New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1859-03-09
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mysterious krewe,' with bis or her bag Of -four,
the contents of which was indiscrminately strewn
over the garments and faces Of the minimizing and
busy way-farer. Freights continued dull The river
was rising more slowly than on Monday.
We see statement in Of our city contemporaries
that Messrs Holmes and feathers had purchased the
steamer Natchez This we learn from good authority
is erroneons-those gentlemen having bought only
half interest in the boat at the round sum Of S37 0O0
By slip Of the pen in the Crescent Of yesterday
in the above paragraph we wrote Natchez" for
vicksburg" With this very material exception the
item Of correction" is correct.
PERsoNAL.-We noticed in town, last week, sew
eral celebrities in steamboat and Railroad circles
Among others we had the pleasure of meeting Capt.
Could Superintendent of the celebrated railroad line
Of river steamers, and Capt. G. W. Ford, Western
Agent of the Ohio and Mississippi and Illinois Cen.
trail Railroad at st. Louis.
The following gentlemen were also In town: Capt
Moore, Of the firm Of John J. Roe Co., st. Louis,
and W. P. johnson, general ticket agent of the ILL
nois Central road at Chicago These gentlemen visit
our city with the view to perfect some arrangements,
having for their end the better accommodation and
comfort of passengers patronizing the Railroad Line
of packets the river and also to make some official
changes in their city agency We learn that Captain
Clifford G. Wayne has been appointed general ticket
agent for New Orleans, and that Messrs. James P.
Mcguire and Sam P. Dushaue have been appointed
passenger agents for the ne Better selections than
these, we believe, could not have been made, and we
congratulate the line on the requirement Of such
trustworthy and reliable agents. The Office of the
Railroad Line Of steamers is also removed to the
corner of Camp street and Commercial Alley.
The Cincinnati Commercial of the Sd inst. contains
the following items Of interest
The weather continues mild and pleasant with in.
dications Of rain The river is receding rapidly The
water is out of the houses bordering on the levee
east of Broadway and west Of Main street, and the
former occupants making the necessary arrangements
to resume business in their old quarters.
We have no change to note in freights. The offer.
trade for below The following are the figures:
New Orleans-Whisky and oil 4Oc.; -four 3Oc.; pork
40c.; way lots 40c; bacon and other pound freights
zoe. per 100; horses So per head key lard l2c
empty barrels l5c.
The Maria Denning, while making landing yes.
day morning. rather crowded the adjacent boats The
Susquehanna was showed aground but finally worked
off after several hours hard sparring The Die Yer
non was also left aground by the rapidly recedng
river but succeeded in getting off the shore after
parting several lines.
The Eclipse, from New Orleans for Louisville, re.
ships five hundred barrels of molasses and sixty.six
hogsheads of sugar for Cincinnati.
Capt. Haight's new boat for the Keokuk trade,
now completing at New Albany, will be ready in
three weeks.
The huge Maria Denning was the great feature at
the levee during the day. She discharged over one
thousand tons, and will return to New Orleans to.
morrow night.
The following paragraphs we clip from the Louis.
vile Courier of the Sd inst:
The river continues falling but very slowly. Third
street bridge is still submerged. The sidewalks be-.
tween Third and Fourth streets were free, but the
It'll ,loI
within the memory of the Oldest inhahitant that the
river has fallen so slow after it had attained as high
stage as at the present time The weather was
cloudy all day yesterday and last nightit was raining
ming. The Telegraph No. 8 had gone over the Falls
to meet the Eclipse for the purpose of taking some
of her passengers and freight on board. The two
boats, when they met, were dashed together and in
on Second street bridge and Straders wharf, and,
not knowing that the boats dashed, they became
greatly excited. and bets were freely offered and
taken by the friends of the respective boats upon the
result Of what they supposed to be race. Hats
boots, liquor, and cigars were wagered. When the
two boats were opposite the maboat landing, the
Telegraph proceeded on up the river without stop
ping, and the Eclipse to the landing. The bet
tiers voted themselves sold.
The st. Louis Democrat, Of the 4th inst says:
The river rose few inches yesterday, which is
neither here nor there with so much water already
in the channel The Upper Mississippi is rising, and
open to Rock Island, if not farther North. The Iii.
nois is also swelling slowly, and doubtless the Mis-.
souri, is rising at the lower end We have had another
gusty spell-a strong blow, which may have done
more damage to steamboats, than are yet aware Of
The planters in the vicinity Of Lake Providence,
La, have taken alarm at the continued rise in the
river, and public meeting was to have assembled
yesterday, (Tuesday) to take into consideration the
threatening condition of the evees That across the
Hagaman crevasse had already sloughed off" very
much in some places, and in others sunk y to the
depth of two feet or more. Something must be done
and that Immediately in any case besides, an in
creasing volume of water is expected from the West
ern rivers now OVERLOOKING their banks, in which
case is feared that parish and other sections of thu
State contiguous to it, will be doomed to anotbe
fearful invasion from the Mississippi.
ARRIvALs.-The st. Louis packet Aleck Scott
Capt. R. A. Kelley, with 81 hhds. tobacco and 92
bbls. flour. We thank the clerk, H. B. NJ. Gerahan
for favors. Among the passengers by the Scott wer
the Piccolomlni troupe Of musical artistes.
The Cincinnati packet Defender, Capt. Rhodes
with good trip of sundries.
The Minden packet Milton Relf, Capt Chas Hall
with 1883 bales cotton.
The Arkadelphia packet Rock City, Capt. B. B
Dickinson, with 465 bales cotton.
The Washington packet VIM Burton, Capt. G.
Louaer, with 547 bales cotton, $50 hhds sugar ant
| 1872 bbls molasses.
The coast packet Music, Capt. H. streck, with 29l
bales cotton 1876 hhds. sugar and l47 bbls moasses
The Opelousas packet Bayou Belle, Capt. John
Lyons, with 60 bales cotton, 20 hhds sugar and 36
bbls d. and 1873 bbs molasses, and leavesagain this
evening.
The Cincinnati packet Lands, Capt. Joseph Scott,
r-;vad with oond trim and large number of mas.
sengers, and leaves again this evening We are under
obligations to her polite clerk, Mr.. Ames Fisher, fol
favors.
Dick Nash for Bayou Macon.-The trim, staunch
and light draught packet Dick NASH Capt. Edward
Jones, commander, and Mr.. J. W. Moore, clerk, will
leave at o'clock this evening for Bayou Macon and