New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1857-10-08
RIVER INTELLIGENcE.

A.
Yesterday was another very wet and disagree-
able day. For two three hours about midday there
was every indication of clearup, but rain again Z
set in and continued till after night OF course, such
weather retards business operations the leyee aud
prevents the steamboats, from receiving or dscharg
ing freight and makes their movements rather nm.
certain. There but few arrivals and ten depart
ures, as per our list below. ~ ~ - ss p SIS
,DEpARTuREs.-Yesterda the following boats left
port Ceres and Belle Gates for Balize Laurel Hill
for Bayou Sara !; Anna Perrett for Opelpusaz; Swan
and Hope for Red river; 4 R. W. Powell and Choctsw
for Miikens Bend Ingomar for Memphis, and
Pennsylvania for 81. Louis, with the daily Cairo q. s..
mail. tss5 -, sSs
ARRIvALs.-The Red river packet W. R. Douglas,
Capt. Ben. Tarbe, arrived from Carolina Bluffs, with
1Ol1 bales cotton, and leaves again to day at p NJ
The Bayou Sara q. s. mail packet Laurel Hill,
Capt. Isaac Hooper, arrived with 440 bales cotton,
and left again punctually at 10 A. n, as usual. -
The St. Louis packet Allegheny, Capt. Cable, ar
rived and we obliged to her clerk for late papers
The Napoleon packet Republic, Capt. z. JEFF. Stew
art, arrived with 1046 bales cotton. We thank her
polite clerk, Mr. b H. Willett, for late papers, Let Us
remind all shippers and passengers that this regular
tenday Napoleon packet leaves again on Saturday,
10th inst.-her regular day-at 10 A. NJ pnnetually.
No boat enjoys better reputation for speed eopgt,
good living or good management. The officers ke
the Republic are all gentlemen in their deportment,
and deserve the confidence of the public, and they
very popular with all that do business with them,
S. The steamer Lotus, Capt. VIM. Dillon, arrived
from Wheeling with an assorted cargo. z 4 s s
The ST. Louis packet Crescent, Capt. W. L. Holmes.
arrived with large assorted cargo. We thank her
polite clerk for river favors ~ "a.
Chancellor, for Louisville. To-day, ats r. NJ.
this well known and popular passenger packet leaves
as above. She is commanded by Capt G. W. Stewart,
an experienced and accommodating boatman, and
has very clever gentleman Mr.. NJ. c. Foster the
office. Passengers and shippers can rely on ths
Chancellor. M si3s 5ss.3 3.s ss u n. 4
y r. W. McRae, for picksburg This regular and
popular U. s. mail packet, in charge of the expe-
rienced Capt W. B. Richardson, leaves to-day, as
usual, at P. NJ, for all landings up to Milliken's
Bend. -.4s5,sa-ss ,--..Szs-55s =
Milton Ref-sAt5 p. N. to-day, this wellknovn
passenger packet in charge of Capt. Charles Hall,
with the oblgng Mr. s. A. Whyte in the Office, eayes
for Ouachita and Tensas rivers. ssi tsa
The St. Louis Leader Of Thursday says:
No change of Importance to report in any Of the
rivers. Six and half feet is the stage Of water in
the channel OF Dubuque. IN the Upper mississippi.
and Cairo The boats arriving from the Missouri
bring down scarcely any freight but within the past
day two they made up their loss by freight by the
large crowd Of passengers coming on every boat The
city has never been crowded with strangers the
large proportion of course coming to visit the fair
while some in their great anxiety about meneyed n-
terests come to and Judge for themselves as re-
CARDS the security Of our city banks. River business
about the landing dull, and receipts light.
The Memphis Eagle Of Saturday says:
The river is still receding slowly. The river and
river matters are certainly at very low ebb Weather
aud business dull the sky and our citizens faces de-
piIailv halsa an
sunshine.
The Louisville Journal has the following: -
BOAT BUILDING.-T There are six new boats lying at
the wharf undergoing completion. The first is Capt.
Surgeons N2lSl' : 452e fi'%
Diana-The workmen are advancing very rapidly
on her, and she will be finished in the course OF six
weeks The next .s-y-.i. .s-.
/ Capt. Benefits new boat for Red river She is .
small stern wheeler, but carry big load. She IS
nearly finished. Close to her lies new s.
Ferryboat for some place on the Mississippi river.
Below it is --s---5s1s-- -
| Cant Streeks new boat for the Lower Mississippi
river the hull of which was launched on Thursday,
and dropped down to the water on the same day.
| Close to her lies
Capt cargs new Missouri sour river packet which is
Capt. Yanmeter's new packet for the Green river
| trade.
side of the river and five at Jeffersonvie and two
/ more are about being contracted for Among those
building at Jetiersonyie is one for Capt. Could for
4 the St. Louis and New Orleans trade. She is to be
three hundred feet long, and in finish will be bard to
/ eclipse
| Special Notice to Steamboatmen.
The undersigned respectfully informs his friends
that, hereafter, he will advertise and notice their
boats in the DAILY CRESCENT" and will con-
tinue to supply them, usual, with the daily news
papers of the city, neatly stamped and wrapped.
| He requests continuance of the liberal support be