New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1859-06-07
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Tuesday. June 7, 1859
The Weather-General Remarks-Business
The Alice Vivfan-The Ceres-Rock IsI-
and Bridge-Ncw boat-Personal-Steame
Sunk-Sad IneIdent-statc Of the Riv.
ers-Clippings from our Exchanges-Arri.
walls MISUNDERSTANDING To-Day, etc.,
etc.
The river continues to decline at this point having
fallen about one foot six inches below high water
mark.
The heated term continues yesterday being one
of the hottest days Of the season thermometer stand
ing at SO deg in the shade.
Business on the levee yesterday was undoubtedly |
dull but for the season was rather more than usually
active.
We are informed that the magnificent passenger |
packet Alice Vivian, Capt. SAM Ables, now at our
wharf, has come over from Mobile to take the place
Of the Belfast in the Memphis and New Orleans |
Packet Line, and will leave on Friday next for Mem
phis. The Vivian is fitting substitute for the Bel
fast, and gained high reputation when running in
the place of the Natchez last season.
The Ceres having changed her day will leave here
after Wednesday, for Attakapas and intermediate
landings, leaving at O'Clock.
We learn that the Board Of Army Engineers sent
by the Government to inspect the bridge at Rock
Island, have pronounced it an impeachment to navga-
ton, and recommend it's removal, as applied for by
the st. Louis Chamber Of Commerce, and boatmen
generally throughout the West.
The Memphis and New Orleans packet Capitol and
the st. Louis packet New Uncle Sam left yesterday
with flying colors and good trips Of passengers.
Capt. j. s. Wallace and B. F. Powell, of the Lewis
Whiteman, left vicksburg Monday for Louisville, to
contract for the building Of boat for the Yazoo
river and New Orleans trade.
Capt. Goslee, of the Memphis and New Orleans
Packet Company, was passenger for Louisville yes
terday by the Moses Mcclellan.
The Louisa No. 2 was sunk few days ago in Bayou
Bartholomew, and will prove q total loss. She was
nearly four years DID, and belonged to the Guyandotte
Navigation Company Of Virginia. She was worth
about $500, and insured if at all, in some Of the
western cities. The Louisa has been running in the
Bayou and Saline river for the last sig months.
Mr.. Moore, formerly clerk of the St. Nicholas, has
been installed in the Office Of the David Tatum.
sad incident occurred during the last trip of the
| Champion from New Orleans to ST. Louis. A young
couple, Germans, with their two children, were deck
passengers from New Orleans. The younger, an in
FAINT corpse, awaiting interment, and the other
fine boy of some two years, lay seemingly MORALLY
sick, and stening when the boat reached st. Louis.
1t that the latter had drank freely of milk fur.
nished by boy, Immediately after the boat touched
the wharf, and was taken Immediately with pangs
and vomiting. Another child had partaken of the
milk, and was similarly affected. Was the milk
poisonous?
OF the state Of the rivers we have full accounts to-
day. The Red and Ouachta rivers are both reported
falling rapidly.
The Cumberland river is also falling, and the water
was barely four feet deep on Harpeth Shoals. The
John Gault, from Louisville, is in the Cumberland
river but in all probability will not be able to get up
| to Nashville.
The Arkansas river is falling at ratio of twelve
inches in twenty-four hours. There is, however,
plenty of water in the channel for the purposes OF
navigation.
TIE St, Francis river is falling fast, with however
twenty feet water in the channel. The crops in the
valley of the St. Francis river not overlooked never
looked better at this season than at present.
The Memphis Enquirer of the 4th inst. says:
Our river still recedes with the rapidity which has
marked its decline for the past few days. For the
twentyfour hours ending at o'clock last evening it
had fallen fully eight inches. Our levee exhibited
fair show OF business yesterday an increase of which
we look for to-day, owing to the number of arrivals
and departures which charaeterzes the close of the
week with us.
The Cincinnati Commercial of the LIST inst reports:
The river was falling quite fast yesterday, with
only four and half feet water in the canal last
the head of the falls in the previous twenty four
hours and fully six inches at Portland-a rapid fall
which, according to old boatmens signs, indicates
| speedy rise. The weather was warm and cloudy all
day, but the rain kept away
| At Pttsburg it was raining yesterday, and the
river had risen an inch at noon. The river at Gin
cinnat had fallen eight inches, and the mail boat,
Telegraph No. 8, grounded in five feet water at
Rising Sun.
The bar at Portland wharf, and between Portland
| and New Albany is very bad again, owing to the
continued shifting of the sands and boats being
tinually aground, as well as the rapid fall Of the
river. The Arkansas Traveller, bound for Arkansas,
took long, hard rest on the bar She lodged there
all night and did not get off till late yesterday, after
calling in the services Of the Pink No.2.
The st. Louis Republican, of the I'd instant, says
The river here sweled two inches on Tuesday
night, and was very nearly stationary yesterday. It
was perhaps swelling very little, and will doubtless
be falling to-day. A small quantity of light drift
came down yesterday, and the rise Is entirely from
the Missouri which is reported swelling slowly from
| Grand river down.
The weather was hot yesterday-the hottest of the
season. Summer commenced at fierce temperature.
Business on the landing was tolerably active.
The Cairo correspondent of the Republican has the
following:
| Summer has made her advent in "meting mood y
the weather being clear and sultry giving US fore
taste of hotter things hereafter. The greatest of
modern Egyptian plaques has come upon us, in the
shape of the biggest and hnngriest mosquitoes that
ever fastened teeth in human white men. The sew
ers of Cairo were opened yesterday, and the inside
moisture is rapidly disappearing ; but the pump is
working manfuly at the water that is left.
| The river is still falling slowly here
The Cumberland is falling, with about five feet on
| Harpeth Shoals.
The following steamers have arrived since our LAST
The Jefferson packet Sallie Robinson, Capt Dyas
Power, with 81 bales cotton.
The Bayou Sara packet c. D. Jr., Capt. V. B. Ba-
ranco with bales cotton, II hogsheads sugar, 1888
barrels moasses and half barrels do.
The Tensas packet Saline, Capt. Miller, with 60
bales cotton and barrels molasses.
The Bayou Sara packet D. F. Kenner, Captain 10.
seph Vincent, with u S. mail and passengers.
The Attakapas packet A. W. Baker, Captain A.
Smith, with 96 hogsheads sugar and "a barrels mo-