New Orleans daily crescent., 1860-06-16
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4SeuessxT The Weather.
tnps. II. shute ELECTED Rressdent cf the
sseansboNf Cnptahnss Kcpeyolcut AssScin-
ssssss4 Convention TO bn held at louisville 1
nssuntcfl froxn the Nexs Falls gffy--An- |
other Hcsr Bont for Red Rlvcr--CoHapf-
snrms paid the Hcass John Bcil, Ganaiaasc s. IS
fox the ErcHSssesscy. tho Stcasaef q. -.
ss7lsmnn@-GilPpIngs from cur hsxcne'ses
Departures To. s.siny. etc, So.
cssscxsr s;ss1ssi ssss4sas. r. June II is 1850 |
The weather Yesterday was warm, hat consid- |
erably cooler than the few preceding days, owing
IL tse nrsva1.,nce ofa ne breeze and the nteryen-
dan 81 the elotds. whieh yelled the sun at times
Rnsness + as dali on the levee, with bat few de-
paffafrs &iaa arrivals.
We learn that CAPT. r Shute has been elected
prssiasut ef the Steamboat Captains Benevolent |
Association. ID place Of Capt. y. n. Freligh, who
hss igned on account Of being absent from the |
nitv for SONS time, From the experience that
Cart. Skute has had in steamboat affairs, we have
no aonsst but tfat lie will make a very acceptable
President
WE have noticed the issae Of a circular from the
above Association, calling convention Of parties
interested, to meet in Louisville the 10th July
We hone thai the Southern steamhoatmen viii be
larrsiE represented in this convention.
s From the St. Louis Republican we copy the fol-
icMins in regard to the convention to be held at
Louisville
1t has been, and is now an established fact, that
there as more capital invested in steamboat stock
On the Western waters than IN any branch OF in
dustrq in the United States and that too, without
the lid off EoYefnment subsidies, but simply the
result os Individual enterprise.
This immense trade has been brought about
without any concert of action the part OF those
Interested. Tho great West and Southwest owes
ali Of its early and wonderful development to the
steamboats, and its busy industry.
Individual enterprise and individual effort have
uerformed wonders and was well enough in its
time, but now that Railroads have come into rapid
existence 1T behooves the river interest 70 make an
effort towards unity OF ction that alone can be
attained By concentration of capital, and an
earnest enfeaTor to systemixe the carrying trade
Of the Mississippi and oil her tributaaies.
By a dispatch dated Memphis, l4th, to Capt. l.
IA. Walton, We learn that the New Fails City had
passed that point and wond arrive in port on Sun
day evening. She leaves again on her regular day,
Thursday, June a1st.
MoEE Ngw RoATs BUILDING ABovE.-We learn
TINT Capt. VIM Hawk Of ST. Louis, has contracted
with Messfs. Belling & Baldwin, Of Louisville for
new boat, designed for the Red river trade. The
dmensions of this new steamer are as follows: las
feet on deck, % feet beam, and 81 feet hold two
sngtnes, l5-inch cylinders, 9 feet stroke; two boil
ers 10 inches ID diameter, 20 feet long, with cabin
cornpiese. 10 be finished BY the Goth September
next.
Cepi. w Mathews, Of Mobile, was at Louisville
on the 18th inst, on the lookout for fine steamer
for the Mobile and Alabama trade. he built the
Cherokee last season. boat as beautiful as any
floating on Southern waters.
late Pitssburg paper says that Capt. Mason is
constructing fine side-Wheel packet at that place
for the Pittsburg and 81 Louis trade. Length, Isl
feet, beam 3Is hold 81. She will be furnished
With cylinders lB inches in diameter feetstroke,
and three boilers 40 inches in diameter and 26 feet
long.
Dunont, Of Cincinnati, Is making the machinery
for Capt N. r. Dunning's new St. Louis and New
OrIsana packet. The cylinders win be twenty
eight inches in diameter, nine feet stroke, with five
boilers, fve fines each, forty-four inches in diame
ter and twenty-eight feet long.
The Cincinnati Enquirer states that among the
passengers by the new steamer G. d. Himan, on
her late trip from Nashville to st. Louis, was the
Hon. John Bell He left the boat at Smthand at
IL o'clock on Tuesday night, the 9Th; the lady
passengers on the Hillman sitting up to that hour
and eacorting him ashore to the Hendrie House.
where he received them in the ladies' parlor and
made d short and appropriate speech The ladies
represented saven States, and Mr.. Bell, in winding
up his speech, remarked that be believed no can
didate for the Presidency ever had at any time a
greater compliment conferred on him by ladies
than he, Mr.. B., had that night. Mr. Jno. Letler,
the proprietor of the Henrie House, at the con-
cuson Of Mr. Bells speech invited his guests into
the dining room, where they all participated in a
luxurious supper, prepared at the solicitation of
the friends Of the honorable gentleman who were
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the occasion.
Our Memphis eotemnoraries at late date, mott.
fed the pnblic Of their city that Capt Fl. W Smith
was loading his boat the s. II. Tucker, with an as
sortnent Of produce Tor Camden and ouachita
river. We deem it necessary to inform our Mem
phis brethren that the Ouachita is extremely low
and the possibility Of reaching Camden its highest
point, at the present time, is downright folly This
shonld be borne III mind.
We understand that the steamer Bostona a canal
craft arrived at Portsmouth on Friday last on her
first trip BY steam power. Her machinery was
built by Wech, Ireland l. Co., of Chillieothe. Her
boiler Is So inches in diameter with ues of 81 feet
in length 2Rd five boxes q feet long. Her cylin-
der ii an 8 inch bore, giving 10 inch stroke and
driving two feet screws. She made five miles an
hour. Her power is twenty horse, and propei her
Will ctSt lVuf Afics pcf Houf-t ISAotSuiHSiy PeAi
time, but perhaps suitable to the country folks
for whom she was built.
We give the following facts with reference to the
unfortunate accident which befel the elegant New
Orleans and Loaisyile packet Pacific on her way up
the river. Whea opposite Island IS she broke the
shaft Of her srsrhaard wheel which fell downward,
tearing out the inside Of the wbeelhouse and nearly
denoiishing the engine. A Louisville paper says
The wheel did not fall entirely through but hung
down in such manner to render it necessary to
cut away a part Of il to prevent its impeding the
progress of the boat.
The steamer Peytona for Louisville and the
Jehn Walsh and Jno, Warner were at Memphis ON
the 18th inst. The Monarch arrived at Cincinnati
on Wednesday last with a fair trip. Also the
Giaslator, Hiawatha and New Uncle Sam, at st.
Louis on the 18th. The Louisville packet E. H.
FairoAila will arrive here tomorrow.
The louisville Courier Of the 18th says
The liver was rising very slowly Yesterday.
barely &C inch in twenty -four hours with q feet Il
inch water in the canal in the evening The
was rather warm and elondy with q steady rain in
the morning.
From tszesSt Louis Republican Of the lsth inst.
we exract flse following
The river Ii again rising at this point. The Mis-.
souri, is reported on the decline The Illinois sta
Sfonarv and the Upper Mississippi il rising at {