New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1860-10-29
cRHscEEr 0FFIcE, No. 10 CANr STREET, I
Mgna@y October 29 1865 M = X 4

III 90EfDh6F IS
THE weather foF thu past week has been remark
ably pleasant for Tile season ana propitious for
Yatdosr business. Business for the week mas been
active, the receipts Of the staple produce showing
hsaIthy increase over the receipts Of the pre-
vions week, summing Up as follows
Cotton SE $3.50 bales; sugar, 1895 hhds. and 10
bbls; 1Rolasaes, s24l bbls.; tobacco, All hhds.
flour, s2,6I9 bbls.; bacon, ll57 hhds. and casks;
begging, 92s pieces; corn, 1868 sacks; oats.
zi,T7A sacks pork, 1861 bbls. and tcs; whisky,
2l79 bills; wheat, 1856 bills and sacks.
The number Of arrivals Of steamers at this port
for The week ending Friday noon was sixty-seven.
The giver has risen six inches for the week. and
IL now fourteen feet enc inch below high water
mark.
The Ed. u cay arrived hence at Memphis on
The 26th Instant
Ne are pleased to notice the arrival in town of
Capt. Lewis i. WelEen, agent Of the St. Louis and
New Orleans Railroad Line of steamers. Captain
Weitpn may BIO found, for few days. at the office
of the packet line, No. 70 Magazine street.
BY dispatch 10 Geo. D. Hite, Esq, We learn
that the steamer Iatan passed vicksbnrg Saturday
on her way down, and will leave here for White
river next Saturday.
Tie splendid packet John Walsh made her ap-
peaTauce as our landing Saturday, on her first trip
for the session. Captain Geo ". Gable commands, |
and oar aifahIe friend, Mr.. Austin r. Moore still
resails his old position Id the Office. The Walsh
has been thoroughly repaired and repanted during
her absence, 6he Leaves to-day on her return to
st. Louis
The rain 0f which We have stood ii need forl
several days. Ia view Of the troublesome DUST |
came yesterday morning in just sufficient quantity
. snsHer she purpose.
9 We arc pleased TO be able to note nm important I
slse m the Upper Mississippi and Ohio rivers the
inaasnce of which was beginning to be felt at
Memphis on Friday, ana which We hope will mani
fesE ITSELF u day or two at the mouth Of Red
rivar n tbs Improvement Of navigation on the bar
At he mouth ot that tributary. Quite a fleet OF
packets belonging to the Red and Onachita river
trades are now laid up opposite this city. awaiting
the mcyemento Of tho waters. Z and ready to raise
atezm At any moment when the news of a rise in
those streams shall reach i'd.
Ereights were plentiful for the South at Cairo on
thu 24th. Tbs John !, Roe and aurora both left on
the 2ad fog this city. with large trips. The John
Tomkins arrived there the 2sd with d full trip
from et, Louis, and Ieft for New Orleans without
adding 10 her freight The T.C. Twitchell com.
pleted her trip and left for this city the morning
VI The 24tf
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week ago Inst Saturday. with a load of cotton
and nunaber IF passengers, SINK opposite the
plantation III Tally Brown, aud ii likely to prove
total less she =, we believe, fully insured. She
svaa owned b. Captains sleade and Barley and
was uflaeT the command Of the latter
The steamer Eleanor, which arrived Yesterday !
from ed river, reports 30 inches of water on the
baF n Ne lnenth of ihat stream, The Telegram
got osar ttae bar without trouble. The Era No. :
ana Era 81 wese at the mouth. bound down
Ins nslsne ana " Y Miller had get over and will
be At BE landing today.
4 We learn from d private letter from rar,sv;,,o
that Captains Beard and Rsasner's new steamer i
DeSotp lett that city for New Orleans last satar.
day. S
We are pleased 10 note that Capt. Sam Lawson I :
has taken the command Of the fae and popular
packet Mm- Burton, and Intends putting her in the
lfsd rse iEads as seon there is an Improvement
" The nAs igaticn of that river Cur friend j.
Dunbar VIM occupy his old berth III the office 81 s
the Burton. sss =
dae sei'l kaine arrived yesterday with A good :
sip no U on her fret "Trip for The season
Ahe KAane has undergone complete overhaulnr
ana comes e ns looking bran new, as inaae she
u 70 gu praeticaa insshts and paposes she hack
ant for Huntsville ats o'clock this evening 80
The Wheeling IatelligeneeF Of the aad inst seys
thst y tfie Ffolles new boal Just eomnletas ., e
Wilson, uafeyy 4 Co.'s boat yard. Vii r. j, ~,
whaFf to-day 10 receive her iuTnitars, preuarator
e hsr departure for Memphis and New Orleans ..
morrow or Wednesday. She ii leo feet il ls,,s,,
81 feet beam a8i q feet hold has iva Ia in.,'
cYiiadefs, three sevcufaed heilers. with all tba
late improvements IL machinery. Hall Nv Nessrs
Wilson, pnalsxy g % cabin by john Updegraf