New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1859-06-15
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Wednesday. June is, isso.
General Remarks-The Weafher-Busines
-River Still Falling-Quick Trip Of the
Lacey-PersOnal-ClIppl from our Ell.
changes-High Water In tho Upper Misc
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES To-Day, etc.
The weather yesterday was decidedly chequered in
its character. The early morning was bright and
hot; about 10 o'clock A. n. the wind changed and
smart shower came up, after which the sun again
peeped out but was soon obscured, and sunshine and
shower was the order for the remainder Of the day.
Business on the landing was most remarkably dull,
the arrivals and departures being limited. The river
at this point continues to decline.
The Railroad Line packet A. 7. Lacey arrived at
St. Louis on the 9th instant, having made the run
from this city TO that port in Eve days and twenty
minutes. She had 100 cabin and 200 deck passen-
gers. ..l
Captains Goalee, JEFF. Steward, and VIM. F. Peel
were at New Albany on the 9Th instant, examining
the new boats.
By letter Of our correspondent J. A., dated New
Albany, It'll inst we learn that Capt. Cottens new
boat for the lower coast trade. now building in that
city, about ready at that date to be launched.
The steamer Republic has been thoroughly re-
paired at New Albany, and is soon to be taken to
| Cairo and laid up.
The following is taken from the letter above re-
| ferred to u:
| Freights advanced yesterday here for the sontb
pound freghts, 80 to 4Oc Flour 70 to 75c per Dbl.
| Pork, so to s5c Whisky, 81 to 81 rs; Tobacco az
per hid; Horses, $6 Mules, 81. To st. Louis
pound freights are rs to 30c. per hundred; Whisky
| bbl.; Stores, soc.
On Portland Bar this morning there is three feet
water the sands are very changeabe, throwing one
channel or deep water first in one direction then to
another, which continues to make very troublesome
every boat that is going up down is sure to stick
In fact, this morning it has commenced showing it's
hack above water more than it has before and
if the river continues to fall fast as it has in tn
last week, our ferry boats will be Of no earthly use
| whatever.
We heard yesterday that the steamer Ceres had
laid up, and also the Era No. 2. The Era No. will
take her freight and leave to day ats p. N.
The Cincinnati Gazette of the 10th says:
The weather yesterday was hot. The river, oppo-
site this port continues TO decline slowly, with only
four feet water scant at Rising Sun and Gunpowder
and four and a-haf on Medoc Warsaw and the fats
and the channel badly filled up and uncertain. Above
this port an attempt to reach Wheeling Pittsburg
hazardous undertaking. and none but the lightest
draught vessels will venture. The cutting OUT
process in the channel has scarcely commenced 81
that to find three and a-haf feet water at Blanny
Burlington, Letart and Carpenter, requires careful
sounding, with hopeless prospects of success. A,
Glass House and the Sisters above Wheeling there
barely 80 inches water while at Pitsburg there ii
8 feet inches water scant by the mark.
Captain Sanders, of the steamer Dove, reports tina
the Kentucky river had fallen too low for navigation
No. and Clay Lick there were but so inches OF
water when the Dove came out. At Louisville there
was only feet inches water in the canal last eve
Ling, and river stationary. The bar between Port
no boats aground there excepting the ferryboats.
They grounded frequently but generally got off with
out much trouble. good landing for boats is just
below the Portland wharf, directly opposite the New
mn fnr Iard linn bat r,xkt
four feet water as ascertained by sounding. The off
GERS of the Southerner, from Memphis, report that
Flint Island bar is the shaowest point in the lower
Ohio, and the Susqnehanna, from New Orleans, was
| and many passengers; the most of the latter came
up on the Baltic. The Robt. J. Ward, from New
Orleans, unable to get over Flint Island bar had laid
| up just below, at Oil creek Her passengers and
crew came up on the DIR. Kane and Southerner On
| the bar there were but five feet wster.
The DR.. Kane subsequently ran hard aground at
Peckenpaugh's, where the Southerner passed her
Wednesday morning. By special dispatch from
Nashville last evening we learn that there was only
feet inches water on the shoals up Cumberland
river, and that stream falling slowly.
There was considerable activity on the levee yes.
terday with material advance in rates Of freight to
Nashville and New Orleans
Ne,o Orleans.-Whisky and Oil, 81 Us; Flour, 75c;
Pork 81 90; Way lots s0c.; Bacon and other Pound
Freights 40 to Coo. per cwt Horses, $12 per head
Keg Lard, 40c.; Dry Goods, Soc per cwt.
lue tots Louls DeuoCIHI vi Vic lULu lUSL, says
We feel confident that there will be no important
rise at this point either during the present month"; or
any other month of the present summer great deal
of the mountain SHOWS were washed into the Missouri
long ago, and gave us portion OF the June rise in
advance. The river here has fallen six feet or per
haps few inches Should it rise more than six
feet and therefore become higher than it was lately
it will be what we do not expect from calm cacuia
ton of the matter.
The Louisville Journal, of the 10th, says:
mt
morning The river was still at stand last evening
with feet inches water in the can,l. The steamer
Baltic las been laid up. The Cha ice!ior will arrive
to-day and leave for New Orleans tomorrow evening.
The Vicksburg Wing, of yesterday, says
We have no change to report in the river here. It
continues to recede quite rapidly and steadily AT
Memphis it is falling at the rate Of foot per day
On the landing business exhibited marked imp owe
ment. A goodly number of boats arrived and de
parted, and very fair amount of business was done
J HIGH WArER--Great Destruction of PROPERTY
Since 1850 the Mississippi has at no time been as
high in this vicinity as at present. The water has
been quite high for the past three weeks, but The
heavy rain of Tuesday night greatly increased tht