New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1859-04-12

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CRESCENT OFFICE, no 70 Camp street.
General Remarks-Rivers Still RIsing-Busl-
ness-News from Above-The Lower Tri-
butaries-ArriyaIs Observation-Disclosures
to-day, etc., etc.
The weather yesterday was excessively warm,
tempered, however, by fine southerly breeze. The
river continued to rise-the lower landing being two
thirds covered with water, and the upper wharf al.
most parallel with the surface Of the river Bust
ness was only moderately active, with the bulk Of
freight offering for the upper rvers. Our latest &C.
counts from above are more cheering. At Memphis,
on the sth inst, the river was receeding At st.
Louis the rive. was also falling, and the Ohio was
gradually finding its medium standing point No
more breaks reported and we are led to believe
that the spring freshets have done their worst. At
least shall hope until the receipt Of news to the
contrary. We must expect the river to continue to
swell an inch or so more at this point, until we ex
perience the influence Of the general decline above
which will undoubtedly be felt here with the week.
White and Little Red rivers were falling at last &C.
counts.
The vicksburg True Southern, Of Sunday, says that
the river at that point rose about of an inch for the
past twenty -four hours and was still rising slowly
We learn through the Cincinnati Gazette that
Capt Attenborough has sold his fourth interest in the
Fred Iron, to Capt. Albert Thomas, al the rate of
500, 900 for the whole boat.
The Pittsburg True Press Of the 9Th inst says that
Capt Chas W. Bachelor has purchased the Allegheny
Belle, No. g. from Capt John Hanna She is intended
for the Louisiana and Tehuantepec company, to run
upon the Coatzacolcos river. We understand the price
paid was about $4,000. A. W. Mckee will command
her.
The Cincinnati Commercial, of the 7th instant re-
ports: .a
The weather was cool and clear yesterday, it being
cold enough during the night previous to make thin
ice The river continues to swell slowly having risen
twelve inches during the twentyfour hours ending at
DUSK we have no material change to note in reghts
With light offerings for all points, the following rates
prevail:
Ne,c Orleans.-whisky and Oil, 5oc.; Flour, Soc. :
Pork, 4Oc. Way Lots, 45c.; Bacon and other pound
freights zoe. per 100 Horses, IS per head Keg
Lard 20c.; Dry Goods, 40c. per hundred.
The Louisville Journal of the 7th inst saws:
The river commenced rising evening before last,
and at dusk last evening had come up 10 inches,
making feet inches water in the canal and 81 feet
on the Falls. Our meteorological table reports the
thermometer yesterday morning three degrees below
clear.
The St. Louis Republican Of the 9Th inst. has the
following:
The river here is falling at the rate OF inches in "a
hours All the upper rivers reported falling and
the Missouri river is becoming very low. Lake Pepin
is still closed hard and fast, or was on the I'd inst
when the Fred. Lorenz left. The weather was very
cold up there, and II inches of SNOW had fallen
The weather here continues fine and cool.
Business is only tolerably brisk on the landing
The steamer Comet is now receiving, and will leave
positively on Wednesday for Jefferson and intermedi-
ate landings on Red river.
The levee in front of John Minors Carthage planta.
ton, the Mississippi side Of the river about miles
below NatcheZ, broke Tuesday morning last, caus-
ing great damage. Mr.. E. s. Mason, manager of the
place, in Ratchez on Wednesday morning, for the
purpose of procuring fiat to remove the stock that
were left there on knoll th.t the water had sur.
rounded.
We learn that the Ouachita has fallen twelve feet
at Camden within the last few days, and that it is
falling all the way down to Monroe.
The Alexandria American says that Red river, on
the lst, was still falling.
The Monroe Register of the 3lst says the Ouacbita
is at stand
During the past week Tensas river has sweled rap.
idly, caused, doubt by the crevasses in the Mssis
sippi above.
The Hagaman levee, made the past year to repair
the damage Of the crevasse Of last year, and afford
future protection against such casualties is described
as of most formidable dimensions. It is just com.
peted is 80 feet high AIS feet at the base 80 feet
wide on the surface, and closes break of about 400
feet being probably the largest and most substantial
evee on the river indeed in the country. The top
is at present six feet above water.
FACT OR FIcrIoN-A " Wharf Rat Taking
Notes the Leree.-The Louisville Courier and
Memphis Appeal have each an undivided half interest
In the literary services of knight of the quill in this
city, who furnishes them daily with duplicate copies
Of what may be facetiously styled news letters The
monopolizaton of such order of talent as is pos
sessed by the writer probably too expensive to per-
init either of these journals to indulge in to the ex-
cluson of the other, and they therefore divide the
honors accrung therefrom. The illusions bear the
signature of Balloon which we regard as most
appropriate considering the amount of gas they uni
formy contain, and the lofty attitudes reached by
the imagination Of this selfstyled emigrant from the
wilds of Missouri" On the 23d ult., this cores
pondent opened the valves and inflated his air ship
which is small one and doubtless intended to bear
a relative proportion to the size of the reservoir
from which it is snpplied-and on the "a inst. we
lind it discharging its noxious vapor through the
columns of the Louisville Courier. But we drop
metaphor and call the attention of the reader to
few extracts from would be aeronaut in literature
relating to the denquencies of city press
from balloon. After cutting from the city papers
his few distorted items of news, he turns and bites
the hand that fed him and perpetrates the following
gross lible. Hear him
The Mississippi is almost full as the law allows,
and is rising gradually. There have been several
breaks in the levee above, the most disastrous, be,
lieve in the neighborhood of Lake Washington, OF
,vtich you doubtless knoio more about than any one
here The city papers Ray out Htis attentio to rirer
interested in the doings of Old River, between this
city and tile mouth of the Ohio, look to no other
source for their information than the Courier and ST.
Louis Republican. -