New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1859-04-26
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General RemarksLThe Weather-Busjuess
The River Highly Interesting News
from all Quarters- Further Particulars Of
the Great Flood-New Crevasses-ArrIvals
Observation-Disclosures Isems-Steom-
ers Leaving to-day, etc., etc.
The weather yesterday was cloudy, with smart
shower Of rain In the after part Of the day. The
temperature was mild. The river appeared to be on
stand yesterday, but we may not yet hope for a
fall. The news from above is dscoursging The
upper Mississippi the Ohio, the Illinois and the Mis-
souri, rivers are all reported rising, and until these
great feeders OF the Mississippi settle down to their
ordinary stage there is but little cause to hope for
decline in the lower river Business was dull on the
levee yesterday The arrivals, however, were numer.
ous and as follows:
The st. Louis Railroad packet Gladiator, Capt
Jno Klinefelter, with good trip embracing 26 hhds
tobacco. We are under obligations to Mr.. n. A.
Dohrman, her attentive clerk for favors The Gladi-
at'r leaves again for st. Louis on Saturday.
The Louisville packet R. J. Ward, Capt. Sas Mil
Ter, with good trip, consisting in part Of 6e hhds
tobacco and 205 bales cotton. We thank her oblip.
ing clerk, Mr.. Frank Smith, for favors. The Ward
| leaves again tomorrow. @.l
The St. Louis packet City Of Memphis, Capt. W
J. Kountz. with good trip. We are indebted to Mr.
James Kerr Jr her attentive clerk, for favors The
City of Memphis leaves again on her return trim on
Thursday.
The St. Louis packet Henry Chouteau, Capt. vii.
liams, with good trip.
The Lafourche packet Dr.. Batey, Capt. A. Dugas,
with good trip, and leaves again on Thursday.
The Red river packet Judah Touro, Capt E. 8.
Butler, with 247 bales cotton and leaves again to-
morrow.
The Vicksburg packet Grand Duke, Capt. saml
Apologize, with 9l2 bales cotton, and leaves again
this evening.
The Bayou DeGlaize packet Minnesota Capt. D.
Glasscoek, with lOl bales cotton, 327 hhds sugar.
The Bayou Sara packet G. D. Jr. Capt JOS Vincent,
with I'll bales cotton, 1871 hhds sugar and al bbls.
molasses, and leaves again on Friday.
The Minden packet Milton Relf, Capt. Chas. Hall,
| With good trip, and leaves to morrow
| We learn, through Mr.. T. S. Williams, master of
transportation of the N. o. and G. W. R. r. that the
track OF that road is not under ,pater as we mad
vertently stated yesterday and that there is no i'm
mediate any, danger to be apprehendedt to the road
from the Bonnet Care crevasse The trains are run
ming with their usual regularity Should any change
occur the public will be duly informed thereof.
The river at Pointe Coupee was, on the 22d inst,
within ten inches of the highest water mark Of last
year, and still rising; and the new evees though vet
protected by the old levee are in considerable dan
ger of being washed away.
The river at Plaquemine, says the Gazette and Sen
tnel of the 23d inst, lacks about foot or there
abouts Of the highest water mark about here it ia
still rising. 1t adds that not only in Bayon PLAQUE
mine, but within the limits of the corporation,
sharp lookout is kept on the evees and every craw.
fish hole discovered is quickly stopped.
The name Of Capt Kinks new boat now building
at Louisville is to be the Lizzie Simmons
The Cincinnati Commercial says it was rumored
that Capt. Fraser late of the Wenona had purchased
the Persia for $6,20o to be delivered in Pittsburg.
Post Boy is the name Captain Gould has bestowed
upon his new boat building at Pttsburg for the St.
Louis and Naples trade.
The Cincinnati Commercial Of the Goth saws that
it was the intention of her builders to launch Captain
Holmes new vicksburg and New Orleans packet
Charmer on Saturday last and send her below the
Falls for completion in the event that the river con-
tinued to recede. The hull of Captain Moore's new
Yazoo river packet is said to be progressing finely.
Capt. Milt. Aiken, formerly of the Princess, has
just contracted for new boat for the Cumberland
river trade
Dispatches to the Cincinnati Commercial, from
Evansville, announce the sinking of the Kate Sar.
chet in Wabash river. She was bound out of that
stream for Evansville, with valuable cargo of pre-
duce, principally destined for this city.
The steamer Diana has been undergoing repairs at
Portland. She has been thoroughly overhauled and
repaired. She was advertised to leave for New Or.
leans on Wednesday.
The Alexandria Gazette of the Goth inst. reports
Red river falling, and adds
The river is falling The high stage of the Mssis.
slpDl will prevent anything like rapid decline. We
Will have navigation as far up as Alexandria, during
the whole summer.
The Lafourche Union OF the 23d inst. says the ere.
vase in the Lafourche at Ewing's was not then
closed, though hopes were entertained of ultimate
success.
The crevaSse on the same stream at the plantation
OF Labievie, was stopped on the Esd, without the
nelghborhood having suffered much damage,
The Messenger, of st. James parish, notices Gre
vase as just having occurred above the residence of
Robin Deogny, Esq.
We learn that another large crevasse has occurred
at Duckport, about 10 miles above Vicksburp. and
that the water was running through the break with
velocity which threatened to inundate the whole
country adjacent.
The Memphis Inquirer of the 22d says:
The river continued to fall slowly yesterday, and
up to o'clock last evening had declined about half
an 1nch; 1t probably became stationary last night,
and will very likely be rising this morning. It is
now ia inches below the high water of 1858.
The Cincinnati Commercial of the goth has the fol.
lowing
The weather was mild and springike yesterday.
The river continues to recede rapidly from Pttsburg
to the falls, with twelve feet in the pass at the latter
point last night The levee was thronged with steam
freghts. The offerings fair for Pittsburgh, Nash
vile and ST. Louis, but very dull for New Orleans.
The st. Louis Democrat of the 2lst inst. reports
Although the river continued on stand or rather
was falling yesterday theirs are prospects of an i'm.
mediate rise.
Capt. Campbell of the City Belle, reports the up
per Mississippi rising pretty fast There are eight or
nine feet OF water on the upper rapids which is
higher than at any other time this season. On the
lower rapids, there were six feet. boat came cut
of the Desmoines, and reported great rise coming
down that stream. At Que place it had risen six
inches in IL hours 1t confidently expected that
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