New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1859-05-12

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General Remarkable Weather-BusIness
Quick trip of the Capitol The River
still FaIl'ng-Red River Falling News
from Above-ArrivaIs Neutrality-suspicious.
lures to-day, etc.
Yesterday was warm, dusty and disagreeable
day. We were trying to find some cool place, but
gave 1t in despair. Truly the summer ia now upon
us. There was some little stir on the levee. We no
ce that two Red river packets were receiving
quite lively all day yesterday; also the Railroad
packets New Falls City and A. I. Lacey and the Lou
sve packet John Raine which left last evening with
a good trip.
We learn by dispatch to the agent, Capt. j. q.
Freligh, of the Memphis packet Capitol, that she
was getting up the river at good rate, having ar
rived at Vcksburg in 33a hours from this port and
had attended to all her way business.
The river still continues to fall 1t has fallen some
ten inches, and is now one foot below high water
mark.
Red river is falling all the way down from Shreve
port.
At ycksburg, on the 9th, the river was still re-
ceding.
| At Baton Rouge, on the 10th, it wss falling.
| The Madison (La.) Journal of the 9Th inst. says
The water at this place has been slowly but steadily
falling for the last week. and has fallen altogether
nearly four inches. The greater part of parish is
already overfowed, and it is very questionable
whether the water will go off in time for The planters
| to make crop on the overlooked land.
The Memphis Appeal Of the sth inst. says:
m. l;,lk
river Yesterday, the swell amounting to inch and
half. The river was then within l32 inches of the
high water mark of the flood Of 1885, and within
81 inches of the highest water of the present
The Louisville Journal of the 9Th inst says:
The river in the twentyfour hours ending last eve
| sixteen feet Of water on the Falls. The weather was
| warm and beautiful
The Cincinnati Commercial Of the eth says:
| The weather continues warm and pleasant, while
the river s still reeeding very rapidly from Pttsburg
to Evansville We may anticipate low water at Pitts
burg next week. There were eighteen feet over the
Falls last night and falling at the rate of four feet
| every twenty-four hours. Business is moderately
brisk along the evee, but diminishing daily in ex
| tent.
The new and splendid vicksburg and New Orleans
mail packet Chsrmer will leave the Marine Ways fol
Portland or New Albany tomorrow, in tow Of the
| Champion. She will be completed and receive her
outfit below the falls. Capt. j. NJ. Danley left tot
1
tracing for another excellent packet for the Arkansas
river trade
The st. Louis Republican of the 7th says:
The river here swelled about six inches in the
twenty four hours ending at dark last evening" and
was still rising slowly. The Illinois river is falling at
Lasae but late arrivals report the lower end of the
river swelling rapidly The Upper Mississippi is ris.
ing from st. Paul down, and was coming up pretty
fast at keokuk. when the Quincy left The Missouri
river is falling from ST. Joseph to Glasgow and rising
below that point There is still good deal of drift
running here, which is from the Missouri river.
The weather was fine and very warm yesterday.
Business is unaccountably dull for the season.
| CAIRO, May 6-The river rose eight inches during
twelve hours yesterday, but the rise from the Mssis
spp got down in the afternoon and last night it was
rising nearly an inch an hour. 1t is now this
ingD four feet below high water mark, on the Ohio
| side, and few inches below the February rise. We
expect further rise Of eighteen inches or two feet.
On the Mississippi side the river yesterday afternoon
four feet below the top OF the evee in several
| places.
At Columbus yesterday, the river had risen six
inches during twelve hours, and was still rising, being
inside of the town to considerable extent. Inside
of Cairo the water is still rising and has nearly filled
the basement of the Taylor House. but it does not in
terfere with the hotel arrangements.
Business continues very dull here. We hear moth
ing later from below. The present rise will probably
dssipate all hopes of crops, and general des
titution.
| The st. Louis Democrat of the It'll says: o
Capt. GaonerI o! the war Eagle, reports the Mis-.
sissppi rising all the way from Dubuque He saw
Capt Smith Harris, of the Grey Eagle, just down
from ST. Paul, and was told by him that an immense
rise had taken place at st. Paul, and that all the
small streams were full aud pouring out turbulent
floods. 1t is asserted that the rise now on its way
here will amount to eight or ten feet at this point
The rise here yesterday amounted to nbout five
inches, and it is still coming up the banks steadily
| The Mississippi was higher at st. Paul. when the
Grey Eagle left, than at any time during the flood
last year. Business was dull freights having become
scarce at all points, and partial cessation of travel
having taken place.
Capt. Morrison has given up all attempts to raise
the Aunt Lefty, and will not resume them again
until the water falls-a contingency far off, it is
thought.
The Alonzo Child, on her way to st. Joseph, broke
her larboard shaft, above Palermo. She had Il short
while before, taken on board quantity of freight
from the B. A. January.
The following were the arrivals yesterday:
The Carolina Landing packet Vicksburg, Capt. ],
NJ White, with 2s9 bales cotton.
The Tensas packet Saline, Capt. George Miller
with 220 bales cotton, and leaves again on Satur.
day.
The Tensas packet Dick Nash, Capt. Ed Jones
with ESQ bales cotton, and leaves again on Friday.
The Louisville packet Robert J. Ward, Capt. Silas
F. Miller, with good trip, and leaves on Saturday
We thank Messrs. Smith and Gray, her attentive
clerks, for hvors.
The great Railroad Line packet John Walsh, Capt
John Maloy, with large trip, and leaves again or
her next trip on Monday. We thank our friend Johr
F. Douglas, her clerk not only for the latest papers
but for the courtesies extended to one of us.
DR.. Batey for Lafourche.-This regular weekly
passenger packet, in command of Capt A. Dugas
with the courteous and attentive Mr.. JOS Declares in
the Office leaves today at 10 A. NJ, for all landings
on the Lafourche and Coast.
Eleanortor Red Rirer-The fastand neat passen,
ger packet Eleanor, Capt. Willis Main commander,
will leave to-day, ats P. NJ for Jefferson and way
landings, The Eleanor is one of the most popular
boats in the trade and she is certainly one of the best
Her passengers always speak in high terms of the
boat and her officers Recollect the Eleanor for Red
river day. Messrs Grovesand Clarke are the clerks
of the Eleanor.
Hicksburg for Carolina Landing.-This superb
passenger packet, Capt. j. NJ. White commander
leaves for Vickshurg, Carolina Landing and inter
mediate points, at P. NJ, to-day.