New Orleans daily crescent., 1860-08-20
Ribet Antelllgsllfs.

| .Is nj s,cnmcrs- -The steamer Southern
Sold--Tbc Captains Benevolent Assoeia-
lion y New Tariff of Freignss
oie NY gusl.,s l,ssa Wexv TTncIe sam
| and Imperial Clippings from our ES-
| eihangcs-Departnrcs To-day, ese'' ese
s,v.,rs- ,yy,cr. No 10 Camp street.
Monday, A"sns' ~ A'0o' }
Business connected with the sse'a,no,a's aih
be seen by our figures peloW''s NV pee'' e''i
the past week very ae aetife.
The prospects OF the eohil,is SEASON are 4ui'e
tiatterlng. sooe etop VI eoeeoh mas oeeu
raised, very soou crop " sugar Is IN prospective
ana large ofop - s's'i les oee" laAseu' @iii'ii
| VII cause siie posss y ilaYe cohsiaefapAe ao"l
ire.sne
N 80 - ~ tes y -
rtlass are o9o24osies' asaiis' ~ oaes ios .ne
sallls peIleo ise year. hhereceip's ol ne" ee''0n
iast Wees were 4Szs haies.
Ihe health OF the city continues 70 pe sooa'
The weather has been seasonable, feeling mach
like the fall--that is, in the early morning ana
evenings Light showers have occasionally fallen
within the past week, but generally the weathef
has been clear and pleasant
4 sA good many of the boats on the other sue Of
the river are preparing for the ensuing season.
4 Ihe river before the CITY mas Ialien fourteen
inches since our last report, and now twelve feet
ten inches below high water mark.
Ine arrivals last week numbered twenty-five
boats, bringing IN the following amount OF pro-
dace: Gotton,tfl6 bales sugar. 3ls hhds; Mo-
asses, iso Dds; Flour, ll,4ls epis.; Bacon, Sss
hhds, ana CASKS Corn, zl,Zso SACKS LARD, "a
eerees ana oeis.; oats, 1i,os4 SACKS; FORK, zioo
nbis. ana terces; IoDacco' 6s6 ihds; WHISKY, 40
dds; and wheat, l9a Dds. ana SACKS.
Inc steamer southern was SOFA ias1 week 10
Messrs. Leblanc Y oo. 1of saooo' Ihey INTEND her
| Tor the cotton seed uade.
4 We are glad to notice that all Of our steamboat
| captains haYe enrolled themselves as members OF
the Captains Benevolent Association.
\ we learn that the new tariff OF freights that has
4 lately gone into operation have been fully dis
cussed among the shippers and merchants Of this
city, and meets with their hearty approval.
| By dispatch received on Saturday, from Gin
cinnati, we learn that the new, light draft pack
| ct Countess had left for this city.
| Among the arrivals in town we notice that Of
| Captains A. Dugas and A. A. Barnes.
| The steamers James johnson, JAS. Wood, East
| port and Red Rover, we learn are to run in the
| Memphis ayd New Orleans trade the coming sea-
1 son. MI. y. Morgan Smith has been employed as
| clerk OF the James Wood
The Aleck Scott, Of st. Louis notoriety, is to be
converted into freight boat.
| The Cincinnati packet Stephen Decatur, Captain
Bart Leiper, cleared for this emporium on the 10th
| with TOO tons. A splendid trip.
| The Silver Wave, ut last accounts, was hard
| aground on Seuffletown bar.
| Capt. Staples new side-whee cotton boat, build
ing at Pttsburg, Pa. viii be completed dnring the
present week.
The Cincinnati Gazette says the NJ W. Thomas
was toEed up to dock ON Wednesday last. We do
not know what disposal will be made of her, but
suppose she will be dismantled.
Capt. ". 4. Dunning left Cincinnati for St. Louis
on the 10th inst. His large and elegant packet
building at Cincinnati for the New Orleans and St.
Louis trade, will be named the Clara Dolsen after
the daughter OF a welI.knovvn ,narcbant of tb;s
~ = % i'hsli' vi 'nis
city,
Capt. Chas. Coles telegraphs to Cincinnati from
Memphis that the steamer Fortune recently sunk
ID white river cannot he raiscd
NJ, - 80 v ~ S''AA'o w .ateeu.
ihe Upper aisslssippi steamer War Eagle, has
been particularly unfortunate the past few months:
as will be remembered, in the early part of the
season se had er cabin ora 5oo1- H. -
$3.50 sAs 20 ~ ean,n anu ueeh down OH ny
tornado. Her luck still follows her. Since she
came out, on her first trip up she was detained
several ia VI on tbe Fonids ana ,vban j
-;r,a H. 7l.,,.I-. 20
~ sioe, sue ofohe ner shaIl IN packing out
ifona shofe, ana was ooilsed 10 reshp her cargo
and return down the river for repairs
The Pittsburg Gazette of late date saws busi-
ness at the landing vas evtrama11 dn1l H.
"'i.' 'iie ohei-
ihss y Heisll = oells very Aiiiited.
The steamers New Uncle Sam and Imperial ar
rived at ST. Iouis on the 18th Tho tsSann,, vii; ,o
m 4he doclra there tn te oxtarsi,.a,
60 " W os iepafeo anu
hSea up, IN order TO De IN proper condition to en-
ter the Napoleon and New Orleans trade. She
will run in connection with tbe Gen Tno A fpit
mon ond v;a1t,r,, ta,-;.,,. -. .,ss...s =.
Is Iian %nu loAsps n''eiaS peen chartered Dy
Capt. Jno. cannon, the owner OF those boats. The
Imperial will be repaired and repainted also, for
the Memphis and bend trade.
sr. Lorrs, Aug. 1.-THE river here ren.;,s |
stationary. The last arrivals from below report
1eet ~ the channel oat 70 CAIRO. We last evening
meole clark Of tbe ohn Walsh II dated Eairn H.
Ieth. stating that the Walsh arrived al Cairo Nas
terday afternoon. She found 81 feet only in the
e =, y ges.as loM me
The Illinois liver is falling steadily. with a foot
in the channel below Peoria and 80 inches between
peorla and Lasaile. The Upper Mississippi is fall
UDper and rs inches on the Lower Rans 9a Rsln, te
Keokuk there is 80 feet scant. The Keokuls pack
es naye very scaht water 1or the amount of bus