New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1859-05-04
RIVER CORRESPONDENCE.
THINGS UP THE RIVER.

II ST. Louis, April q, 1852 }
Eds. Crescent-Under the impression that SON
Of your host of readers would like to hear somethin
. about matters and things in the Car west,n wi
end eavor to crafty them. The invincible steame
New Uncle Sam backed out from st. Louis on til
;; evening of the 2sth inst at o'clock, P. NJ, with
% good freight and fair complement of passenger
$ The afflicted humanity had just cause, in this Sc,
. ton of the country, to grumble at an apparentl
endless visitation in the shape of ncessant torrent
Of rains that seemed destined to inaugurate anothe
deluge. Indeed, all day long we were blessed wit
l. quent and copous showers, and we were forcbl
e re minded of those thrilling verses which express
; well the feelings Of such victims:
'''Twas thus from childhoods hour,
8 Some troubles always fell
n There never comes pelting shower
II Blu haint got no umbnrell"
What is to become of this year if the river cor
tinnes to rise much longer, is question hard to de
: termine. Rivulets have grown into streams, pond
into lakes, creeks into mighty rivers. Verify this il
an orful spring on farmers. The city of ST. Loui
is still looking up, and every outward sign gives I'm
mistakable evidence that mighty and prosperous
future awaits her. Business has been more active
the past week. with an increase in all the departments
of trade. The city is improving faster this season
than it has ever done before" her motto is upward
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eye in every turn and the dray or cartdriver thai
can steer clear of them with his vehicle is counted
good pilot. There is, just now, superabundance OF
water for the largest class boats from st. Louis to
Cairo. The recent swell in the Upper Mississippi has
caused the Father Of Waters at this point to
to stand, and this evening it seemed as if hating
between two opinions, whether to keep in its down
ward course and recede gradually from its banks, or
oct nm a hiOh +: and ASCEND Them, We ncl;n al
think it will conclude to do the latter before morn.
ing. The steamer Peerless got in this morning from
Missouri she reports only four feet the principal
bars, and falling fast all the way down. The Illinois
river is bank full, but falling all the way down.
We left the following boats in port, loading for
New Orleans: Hiawatha, Flying Cloud, Ed. Walsh,
R. J. Lakeland, Maria Denning, J. ]. Roe and New
Falls City, The latter boat had just arrived the morn
in previous with fair trip she made the run from
New Orleans up in five days and seventeen hours.
Capt. Ned Dix, of the Hiawatha, has sold ]. j. Roe,
Of st. Louis, one,fourth of his boat; she is now
branded on her wheel house St. Louis and New Or.
leans Railroad Line she takes the place of the Scott
in that line, and was to leave Saturday the 3Oth
The evee is crowded with boats from one end to the
other We counted seventy at the landing this morn
ing, either receiving or discharging cargoes.
Freghts to your city are awful scarce and distress
! ingly low boats are compelled to lie over, with
view of securing respectable trips
FRIDAY MORNING, 29.-Every day, during the past
two weeks, it has been rain and drizzle with drizzle
and rain for variety. We would like to have little
sunshine just to what it looks like. The prairies
in many places are now lakes of water; the creeks
and rivers overlooking. We reached Cairo at IL
o'clock A. M; found both rivers rising, with good
deal of driftwood floating out of the Ohio. This rise
is reported to be out of Wabash and Green rivers
the Pttsburg rise will not reach here for several days
yet. The occupants of Cairo have now commenced
seeking for higher ground for they are bound to 60
under this rise, sure.
There is a large volume Of water coming, and no
mistake Business here is dstressngly dull; the
streets are all afoat except the mud which is in very
sinking condition. The cars still come in on time,
making their trips, running with caution over the
weak places. We met Edw. Willet the river cores.
pondent of the ST. Louis Republican on the leyee to-
day. He looks as hearty and good.natured as ever.
The steamer Switzerland passed up for Cincinnati on
one wheel-she had broke her starboard engine |
The Kennett arrived here this morning and left in
the afternoon for St. Louis. The Cumberland and |
Tennessee rivers were on stand yesterday, with six
feet water on the shoals. There were heavy rains
throughout that region without any prospect of aba
ting soon. This, with the high water in the Ohio |
and the overflow in the Wabash, will be likely to
keep up the flood in the lower Mississippi
SATURDAY, April 30.-At Memphis we found the
river at a stand-at flood-hight-and seventeen
inches below high water mark of the spring of 1858,
and, from all probability, the river will be rising
again tomorrow The indications favor a continu.
ance of high water until the spring freshets from the
Missouri and upper tributaries ensue, and then we
fear the lower country will be utterly overwhelmed
by the most disastrous flood ever known. Business
in Memphis is dull.
SUNDAY, May 1.-The weather this morning is
cool and cloudy, with many signs of big ran
But only few drops fell when high wind sprung
up, scattering the clouds into some other corner.
Landed at Napoleon this morning. The Irene was
the last boat out of the Arkansas river. She reports
the river falling at all points from Fort Smith to Pine
Bluff to which point it is effected by the back water
from the Mississippi.
The Mississippi at this point.has fallen altogether
some ten inches, and is still falling though yery
slowly. From six o'clock last evening, I'D to the
same time this morning. the river had fallen two
inches White river is also reported falling at al,
points,
MoNDA Y, May "A glorious May morning is this.
We left Vicksburg this morning at o'clock after
taking on board six hundred bags of the staple.
Found the Father Of Waters :" on a fall, though
falling very slowly, abont one inch in twenty-four
hours. The water Of 1928, / was informed was the
highest ever known in Vcksburg until this year.
The river is now some sixteen inches above that
o'clock P. NJ. landed at Natchez-found the river
had been rising up to six o'clock this morning and
was at stand, and, from all probability it will be
falling here before morning
TUESDAY, May 3.--Cloudy, with the appearance of
rain We put out passenger at Donaldsonville this
morning. The " orul" river reported to be actually
falling in the past twenty.four hours it had fallen
two inches. So, in the beautiful language of one
whose name has unfortunately escaped the almanac,
" let EN- rip Yours,
JAMES ABBEY
Our INTEREST IN FOREIGN WAR-Under date of
the 9th ult, lon,' the Washington correspondent
of the Baltimore sun, writes
Several of the ministers frem foreign powers now
here, have lately received advces showing that war
in Europe may, and probably viii, soon break out.
Should it once commence no one can tell when it will
end, or what countries may become involved in it,
Ii the. war be confined to France, Austria and Sar
DINA, it will be of some benefit to the United States