New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1860-06-28


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"a II Depaxssxss Nvtzays ssf.
osssusss sssssrs. 90. 70 Camp ,s sssees,
Tha zea(her yestsrday opened y olondy- harav
4. III, rorp;nr Z shower Of rain accompanied with
liaasninE apa shundsf, passed over tue city whoa
idslaaea sta cleared tho CATERS, impaired cooler
f;aps Il the atmosphere and iaid low Tie dust foE
al,'af xajch tavors We, Oh the part Of our 8 cons
sHslost3sy III express our heartfelt thanks
Business wss dull on the levee.
f,Snt. John n. robir takes his departure ior
foxisyiaIe Ills evening on the Diana 20 look after
bia ueH packet now building
The nFA M 3was scid last Taesday 70 parties
Il TSxss. The prlca paid was 5000
fss d. b. Adams leaves louisville to-day. Sue
Nh arrive Ii Zine u leave on her return Trip next
a
4Ae Alaznzs!s river has again come 70 a stand,
Mis ssfss and half feet water to Pine Bluff, and
lHfs6 ieet thence IL IittIe Rock. Tie steamer
Eine Hlnif, ii LAST accounts, was ct Napoleon
z8a'iihg rsas. HaaEg rains have prevailed ahoxa
Fart Smith.
From iii Louisville journal Of The 25th inst. Nj
Isarn tAat lie steamer Chancellor. which ieft
Eoniaxils hi Saturday for this mort, brake siaft
4 u tlae ono md returned for repairss
mi sssansars Belfast and Mustang VIII arrive
here tosaay rom the Upper Mississippi;
Ehc jain .. Roe, for ST. LOUIS passed Memphis
N N cnday laas Tire Railroad laEAs packet New
FAl1s City discharged SO saeks saH there for
4 Aesazss aassHs Wood AZ also some fity
pdsssrgesa shs haa ~ board the broken shaft
d Inc ssnamss Gs5sr Rapids, which Will serve as
she pattern ioz u iIS one I'D BIZ cast 1T st. Louis
Oh he azIxsl n she Memphis mail yesterday,
siA sas Ns III y ri y i Railroad, NO succeeded IN
gaining sulls osmation in relation to the explo-
siun III fsss aESAmer Ben Lewis. She left Memphis
al SD last Ear 81. Louis with about seventy
vn paa and 4 small amount of freight, and
exfltzi her boilers when IN sight OF the Cairo
NjSz n Skcnt ; o'clock Monday morning. She took
iFl 81 al wards ana burnt to the waters edge.
Il lis MslnpAiz Bulletin says
81 III isssss forrnati6n had been received III Tho
civ IN 10 aneafly hour this morning, either re
the names on exAct number OF victims by this
10 forty lives were lost. Dispatches received yes
i kazsisy morning BY Capt. 4 II, Marshall. Of The
steamer pivAey. state that Capt Holmes Manson
ee1imaldsI, hE. Harris, second CLERK, frank DeF
<he missing. Another dispatch 70 cuT neighhors o
7He A5Eas mentions the loss of the mail agent, Sc
epnd ID ING chamber taaldss Capt. Williams
"a b2uisTil He etaer With MS wife, two daughter
md IN D Jafsssg chi dren Mr. Patterson s. Mar
shssll assE alSrk was badly injured, bnt will IN IL
probability recover.
1t Iii known that at the total number of passen
N Ssfs iii h0as NOT more than 1--WE or six Of WHOM
Z we're ctissna Of Memphis the great naioIif
eadhafKea tai points between this and Cairo, an
Il Nv IT'LL more than prohable that the nboy
s8tiinass viii fully cover the number lost.
Me shajL aonbaless, be ia possession 81 full par
aicularz concerning tie disaster in time fol- on
\ next issns.
Tis BID. Lewis. we think. was ID lser third sea
son asa buiIt at cost Of 500 900 She was owno,
hy ths sFe4nlis ana Sc Louis Packet Company
whose loss III amount TO fully 500 900, as she wa
H8t insured against explosion.
