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WASHINGTON AND CAMDES.-A pretty
brisk trade has been carried on lately be-
tween these two towns. For months Red
river has been so low as not TO admit of
navigation higher up than Shreveport, con-
sequently our supplies of sugar, coffee, etc.
grew so low that we were compelled t.
open communication with Camden, from
which place we have lately received sup.
plies of such of the neccssarics of life as
we needed. The good people of Camden
are hospitab,c, and have shown n willing.
ness to divide their 'eatab.es and drinka-
bles" with us, for which we are very mich
obliged to them.


BY the way Cam1en is flouri, hing place,
and if there were only good roads leading
to it from different sections of the country.
the business of that piece would be greatly
increased The road leading from this
place to Camden is poor apology for n
road, and we think il would be to the in.
terest of the people of Hampstead and
Ouachita counties to improve it. When
that is done, there viii be great deal Of
business done between these two places.


6TWe learn from the viclsburg Wing
of the 11th inst, that the steamer Frontier,
Capt. Cheatham, on her downward trip,
struck snag near island One Hundred,
which passed through her cabin Just for
ward Of the wheel house, carrying away a
portion of her upper guard and two state
rooms, besides doing considerable damage
to the wheel house.


A Mr.. Andrew Knox, of Washington,
was asleep in one of the state rooms, which
was literally torn TO atoms. He escaped
with few bruises, which were not con.
sidered dangerous. Some other passengers
were somewhat injured but none seriously.


GRocERIEs.-A fresh supply of family
have just been received by our
