The daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1848-1851, 1850-02-15

The WesfeTH Waters IN the month OF Jan 1850
Tne steamer Boston, Capt. Allsn, bound frtm Sc.
Louis % PTisb0rg, with heavy cargo-abuus leo
tons Of which was destined for New Orleans, and
10 be re shipped al Cairo--sunk her bosIer deck
Abels Point, 10 the Upper Missiasippi nine miles
above the month Of the ONO, on the 9lh of 1an.-a
breach was made in the hull by anating iee--boat
and cargo total loss. Valued al S35 600.
Steamer t8ion, Capt, Wm Patrck, bound from
Alton Cairo, with fail cargo of pork, lard, etc.s
70 be reshipp-d at the latter pint for New Orleans,
struck q reef at the head Of Dsvii's s and on the
llih Of January and sunk about egght feet water
cargo psnppally saved in damaged condflion.
Boat lost Lazs on The cargo estimated at S. COO
/ on The boat SC 600. Toai GIL 600
| 81 Joseph, Caps. WIN. Baker, bound from New
Orleans to o. Louis, with full freght-2a poftion
Of il taken from the steamer Pocahonlas--exploded
the larboard boiler while running Niih the steamer
| South America, At Yellow Banks, 10 the Lower
Mississippi, the morning Of The 23d u january.
boat afterwards took ere. and burnt 70 the walerSs
edgs--bull scutiied and sunk--eievsn psrsos> nens
Instantly killed by the explosion, eight or died
subsequently, IS 30 more o. Les injured Eve o.
six severely tosa number Of lives loss essimzaa8 af
| S35 900.
steamer Dolphin, Capt. HazIei, bound from the
Cumberland river TO PttsbuFg, with cargo of pig
iron, struck snag and sunk opposite Haws viIIson
rtie Ohio, on the 7Ih Of January-three lives lost.
| Loss on boat and cargo Sl4,OO0.
Steamer Charles Carroll, Cap,. Fanesworsh,
bound from Nashville 10 New Orleans, with full
| cargo, ran against bluff bank al Shelbys Esland,
in the Cumberland, on the night Of the 14sh Janu-
ary, and sunk Immediately 70 the hurricane deck
| boat and cargo lost. Valued at $4,000
Steamer Bertrand, bound from AsIakapas TO New
| Orleans, with full cargo of sugar and molasses,
| struck snag in Bayou Sorre Bay, and sunk imme-
diatsly TO her hurricane foof-boat and cargo lost
| Valued at $20,OO0
| Steamer Col CFoss was snagged fifteen miles
| below Rio Grande Ciry--freighi, which was prin-
cipallY specie, saved, but boat lost Valued at
! S8 900.
Steamer Lucy Wing-ouachila paeket-sunk
| in Horse Shoe Lake, in January-totai loss. Boat
and cargo valued al $500
Steamer Grey Eagle, Capt d. r Muggah Fbstnd
from st. MartinsyIile to New Oreanss " ith cargo
| of sugar and molasses, struck snag in Grand
River, on the 26ih January, and suak in about ten
mnutes--all on board saved, but the boat and
| cargo lost
Steam towboat Diana and bark Col stanton
sunk on the morning oi the I'D Of January, in the
Mississippi, between New Orleans and the Balize,
by coming in collision with the steamship Ohio,
bound up. No lives believed to have been lost.
Loss towboat and bark estimated at SJ0,000.
The Ohio sustained no serious injury.
Steamer Oregon burntat Chicago on the 18th Of
January. Loss estimated at 0000
Floating Dry Docks sunk at Algiers, opposite
New Orleans, on the 18th Of January. Expense Of
raising them estimated at $4,000.
Steamboat Moro Castle, Capt. Scott, bound
from New Orleans to Cincinnati, with full cargo
struck rock while ascending the falls Of the Ohio
the 10th Of January, and sunk to her first deck
Boat subsequently raised and repaired at Cincin-
natl, but cargo badly injured. Total loss to both
estimated at $4,000.
Steamer Pocahontas, Capt Moore, ON her first
trip from New Orleans to ST Louis with about
500 tons OF freight board, struck bluff bar in
Morgans Bend, ON the 10th OF 21st of January,
which parted the forward butts, and caused the hull
to leak. The boat was run to the mouth Of Red
: river, the cargo discharged, and she returned 70
New Orleans and was repaired. Damage 10 cargo
and loss in repairs and detention to boat, estima
: ted at $1,000.
