New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1859-02-25
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Friday Feb IS, isss
The LEvEE.-Busness on the levee yesterday wa.
not to say dull less active than for several days pre
vious. Freights were not in proportion to the dc
mand and the boats at the upper landing were seem
ingly in great haste to discharge-severa raj usip
only their independent forces for that purpose Tb
arrivals and departures were but few. The lowe
landing, which on Monday was fat with cotton, YES
terday looked lean and hungry. The weather wal
mild and pleasant with indications of rain, of which
there is great need on account of the dust which
becoming uncomfortable.
The Local Inspectors of st. Louis have concluded
the investigation had before them in the case of thu
collision of steamers John H. Dickey and New Uncle
Sam, and have decided that the fault of the collision
was on the part of the pilot Of the New Uncle Sam
and have accordingly suspended the license of Lewis
Pierce, pilot Of that steamer for six months from
date Of the decision.
The RIvERs.-The following we clip from the CITY
of Memphis Reporter, published on the steamer Of
that name. The City of Memphis arrived here YES
terday, bringing dates from St. Louis to the 10th
instant:
Business at ST. Louis was very, very dublin fact.
duler than ever we have had to contend with There
was but little to ship and what little there was they
were holding for low rates. We also found Int little
to ship from there out the weather had been SO lad
that the miers could get no wheat hauled in, and Mt
Columbus and Hickman there had been no tobacco
hauled IN Tor over week, on account of the impassa
BILE state Of the roads.
The rivers are all rising, and reports above st.
Louis confirm our worst suspcions-that we shall
have equally as high water as we had at any time
last year. and the planters along the coast may look
well to their levees, or they may be in as bad ok as
before, with crevasses.
MEMoRANDA.-The Steamer City of Memphis left
St. Louis on Friday, Feb. Is, Mt o'clock "A, M,
Boats in port for New Orleans Gladiator, L. M. Ken.
nett, John ]. Roe, and Alonzo Childs. Met John
Warner at Selma, VIM. M. Morrison on and Illinois al
ST. Genevieve and John Walsh at Mary,s River
10th. Met Hiawatha at Commerce, Henry Choteau
at Cairo, and Champion at Columbus, 10th. Met
ST. Nicholas at New Madrid Bend, Florida at the foot
Of Island u, j. H Dickey at Hale's Point, and T. Z.
McGill ut Island 49, 81. Met Imperial at President
Island. %. Met Aeck Scott at Montezuma Bar, "a,
Met R. j. Lakeland at Pawpaw, Mini -ha.ha at
Youngs Point, and new Uncle Sam at Rodney.
THE Louisville Courier of the 18th says:
The Empress, from New Orleans, assembled the falls
last evening with upwards of 400 hhds of sugar.
Capt Shute, of New Orleans the owner of the
Magnolia, arrived here yesterday for the purpose of
contracting for new freight boat for the cotton
trade. He designs building boat some ESQ feet in
length with A. feet beam, to be furnished with the
machinery OF the present Magnolia She is to be de.
voted expressly to the cotton carrying trade between
Vcksburg and New Orleans, in place of the present
boat.
The Cincinnati Commercial, of the 10th inst has
the following:
The weather was mild. cloudy and damp Yesterday
The river is rising at Pttsburg with Is feet in the
channel last night. Here it has risen fully 10 feet
since the last issue of the Commercial and was still
swelling rapidly last night The water was within n
short distance Of the kerb at the foot of Main street
on Gilmore's Wharf, ut dusk and will doubtless he
found washing the pavement today. Capt. DRYDEN
telegraphs US there were ten feet over the rocks on
the Falls last night and rising. Business was quite
active along the levce during the day vet freigh,s
continue scarce for Pittsburg and Wheeling. Several
large steamers are dschargg huge cargoes of sugar
and molasses, giving employment to an unusual mum
Der OF aborers and draymen.
Shipments are making ut the following quotations:
Ne,c Orleans.-Whisky and Oil, sec Flour, SOC;
Pork, 40c; Way Lots, soc; Bacon and other Pound
Freights, Zoe; Empty bbls. Zoe.
The Cincinnati Gazette thus speaks of the flood
The freshet is immense The pilots of steamers
arriving yesterday from above aud below, represent
the water Us running down the hill, in great quaint.
ties. They also give it their opinion that the pre-
sent rise will be greater than any we have had for
several years, and doing great damage to property.
and was within two feet of the houses rat row,
the denizens of which were making preparations,
last evening, to leave.
Capt. Dan. Morton, the famous builder of the
proud champions, Natchez, Princess and Strader, is
progressing finely with the ciper for the Vicks.
burg and New Orleans mail trade. The dimensions
of this elegant craft will be as follows 266 feet long
40 feet beam, and depth Of hold feet The ma.
chinery will consist of six boilers 40 inches In diam.
eter, and 2 feet in length; two cylinders 80 inches
in diameter, and feet stroke, with wrought iron