New Orleans daily crescent., 1860-07-03

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Yesterday Was warm but pleasant, with light
breeze nearly sll day.
Baslnesz was dull on the landing.
There were but few departures and arrivals
We learn that the steamer Homer, from Red
rirer. wl be ready To receive freight at the land
ing this morning She leaves again tomorrow
evening Oh her return "Trip.
The grsat Atlantic left last evening with her
cabin full of passengers, and among them We no.
lice Capt a. Dueas and HI Eugene Latapie, WHO
are Oh visit NORTH III pleasure trip.
Bv q slspatuh 10 Mr.. Keefe ne learn that the
steamer john Rairc passed Memphis yesterday.
She via arrive Id port in time to leave on her reg
mar asYs next Thursday.
Ma1earn through dispatch to Messrs. Bell, Btl-
cliznan Co., that the Peytona has been laid up at
EynnsFilles and that there were three and o half
of wafer On srasHetown bar, and the river was
siiH failing.
Ihs steamer Al. O. Tyler has been laid up at
sltjs port, owing to the dnllness of business.
Ar. Lon Besler, We understand, has withdrawn
rom tAe louisville packet Ben .. Adams, and his
place hlled hy Mr. B T.. Moody, late clerk Of the
stesnaT Kentucky. Capt. John S. Risbey is still
u command.
il small craft, destined for the Usage river, is
progressing fast towards completion at St Louis (;
na Ii u stated that size Ii, without Doubt the light
asf Hteamboat af7oat, and will require only heavy
dew I'd navigate in. Her draft Is 8 inches forward
ana inches aft, and has four tuns of rocks amid
ships, which make her draw eight inches water in
tat part. Slaa has two engines eight inches diam
iii, Two fsat stroke and enc tubular boiler. BY che
w. u i inserasd shat sprinkling pot be brought
to advantage. kept consistently supplied with water,
to be used ID case the river should suddenly
siry sip.
The steamers Imperial and Cora Andersen, for
81. Jsouis passed Memphis on Sunday last
We learn from st. Louis aavices that the body
cf Capt, q. Holmes Manson, the commander of the
4 exploded steamer Ben Lewis, has been recovered.
Il uas found st Hickman. Tenn, and was identified
by MT. Msses Hillard. clerk of tho steiner .. D..
q Perry
The st. Louis and Mcniphis Packet Company, de
terininsd 10 DO their duty To the public, BY giving
shena arnpted and full facilities. purchased the
John q. Perry 70 take the place Of The Inflated
Ben Lewis. The price paid was $4,000.
1glo Railroad Line packet 9. O. Swon will arrive
here tomorrow with large amount Of Western
produce.
nse steamers Fort Wayne and .. w. Cheesman
teIN Cincinnati, and the Champion, from 81. Louis,
Touss ~ this market.
building Id the West for the Southern waters
e0ntinues with unceasing rapidty. AT every ship
ward tho sound of the hammer may be heard, and
TIL amount of business hand proves that anima-
fon III prevailing with intensity. Capt. w. Tobin's
new Trenton and Monroe weekly packet, weunder-
stand, Il progressing finely; also, the steamers
TbeY iIIe ana 1T. James, for the Coast trade Red
river, within few short months, will be literally
hiIed with steamboats,. IN fact, the number in
course oY construction il BY far too many, and
ere tho season closes portion 0f them, With
sliliculty may be able 10 restrain themselves
srun the hands of the sheriff We will classify the
buats building for that tributary az follows: AT
Brownsville, Capt. q. n. Abrams is building one
steamer Freedom, John Kouns one: Wheeling.
Cant. Richardson one, and the w. w. Farmer Is
lsins rebuilt; Cincinnati Capt. VI. G. Harrison
one, Capt Cheney Johnson one aill probably one
3D. Capt Withenbery Madison, Capt William
Sue: lsoaisyil hid, Capt. William sIead one, Reubcn
Slead one, Capt r. G.. Montgomery one, William
Hauk Ole New Albany, Capt. Il. O. c. pnckette
one. N. Camp one. Capt. Beard one, Capt.
Rohefts one. 4. Northern one, and Capt. Worley
O1c Paaucah, three boats building owners
aasneH unknewn.
AEe sseit chronicled that Capt, James Phelps, Of
pittsbura, proposes 70 introduce ona new steamer,
bsldiDg III ihe West. d set Of new osciIlating
syl ineI cylinders, thirty feetstroke.
There ars to be four engines in all, two TO each
slais, Ana II il claisncd for this yet that IT does
III ~ wIth tlie pitman and ali the cumbersome
cylinasx timber md only occupies eight feet room
% eac siae oi she beats deck FOR engine timbers.
T1e paa of she machinery il similar u TINT Of the
Feat astern. and adap pted 10 riyer vessels, except
that Gaps. Fhslps Introduces the Improvement Of
III patens balance valve instead 81 tle side.valve
senera Msei III oseIating gines. So saDgnine
Il the captain tlsat these Rew engines will work q
radical change ii tie machinery of boats, that he
such uaIng his engines frona damage Or
aoss.
csp: h H sasilIer, ii ths steamer Eay city, Who
refused % % the assistance Of the sufferers of
ahe IN :xatea Ben Lewis, passed through Cincin-
na oa ha aatl, Instant for Pttsbufg, leaving his
bchs III charge VI Capt Cheevel Harbormaster
1T HI Louis. Vhe Bay City will probably he sold,
EaR& Miller il used-up man, and tho more re-
aacts W san Keep himself tho better BE viii be
Hemp cord d waiting for bis neck 1T sIndry
plasezs aisd Ra 1rmiiy believe that had he gone
70 81. Louis be would have boon stretched up 81
tlie derriak o bis boas BY The iafnriated mob thai
hal assembled On tho levee when the Bag CITY
arrived Capt, II. Is certainly an niluman, base
neaS ana cowardiy wretch, ana deserves al,
punishment civilized and indignant public may
see t 10 intiiet upon him. At Cairo and ST. Louis
resolutions very bitter In their denuueation )
tapt. Miller haye heen passed. and we should no
he salpF pFissd 70 hear Of . meeting being held il
PItsshnrg, requesting Miller to leave forthwit
ana never again to make his appearance In tina
city He has the mark Of Gain upon his forehead
which wiH follow him to his deafh-bed. It Is sal
that passage through Cincinnati was ineog.:
very dis tianary forethonsht on bis part.
Tie FigsT opposite Memphis on the LIST inst. we
reeediag graanaIly
The 81. Loais Democrat Of the 90th inst. says
Ihe tiver continues 70 swell nicely berss vii
nearly 10 feet water Id Cairo, with 8 feet to KS
k1ks d Seas On fhe IaweF and L ieat On the snl
PEI FsHids. Capt. Codell reports il on stand
Ss. Pafl aald IalEnE all tho way below.
The Missouri ~ still rising and at 6ne sfage To I'll
fnrfharnaost sources. The Illinois Iii backed np an
An oioa shout one hundred miles from the mositl
bit exceedingly low and dislcuItto navigate ab0y
silat Mninf, Tree top baf il almost or altogetlc
ilnpassa las and covered with canal boats, barges
eza.
Tlia Ginein1aii Commercial Of Saturday last liz
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