The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1879-02-12
THINGS ABOUT HOME.

The constant bad weather for more
than q month, with now and then a.
fair day as an exception, has retard
ed plantation work very much
Breaking up land for another crop
should now be in full progress, but
we hear of but few plows running.
except on the front lands and in ia.
vored spots. Immense quantities OF
water have fallen, and the earth out
side of these favored spots, is per
fectly soddened with it. The pros
poets at this present writing, (Sun-
day are good, and plantations gen.
orally will drive ahead and make up
for lost time.
The river has continued in it's
steady rise, and has gone up in the
past week, nearly four feet. Navi-
CATION is now perfect to the head wa
ters of old Red.
The Pool line, reliable home in
stitution, is now monarch Of our va
tiers, and her steamers pillow the mud
dy waters of old Red undisturbed
and unhaunted by the ghosts Of half
card rates, and all that sort Of car.
pet.bag innovations, and arc daily
passing up and down with steamers.
As beginning Of our weekly re.
port in this liue, We record our pref
ty Bonnie Lee, AS the first to make
her down appearance, on our issue
day, with full load ofcotton.
Our Packet, the Bart. Able, and
en- passant, the only side.wheeier in
the river, passed down and left this
port about midnight OF her regular
day, Wednesday. As q matter Of
course she had all she could float
under, and only took here the sugar
and molasses, and about one.third Of
the cotton ready for shipment.
The little Alexandria, Billy Board
mans pet, passed down Thursday
morning, covered all over with the
staple, and only touched at the pine
knot pile, across the river, to make
a good wooding.
The "big toater," and poor mans
steamer, the Silver City, also passed
down Thursday with complete load
| and only touched here to call in ae'
cash for her up freight.
/ The same evening, Eve hours To-
ter, the big, new Laura Lee, rounded
too at the Upper Warehouse, and
gobbled for I'll up 70 bales Of cotton
and these added to the 3166 bales
she already had on board, champion
ed her as the blue-ribbon carrier 81
the Line. and gives her claims to the
biggest load of cotton ever packed
out of Red River by a stern wheeler
| And the same night, the bijou Of
our two Charles, the Jewel, passed
up with an excellent trip, notably
among its various items a big bundle
of papers for this writer.
The gilt-elged Maria Louise, was
up from the Crescent City, on Friday,
and inside Of 40 hours At that, land
ed considerable freight on both
wharves, in Pineville, and took her
usual big lot OF pine knots at the
latter place.
The big Kate Kinney, Joe Dodd
of Alexandria, on the hurricane roof
came down early Saturday morning
and didn't want anything here, but
some Rapides hay to feed 10 car
loads Of beeves she had on board
aud her package Of DEMocRATs
to cater to the intellectual wants
of her officers. Her cargo consisted
of 1905 bales Of cotton, 200 sacks o.
oil cake, and $50 head Of cattle.
The W. ]. Behan, from Minden
with full load Of cotton passed
down early In the night Of Saturday
The Bart. Able Was up on Mon
day, before 10 q. ~. She had . goot
freight and her cabin full Of people
Papers from her clerk rs usual.
! The Ashland for Shreveport, TIL
Bonnie for Minden, and the Alexan
dria for Cane River finish our week.
report for this issue.
I Ma. Hayes axe has just beer
whetted, and its maiden chop drop
ped George L. Smiths CORY head In
to the charnel basket OF the Custom
House, and q most worthy substitute
takes Smiths place, in the person 0
General George Badger, the presen
/, Post Master Of New Orleans. Thi,
appointment is an excellent one Il
come out of Radical ranks, and MI
Hayes should be thanked for |,
McMillen, now Of the Pension Office