Il NEw CHoss The drought in the vicinity o
& Ainaens prevails to an alarming extent ant
~ see stated that no amount Of rain can bring on
same a. tha sFops, The ground has not beel
! thorenshy wet since tlae planting season. Min
4 den paper Of the 18th inst. says;
W.T. have II the HISS few days seen fields Of corr
\ literally burned up, and will not mako one bushe
n mar acre. then, With good sessions, itwould have
made Easiss or Hfteen bushels. This, We arr
{ happy g say. is not general thing, though we
iaFe MT heard Of my crops q this section Of fle
county fllat has hot suffered some. We are in
formed that cotton is not seriously injured.
iii Madison pafiAlt corn never looked better than
Il t,lis time. and there i no danger Of . short
&YSald. Cotton Il growing dnely, and when the
rFep Ii gathered The amount will prove that Madi-
Hill n ans Of the largest cotton growing parishes
d Louisiana. Tie Journal says that We may CON
aenty state shat Instead Of short yield Of cotton
fsorH WI III W shipped To market than ever known
hefore.
III. Ersnefs river. lit last accounts, was reeeding
with fi8e iees water to Linden. We have no intel
li&snea from WHITE river, The Ohio river is falling
With thres sid half feet water at Pittsburg, and
iii ssas at 0inoinnati Cumberland river, on Sun
dsy iii. I'D falling rapidly Witl seant three fee
\ water 81 The shoals,
ME sowhpat u d. Calhoun, Capt. Porter, hay
ipg Tia ship Orphan ID tow, while descending TIL
river on Tuesday hight, near McGallsa Flats, som'
twenty I've miles below This city, came id collision
4 wsfll towbcat Jas. s1ay, which had ID tow ths
British Ahip Thorwalsden. from Liverpool. Thu
4 ship Qrphan Loaf ben bowaprit, nlizsen gallan
nsass, ana Was otherwisa damaged.
The IhorsNalden lost all her starboard rigging
bark sES ys. Kpta work and the quarter boat.
The Orphan was brought back to the city by tht
ssikonn, fpF THE purpose Of undergoing repairs.
CAPT. Jola A. Gannon Of the peerless steamer
tsanaFai John A . QnitmaI, was 4 passenger on ths
New Unrle SAM which left last evening. We IN
derssand ihat ho has purchased one-half Of tht
sarn. md dssgna placing her ii the Bend trade d
HSe opening Of the fall nompaign In the mean
she vim BIZ laid Up Oh her arrival NJ st. Louis
there 70 undergo 3 series Of repairs in order Il
eapa itate hsr for The conveyance Of cotton.
The Aemphls Enquirer Of the goth says
AHA rirsr opposite this point il stationary, with
Z god channel from Cairo to the mouth,
The Glaoianasi Gazette Of tho 25th contains the
Hsll6NIng
here was no improvement on business on the
HlanKf IA SAtarda yet regular though light ship
Azsnt continues, Boats for New Orleans and ST.
Louis manage 70 get tWo-thrds trip after laying
b west {0r JIG S 2
~ Hstshnfg there Is notsing shipping, and to
Nashyille khe shipments are light.
se NaHthar during the past two days has been
dry ma warm.
fhe isouisVilIe Courier Of the 25th inst. says
ne river ~as failing pretty FAST Saturday, with
h]1S feat inches water IN the canal in the even
S1E hE Ehe maEks During The previous d hours
fde river a1 Eilon two inches at the head Of The
fails, equal TO seven inches at Portland The
y " md dry, hui quite cool for The
5oka 4. Qaitnauss stoa. Eggs Posnt-The
ea2s ana uurIyalled passenger packet Gen.
AIsiilaaR, Qaps : 81. isise commander, leaves To-
51AX hi IS ofrlaek 10. M fir f44s Paint and infaY.