New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1859-01-14
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CRESCENT o,r.cE, No. 70 camr

As5s, M NFr.day. Jan, A. 1859.
The weather was damp, dark and disagreeable yes
terday, with fog at night. Our levee is very muddy
and it would be great convenience if our city au'
thorites would have few more crossings laid down
and have them raised above the level Of the streets
It is rather dsagreeable undertaking for those who
have business on the leyee to be obliged to cross in
mud nearly two inches deep. There were but few
arrivals and departures yesterday. Our Red river
and Ouachita packets are all doing pretty we'll and
in fact nearly all Ct the lower river boats Freights
are still scarce to St. Louis, Louisville and Cincinnati
We were glad to hear that Capt. Lewis Snapp,
formerly on the river and recently steamboat agent
n this city has gone into the large grocery house Of
Messrs. J. q. & l. N. Marks which, by-the-by is a
great acquisition. We hope that he may succeed in
his present undertaking.
The Pittsburg Dispatch, Of the eth, says:
Yesterday presented another phase of the ex
tremely variable weather of the present season
clear and pleasant all day The river continues te
fall steadily, there being seven and half feet scant
by the pier-marks in the evening. On the whar
business was moderately active, a fair amount o.
freight offering To New Orleans there has been 9
with dispatch To Cincinnati and st. Louis there
an excess in the tunnage offering In rates there is
no change.
We are indebted to Mr.. B. Crawford, the Super
the proceedings Of the Board Of Supervisors held al
Buffalo in October It contains IN unusually interest
ing report from each district relative to the business
of each, and summary Of the accidents which have
that seventy boats have been inspected renspected
during the fiscal year ending October 1st the aggre
gate tunnage of which was 1890 ~ So tuns. In
the same time, 203 licenses were issued or renewed
as follows first class, 1873; second class, a. To
pilots 1873 licenses were issued of which 1913 were
renewals and 10 first issues.
The steamer Diana, built here last summer for the
Texas trade, and which left for that country some
six weeks ago, learn from passenger, was caught
in storm in the Gulf when off Galveston, and nearly
wrecked. She was driving rapidly Of the reefs
along the coast, and both anchors were thrown over
without bringing her up A backsmith's anvil and
unsuccessfully. Her fuel and provisions gave out,
and a descent was made on one of the coast light
houses, and everything of combustible nature car
RED on board to keep up the fires No lives, fortu-
nately, were lost. The storm is said to have been
one Of the most severe ever known on that portion
Of the coast. Ia
The vicksburg Wing Of the 18th says:
The river was receding more rapidly yesterday than
the day previous Business on the landing bore a
rather animated appearance in the fore part OF the
day. but it raned at intervals during the afternoon
putting the landing in muddy plight, and checking
business considerably.
The steamboat disasters for the first week Of the
new year are as follows: Martha Jewett, consumed
Iowa in the Ohio, opposite Aurora, Indiana Marion
sunk in Soda Lake, opposite Shreveport Josephine
Savage, burned at Tunica on the Mississippi.
The above four boats are reported total loss
This is certainly pretty good beginning, in the way
of disasters for the new year.
| A fearful storm prevailed on the river in the
vicinity of Memphis, last Friday night, which com
PEELED nearly all the boats to tie up.
it "don't pay" to carry cotton from Memphis to New
Orleans for less than one dollar per bale, which wa:
refused abandoned the trade, and has gone to East
| port.
arrested at Pittsburg with being accessory to the
| der of a deck hand on the boat. The missing mar
recently turned up" but not dead as was alleged
and the officers Of the boat were discharged.
The Louisville Journal of the Sth says:
The river was at q stand yesterday morning, bu
in the evening it commenced falling and had recedet
about half an inch at dusk. We still report g fee
over the rocks the falls. The cold weather, ii
continues for few days, will make the river go dow
rapidly The fall Of the thermometer, from o'clocl
Thursday night to o'clock yesterday morning whe
it stood at 3D. was 10 degrees 1t was cold through
out the day, and at o'clock last night the thermom
ter stood at 8. There is slight snow upon tt
| ground.
ARRIVALS The Attakapas packet Gossame
Capt ]. P. Forgay, arrived with 80 bales cotton, Il
hhds. sugar, 5s3 bbls and so half bbls. molasses.
The Red river packet Piota, Capt E. Parker, a
rived with l155 bales cotton 100 hhds. sugar. so BIB
and "a half bbls. molasses. We thank Mr. Sam. La,
son. her clerk, for favors.
The Lafourche packet DR.. Batey, Capt A. Dugs
arrived with Is bales cotton, 327 hhds. sugar, g.
bbls. and 200 half bbls. molasses.
The Arkansas packet Dardanele, Capt. Ed. G. G.
ter, arrived with 104l bales cotton and leaves aga
on Monday.
The Ouachita packet R. W. Powell, Capt Char
Oakley, arrived with l7O6 bales cotton, and eay
again on Saturday.
VI The Yazoo packet Lewis Whiteman, Capt. ].
; Wallace, arrived with 2235 bales cotton.
The Old river packet Dick Nash, Capt. Ed. Jons
arrived with l65 hhds. sugar and 476 bbs. molasst
. The Nashville packet James johnson, Capt jess
johnson, arrived with 302 bales cotton and 259 HID
tobacco. We thank Mr.. D. A. Nolen for fayors. 81
leaves again on Saturday. E
The Fort Adams packet Golden Age, Capt. '
McCombs, arrived with IT'S bales cotton, 203 hid
sugar. 10Y bbls and 40 half bbls. molasses and eay
!, again on Saturday.
FL Dr. Batey for Latourehe.-This regular packe