New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1858-12-24
8i6er NntELIiaentt.
CREscEsr OFFICE, No. 10 Camp {

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The weather yesterday was clear and pleasant.
Business the levee is not as brisk as it should be-
We suppose it is on account of the holidays, which
are near at hand. There were but few arrivals and
departures yesterday. By our dispatches received,
the river is reported rising at Pittsburg and st. Louis
and falling at Cincinnati and Louisville. We learn
from Pittsburg exchanges that the new Red river
packet Era No. was to have left Pittsburg on the
10th. She is intended for the Red river trade above
the raft and built under the supervision of Capt
j. Kouns, old veteran in the trade having served
two apprentices in the above trade in the capacity
Of pilot and captain, having built two Eras before
this. From what we hear judges say the No 3 is an
Era, being built Of seasoned timber, extra fastened
and Of light draught, only drawing eighteen inches
when light. The hn was built at Freedom, and
measures 1870 feet length deck Is feet floor, %
feet beam a feet depth of hold. She has three boil
ers, 36 inches diameter, % feet long, cylinders 158
inches by ~ feet stroke, with doctor and engine for
hosting freight and working capstan. She is fitted
out in every respect according to the steamboat law
Her capacity to carry will be 1900 bales cotton She
belongs to Messrs G. L. Kouns and Bros low water
line
Capt John MalIoy's new and splendid Railroad
Line packet was to leave Cincinnati last Sunday.
Capt John f. Douglass holds forth in the office Of
this fine steamer.
The steamer City of Memphis concluded to lay up
for a few days, and the steamer John Warner will
take her place in the Railroad Line this trip. The
Warner will leave here on Sunday at 10 A. NJ.
The following we take from an exchange
mendous Rise.-The river yesterday was rising at a
fearful rate with nearly twelve feet water the falls
last evening During the previous twenty -four hours
the rise at the head of the falls was fully six feet
and at Portland it must have risen fifteen feet plain
water which is equal to any rise we have ever known
in the space of time. Last night the river was
rising at the rate of four inches per hour which is as
heavy a rise as ever was known at this point. At
that rate it will not take long to have the water en-
tirely over the wharf, and inundating the houses
along Water street.
The heavy and longcontinued rains are likely to
result in tremendous freshet if not general over
flow in the Ohio as all the tributaries from Pitts
burg to the Tennessee, up and rising. At Pitts
burg at yesterday there over thirteen feet
water in the channel and the river then rising at the
rate of six inches per hour. At Cincinnati the
river had risen nine feet, with a flood in both the
Miamis.
By special dispatch from Frankfort, Yesterday
morning we learn that the Kentucky river was very
high, with fears that the old bridge would wash
river was then rising at the unprecedented rate of
fourteen inches per hour The river was full of drift
trees, fences, and other material which had been
swept of by the flood OF waters
Here the rise, especially at Portland, was fearful
sweeping away goods and whatever had been left on
the wharf during the night including a large guam
tity of lime at the upper wharf At Portland the
crew of the Fairchid had the utmost difficulty to save
a lot OF moasses, which had been rolled ashore the
evening before. They took it on board the boat
again, and brought it up over the falls.
The pair of heavily laden coal boats belonging to
Watson l. Co., which had lodged on the right hand
reef on the falls Sunday evening were swept away
yesterday by the rising waters and total loss
One of the pair Of McClusky's boats that had
lodged on the head OF the canal was swept down the
Kentucky chute, parting two heavy six inch lines,
and by this time no doubt the boat has gone to
pieces. The other boat was saved through the ex-
ertiOus of Dick Smith,
The little steamer Frolic, now named the Daisy
together with lumber raft and other things lying
about loose at the upper tatbOat landing were swept
over the falls by the outponrings of the flood in Rear
grass That stream was high, angry, and destruc-
tive as ever was knuWn-the surest sign of freshet,
and one that has never yet failed. Its waters were
altogether out of bounds, and several Of the pork
houses were summary invaded, and materially reno
waited.
Capt. Schenck of the Switzerland, reports the
Kentucky a torrent Of waters and that the Ohio at
Madison had risen fully six feet in few hours, while
his boat was at the landing taking in few hundred
casks of bacon. He left Madison yesterday at IL
O'Clock, and the river was then rising at the rate of
six inches per hour, and immense damage was feared
to large quantity of pork, -four and other produce
on the wharf, all the drays and labor of the town
being hard at work trying to roll or haul it away
from the enCroaChing waters.
The sewer, together with the wharf improvement,
at the foot OF Fourth street. all under water last
evening with not yestige of the work to be seen.
1t all one broad sheet of water, though in the
morning the brick masons were busy at work making
the arch to the top of the sewer.
ABRIyALs.-The st. Louis Railroad Line packet
City Of Memphis, Capt. W. j. Kountz, arrived with a
large trip, and leaves again Sunday at 10 A. NJ.
We thank Mr.. James Kerr, Jr., for fayors.
The Lafonrehe packet Music, Capt. Henry Streck,
arrived with bales cotton G6I hhds sugar, 4S6 bbs
and l5G half bbs, molasses.
The Boeuf river packet Southern, Capt B. +
Goodwin, arrived with IT'S bales cotton and leaves
again to-day at P. NJ.
The Latourche packet Dr. Bttey, Capt. A, Dugas
arrived with 326 hhds sugar and 1874 bbls. molasses
The Red river packet Osceola, Capt ]. A. Barnes
arrived with 9l2 bales cotton, and leaves again OF
Saturday at P, NJ.
The Latourche packet Flora Temple, Capt F. Mi
ehe arrived with 60 hhds sugar, l20 bbls and u hi
bbs. moasses.
The st. Louis steamer Planet, Capt, Tom. Scott
arrived with good trip.
The Louisville Lightning Line packet Fanny Blu
lit, Capt L. B. Durham, arrived with large trip
and leaves again to-day at P. NJ. We thank Mr.
Theo. Judge, her clerk, for fayors.
The Red river packet Peerless, Capt John
Dowty, arrived with 3S7 hhds. sugar, 4SG bbls mo
asses and 30 bales cotton, and leaves again on Sat
urday.
The Bayou Sara U. S. mail packet Laurel Hill
Capt, JAS H. IRE, arrived with sos bales cotton Az
hhds. sugar and 29s bales cotton
Tie Fort Adams packet Golden Age, Capt, W
AIcCombs, arrived with 1927 bales cotton 52G hhds
sugar, 529 bills and 50 hf. bbs. molasses.
The splendid Attakapas packet Ceres Capt La
barhe, arrived, and leaves on Sunday next at P. NJ
We are under obligations to her clerk for late papers
Dr. Batey for Bayou LatoEche.-This regular
packet in charge Of Capt A. Dugas with the polite
Mr. Joseph Dallres in the office leaves to-day at II
An
Laurel HiH for Bayou Sara.-The regular e. S
mail and passenger packet ia charge of Capt Jane