New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1853-03-28
Business and River Items.

From Louisville papers Of the soth inaL
Business Louisville. say the papers Is as animated
as could be desired. The upper and lower (Portland)
wharves constantly crowded and all the drays of the
city are in The hotels too filed
to overfowing every boat arriving departing 10
filled with passengers and freight On the 10Th over three
hundred appeared the registers OF the principal
hotels aud fully I'VE hundred left the They
anticipate heavy spring business in every branch ef
trade
louisville the 2oth TheNewport Messenger says that
she is beautiful craft just finished by Captain A. W
Hicks for the Cincinnati and Arkansas river trade and
ID roomy and very substantial boat.
'Boars SoLp-The Hindoo sold at Cincinnati to
Messrs Rise ~ Hughes. Of Keekuk for. $500
The c. T.. Watkins has ALSO changed hands. She
broughtat sheriff Is sale, $500.
The Moro Castle also sold at Cincinnati to Captain
| JEFF Davis and Mr. Beeier.
From ST. Louio papers o. hslsh and sosh
Captain John II Burkes boat st. Niehoias arrived
at St Louis the 10th The Rspubcan says she is not
only staunch and well built boat but has an exceed
iugiy aud comfortable appearance. Her cabin 10
spacious and airy and fitted up with mach taste while
guards both and aft present TO the passenger
fine promenade which in summer will conduce much TO
the comfort and pleasure Of passengers In the main
cabin there thirty state rooms. including the clerks
Office and in tue ladies' cabin ten The cabin floor Is
feet wide in the clear, terminating in spacious
| social hall forward, =
The steamer Wenoua from the Missouri reports having
passed the Robert Campbell lying St Aubert dseaarg
ing her freight She had encountered snag on Thurs
day night, which caused leak, which resulted IN her
shipping four feet water before it discovered Nearly
all her freight much damaged She had broken her
doctor the endeayor to pump the water out Of her hold
The CIendennin from Missouri river landed at st.
Louis $40 mostly merchants proceeding East
| to purchase goods.
The Bunker Hill has met with another accident. She
making her way up to st. Louis on one wheel.
CHARTERED-rhe steamer Alton has been chartered by
Capt McCloy to three months in the Missouri river
She ST. Louis the 18th, taking in cargo for
| Council Butts
The James Robb, from New Orleans brought $50 hhds
sugar. 4S barrels molsses besides large amount Of
4 sorted merchandise
M.IL Rossrnr.-we learn from the Louisville Journal
that the night the 1Ath carrier named We'll
don robbed the mail from Ters Haute Ind few miles
from Bloomington after rng the letters obtaining
sso which he secreedn the lining Of his cap went
into and told the postmaster that he had been stop
ped by three who took the bags from him. His story
gaining credence and asearch establishing his guilt,
he owned up in the most Indifferent manner
MoRMASs-Three hundred and tn rty Mormans arrived
at ST. Louis on the 18TH from this city The Republican
learns from Mr. wheeock late Presiding Elder = the
church that there six more ships on the way
chiefly reghted with members Of this church and thei
families He estimates the number expected by thos,
ships at twenty-five hundred to three thousand Ar
rangement making for the transportation from Ea
rope next 5 snr Of about ten Thousand The growth
this body f tie most singular novelties Of the day
The cnoinnati Nonparel of the 18th notices two mys
terious dissppesrsnces thatciy Que girl named
Mary Ryan Who had just arrived from ireland hy way o.
New Orleans and under the Protection o. nfr ss's
residing in Cincinnati 1t supposed that .ne s -
II been forced or inveised into some haunt % 'ee
5 second was the wife of Mr. Lambert Cois, n'asA
! citizen residing in covingtca. The nay W ~ a.
le years Of age She eft the house Of hef 90
nun street where she had csisa w A-.-s ,,.-, -
70 with the intSaiion ef rstufni1s seaAs S -
n had no. bAsa heard assr sitAeaxs ava asys hss