New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1860-07-27

Indignation Ateet1ng 81 the eAstStseS--
Drowning Of Negro Empiayc OF mn
gfg>er Trsbusnry Craft-Present Stage OF
f1se asisslsszrpl and ass Tributarics--De-
parzures this day. efe-, etc.
cxsssrsr ostacr No. 70 Camp ssvsst,
FRIDAY. July "a, 1850.
AS sf yore, the weather remains warm and al
most uncomfortable. Humanity must succumh.
SncA spell Of weather has never before beea ex-
Refiehoed here within our recollection. We have
bad no rain Of any consequence for over fort
might and tie SOIL Il burning hot With dfficniiy
can the lcyee, during the greater part Of the day'
lit walked Tor the rErpo ecf observation theushw we
May say with safety that the scenery is net 50 graf
flying 10 view Business On the landing yesterday
wss in quits a dilapidsted condition
Tire ARRIVALS and departures ot RIVER steamers
yesterday were exceedingly scaTce' The ). =.
SWon selt for ST Essuis with an excellent "trip.
Tie steamers New Falls City and Sovereign,
fs,,a III. Louis, essa the Fred Troa from Cincinnati,
s>iH arrive here tomorrow.
Rhe ss Louis Railroad Line packet VIM. NJ. Nor
rEsan, and the steamer Woodford, for Louisville
pasSed Memphis on the 24th Inst.
gfe steamer Fanny Bullitt left Louisville on the
zsd for this market The B. ] Adams was due
there the Gay following.
Aracescanae on al Mob eesport on Saturday be-
patchen. The distance was two miles, and the
race q anost exciting enc from beginning 10 end,
the Flora Teaaple Winning only by length. Time,
HIS Another boat race is announced to come
an On The 18th.
TTcza he Cincinnati Gazette Il tile 9th we learn
that the ofiicc of the steamer ]. Laddel an upper
tributary craft was robbed Of S35. Two deck
hands employed on the boat were arrested. and
one of them, named Varian, acknowledged the
crime. Both were committed, in default of $1,000,
To answer the charge Of grand larceny.
The Cairoites held meeting on Saturday last to
4 aiopt ana endorse the Pittsburg resolutions, CON
.demning The notorious Captain Miller of the Bay
City. His efiigy was publicly burnt. 1t should
have been stuifed with the Pittsburg True Press
the only paper mean enough to endorse the infam-
uus conduct Of tile aforesaid Miller.
free negro, an employee on the steamer R.
u. Patton, while in Tennessee river, was drowned
III attempting to rescue person who unfortunately
fell from the boat into the river.
At Cincinnati on the sd, Capt. ". W. Withen-
bury purchased the barge Envoy for sfssO, for the
use d The steamer Homer, at present plying in
Red river.
From late Cincinnati adyces, received last
evening" we learn that the steamer Lecomte was
disposed of to Capt. W. w. Withenbury. for $4,000.
1t IL I'LL intention to lengthen the Lecomte 80
Ieet. making her $50 feet long. Her tubular
boilers will be taken out, and three fve-fue
boilers, AZ inches each in diameter, and a feet
snlength inserted. Capt. Johnson, her late owner,
isbuilding new packet for the opelousas trade.
Tlse tsuachita river packet Catahoula made her
appearance at shis depot with cargo of cotton,
fncluding ore bale of the crop from the panta
ton Of Story Huntingdon Black River. /. is con
signed to 1fesszs Scruggs, Donnegan Co., Of this
city.
T1sprM ONO AT Cincinnati on Monday the river
4commencea receding, and up to dark had fallen
about three inches The Gazette says, tit will pro-
baby be down low By the close Of the week. Be-
tween that port and Louisville, seven feet water
is reported On the worst bars The following are
the ruling rates Of produce to this market Whis-
y, pr bbl., 81 IS; Flour, zoe Pork, 81; Bacon
IN hlads., 40 10 A5c and other pound freight, 45c
per 100 pounds Keg Lard, 25c.; Horses, per head,
$40; Machinery, 55c. to ST..
At Pittsharg Oh Sunday the stream was rising,
with ghree feet water in the channel.
WI have no intelligence from Wheeling and Ma
xietta hut presume that the river is also rising at
shoss places, although probably slowly. The Ka- !
nawha Is very low and in a bad condition Twenty
fhree inehea il reported id tie channel.
Little and Big Mianis, and the Licking and Ken
lucky riyera are running ont rapidly.
z LowHR ONO. The Ohio opposite Louisville, on
Mandsy last vas rising slowly with four feet sx
inches water in the canal. During the previous
swentyiou honaa it had fallen three inches at the
head Of the falls and vas at q stand, or receding
gradually III The evening The weather there was
pheasant, with light showers of rain.
Az Portland II had risen about is inches, making |
about seven feet water on the bar.
The Cumberland is still Iowand navigation enft
arely suspended.
UrpEE MfssIsslar he river v II
Louis On SUNDAY With q e 80 eElsllal /
s,ssts u
III seef id 4er, and a feet on the
below Ksolsuk there IS from to
s ass ff8sa III tie channel
The Missouri, at last accounts, WAS receding
from Omaha TO the mouth, There is seant Il feet
sstsr ID the channel
Minois river continues falling, with ? feet 10
inches water belew Peoria. and feet inches |
shove that point.
IsowzR AasslsafPr1 The Lower Mississippi is
falling NTH N feet at President island Tho river
81 Memphis Oh the 2ltl was declining at the rate
Of frolu to D inches ii twenty-fear honrs. Dppo-
site VIekshnrg same date, it remained unchanged.
a slight rise has taken place in the Tallahatchie
and rivers, caused by late rains in that see
ton but it's said TO be Of material benefit to
navigation.
NaW MissorHl RIVER Boar, Saturday. Capt. I
Jehs v shaw. u the Twilight, closed contracts for
a new boak for the Missouri river trade. The hull
y 10 ls 2e5 feet ii length, with about So feet BEAM
81 ieee floor, and feet hold. The machinery
viii be 70 inches in diameter and seven feet stroke.
The hull is to be the work Of Messrs. p. j. How
ard and the engines are in the hands Of Mr.. D.
Long.
The Cincinnati Gazette says tile steamer Diamond
is again IN the hands Of the Marshal there being
claims against her to the amount Of 5000. She /
viii probably be sold.
An empty fiathoat broke loose out of the Lick /
ang and drifting tie rocks opposite that
went 10 pieces IN q short time. A singular phe.
sneEaepon was observed Saturday during the run.
ming cut at Licking river, lasting from clock n
z6hs aorning until noon. Numerous fish, varying |
d at1e and enslifY. were swept down the river on
sle surface ID an apparently stunned condition.
B sta aides Of the river wese lined with persons
sai clstng tlaan with nets and poles, and using
he 4. hands about two thousand were caught t