New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1860-11-02

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Departures To-Day, etcs, etc.
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Yesterday crened cold and dismal VITA black
and fhrestsniHg clouds alling the heavens, bns as
il u asw Tie snn To smile IS Is his wont upon the
dasYeg apart by orr uitisens 70 visit and decorate
thssiient cities Of the dead the sable drapery Of
tis sky moved sway about the middle Of the fore,
noon AID she remainder Of the day was bright and
cheerful. Tie air was just sufficiently cool to DO
hrarine ID Is Effects and, altogether the day was
one WIN calculated for business,
The landing wore an animated appeafance-the
ripper wharf partieaIarlys which was crowded with
freight sad sksed for its entire length by regular
and far tic NEST part irst=class packets The
MARY Kesne arrived u The forenoon with very
large lesd d cotton, having over four thousand
balss snugIy packed away.
Among Tie arriyals yesterday were the Z. NJ.
Kennett and Nebraska from st. Louis, and the
peytSHa from Louisville, ell with full trips of mis-
ceilaneous produce.
The Minnesota also arrived from Red river, and
reports three feet at the mouth Of that stream.
me Newsboy vas going over The falls As the Min
nesota passed down.
The ray packet Memphis, late cf the st. Louis
ana Memphis line Of regular packets, which arrived
here day before yesterday from St. Lonis attracted
considerable notice on the part Of our steamboat
meg and eur citizens generally yesterday. We
cook STROLL over this splendid boat in the morning.
andsf the pilotage Of Mr. James H. Tschud her
attentive and urbane clerk, and have only to say
that the 81. louis line Of packets have worthy
competitor and compeer in the Memphis. She
leaves FIJI ST Louis this evening aswiIl be seen by
referring to our list Of departures below.
Capt. Reuben 8. Sleads arrived in town yesterday
10 taks charge Of the steamer Comet, which will
be ovss on Monday 10 receive for Red river, for
which she leases next Wednesday.
WI arc panied IL BIZ compelled to record another
accident through The agency Of steam, resulting
III great less Of life and suffering. The regular
Memphis packet II. n. w. Hiil on her trip down
from Memphis when opposite College Point, about
sixty miles above this city, blew ont the after
head Of one Of her boilers, killing nineteen per
sons and sealding large number Of others, among
The latter Mr. Haynie the second engineer of the
boat, Who vas not expected To recover from his
Injuries The striker who was on watch with the
second engineer ut the time Of the accident was
killed. This was the second disaster which had be-
fallen tlls boat on the downward trip, she having
run Npon stump at Australia, knocking a hole
into her hul, which was temporarily repaired, and
sha Mas proceeding on her way down when lie
second Lid much more serious accident befel Her.
Capt. Packet. Of the Red river packet WIN. Nj
Lsyy. which was sn her way up The river, went to
the assistance of the Hill and rendered efficient
AID mid service to the sufferers, and turning about
t0wea Thu disabled steamer to this city, where she
arrived abont dark last evening. We refer our
re&dexs to another column Of the paper for fuller
particulars III reation to this melancholy causality
Tie damage sustained ~ the boat Il considerable,
ana gapfs. Newell and Booker, the first the com
rannder, and the latter the clerk of the HILL as
well as owners Of the packet, have the heartfelt
sympathies of large circle Of friends In this city
III lhe pennniary loss they must necessarily sustain
BIZ nlsans of the diasTer.
The Cincinnati Gazette Or tie 50th ult. says that
the sanny side his given ap the idea Of coming 10
New Orleans end lind hoisted her shingle for Mem
phis.
gspt, Wins Ghinkle arrived oil CINCINNATI on the /
29Eh ssEt,s ifaIn The suRkan steamer Fred Tron He
states that ale can be easily raised, and may be /
expeassa np there this week. The bell boat was
aloagAds 81 heF. and they we're confident that they
canl1 raise HUI hy Wednesday.
we learn from the officers Of the steamer Irnpe-
rials sayg tha Memphis Avalanche Of the 31st nit.
that TIE steamer Decatur. heavily freighted for
Mssnphiss sunk at Millikenss Bend about twenty
miles above yicksbnrg, % Sunday evening last.
NE haze nc further particulars Of this disaster, but
WI probably learn some thing further in regard to-
Il during tla day.
The Memphis Bulletin OF the 3lst ult SAYS:
Fhe river af ttfs mint et,t,ti,,nea u, raoa5la