New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1858-02-05
atp 0rIeans aaiIn Crescent.
.RaveR INTELLIGENCE.


M FRIDAr MORNING, Feb s. 1855
The weather yesterday was very cold raw and
rainy Up to late hour last night it was still misty
and raEny with little or no prospect OF clearing eff.
Wecannot pretend to predict how it will be to-day
and Of course the movements today Of many boats
are quite doubtful dependent the weather.
0wing to the weather there was very little bust
ness doing The evee, and very few boats left port
We had eoodiy number Of arrivals, and shat have
alarge number Of departures Saturday should the
weather be such as to enable them to get their car
goes on board.
OF the rivers the st. Louis Leader of the 2sth ut
says
The river at this point still continues to rise having
advanced upwards Of three feet since Teesday eve
ming, and was yet coming up when We len the land
ing At dark last evening. The upper Mississippi Is
also getting up with nearly five feet on the bar at
Dubuque. BY oar last dispatches from Louisville
and Cincinnati, informed the Ohio Is receding
slowly and steadily and business up there becoming
still more light daily.
The Memphis Eagle Of the soth says:
The river Is falung but little, and is almost at
stand. Weather very pleasant and cool business
quite active. There is more cotton on the blu than
at any time this season.
AHKsvArs.-The Yazoo aud Tallahatchie river
packet sallic Robinson, Capt Dyas Power, arrived
With 1851 bales cotton and leaves again on Saturday
at5P.M
The d.. Batey, from Lafourche, arrived with 3Ge
1hds sugar and 7e bhs. mclasses, and leaves again
to day at A. NJ, as usual.
"A The st. Louis packet Illinois, Capt. |. d. Fuker-
son, arrived with large cargo, and leaves again on
Saturday. We thank her polite clerk, Mr.. G. Mont
gomery Lakeland, for late papers.
The Louisville packet Empress, Capt Irwin arrived
with large cargo part ITO bids tobacco, and
vii leave again on Saturday, at r NJ. our tnanKs
are due % Mr. q Il Reeder, her attentive Clerk ior
late papers
The Attakapas packet Belle Creole Capt j. Henry
whitwoyih, arrived from New iberia with l6 bales
cotton, $50 bids sugar, and III bbs molasses, and
leaves again on Saturday, at IL NJ.
The Fort Adams packet Bella Donna, Capt. Nc
Eombs, arrived with 62O bales cotton, 2s3 hhds,
sugar, and So bills molasses, and leaves again on
Saturday, at r. NJ as usual
The Nieksburg y ;. mail packet Natehez, Capt. I.
P.Leathers, arrived with 1913 bales cotton, and
large number Of passengers She leaves, as usual,
Saturday, at T. u. We thank her polite clerk, Mr..
+. A. sherman for papers.
fne Linda from Grand Ecore with S2z bales cotton,
She =. C.*Sdish aud Ocean Spray from St. Louis, the
e Il. WinsioE from Cincinnati, the Quapaw from Ar
kansas riger with 1850 bales cotton, and the Peter
-.eA '.'iH 1o"i7'he'
The Oaachita packet Messenger, Capt. Geo. Fl.
Kirk, arrived from Camden with 20S7 bales cotton,
and a goodly number Of passengers She leaves
aga'n'on Saturday, at ?. N. and will connect at
Trenton with the Young America for Bayou Bartho-
iomew, and at Marie Saline with the @. Marshall for
Saline river, thus afording shippers and passengers
great facilities
y 4. ipoodrtf--This popular and splendid st
Louis passenger packet at the landing, receiving
freight to leave on Tuesday next She has been re-
painted and repaired, and IS in perfect order Under
tne care Of Oapt y s. Rogers with the editor clerk
Capt Geo VI Ford 10 her oiies, we may expect her
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ega'n maze us appearance and anticipate much plea