The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1880-08-21
ON THE WING.
New ORLEANS. Aug. IA. 1850.

ON THE WING.
New ORLEANS. Aug. IA. 1850.
Dear tindicdtOr-I arrived last
Tuesday evening at s o'clock. at
Grand Ecore. and az there was no
boat In sisnt, I had ample time to
view the surroundings. The first
place / inspected was the etcre Of our
friend, H. Mannheim. I found there
. large and extensive stock Of every.
thing In the grocery and provision
line, and Mr.. Mannheim assured me
that he has made such arrangements
as will enable him to furnish supplies
ss low az they can hs ordered in
small quantities from New Orleana
or st. Louis.
After spending an hour on the
wharf. In company with our friends
Mannheim. yalery Murphy. Mess,,
French. and many others, the boat
whistle was heard In the distance,
and at o'clock the Danube reached
tho landing. In company with J.
q. Hill. Tommy Beale, Mr.. Gregory
and his brother. and Nathan Myer,
I went aboard. On being introduced
to Capt. Hamilton and Clerk McOhes.
uey, I wss most cordially welcomed
ss q representative ofthe VlNDlcAToR.
Indeed, oil We met on the river we're
warm 10 their praise Of the course OF
the VlNDlcAToR. On board I was in.
PRODUCED to the mother and brother
Of our distinguished young artist,
James @. Noise.
Iu the cabin OF the Danube is .
sweet.toned Faivre piano. which die.
ccursed sweet music at the touch Of
skilliuA and artistic fingers. The ar.
tist, In bis modesty. requests We
mention not bis name.
At the Trsmway landing the boat
met On accident which delayed us
four hours. The coupling OF the
rudder got bent. and owing to . con.
flict Of judgment between the osrpen-
tor, engineer and mate. the damage
wss not repaired for near four hours.
At Plnevllle. We took on q large
quantity Of lumber and 81 head Of
cattle for the New Orleans market.
The cattle were hard to manage and
some got In the river. By tho time
oil were got aboard and the Alexsn-
dria freight taken on. four hours
more were consumed. When We
started again. Capt. Hamilton on.
deavored to make up for lost time.
On reaching Echo, the news Of the
disaster reached Capt. Hamilton.
who, as wrote you. put on all the
steam the Danube could carry to
reach the scene. sent the partlcu.
.l1n up by the Yazoo Valley. which
1'hope reached you In time for to-
days Issue. There are few other
items which ! failed to record In the
hurry to get the letter of. A drenoh'
Ing rain came down on the unfortu.
mates when they reached the shore.
The settlers In the vicinity are rep
resented 40 having proved them.
selves anything but hospitable, and
even wanted pay Tor rescuing q dead
body. They are said to have been
bent solely on plumber. with one
single exception, whose name We re.
greet not being able to record. The
wrecked we're we'll cared for. how.
ever, on the Danube.
From this time forward nothing oc.
Cured to mar tho pleasure Of the
trip. The boat reached her landing
It s o'clock Friday morning.
The following ere the officers Of
the Danube. and . more efficient set
never run q boat:
@. o. Hamilton master; J. @. Nc.
Ohssny. T. J. Dowty and ". d. Do.
vinney. clerks: B. W. Kay and II.
T. Resdmsn. pilots; n. johnson and
Ed. Bird. engineer: Jack Weaver
and Jno. Casio, mates.
We took leave Of xr. Hill, who
goes to Chicago 70 secure tho most
approved agricultural implements
ior tho Red River planters. Mr.. Hill
n q man Of sound judgment and OK.
perience, and knows tho wants Of
the people.
Col. WIN Strong also lesves this |
evening with tho Knights Templar. |
who have been invited to participate |
Ia tho Triennial Oonolsvs, which %. |
semblss 10 Chicago.
The lumber mills at Pineville and !
other places can scarcely supply the
demand along tho Red and Mississ.
Ippi riyers, which speaks we'll for the
march Of Improvement.
I wss warmly received BY e,ery
body, and tho course Of tho V1xp1cA.
Ton he's been the subject OF general
praise. 10 fact, It bids fair to become
- Oopul " 10 N1w Orleans % It u \,
homo. ] close this letter 10 haste to
get Il on the boat. 8.