II Steamer Sultana, Capt Yore, ran into the banI
N on the Ohio, below Blue River on the 18th ult.
d broke her guards, jack-stah. derricks, etc., ans
l. threw portion Of OF her ehimneys overheard
n The damage slight.
il Steamer Gov. Briggs and Allegheny Mail cams
+ in collision the night Of the 2Is inst, near TN,
il mouth of the Missouri. The former was severel,
d injured. No lives lost
IS Steamer Ohio, heavily laden, and bound for Pitts.
" burgh, into BY the steamer Friendship neal
d Mustotf Island, the Ohio a large hole was
* Knocked in her bow and il was found necessary
before the leak could be stopped, to throw over
e board portion of the Ohio's cargo. Loss estima
4 ted at $4,000.
, Steamer Sacramento, Capt Morrison, bound
from New Orleans to St. Louis, aground a
Goose Island, in the Mississippi, thirty five miles
. above Cairo-was compelled 10 discharge her cargs
# and>afterwards detained until rise took her of
O Since repaired the dry docks Loss, IN repairs
and detention OF boat, estimated at $4,000.
. Steamer Archer, Capt Dryden, was caught by
# gorge OF ice in January, at Sliding Island where
/ she was detained about two weeks finally she go
oil with the rise, and sustained very little damage
Total number of boats lost eleven, not including
the bark Col. Stanton. Seven otherwise injured
Total loss, estimated Including dry docks at New
S Orleans and the bark Col. Stanton, S306, 000-St
e Louis Republican.
!; The FLoR1DA INp1ANs.-We are informed, say.
! the National Ineligencer OF the 9th, that insel
gence has been received at the War Department
from Florida, stating that on the 2lst january the
commanding officer in that State met in council tbs
chief and six sub-chiefs OF the Seminole and Mica
sukie Indians, and delegate from the Tallahas
! sees, which terminated very satisfactorily Tn,
Presidents approval Of their conduct in surrender
ing the murderers, and his desire for their
west OF the Mississippi, was communicated to them
and they finally expressed their Willingness emi
/ grate and their determination to ali efforts t.
persuade their people to accompany them. The
Western Delegation have also been permitted to en-
ter the nation, in the prosecution Of their mission
Bow-legs, with his sub-chiefs, has promised to NEE
: the agent Capt. Casey, about the middle of tn.
present month at Caloosahatchie, and inform him o
the result of their efforts II is believed that man,
OF the Indians are disposed to 60 70 the West, whi
others are undecided; but, upon the whole, th'
! prospects ol their emigration are more Favorable
than they have been for some time past,
THE CuBA INvAsfoN.-The Washington cor
S respondent OF the N. Y. Journal Of Commerce, IN
e der date Of Feb. 4, says: The Cuba inyasionist
have prepared to press their schemes in an ope
manner, and without violating the neutrality Law
They have calculated upon the quiescence, if no
the sympathy, of the British Envoy now here, mas
much as he had some difficulty with the SPANS
Government; but in this respect they are l learn
to be disappointed. Sir Henry Bulwer, it is be
eved, will be prepared protest earnestly agains
the prosecution OF schemes for revolutionzing Cuba
. and British and French naval force will be read
to maintain the existing Government OF Cuba Fur
ther, learn from good authority that the SPanisl
Government have instructed the Captain Genera
OF Cuba, 10 hberate the slaves in OF invasion
or lnsurrection and serious attempt at revolution
e The WETMoRE DEFALcATIoN CASE. - The
e Washington correspondent Of the Philadelphia
to North American states that Mr.. Wetmore has ten.
> dered to the Government of the sum due from him
$4,000, and offered to give bonds for the balance
about $4,000, subject to decision OF his calm iol
extra commissions upon disbursements during the
a. Mexican war as tested in shortly be tried
" at Boston. The Department has refused to entel
e into any such agreement to withdraw the crmina
s. suit pending in New York under the penal code q
the sub-reasury act, but has directed that whatever
ID sum OF money may be offered by Mr. Wetnore o.
= his friends be received. The case will therefore
y be investigated by the grand jury Of New York.
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