New Orleans daily crescent., 1860-08-02
CRESCENT orYlcr, No. 20 Camp street, /
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Thrsdav, August = 1850. !
al early dawn yesterday the famous and fleet
steamer Cen Jno. A. Quitman made her appear
ance at Che levee with cargo consisting OF 1l3
bales cotton, 10 of which is of this years crop,
Met worthy of note. Perhaps the Lafourche, due
to-day will treat Us ID the way of fair receipt of
the new crop and the Newsboy and Catahoula,
from the lower tributaries we earnestly hope, will
40 likewise Yet we may not expect anything
handsome for weeks to come. The steamer
Chafnegt at present in the hands of the Algerines
undergoing thorough ovation will be relnstated
In the giekshurg trade, within a fortnight, 70 be
followed by the mammoth freighter Magnolia,
auder the snperintendence of Capt. Ihomassen;
The new Natehez, of pompous architecture, VIII
constitute brilliant star among ne numerous
vessels preparing to enter the cation trade on the
openinr Of the fall season. Much competition will
exist hut the heasy crop raised along the valley of
the Great Mississippi and It's tributaries will, doubt
Z lass insure to Ill il fair dividend. In the Red and
0nacllta sections cotton will be found in abund-
ance.
remarkable change has taken place in tile
weather. The atmosphere yesterday was decidedly
cool, with strong breeze blowing during the day.
How refreshing
Our readers viii perceive by an advertisement
III our columns this morning, that the new packet
Laurel Hill having been thoroughly repaired and
cabin extended, will commence on the ist of Sep.
sasnbar to leave here every Tuesday evening for
Fort Adams and the coast.
The departures yesterday were few. The steam
s Moro, for Red River, and the Sovereign, for st.
Louis, left With tolerahie trips.
The Nebraska has been purchased by Capt.
Heeder, of the steamer ID. G. Taylor. The Mem
phis Bulletin of the Sist says that she en- route
For ST. Louis, where hull will be built for her
upper works aHd machinery. Boat building, by
the by around Pittsburg, is progressing pretty
lively this season, there being ten boats on the
stocks, inclndng several sidewheelers for this
ket There are three boats for the Illinois river,
Capt. Woodburls for the Arkansas, and Capts.
Wlngates and Staples cotton boats.
The Planet, we understand, has been laid up at
Arkansas river Is now measured by inches, being
sixteen inches on the bars between Little Rock
sud Pine Bluff.
The steamer e. L. McGiil at st. Louis, on the
a9tt, was loading for the South.
Tie New Uncle Sam, Imperial, Hiawatha and
Gh0etaw, at last accounts, were aground in the
lesghhorhond Of Council Bend, The steamer
Henry Ghoteau, for St. Louis passed Memphis on
4 robbery was committed % board the Choctaw
on Thursday night last. The thief stole the keys /
of fle safe from under the pillow Of the clerk, and
abstraeted its entire contents, amounting to $500
ar $1,000.
The Mary Patterson sunk at ForsFtfe, Mo-, on
Friday last. Her cargo will be saved in dam
aged condition The boat will probably be total
loss.
The river opposite Memphis has become station
ary. with difficult ohaHnal from Cairo to the
moath. Al yet there has been no rise either in
White Little Bed, Arkansas or st. Francis rivers.
AZ ST. Louis THE river Is stationary with eight feet
and Aalf IN the channel out to Cairo. The nli-
uaa fptF - ialiliiE Win thirty inches III the cna
nei from the mould to Lasalle. The Upper Missis-
spri u falling from St. Paul down. with four feet
on the upper and thirty-two inches on the lower I
rapids. Below keekuk there is four and half feet
The channel The Missouri river is falling, with
feur and half feet seant in the channel from
Omaha to the mouth. The river is falling at Pitts
burg, With four and half feet in the channel. AT /
Wheeling there is six feet, with five and half feet
At Bleunerhassett. At Cincinnati the river has re-
seed Een inches during the past twenty-four hours
The Cumberland Is falling, with only fifteen
nchas oil Harpeti shoals. The Lower Ohio is fall
with four feet On the shoalest bars.
For Shreveport Shippers are hereby notified |
stAat the exceedingly light draft steamer Morgan
Nelson, Capt @. ". Dillon, commander, Mt. Alex.
Mitchell, clerk will leave positively at O'Clock |
this afternoon for the Red river.
Fred Iron Jor Louisville This evening, at 5 /
O'Clock; the popular and favorite passenger packet
Fred Trpn, Capt. VI. W. Fenton, commanders Mr. Il
Wise, elesk, win leave for louisville and inter-
mediate points. The Fred Iron is fitted up In ex-
ceIlent style, and has every accommodation and
applianee to render travel on her safe, pleasant
aud comfortable.