New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1859-02-19
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CRESCENT OFFICE, No 10 Camp st., I
Saturday, Feb 10, 1859

Saturday. Feb Is, 1855
THE LEvEE.- The weather yesterday continued
hot aud facilitating. Only moderate business was
done on the levee. The upper landing was pretty
we'll crowded with sugar hogsheads and molasses
barrels ready for shipment up the river, but the nu
merous departures of to-day will doubtless do much
towards cleaning it off. On the lower evee we heard
some talk on the part of the owners of large Red
river boats in regard to the farther reduction Of
freghts; none was taken, however, under last quota
tons.
THE RIVERS The Shreveport Gazette reports
the Upper Red river very low without any prospect of
rain till the wet season sets in. Great difficulty is
experienced in avoiding the cypress stumps and navi
CATION above is almost entirely suspended.
We take the following from the Memphis Ava.
lanche of the 14th instant
The Ohio is rising at Louisville, with eight feet
water in the canal and about ak feet on the falls
The Cumberland river is rising rapidly at Nash
vile, with fully twelve feet on the shoals.
The Red river, of Arkansas is low and falling. The
Trio is above the shoals and unable to get down.
The Arkansas river, at Little Rock, has fallen to
low water mark. The steamers Little Rock and Henry
Smith, and are unable to get out. The steamers OAR
danelle, Arkansaw and Hickman are above the mouth,
awaiting rise. There was rain at Little Rock on
Tuesday last. with prospect Of speedy rise.
the week ending Saturday. were as follows: For
bales; for ST. Louis 1874 bales-total TO- 44O bales.
ARR1vALs.-The St. Louis packet Uncle Sam,
Capt. H. Switzer, arrived from Louisville with good
trip and leaves again on Monday for St. Louis. We
thank her clerk, Mr.. McMahon, for favors.
The Louisville packet James Montgomery, Capt. ].
B. RUSSELL arrived with good trip. and leaves again
this evening. We thank her clerk, Mr.. Jno. H.
Lowry. for favors.
The Red river packet W. A. Andrew, Capt. Moody,
arrived with 1890 bales cotton.
The Ouachta river packet Cstahoula, Capt. ]. D.
Walker, arrived with $40 bales cotton.
The Red river packet Peerless. Capt. G. Dowty
arrived with GAG bales cotton 223 hhds sugar and "a
bbs molasses, and leaves again to-day.
The Ouachita river packet Moro, Capt. Woodland
arrived with sol bales cotton, and leaves agar
to-day.
The Yalabusha river packet VIM. R. Douglass
Capt. Sam. Gwartney, arrived with 1928 bales o.
cotton.
| The Attakapas packet T. D. Hine, Capt. D.
Muggah, arrived with 81 bales cotton, $50 hhds
sugar. 1928 bbls and 10 half bbs. molasses and leave
| again, to-day.
The Bayou Lafourche packet Vixen, Capt. NJ.
Elfert, arrived with 294 hhds sugar. 1913 bbls and
half bhls. molasses.
The Vicksburg packet Natchez, Capt. T. p Leatl
ers arrived with $40 bales cotton and leaves agai
this evening.
The Coast packet Crosse Tete, Capt. Isaac Hope
arrived with 459 hhds. sugar. and 152 bbs. molasse
The Crosse Tete packet Aline, Capt. W. G. Nea
arrived with IS bales cotton, 204 hhds and ISL BIB
sugar.
The Memphis packet Nebraska, Capt. Irwin,
rived with 2577 bales cotton, and leaves again
Monday.
The St. Louis packet Adriatic, Capt. Lamothe,
rived with good trip.
The Onachita river packet W. W. Tanner, Ca
FISHER, arrived with 1247 bales cotton, and leaN
again on Monday.
The Cincinnati packet Switzerland, Capt schen'
arrived with good trip, freight and passengers,
leaves again on Sunday at 10 A. M.
/. The Opeousas packet Anna Perrett arrived v
79e bales cotton, 1874 hhds- sugar. and ll6 hbls.
9 lasses.
The Attakapas packet Gov. Powell, Capt COST
arrived with 1858 bales cotton, 1877 hhds. sugar,
l. ~ half barrels molasses.