New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1859-05-06
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General Remarks-The Weather-Busines
the Levee-Qulek Trip Of the john |
simonds Our Special Correspondence
Quick Time Of the CapItoi-Red River
Falling-Arrivals Observation-Disclosures
To-day, etc., etc.
Yesterday was bright and sunny day. Business
on the levee was remarkably dull yesterday. The
river still continues to rise, but very slow.
The steamer John Simonds, from Memphis, which
arrived Wednesday night made the trip down in two
days and six hours.
We received the following from our special cores
pondent, which speaks for itself
Vicksburg, Wednesday A. NJ, M-y4.} |
F. lend Reporfer-Tbe Capitol has made good |
beginning as three day packet between New Or
leans and Memphis We left New Orleans Monday |
evening at 81 O'Clock, and compelled to run with
caution all night on account Of thick weather. Ar.
mouth Red river at lla O'Clock A. NJ, Natchez at ST
O'Clock P. NJ and at .icksburg about O'Clock this
morning-S4s hours from New Orleans. Yours, G.
The officers of the steamer Telegram report Red
river falling very fast.
The following are the arrivals yesterday:
The Cincinnati packet Tecumseh, Capt. F. F. Lo-
gan, with large trip, and leaves again on Saturday
We thank her clerk for favors.
The Memphis packet John Simonds, Capt W. F.
Smith, with 100 bales cotton and leaves again to-day
at P. N. We thank Mr. W. c. Porter, her clerk, for
favors.
The steamer Bayou Belle, with 81 bales cotton.
The Opelousas packet Aline, Capt. W. C. Neal,
with load of lumber.
*The Bayou Sara packet C. D. Jr., Capt v. B. Bar
anco with "a bales cotton, lib hhds sugar. lisa bbls
and 90 half bbIs molasses
The Fort Adams packet Golden Age, Captain s.
Heno, with III hhds. sugar. 1923 bbls. and 224 half
bbls. molasses.
The steamer Gov. Powell, with 357 hhds. sugar and
l5 bbls. molasses.
The steamer Pacific, Capt. Jesse X. Bell from Lou.
isvle with 80 bales cotton, 466 hhds. tobacco and
| other produce. She leaves again on Saturday. We
thank Messrs. Halliday and Barclay, her attentive
clerks, for favors.
The Red river packet Telegram, Capt. A. D. Dens
low, with GIG bales cotton and leaves again on Satur
day.
The St. Louis Railroad Line packet Hiawatha Capt.
E. F. Dix, with large trip, and leaves again on Tues.
day. We thank Mr.. q. NJ. Blossom her clerk, for ia
| yors.
The Vcksburg packet Natchez, Capt. T. P. Leath-
ers with $50 bales cotton and leaves again on Satur-
| day.
The St. Louis packet Flying Cloud, Capt. Young,
with good trip. We thank her clerk for favors.
The Attakapas packet 7. D. Hine, Capt. D. R. Mug.
gah, with 204 hhds. sugar and 81 bbls molasses.
| We are glad to Capt. Jesse K. Bell of the Lou.
svlle packet Pacific, among us once more. We un.
dersand that he intends to remain on bis fine packet
| the balance of the season.
| The ST. Louis Republican of the 3Oth saws;
The river here was falling very slowly yesterday
1t probably receded two inches in the twenty.four
hours ending at dark last evening. The Missouri
| river is receding and becoming very low. Boats in
that stream having trouble. The Monongahela is
reported lighting over the bar at Usage, and the G..
W. Sombart sparrng over below Portland. There are
about four feet in the channel from ST. Joseph to the
mouth. The Upper Mississippi is declining at Keo-
kuk and below, and the Illinois receding, but yet
| high.
The weather was wet yesterday. steady rain set
in early in the morning and continued through the
day. 1T eftectuay suspended all out door business.
At this writing, O'clock p h., it is still raining
| The Memphis Avalanche of the I'd says:
The river at this point remained stationary on Sat-
urday, after having risen from half to threeourths
of inch on Friday On yesterday, it was still about
at stand, perhaps had declined fraction.
From Capt. Smith, OF the John Smonds, we learn
that the river was falling when he passed up, all the
| way from Vicksburg.
When the Simonds passed Concordia, the hands
| employed on the crevasse there had succeeded in
stopping all but twenty feet of the break, which, it
was believed would certainly be closed by 10 o'clock
| yesterday.
The Cincinnati Commercial of the 3Oth says:
The weather mild and clear yesterday, with in
dcatons of more rain last night. Exclusive dispatches
to the Daily Commercial report the river falling from
Pittburg to Marietta but rising from the latter point to
Cairo Here it has swollen feet during the III hours
ending at dusk and still rising at the rate of inches
per hour. Freights are offering in moderate quaint.
ties for all points except New Oreans-the following
| figures controlling the market:
| Ne,r Ofleans.-Whisky and Oil, 40c.; Flour, 25c.;
Pork, 30c; Way Lnts, 40c.; Bacon and other Pound
| Freights, lsc. per 100; Horses, $s per head keg
Lard, 10c Dry Goods, 40c. per hundred
| The Interchange, recently sold by the U. S. Mar
shall departed for White river yesterday light. Mr..
John Couch, engineer of the VIM. Baird, arrived from
| was ascending the Missouri, on the Waverly shore
but failing to find sufficient water backed down and
| grounded While working off the ter rope parted
She then came in against the bank, when the rope
| was splced. She started ahead again, and while
passing over the bar struck log aud sunk in few
| minutes portion of the furniture and the bulk
| the lumber was saved. One cylinder and fixtures
have been recovered from the wreck. Capt Dunnine
is at the wreck, saving all the cargo possible.
The Pittsburg True Press of the 2sth says:
| There constant rain all yesterday, This, to
geher with the outpourings of Tuesday night, has
caused another great rise in the rivers. The bonon
gahela, which had receded Monday to l6 feet was
| on wednesday morning at Is feet, rising and at six
oeiosh asb hShb pun ~ ieet ana rising IaSl. All
along the levee the boats were hauling ill., and the
| prospect of an overflow in the deep cellars along
Front street was fair. Several merchants had cleared
such goods as water damages, out of the way At
the rate of rise yesterday we will have Is feet to-day
1t has ceased raining last night.
The Jacob Traber had both heads of her larboard
| offender blown out below Belmont, and repaired at
| wheeling. Losing forty.eight hours thereby.
| The Louisville Journal of the Both says:
The river continued rising yesterday at the rate Of
an inch per hour. The water in the morning was in
the houses Water street below Sixth and last even
| ing it was Third street bridge The accounts
from above lead us infer that the river here will be
several feet higher, though we hardly think it will be
as high as at the late overflow
Capt Henry, of the Adams Express. informs US
that the heavy rains yesterday extended beyond
| Lexington. The Kentucky river was rising very fast
at Frankfort and the steamer Dove had to take down
| her chimneys to pass the bridge.
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