New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1859-05-03
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cREscEsT oryIcE, No 70 Camp ,treet, ,
Tuesday Mav z issa


News from the Upper Rivers-The River
still RIsing--E. III. FaIrchIId--<l urck Trip-
Arrival of Stock on the Jas. Mont~onnsrv
Collision Of Steamers Judah To1ro ana
BOnita-DepaTture of Steamers W. M
Morrison and Capitol-ArrivaIs yesterday
Departures to-day, etc.
The weather yesterday was warm and cloudy, with
rain early 10 the morning. The appearance Of things
on the levee was decidedly dull. The departures
were few The river continues to swell at this point
and the cry Of the papers from above is still the
waters rise.
The steamer E. n. Farchild arrived yesterday,
having made quick trip from this place to Louis
vile and back, she having been absent only twelve
days. We are glad to see our old friend Mr.. Richard
+. Fuller as first clerk Of this splendid packet. We
understand that he has bought an interest in the
Fairchild. We cordially wish him success and may
he make fortune n a short time.
The James Montgomery brought down Oh. COLT
which attracted considerable attention yesterday
when landed on the levee. This is the great Hun.
ter stake colt, to run the Metairie Course in
1860, for that stake, and is the property of Judge
Jno 8. Hunter, Of Alabama by whom it was pur.
chased of Mr.. James A. Grimstead, Of Kentucky
This colt is ont Of " Pcaynne, by Lecomte, Plea
yune being sired by Medoc." The colt is but
two years old, and gives promise of becoming an
honor to its ilustrious ancestry and distinguished
family. The colt is on its way to Alabama.
We learn from passenger arrived on the steamer
Piota last evening, that the steamers Judah Touro
and Bonita came into collision with each other in the
lower part of Red river The steamer Bonita had her
larboard guard torn away and part Of her wheel
house; there were no lives lost. The Touro was as
cendng and the Bonita was descending at the time
of the accident. The Bonita was expected to arrive
last night, and will be found at the landing this
morning.
We learn by dispatch to Capt. j. Fl. Freleigh, the
agent of the Memphis mail line that the steamer John
simonds left Memphis last evening, and will arrive
here on Thursday morning and leave for Memphis on
Friday, the 6th in accordance with the new schedule
of the line.
The steamer W. NJ. Morrison, Capt. J. IN. Bofinger
Of the Railroad Line, left last evening perfectly
| crowded with people, and as much freight as she
wanted.
The weekly Memphis U. S. mail packet Capitol,
Capt j. D. Clarke, also left with large number Of
passengers.
The arrivals yesterday were as follows:
The Vicksburg packet Grand Duke, Capt Sam Ap-
plegate with 449 bales cotton and leaves again to-
day.
The Ouachita packet Paul Jones, Capt. Frank
Keeling, with IS bales cotton, and leaves again on
Wednesday.
The Lafourche packet DR.. Batey, Capt. A. Dugas
with IL bales cotton, $50 hhds sugar, and 81 bbls
molasses
The Bayou Sara packet G D. Jr., Capt. v. B. Ba-
rance, with 101 bales cotton, 200 hhds. sugar, 3s4
bbls. and % half bbls. molasses
The steamer Minnesota, Capt Glasscock, with "a
bales cotton, l42 hhds sugar. 46 bbIs. and 50 half
| bbls. molasses.
The Red River packet Piota, Capt. E. Parker, with
1872 bales cotton and 80 hhds sugar. and leaves again
to-day. We thank Mr.. Sam Lawson, her clerk, for
favors.
The Louisville packet E. H. Farchild, Capt. j. b
Faucet, with good trip and leaves again on Wed.
nesday. We thank Mr.. Richard F. Fuller, her polite
clerk, for favors.
The Cincinnati packet Madison Capt Geo. D..
Hoople, with good trip. We thank Mr.. W. R. Copes,
her attentive clerk, for favors.
The Ouachita packet Moro, Capt. E. N. Woodland
with 50 bales cotton
| The Alexandra American of the 30th says:
| The river is still falling with plenty of water vet
for the largest class boats to cross the falls We NAV
| yet have spring RISE The Mississippi from last
accounts is very high and large portion Of country
| overlooked
Tie Cincinnati Gazette of the 2sth says:
Yesterday the weather was cloudy and quite cool
in the evening The river opposite this port is rising
| very rapidly, when the immense body of water be-
! tween the Ohio and Kentucky banks is taken into
consideration. The advance yesterday was at the
rate of three inches per hour with forty eight feet
water large in the channel hence to Louisville by the
| Water-Works gauge From Tuesday evening G
o'clock to last night at 10 O'clock the river has risen
seven feet. The water is up into the houses of both
the rows, and promises to reach very nearly the hight
of the freshet we had here two months since, when
the Water.Works gauge indicated depth of ftyfye
| feet five inches water in the channel. Our special
dispatches from Pittsburg, Stuebenville, Wheeling
Harmar, Pomeroy and Parkersburg, state that rain
fell copiousy at all those points, and that the river
was rising rapidly and over the banks in many places
| doing much damage to private property.
| The Memphis Avalanche Of the 3Oth says:
| The break in the levee some twenty miles below
the Coahoma line, will be entirely closed by this
| the Levee Commissioner who was ably seconded by
| Messrs. Maddox and Tiler We learn, also, that
through the neglect Of the contractors, the Barton
break was left open from the time of the high water
| ed in injurpg an immense amount of property.
| The Louisville Journal of the 9th says:
The river continued to rise yesterday at about the
same rate as on the preceding day. There were fully
II feet water on the Falls last evening. A tremen
dous rain storm, accompanied by thunder and light.
ming, set in about daylight yesterday morning, and
| the weather was cloudy throughout the day.
| The Memphis Daily Enquirer of the goth says
| The river was recedng more slowly yesterday, and
had fallen only half inch in the twenty four hours
ending at six O'Clock last evening. The news from
above is not very favorable, and the intelligence from
below is distressing. The Boone came in yesterday
from Napoleon and reports the river falling hence to
Napoleon aud both the Arkansas and White rivers
fallng-the Arkansas having only three feet water to
| Little Rock. We learn from Capt. Hicks that the
residents of the bottoms all leaving for the hills
and that the destruction of property by the flood is
terrible. The Boone brought to this city several fam
| lilies from various points along the river Should the
river rise again, should the present stage Of water
be maintained for any length Of time, it is but
probable the injury to the people along the river will
| he incalcuable.
The Charleston (Mss) Tallahatchian, of the latest
date, says:
| The Taahatchie river at Tiatoba landing has
been rising for the last week about inch in TWEEN
ty-four hours, is now rising slowly and is in about
twenty inches of the food of July, 1858. The recen,
| rise has been caused by the heavy rains on Cold
| Water, little Talahatchie and Yockney and partly
by the Mississippi river The impression is that The
| Talahatchie river will commence falling in few
days. 1t is now about as high as it has been thi
season.
The Natchez papers still report the river at stan
at that place.
The Concorda (vidalia, La) Intelligencer, of tn
Goth ut., says:
The river at this point is IA inches above lsJ
| nigh water mark, giving "a rise of only IA inche