New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1860-05-25


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The weather yesterday Was Waf1a ana susry
isasness was not very active 1n the iesee--ihe GO
Rsrtures and arrivals being nght Ihe JENNIE
Kirk has been laid no FOL Tie pfesent she resiap'
ned her freiu On tle Asslsnds which beat Ten iasf
evening for he ouaeiata river. The steamer Elsa
~ csfas, II, sls handling yesterday locking fresh
auis bright. having Just come cat Of the docks ana
4 nav e. befter repA than slo has been since slie
arrived hare an hat fst TIP. Capt Main viii start
M out 81 Tuesday next, for Jefferson. She is
uoT sght for az landings on Rcd river
Il Il n 81 Jefferson.
" CT kYsiax CAsE The Inspectors at st. Louis,
III. IIc63ord and Singleton. have reported
1--WE dealsion Id He case Of the collision of the
88sS 1HlFaI xnd Mary Ratterson,on White river, on
its I'D a necember last. The admiral, in de-
xea anE gle river. and plotted BY w. .. Nixon, d
A1<f piiot pn the river, came in collision with
III Hsry Patterson, plotted BY Haston Twomy, 4
Bl1S3 tkangh not licensed for White river.
IA ffspaotors decided that the plot OF the Mary
rIsltfS0A WIS Hi fault for want of duo caution,
a81 DOT 4naw ering the signals The boat,
III AeE uuutsI duu TIC
Iicsnae 6f HE pilot should be revoked, If he had
one; and hist fhe owners can be held liable by
xze IaF. made and provided. and that the case
KauR be submitted to the proper authorities.
a ~ fearful storm on Tuesday last, in the vicin
fy IL louisville, ten coal boats and barges were
aIso, Ne loss of life is reported We greatly
~ THU more serious chapter Of disasters to
ateamboalas il this tornado, win have to be re-
sordsd, s e
NJ local Inspectors have concluded their inpes-
x6Afions il regard to the late collision between
1he Northern Light and Die Vernon. After due
of an The facts in the case, they re-
port hat they hare been unable to discover any
ussabic reason for the collision taking place, and
think that had the rules and regulations Of the As
Aociation been fully obeyed ID this case, it would
net hav6 occpred. They therefore suspend the
loen6e The pilots in charge Of each boat Of the
tiz1e VI tLs collision, for the respective term Of
aSxty dayS each.
eadne0,s. The arrivals 1t the levee have
agaan become moderate. The Diamond, from
Glndinnats and the !. D. Swain and Andy Fulton,
from He'd river made their appearance and are
now loadirs for fheir respective destinations The
Eu1t0n wiil leaye On Saturday for Pittsburg, at
piace she will be thoroughly renovated She
M etarn amongst us early in the fall, and will
rly as usual, ID tie Tensas and Bayou Macontrade.
Ah1 Ashland left last evening with an excellent
+ fip for the Ouachita and Lower Tensas. The
AcRcrt Wstscn Is refusing freight, and will make
hef exit At noon day for the various landings on
Red FLYER. Our latest intelligence from Red river
ahsa been furnished Us by the !. D. Swain. The.
river Kas falling Az the way down from Jefferson,
wIth " ssss water on Potato Bend and feet scant
At the mouth. The Saracen was at the mouth Of
drer, fEiltening her cargo Of railroad IRON
Y 5ame from Pittsburg, From the Ohio river
NJ p. & Adams and the Emerald are due also,
stbe ssovereign and T. q. Ewon from 81. Louis, and
TIE jnmes woods from Nashville. The Al o. n.y.
III aud Madison, for Cincinnati, passed up from
Aamphis on the 22d inst. The =. II. Fairchild left
Louisville on Tuesday last well freghted for this
mort. The r. =. McCll arrived at st. Louis on
HE lss and went on tho docks for an overhaul
ink. she il said to be in remarkably good order,
4rz has never before been on the docks, although
running two years. On Sunday night q collision
occurred between tie Liberty, bound down, and
tAaJesae Ri Bell, hound up. Both steamers blew
nnn tizaefor the starbeard, but struck each other
or siS arbsard near the bits, raking the forward
n both snd tearing away stationary tenders.
Tie damage to either steamer will not be heavy.
All investigatipn Of the facts will be had by the in
spectors.
The Hannibal, which has been aground at Plumb
Paint FOR day Or two. is reported SO being in q
bsd fix She had two anchors out anilpulled for
dsar life, bus to no purpose. The rise from the
0hio will reach the Hannibal, however, and rein
state her into the deeper water Of the mammoth
Mississippi.
The Cumberland river Is rising, with six and
hsif feet on Harpeth Shoals
The Gladiator, K. j. Lakeland and City Of Mem
pflia we're nt 81. Louis at last accounts.
a gentleman named Barnett arrived at st. Louis
Qn The list, and stated that the Hiawatha on Sat
afdey morning at O'Clock encountered anag at
the head Of Island n, which tore away twenty out
xiggers, part d. the guard, displaced valves and
lesers smashed part Of the blacksmith shop ice
box and storerocm, nearly punched the engineer,
md made itself generally disagreeable.
Mz. Cation, one of the pilots Of the Imperial re-
ports having seen three dead bodies floating ID the
river below Memphis; one about twenty miles be.
low Napoleon, and two others at the head Of Battle
Island They were doubtless the bodies Of victims
81 tie Inflated &. r. Sass. IA
The Cincinnati Commercial Of the I'D says:
The weather was warm and windy yesterday
until 2. NJ, when perfect hurricane of wind
ma rain swept over the city and along the river
proving disastrous to the water craft, as well as
materially damaging property throughout Gincn
natl, CoyinEton, Newport. and vicinity. The
steamer Virginia Home was capsized and com.
pietely wrecked during the storm. while several
harges, and other steamers were materially dam,
aged. Fortunately no lives were lost. We give
nc details of the disaster in the inside of to-days
Icrescent1 The river is falling at Pittsburg,
with 63 fpet 10 the channel. At Wheeling there
are fset and falling. II Is likewise receding at
Parkersburg and Marietta. The Kanawha is fall
= Ing, with feet from Charleston to the mouth.
hare Che Ohio Is falling, with 81 feet in the canal
Tho Cumberland Is falling with Gu feet on Harpeth
Shoals. The lower Ohio is rising, with feet on
the shpalest bars. The Mississippi ii stationary,
Nth u feet from ST. Louis TO Cairo. At Keokuk
there y 81 feet, and on the rapids there ia SO
inches water. ssi,s5 s4
The St. Louis Republican Of the 22d has the fol-
lowing
Y The river here was following slowly yesterday.
There IS seven feet seant In the channel out to
Cairo. The lower river Is also falling,
a. The Illinois river Is very low, and is becoming
No better. There is feet water III the channel
n Peoria, and 50 inches above that point.