Valley, passed
down, with very slim trip, and did
not tarry long here.
The Danube, for this trip in com
; mand of Dave Dannals, Of all the
Lotuscs, passed down early Friday
morning, with the following cargo:
$50 head Of beeves, 923 bales Of cot
ton, s bales of hides; for Pineyille
$50 sacks of Texas -four and Is ditto
70: our Town.
The Jewel, on her down trip, broke
her shaft, and the superb and pala
,ial Laura Lee wheeled in her place
and was the Wednesday boat leaving
the City, reaching here Friday eve
ming about 8 O'clock. She had full
load, in fact, was fat i'll the water
put considerable out here, besides
the river mail and the DEMOCRAT
package Of New Orleans papers, bu1
our package of Eastern and Western
ones failed to reach us.
Near noon Sunday, the Rose City
primp, saucy, one eyed stern whee
Ter, stopped at the upper wharf a few
' moments, direct from Little Rock
bound for Fulton, in the same Stat,
of Arkansas, on special mission
she beefed and iced here.
> The Silver City passed down, a
: sunrise Monday; landed at the uppe
wharf, put out the river mail, took ii
five passengers, and then backet
down to the big wharf, and was Of
= in few minutes. Her clerks ia
vored us with the latest Shreveport
papers and the manifest Of thet
boat: 10S bales Of cotton, 274 sack
of oil cake, 143 barrels Of oil and 8
head of stock.
The Packet, Yazoo Valley, hove il
sight, on her Monday home stretch
at 5 P. NJ, with a tolerably goo
freight and a fair number of passen
gers, made her three regular land
ings, putting ont a good portion c
e her cargo here, and inside Of tw
.e hours showed of for Natchitoche
is and Grand Ecore, via Cane and Lii
J. tie Rivers. AS these streams al
" now considered hard road to traye
t. the Packet will hardly be down an
ID leave this port before late thi
b. afternoon.
As The Jewel has had that shaft r,
n. paired. and wheeled into the Ian,