New Orleans daily crescent., 1860-07-06
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axtersassF1ng the Past Six a&ousaas--koss a.
tlae u d. steamboat Wink Clippings frola |
ossf Excha tsges Departures To-Day etc. |
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The weather during Che two days past has been
hot and sary oppressive. The thermometer rua-
ming high up In the nnesies. Business has been
very dun, With few departures aud arrivals.
BIZ priqese dispatch we learn that the City Of
Memphis hNe been laid up et St. Louis.
repaft having got about thar The Imperial was
to lay mp This trip we are aathelixed BY dispatch
to Capt Weston, her Agent, that she left St Louis
yesterday she will arrive il time % leave again
on her regular day,
AZ tasc Convention III nc Captains Benevolent
Assoeiaszprh wisf neet az Louisville on the 10th
inst, W. gse III Of efdelegates Is far as ne have
learned, af tbe diifereat iradess
c. II Manshali, ", II. Whithenbery as,s Charles
Hayes. Re-s rfver. u w. Toxin ana j. O. shute,
Ouachita river. Ts,eo. Shuts, w. G. Wilson ana
r. d. EoIuies, vicksburg. j. b. Clarke ]. Es
White aag n. NJ. Wrays Memphis. VIM. Boya,
Bailey Jahnsas and Vim. Strong, Nashville. J, N.
Bofangr y. Rogers and d. Eeeder, ST Ilsuis.
a. +. Spngtss a. Biceis and S. Montgomery ssouis-s
yiIle. ~. Geiiier, T. Sherlock, " "a. Williamson
and !. Ps Sshentk, Cincinnati. CA. Draes, J. 4.
Stockdale and @. W. Neare, nsstsburg.
All MeHphis the sd inst, the steamers W. N.
srboT,as se, Jol,,s,,,, ,r Nas.
vilIe as Jabn pralsh sor II. Louis a,rsyed from
shis ciiS. Iac Walsh iiselsc rged at Memphis some
s5 TINS Of miscellaneous freighs
Tho steaxnsg Chouaaw Seft st. Louis ON Sunday
last With i heevy trip for this market
THg Iasotss. Hr, Caors, Erc. With ssne exception
OF The upprz RED rives counties in Texas, where
. considerable quantity Of rain has fallen during
the sess;,r. coraylaiiss come NJ, MS from every
sasrter of that State ef the prevassnce Of drouglt.
me chances fcr III average corn czop il considered
,sxtremels doubtful. Cotton. it is said. looks 5e
slI, and as VIZ shows but little fnssca-
don Of h%virag suffered from the drought. The
southern pefsior Of Arkansas hss been visited with
abantls ii Fans, and Tile result is that The corn
crop bids fair to he unusually large.
= The 81 louis Railroad Line packet New Fails
City will arriye here to.rnorrew.
The sssainer Tort Waysae, rom Cincinnati with
cargo for New orleans, ii htfeag hard time of it,
She grounded "a the Flats sn Friday last, and up
t8 Saturday morning haa ns prospect W getting of
ME Louisville packet d. a. Adams at last accounts
= Is aground al Flint lalaRd, some distance fren,
the channel
The Ga,ndsn Star says that the cetten crop above
The raft Red river Mas ebled itaef Ii six years,
and III aast ysas II eKceeded 50. 600 bales.
The wseckof the Ben Lewis, at Cairo, is sunk in
-2255 fEsef IN exchange says. Capt. Ross,
Supervising Inspection Of the s.. Louis District, is
resssssioa a. sorse evidence Iii relation 10 this
terrible acedsnt which viii not be very acceptable
I'd dc parties Interested, when tile facts are de-
seIoped.
The Steamship Charles Morgan, Capt. Lawless,
arriqsA yesterday. ana brought into our midst
bale oi eoften Of the new crop It is from the
plantation u X. f. Waiter ESD, LaYaca, Texas,
and, VII understand. consigned 10 parties in New
York.
ESQ IxEEass MEETING. A meeting Or the Engi- \
neerH of Pittsburg WAS held on Thurday, for the
purpose 81 cooperating with associations already
sUrrnsd or to be formed, al ST. Louis. Cincinnati,
Wheeling and 81 ports Of entry, the object Of
Siich Ii w prevent the abuse existing Id the pres
ent manag enient of steamboat proprietors. The
meeting was organized IL liz appointment Of VII
liam Doyle, President, and James w. Billings, See
retarv.
The xew AIbany ana Portland l,ar i sutting f,pt
viii. .s,,t,,,t sg fst in fe channel nm sat.
r,sav ast' 'Fs = F's s'''''''s' W
RIVER Dis As7sns 1,ayn sSs TINE PAST SIX MoNrHg.
rbe fs,,,ris, q sl,s - snst frra;s,ss
f tl,,. aersn,,s IN, 81
rise III, mast ss ,,o0tls gro,,, ~
extracf he Following recapftulasion: Steamboats,
,,,ss ssd 10 hos ass, s5,,l-
$ ~, ''a.st
M / as s1a0 ssaalA, "a sQshsfolls, burned, ~
susk on f'ais = sasisR ~ storFass explosions,
4 machinery hKokAn, I0; collision with bridges.
10sal. rs Coal .boass lost u ilatbeats and
paEgess n \; tnhaher of aires lost s6. Estimated
asssssssega gate less - s7s2s 500.
From piissfgtrn ia laaYn that d Cart
q I IS ,, 49, s.
'ss'S' 4 W. 4 ss NJ {
new COTTON Hoat inside ~ sixty days She is de-
signed fi3r tile Alabama trade
Va laar,, 8rnu, las 81 I.s.,is adyiess tl.at t,s
4 a. MONT, az e;ra p;yas ,s,,
basl hs, ss IN, III, ti,,s
r,x n ts5,ayn, IA, st,,raa ~
X ss, =, s.s s,.,s.N Y. n ~ ss
q. Is. Miner, ne man whose tprpunde, as ex-
hstited lately IN the steamers Bay City and Ben
Lewis atafr has driven himself int, solitude for fI
,,rass IL s III iF;.,. h;r,t ,s,4i1 III s., r
=, s. !, o,si :,
w. " sls Wlish he aha Teaenea
nian,s estztss s Memphis exchange says that he !
nas acegmaaAsea Eors'me estimated at Y O0o Or
oser' Is haHs hamsen in tlle iannied
that faoaey affords, and il not much al.
ieosea onf MsJ er sAe o1isf' W re Indignation
nfensea akxzu5t# nits.