New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1858-10-11

Il, IMfE.l.l.ltaEns5sE,
MoNBAY October III, lsi

MeNBAY, October II, 1858,
sae Eagart to'lay 81 The operations on the levee
ths pass week, connected with steamboats,, we
sa q nots that business has-natwithssand-
NE continued prevalence Of yellow feqer in opr
ana I'd most Of the towns on the lower his5ls s
ba@hean quite lively. We have had quite q large
am6Af 81 arrivals, bringing quite large amonnt o.
IS nc halss--snd other produce. u can ne
Sssasted shat tie fall business has set in, ana
xbset hereafter ID report steady increase in the
aR5aat 0f business done. 4 Large number 81 vessels
ass arrived from Northern pogts bringing the usual
ssld sitleer stock 81 goods, large part Of which
III 81 forwarded np Tile river, and thus give the
nioFa 81 that desirable kind Of freight than they
sss hsan able 10 gst Tor some time Thus the pros
pfospeT31s business season for our hard
fne heavily tsxed steamboat men is better than
sfs psat. II Is really pity that some plan can
s devised 70 put stop to the system the deck
aids have og jumping Gas i is called) the boats
they aTe ready to Leave port and demanding
sxafbita1a wages, or compel them TO lie over. We
k the police might aid the boats il they were at
ad shout N. some days.
naring the past week, the weather was clear up to
eluesday. After the hard rain that night, it has
unsettled, and yesterday afternoon cold, steady
sn ast Ia. We trust it will remain cool and that
ma g@AS hAas l&ttsS efsty Festlso VI WY A0se4 ~
Aaissa
ahe riger before the city continues to receds i
about d foot during the past week, and Is now 10
et below nigh water mark. All its lower tTlbuta-
continue 70 recede also, and areyery low. Our
accounts BY telegraph from the upper rivers, state
eIat ou the 9th the Mississippi at st, Louis was re-
eiug, VITA feet scant to Cairo. The Missouri and
unneF Mississippi are also falling and in bad condi-
1an Ihe OHIO il s5ill dead ioW, lower than It has
heau hi two years past. the Tennessee and Cum
aa Eng al9O g low that no boat drawing over
Ne tsst 81 water can navigate them.
We We pleased 70 notice the progress made in ex-
eaaag The wharyes At the Second District Landing.
extsaaion7is about l50 feet out into the river
iHaiag At Canal street and tapering down to the
aqs of ST Louis street; nearly 500 feet is finished
af tae rsst progressing finely over lou hands are
81 work with FIVE pile drivers.
Quite number q fire boats are at Anglers, and
nsag ready 70 enter the lower river trade Several
Aaya undergone extensive repairs. Among those in
sac order end only waiting the rising Of the lower
fVeFs aEe the Oaachita packets r W McRae, Judah |
sEo nd Doctor Burlington, the Red River packets
&seiaes alad Lucy Holcombe, and the Lafolrche
aekets Doctor Ratey and Music. Several new boats
ssigaea tor the Bed river trade, are now building
wy ths Chic and will come out on the first rise.
eenslow's boat the Telegram, will be the first
9aA saaa Capt Samuel Applegates, Gapt.FGharles
age and Capt Parker's boats will follow soon. Az
il BIZ swift andtine passenger packets.
aRslv AIs.-Phe Memphis packet Ben Franklin
arrived Saturday With 1901 bales cotton, the Red
EiyeF packet = Holden with 1853 bales, the Bay
aE& packet Capitol with 902 bales, "a hhds sugar
nd COG bhls and % half bbls molasses, the Xicks'
arg packet y Vivian with l7a9 bales cotton.
Nae Bayou Latonrohe packet LATTE Captain J. J.