New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1860-10-16
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The weather continues coldand wintry. iesser-
day was ABR ght, cheerful day, bRt the uneleuded
rays Of old III were insufficient to neutraise the
keen meetings. Of due nortaer. Business was
unrnista, Sably dulion the landing With the exeep
ton ii he arrival If cotton packets withf fair
loads Of that staple, there nextto nothing Done
yes serday. There was fair number of depart
urses leaving tie levee, wearing threadbaro APP
p earance, last evening, s,
We are pleased to notice that the steamer Ben.
j j. Adams, having been repaired, viii be at the
landing this morning to receive for Louisville. She
| leaves on Thursday. Captain sam. Lawson, hay
inn taken command Of the Ashland, will have her
river. She viii leave for Alexandria tomorrow
evening.
Capt. Ash Hopkins, of st. Louis, has purchased
| lie Cumberland river ana New Orleans freighter
/ Scotland paying therefor 10000 She is now lying
at paaucah being put in excellent repair, and will
4 soon enter the ST Louis ana New Orleans trade.
4 Tho VIM NJ Morrison arrived hence at So. Louis
4 on the 10th inst. ana was advertised to leave on
her return On the nth.
Il The City of Memphis gotoff from Birds Island
where she has been aground for some tirls, on the
9Th inst but was again aground at IsIanda4 ut last
accounts.
The Pittsburgh Gazette has the following inregaT6
to new boats new in course Of construction there:
G In passing along Dequssne Way we observed rot
less than five new crafts in course Of construction.
VI The first, named the Sunshine, is a large side
wheeler, measuring 30 by So, and intended to run
as passenger and freight packet on the Missis.
sippi or Missouri river. She is being built by
II George W. Willard, of St. Louis. The second,
\ called the John T. McComhs, is a sternswheeled
boat l5s feet by 30, and will. well as those that
follow, be an addition to our Pittsburg tonnage
4 She viii carry passengers anu freight, and belongs
to CAPT, Murray. The third is new sana-boat
Il built for this vicinity, and owned by company
Y The fonrth il large and powerful steam towboat
to be used in Transporting barges between this
/ point and the lower cities She belongs to VIM. H.
| Brown, whose works are some distance up the
Monongahela. The last is a stern-wheeler, chris
tened the FertP Pickering, designed to ply between
this city and Memphis. She will carry freight and
| passengers, and belongs to a company Her dinlen
sions are l5s feet by 1872
The ST. Louis Republican of the 5ltl inst. says
River at this point falling very slowly and calmly
\ yesterday, with little over five feet on the bars
to Cairo Last arrivals from abeve report over
feet Low stationary,
four feet only to this port. The Hawkeye State
Y was drawing but three feet ten inches and her
officers found that was quite enough. The Illinois
i is pretty low-the telegraph REPORTING only TWEEN
/ ty-two inches, or SO, on BeerdstoWn bar, a2d
| twenty inches on some bars above Peoria. The
Missouri has improved little, and three and half
| feetscan be found on any bar below Weston, and
/ perhaps above, too. The upper tributaries are
again low, as are also those OF the Missouri. The
Ohio, we perceive by the telegraph, is again OF the
decline and the extent to which the rise attained
will not prove of SURPRISING benefit either to the
/ Lower Ohio or the Mississippi.
The weather is glorious Indian summer is the
| word; 1t reigns supreme, aud affords an ocean OF
| delight to all admirers of nature.
Business has net altered its aspect much Of late.
Great quantities of grain, etc, still 60 Soath-but
I there is not half the amount arriving from the
North that would come, were the Upper Mississippi
In good condition for boats. The low state Of The
Missouri and Illinois great drawbacks, also, to
our commerce IN general.
The Padueah Herald Of late date has the fol-
flowing:
nrday last from the yard OF the Messrs. Murray.
4 1t was truly splendid and successful one, and
many hundreds of cur fellow-eitizens were present
to witness it. The length Of this boat is $50 feet
beam 10 feet, depth OF hold feet 4inches. She is
intended to run between ST. Louis and New Or
leans, and is owned by Edward Walsh, of st.
| Louis. Her construction was superintendent by
| Capt. German, Of that city. The contractors for
her cabin are Messrs. Richards Il Richardson, OF
ST. Louis, a firm well known for their skill in the
construction of steamboat cabins. These gentle
men made considerable Roadway in the perform
ance Of their contract while the boat lay on tie
stocks. The bull will be Immediately towed 10 St.
Louis, where she will be finished with all possible
dispatch to enter her destined trade. We venture
the prediction that more substantial hull is not
aaoat on the Western waters.
Glt0,naer for Ficks5,trg.-This new and magnifi-
cent U. S. mail packet Capt. W. O. Wilson, com
mander, and Mr.. Richard Holmes in the office,
leaves at o'clock this evening for Yicksburg and
intermediate landings.
'1teaigH fer 81. Louis. The regular swift and |
lghtdfaft passenger packet Twilight, Capt. Thos.
Scott commander, Mr. Jerry hiiliington, clerk, |
will back ont fer S.. Louis aaid Intermediate land
ings att o'clock this evening.
Anglo. Safor, FOR Cincianati-This fine and COM
modious passenger packet Anglo-Saxon, Capt. Il.
K. Hazlctt, commander, leaves for Cincinnati and
Louisville at s o'clock this evening.
Lafotu.che for Ldfotu'che,-Th fne passenger
| packet Lafourche, Captain A. Dugas commander,
and Mr.. Il. Latapie clerk, leaves at o'clock this
! evening for Lafourche and intermediate landings
/ e. ~. Posrel for Fort adams. Passengers for
/ Fort Adams will remember that the fine passen-
ger packet R, W. Powell. Capt. s. Heno commander,
leaves at s o'clock this evening. Mr.. Alcee Grass
| oficiates in the office.
Rcd Chief No, for 0ttaelaa.-The very light
draft and swift passenger packet Red Chief No. Q,
| Capt. J. G. shnte, commander, and Mr.. G. II.
Kouns. clerk, leaves at o'clock this evening for
| Harrisonburg, Trinity and intermediate landings
on the Ouachita and Black rivers.
Shipping alttelIigsnte.