New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1860-06-04

from ked RIVER nave tntu"sh = FAis"sS ss as
the probability of passing that serious oh
,ar,,o axtant nf conntry in mo na;ghhar.
staoe. = Is,
hood Of the RAFT Is ihsefoepteo toftuous bayous
axnansiye hikes and secret channels, whose intri-
80. ,,,..s,, +. .,a,. h.st
cave ~ .',ess sSsN
quainted win tne topegfsehy Oh tnai region. EH-
perieneed steamboatmen announce as the resuit Of
!. 1orr and carefl x,nra tson slang she net. crorS
',s
OF 1akes ana STREAMS, Una. ny eue'!hg 9hahne'
FROM Red river, above the main body OF the rstt,
into Scots slough, o distance of three hundred
~ laat 80, a., y. Il, ssat ,ssoS- can
aeess eosss .'s".''s aAol ~ y - y .:
pass INTO tke upper lieu, @au Tue whoio % os'oN
north of eastern Texas and southwestern Arkan-
sas he ertened To markef This is an Important an
- sipsn,9 70 81 !, 90 -. -. 10 xssaetad Nv
AioaAaNs..saes 4 = aue1 = - .
SO small an outlay as will be requires 70 open
new channel it cannes be doubted that it Will at
, 10 accommodates anf, The fertile regions above
= .t;r,,,,,s n sbe busv world
fafs WORK WIN leei my ~. III
from which 1t has been SO long oae oh. tos ''io
aeneft of steamboatmen and merchants who may
1ay ar ,as;rp husi,ess connections with this new
7sss " aes'i a. !, ,t ,,a, o,sa
country we eAtracs ~ uesat.a 60 .. -
/ suggested by two experienced and sonnd minded
gentlemen Giants Geo Alban and Joseph B0is-
- a,,,,ear ,boronob,v ACQUAINTED with the
seau' "ho appea' NJ Iyaaao fsh,avo.
upper poihts q Wy - - oa1o
4 por) Gazette Of late date Aas the iolo"iHg
] Iy,,on ax.sm;nat;on If al the bayous and lakes
| an both sides of tbe river made by myself and
Cant "a Gearce Alban. we have found only one way
Il which navcation can be made to lastany length
/ TX t;me and With Z small outlay Of money, This
, toe IL " tnrn out If Rea Rayou Al Stump Dam
Ravou which i three miles below the head of Red
| Rayon: through Stump Pam Bayou into Black Lake,
foliowinr Rack Lake around by the hills by Mrs.
HagcertYrs Mace and turning out at the mouth of
Keiiys Bayou to the right into SCOTS Slough,
which runs up by the old scot place. ana comes es
Wltn1n tiiree HunufeQ steps Vi heu sNSi ~ tlc oiu
any n lie hayons cone to Red river that have any
depth Of water in the shallowest places At an
ordinary stage Of ws.er mere Is 81 s abse t
ant Of the channel to make coed navigation for
light draft boats, and boats to this point
whenever they cancross the bar at mouth 81 BACK
Bayou 49,. .ho a,stonea oross q No river
il only three hundred steps. being very level light
and sandy soil. A ditch can be cut through at
very little cost. wl se 70 eas .h claI
th hi nlacs and eomina in at bend in The river
| where the current sets into the bank, it will very
soon wash out deep and wide channel and think a.
MAKE tne Waaer mucn y W.
tha baa Il Ras Eagan and eisht miles and three
/ quarters above the present raft it having formed
nearly one mile and half this last rise. think
w My ss i NJ Id raft mt In time II
t,oi "a Hi III III fhe head of Red Bayou This
C8H NC thsWo ~ q Soce Y. W
and i the raiI y aol removed s.a " asea s W
aIose MI IT, MIN tsL - Iii IL nroha
i BE Judging from the manner in which the water
forces itself toward the hillsthe labor and means
will not have been thrown away, and we Will still
/ have to clean out bayous higher up on the same
| side of the river, and pass through those same
| lakes and bayoas that we opposed for this route.
The VALPARAISO fIndl Republic reports the APP
no arance If a steamer ON the uuiet waters of the
-, ast,,;.,t e a.a,,ara
hahAahee, w sle ua'ei n y" 800
along its banks. 1T little thing, only thirty
| feet long. and was conveying men and provisions
III a. ~. .;n,h,. na,,;ons ,.,hara tb.
" IL ~ - eue $50. .1ss,'ns'
| owners lhtehd procuring Wooe 70 supply = liar8e
| contract with the Illinois Central Railroad.
At Louisville on the sfst ,,lt the river was fall
~, slos.1. ~ aIn,ost ;ronereenthlv
ihs eio"ist ~ as sas a'oa
leaving traction over six feet ana haii wafer Y
the canal The Mississippi before Memphis at last
accounts xvas ris;ne ~ tbe rate Of six inches in
-, :. - 49,,
iWehty-lour hours. 1he present SVEN ~ IRON 'he
| river above Cairo and the Cumberland, whose
/ banks are reported overlooking.
Arkansas river remains in the same miserable
boating condition. scant two feet to Little Rock,
with thirty inches to PINE Bluff.
| The New Uncle Sam was at Memphis On Satur-
day LIST, preparatory to leaving for New Orleans.
The steamer National arrived at Cincinnati on
Thursday last, with large lot Of cotton for Pitts
burg.
Ine oihclhhau commercial Oh the tss mas ehe
loilowlng river news;
% ra e TaII;n q p;ttskra With 10, Il ~
/ channel. AL Wheeling. there are 81 feet and fall
ing It is also receding at Parkersburg and Maret
"a Ine ha.awaa y ialllns, WIN % ieee scam
falling steadily with sI feet in the canal. The Gum
| berland Is rising, with feet on Harpeth Shoals