New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1859-11-08

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- - IlssaarlEs The weather snsineas.
s3 ExytlSAt and a. y, Chasnhcrs TINS
;szss g - Islns ~ aEennplsls CllppsnEs from
asf a1el.AhS ARRIVAL YesteEday F--A'c-
~ tskss To-tluy, ete., 80. 9sas s3
Yesacrs1ay, was pleasant day. Business was
iii 81 the levoc co,rsiisfng the large number Of
bosts ii pnrt ssd ssrivine The departures were
Il 81 few p lfsiehls al about the same or rather
improyips s lftsls. We arc glad to note this fact
NJ w snooaF sment of boatmep.
81 x rSa1x III arrivals yesterday We notice the
s St.xissrs Twilight and A. B. Chambers, from st.
Bsefs; botk with good trips. The Chambers will
i Is 81 Louis this evening. The Twilight has
KSSs ~ Improved since she was here last sea-
!: IN 1ssrd8 have been made wider, so that she
III ~ NRis 10 carry . large load Of cotton: she
"A ii also been repaired throughout and is now as
4 - 4 H. ckst II comes to ON wharf.
Capt Underwood has concluded to place his
packet John Raine in the trade between
& ksxe S1d Memphis, and will leave for that point
8 ~ "a NJ landings this evening at o'clock.
{ 3lxssEs. Pallacio and McDougal will be found on
l1aiId 10 do the honors.
me Gincinnnti Commercial of the 4tl SAYS
The weather was mild yesterday, with indica-
tiSns " rain. The river Is stationary from Pitts
y burg To the mouth, with four feet hence to Louis
"A three feet on the shoalest bars along IN ne
~ "a Wednesday with twenty-one inches On the
shnals. Tho mississippi at St Louis was steadily
rcceding yesterday with but five feet water to
Gairo. md most of the heavy boats turning back
TO New Orleans irom that point.
The Louisville Journal Of the 50 reports as fol-
j Ipws:
Ths river wa falling slowly yesterday. Last
eveiIirf here we're scant three feet water in the
Scanais Weather pleasant. Matters at the Wharf
sMere verg quiet.
hi elip ~ following items from the Memphis
aairer * ~ 5th
III Ryer slowly declining; business pretty brisk;
CIV 81 's X Japnary passed down Yesterday with
~ lar6est TIL Of passengers that has gone down
Y f6e r3pe4 for many day. She stopped about FIVE
q - ne iower wharf.boat and then pro-
~ hsr NY e New Orleans
~ alcrmed BY the officers of the Minnehaha that
u y Jeanio M nipple, Capt Gray, sunk in the
klnuAA river on ednesday afternoon last about
u o'clock, Just one mile above where the Irene
hsunk several weeks ago, in four feet water. 1t is
Ssaid ehe can be easily raised, probably by her own
pumps. She was pn her return trip from Pine
!, BluIf, had q fine trip of passengers, and a good
load st Sctton. and when near the cutoff she vas
passengers came down the White River in skif,
and took possage on the Mnnehaha to the city.
The F0rt Wayne came down from St Louis las
", abont dark, having as much freight as she
q suid iii she reported 700 tuns, and that she
~ r3Wing seven feetwater. She reported seven
sfS6tS here and Cairo, and five feet eight
d6dkes between Cairo and st. Louis, the shoaest
65d6S being IT Goose Island The I. L. McGill |
IL ~ vary hard aground at the foot Of Is. She |
tack ne bar, having heavy load, with her bow,
1n instead Of swinging her stern into the channel
~ swung On to the bar. She will probably have
u tighten before she can get of. The Fort Wayne
ls here last night with 255 passengers en- route for
New OtleHns. s
They are now asking 81 so per bale on cotton
from hers t0s New Orleans. It is the opinion Of
sone that the shipping facilities do not improve
e0on that n rs will be asked.
Il HE same paper says the HI. r. w. Hill left
Memphis on the 4th for New Orleans, having
ood trip generally and taking about 1900 bales Of
l The Enquirer is informed that a civil engineer
essured TIE depth Of the river at Prentiss, oppo-
M Napoleon, two hundred miles below Memphis,
Ira reported the river at that point within five feet
u tie lowest water mark ever known in the his
NY u the Mississippi, and thirty eight feet below
NJ highest water-mark
X The 81. Louis Republican Of the Sd says:
n The river here had receded nearly one inch in
~ n hours ending at dark last evening and was
lfils fallillg. There is only five and a half feet
.4kAt q the channel ont to Cairo, and falling. The
river Is falling from Lasalie to the mouth
l7d there il two feet water in the channel above
'Heosia, and three feet below that port. The Mis-
eE river y falling, with three and a half feet
can't IA the channel The river is in extremely bad
y M received advices from the upper Mississippi
70 the effect that there was rise coming
!eNn rom 81. Paul, sufficient to swell the river
f4n flnyn nnf nfE
yelcome news to our boatnlen. rise of one
90t here would help river matters considerably.
" gh&il await the next news from Keokuk, re-
|arding the river, with interest. This report of
~ M the upper Mississippi is almost too good to
3 The weather has moderated considerably 1t | {
~ quite warm and pleasant yesterday.
~ steamer John Walsh arrived in this port on 6
10y evening and has been laid up for the
K tkhcy tops have been taken of the VIM. NJ.
ct1tson'A chimneys. Capt. Yore thinks this {
.nsnGe Mfl not materially injure the speed of the
?ss Anose tops never added to her personal ap- S
4 Nov. "a The Northern Light got in YES
zaAy morning and leaves for New Orleans on the
1fN&t o. me cars this morning. She takes from L
;ss sDous zuV pols Hour and goes out with full
8 he Plate Valley came up yesterday afternoon
Inqz 6en Lewis passed down last evening The 6
24M I0Mpk inS brought out from Louisville 1000
-srsA r. ~ " OtiiCf TtSlIp-
News Y scarce here. We are full Of freight, and
n aaag boAts Y take it. The river is falling very
10MlR 80 the weather il clear and cool
! KAe Zen Lewis reports the McGill aground at
3o0xe Island. - = u
tAe steamer Crescent came to the landing yes
40 n now receiving freight at the foot of
sasc& street, for All landings on White river.
1ne following boats have arrived since our last
seport
!. the y icksburg packet Magnolia, Capt. ST. Clair
Ihomasson, with 47S bales cotton.
I The Bend packet Lucy Holcolnbe, Capt W. c.
Rieon, With 1904 bales cotton.
The Vicksburg packet Charmer, Can't. II. G.
holmes, with 1915 bales cotton, and leaves again
osiay.
i The 81 Louis packet Col. A. B. Chambers, Cant.
ieo. W' Bowman, with a good trip. We are in
lebsed TO Mr.. John s. Patterson, her courteous
Jerk, for favors.
Ihe steamer Twilight, Capt. Shaw, with an ex-
client Freight and passenger trip We thank Mr..
ON s. Millington, her clerk, for fayors.
The 81. Louis packet John j. Roe, Capt Mark 7
'esyenworth, with large trip. She leaves again
n-morrow.
s'F y BED river packet Era No. 4, Capt Geo. AL.
81. With sa2 bales cotton, and leaves to-day. 7