| From the New Orleans Daily Crescent |
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| August 5, 1861 |
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| Maritime Intelligence |
| ***** |
| Receipts of Produce |
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| Fort Adams -- Per steamer
Laurel Hill-- ***** -- 111 bars railroad iron W. G. Hewes {President,
New Orleans, Opelousas & Great Western RR} |
| {About 1/4 mile of
track, both rails; about 20 tons} |
| {Fort Adams was a
town on the Louisiana side of the Mississippi at the mouth of the Red
River. With the shifting of the rivers, it is now on the east side of
the river and in Mississippi} |
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