New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1859-04-25
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General RemaTks-The NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
ARRIVALS Of Steamers for the Week
| heeeiPts Of Produce-River still Rising
1 The High Water Above-Arr1vals since
| our Last-The Bonnet Carrie Crevasse-
Clippings from Late Exehanxes-Steam-
ers s0id-Departures to-day, etc.
The weather for the two DAYS past since our last
issue has been clear and mild. The river continues
TO swell, and on last evening was two inches above
the highest mark reached last year. willie the latest
accounts from the upper rivers leave no room to
hope for any immediate cessation of the rise The
telegraph announces another rise in the Mississippi
at IT. Louis and above, while on Saturday the Ohio
was again swelling.
| Business on Saturday was fair for the season, and
. large number OF boats departed. The past week
has been one Of greater activity than the one pre-.
cedng it, occasioned by the increased receipts Of
merchandise from the Balize intended for the upper
rivers The arrivals Of steamers at this port for the
| week ending Friday noon numbered seventy three.
The receipts Of staple produce per these arrivals
have been light, and post up follows OF cotton,
| 2o.s2O bales; Of tobacco, 2l72 hhds; Of sugar,
| 1928 hhds and bbls. Of molasses, 1868 bbls.; of
Hour, Is ,525 bbls.; Of corn 3,O45 sacks.
We have received Geographic dispatch from
Memphis stating that the Robert j. Ward will arrive
Monday evening and leave on Wednesday. the 9th
| inst, as advertised. 5s-.i
The arrivals on Saturday were as follows:
The Memphis packet John Simonds Capt. J. F.
Smith, commander, with 1044 bales cotton, and
leaves again Wednesday. We thank Mr.. W. C. Por.
ter, her polite clerk, for favors. s
The Fort Smith packet Little Rock, Capt. jerks
| Brown, commander, With 149 bales cotton.
The Nashville packet Red Rover, Capt Strong,
with 81 bales cotton and s26 hhds tobacco.
The Wabash packet Crescent. Capt B. b. Jones,
commander, with good trip. We thank her officers
| for favors. Il
The Cincinnati packet Lands, Capt. JOS Scott,
commander, with good trip, embracing LAG hhds
tobacco and leaves again this evening" We thank
Mr. Ames Fisher, her obiging clerk, for favors
suNDAY.-The Bayou Sara passenger packet D. F..
| Kenner, Capt. Jos. Vincent, with the U. s. mail
The Cum erland river packet Nashville, Capt. VIM.
Boyd, with so bales cotton and 40 hhds tobacco.
| We are indebted to her officers for favors
The Red river packet Piota, Capt. Ewd Parker.
with 3sl bales bottom, lib hhds sugar and bills
moasses, and leaves again on Tuesday.
The Attakapas regular packet Ceres, Capt. j. j,
Labarthe, with 80 bales cotton, 1888 hhds sugar and
237 bbs molasses, and leaves again on Tuesday at
Pm.
The Cincinnati regular packet Judge Terrence,
Capt. Wade, with good trip.
The Cane river packet Reub White, with 100 bales
cotton.
The latest intelligence from Bonnet Care crevasse
is to the effect that the break remains in statu quo
without any effort being made to repair the levee
| The jackson Railroad track is overfowed to yery
great extent and the road has adopted the lake route
The water it is said gushes through the break with
resstless viol,nce and will soon find its way to the
| lake. In the parish of Madison there are now fire
crevasses reported In another column of this morn
ing Crescent the reader will find very full and de.
tailed account OF the actual and truly alarming state
OF affairs on and along the river giving bird'seye-
view OF the damages already sustained and appre.
hended from the flood.
We learn that one-eighth interest in the steamer
VIM. M. Morrison was sold at administration sale at
st. Louis on the 18th inst, for the sum of AZ $50
Mr. l. L. Woods, the present chief clerk of the Nor.
rson, was the purchaser. The steamer FLYING Cloud
has also been sold to Capt. Young formerly OF the
Aunt Lefty, and Mr.. Charles Ruth, for the sum Of
$4,000.
The Arkansas river was rising at last accounts.
The Ouachita, at Harrisburg, on the 10th inst had
risen feet in 10 days, mainly owing to the rise in
the Mississippi, although slight rise was reported
from Camden down.
Ths Cumberland was falling on the 2lst, with
plenty Of water on the shoals.
The Memphis Appeal of the 2lst inst, says:
Within the twenty=four hours ending at O'Clock
inch at this point, at which time the water was
within eleven and a half inches of the high water
mark of 1858.
The St. Louis Republican, Of the 10th says
The river here fell full inches in the twentyours
ending at dark last evening, and was still receding
10 linn c1o nn.--
Upper Mississippi is falling from Reids Landing to
Rock Island, and rising from Rock Island to Keokuk;
below keokuk II is about stationary. The Missouri
channel
The Cincinnati Commercial Of the 18th says:
The weather was cold and cloudy yesterday, with
a regular od-asllioned pelting snow storm during
the morning The river is in magnificent navigable
point Here, it has receeded two feet since Saturday
night. There are ten feet over the falls.
The Louisville Journal Of the 18th reports:
The river was rising slowly yesterday, barely FIVE
inches during the day. and we expect it will be fall.
ing to-day II has risen very much since it COM
menced, making over thirteen feet water the falls
for steamboats, last evening, and thirtynine feet
water in the channel at the foot Of the falls. The
weather has again been Of wintry hue, and no
doubt there heavy frost last night, with brisk
snow storm in the morning, accompanied with little
rain and seet
G. ID. il. for Bayou Sara.-The regular and good
passenger packet c. D. Jr., Capt v. B. Baranco,
commander, and Mr.. j. P. Mumford, clerk, leaves at
5 O'Clock this evening for Bayou Sara.
John Ray for Bayou Ba,tholome,c-The new, very
trim and neat little packet John Ray, Captain j. W.
Buhoup, commander, leaves at o'clock this evening
for Bayou Bartholomew and intermediate landings
The Ray is candidate for public favor, and she
will receive it. She is staunch as the best material
and workmanship could make her, and her very light
draught drawing only II inches light and peculiar
build, together with her speed, will soon bring her
into favorable notoriety. She is intended as regular
summer owwater packet, and is well adapted to the
trade she has selected. Capt. Buhoup is thorough
going officer, and is well and favorably known on the
Onachita and Black rivers. Remember the John Ray
this evening.
Robert Watson for Upper Red Rirer.- The
numerous friends Of this really excellent and sub
stantal packet, will be pleased to hear that she has
once more entered the lists, FURNISHED, frightened
and rejuvenated, and more deserving than ever of
public favor. The Watson is now in her prime, and
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