New Orleans daily crescent., 1859-04-04

year. s8
The St. Louis Republican Of The soth ~ ~ ~
following:
The river here was rising slowly 1ast ~ y
inches. The rise Is doubtless from ~ NpGE -
Illinois and Upper Mississippi nyse ~ t61
slowly, and at last accounts the hiag1 49, yg.
The weather was fine and rather ood1 ~
Business on the landing Was unusually NE
The Memphis Avalanche OF the 30th - Gy1: i
We learn from the officers Of the Hickmaa, NfieA
arrived last evening from Little Rock, that ~ A.
a kansas river vas falling from Little Rock down u
rine blun and that from Pine Bluff to the mouth shs
river was full Of back water.
! The Louisville Journal Of the 10th inst reports
The river had fallen about 20 inches in the twenty
four hours ending last evening" bat there were ssu
about IL feet water on the falls. The weather has
| been warm, stormy and showiy.
The Cincinnati Commercial says:
The weather Yesterday was clear and warm. Ths
river within the past weight hours pas rcceded
rapidly with "a feet water in the channel hence to
Louisville, and sociency Of water on the falls fbs
ascending as well as descending bosts.
RATES OF FgETGHTs-Netc OTieons--Whiky Sad
Oil 40c. Flour 30c Pork 30c.; Way lots 4Oc; Becoe
and other Pound Freights I5e per cwt-; Horses r.
per head; Keg Lard, l23c.; Dry Goods 35c. per css
-isaturday-The Camden packet Paul
Jones. Capt Frank Keeling, with 637 bales cotton,
and leaves again on Wednesday evening at O'Clock
The Louisville packet Chancellor, Capt. Sol. Nal
bon, with good trip, embracing 81 hhdA tobacco,
and 4s bales cotton and leaves again this evening.
We are under obligations to her attentive clerk Mr.
N. c. Foster, for late dates.
The Louisville packet Eclipse, Capt. b. /. Spotts,
With SO bales cotton and 52e hhds. tobacco We arc
indebted to her officers for favom al
| The Memphis packet Ingomar, Capt A. Paris,
With ll6s bales cotton, and hhds. tobacco.
The Floyd packet Dick Nash, Capt. Ed. Jones,
with l67 bales cotton and leaves again tomorrow.
| The Tallahatchie river packet Roebuck, Capt II.
@. Dart, with SIS bales cotton. ~.
Sunday.-The Arkansas packet Quapsw, with ss4
bales cotton.
The Nashville packet Nashville, Capt ". Boyd,
| with $50 hhds tobacco and 1872 bales cotton.
The Bouf river packet Southern, Capt. B. Goo11es
with $50 bales cotton, and leaves again on Wees.
day evening. M ssssSs d
The Upper Red river packet Era No. :, Capk ".
T. scovi with $40 bales cotton, and leaves again to-
| morrow. ,Si5ss4
| The Bayou Sara packet D. F. Kenner, Capt. j. A.
Cotton, with the q. s. mails and passengers and left
| again same day.
The Cincinnati packet Queen of the West, Capt j.
P. Wade, with good trip. We thank her obliging
clerk for favors.
| Cherokee for Tennessee Riuer on TRuTsdau-Tbe
Cherokee now at the landing receiving for the Ten
nessee river, and leaves on Thursdsy next. The
| Cherokee is good and staunch packet and being
the only boat now for the Tennessee river and the
hrst one to leave for that river We have no doubt
that shippers will give her u" bumper "Trip The
is one of the very best of freight as well as
fine passenger packet. Her officers are picked
steamooatmen, OF experience and known reliability.
Capt. n. Mahan is one of the most popular COM
manders, and our old friend Mr.. Sam. Wiley is not
only one of the most correct and efficient of clerks
but is an acknowledged and finished gentlemen with
whom it is always pleasure to transact business
His devotion to the interests of his employers, his i'm
partalty, and integrity Of character are worthy of
emulation on the part of certain others of the craft
we wot Of Remember the Cherokee for Thursday.
| DIR. Batey for Bayou Lafourche.-The good and
regular passenger packet steamer DR.. Batey, Capt.
A. Dugas, commander, and Mr.. Joseph Dalfares
clerk leaves at o'clock this evening, for Bayou La
| fourche and intermediate landings.
| c. d., Jr., for Bayou Sara.-The staunch, feet
and very regular passenger packet G. D., Jr., Capt.
Joseph Vincent, commander, and Mr.. j. P. Mumford,
clerk, leaves as above at o'clock this evening.
Eleanor for Red Rirr.-We desire to call the at.
tention Of travellers to the fact that the SUPERIOR fast
running passenger packet Eleanor, Capt. Willis Main,
commander, with Messrs. Groves and Clark in the
office, will leave this evening at 5 O'Clock.
Trio for Upper Red Riper.-The really excel
lent staunch and lightdraught passenger packet
Trio, Capt l. R. Collins and Mr.. George Hall, clerk
leaves punctually and positively at 8 o'clock this
evening for upper Red river.
Iecumseh for Cincinnati.-This great warrior''
leaves punctually at O'Clock this evening for Gin
cinnati and intermediate landings. The Tecumseh is
in every respect superior passenger packet with
Hpao ootin md
tions, and on account of her staunehness is great
favorite with shippers. Capt. F. F. Logan is com.
mander, and Mr.. James Sherlock is the obligine and
efficient clerk. In olden times the " pale faces 4,
were always safe in confdng in Tecumseh and
Logan, and the travelling public Of the present day
will find the namesakes Of these lustrous chieains
| sch and Logan this evening.
Nebraska for Memphis and the Bends.-The large,
paatial and fast running passenger and o. s. mail
the regular Memphis packet for this evening, con-
Meeting at Napoleon with regular packets for the
White and Arkansas rivers, and at Memphis with SUI
perior packets for ST. Louis and Louisville The Ne
braska is one of the largest and most magnificent
packets on the Mississippi and enjoys an enyiable
reputation for speed elegance, safety, and punctua
ity, and as such we cordially recommend her to trav
elers to-day Mr. Miles Temple, the chief clerk O.
the NJ, one of the princes of his profession ani
makes friends with facility which is all his own
The Nebraska leaves positively at her regular hour
O'Clock this evening.
. Chancellor for LouisviRe.-The great Lonisvill
passenger packet Chancellor, Capt Sol Malbon CON
mander, leaves at o'clock this evening as aboy
The Chancellor is a star in splendor and meteor
speed Her passenger appointments are of the mo
elaborate and superior order, and nothing is wantn
: to add to the comfort and enjoyment of passenger
Her table is always spread with the rarest contrib
u tons of the market, and expense is spared whie
in any way add to the already great popularity
the packet. Mr.. NJ, G. Foster is in charge Of the
Ell fee and is ever attentive and untring in promotl
the pleasures of the trip to passengers 10 for Lou
o. VILE on the Chancellor this evening!
y Il. I. Lacy.-The Great Railroad Line Packet
- St. Louis this Evening. splendid railroad paa
packet A. 7. Lacy, leaves at o'clock this eVen
for ST. Louis, one of the largest and most superb
40 the famous Railroad Line. She is not surpassed
W. either of her sister packets and with many Oh
III travelling public she is the decided avorite. lmpreN