New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1860-07-16

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Arrivals for tlse yYeeiz-Rfver Failing
| Weekly Receipts of Produce = Eroceed-
/ ings of tfae Captains Convention at Lon
isvIlle Nv Dispatch from the John Ruin
Drosynets-Tiac Steamer, Atiautio Laid TIs.
Departures To-day, eve.
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! Business on the levee has diminished during the
week as will be seen by our receipts below.
The weather continues clear and very warm
During the week the river before the city fell {
| inches and is now Ii feet 10 inches below high
water mark, The city remains perfectly healthy
and we hope may continue so.
The number Of arrivals last week, ending atnoon
Friday was Is boats. bringing the following re-
cepts of produce: Cotton, go baes molasses,
656 bbls.; sugar, III hhds. tcs and bbls.; Hour.
Is, l23 bhls. bacon, ZIG hhds. and casks hagging
100 pieces: rope, 1880 coils oats, 1892 bbs. and
sacks: corn, $4,000 bbls and 1861 saeks lard,
CTS fierees and bbls., and 100 kegs; pork, 1876
bhls. and tierees; tobacco, 1900 hhds., and wills
ky, 2S45 bbls.
From the Louisville Courier we copy the follow
ing proceedings of the Convention now being held
at Louisville by the Captains Union Benevolent
Association:
Fist 9sf%1e Delegates and members e. this association
Office The Pos ece Bhe proseere; opened
Tts ten ora ed by he elesoh Of he lo" p oo w
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The following is ll list OF the delegates iii ateadance
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Why II il Newell 'Ns 's'' : " ME "'li"'
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NJ brown Thos shefloa y i iiss.' 80 ''-A
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Nsw s. Albany. g, 4 eshin Bggdon F 1syden
G. 5 Rogers J. D. Woods II. Thornburgh i. r. DIN, II H.
aMy asa n 1 a" Tf shss oa"s p Warner y wa1
New orleans-AieN Norton ]. q shntc A. pagas, Isaac
SasESills-w@ n Strong VIM. Boyd, b. Johnson F Wood
op sSs,sa-s I ain aaGe
ceilings II III laeeiins New oesns T eo,a a Re
Of three from each trade represented called draft tariff
NsM orIeas lled vacancies l''0i'F'
when having made their they adjourned till o'clock
this "wednesday morning The convention also adjourned
sKcoSp Yesterday Tie second day of the eonyen-
Nenre Of Pitsburg only representative rom hat Quarter
and The assembly numbered niayone delegates representing
The assembled at the usual hour the freight
convention during lie day various speeches were made
py numbers n lie convention
also read from he Engineers Association.
"a ts % AGENTS md their, M
fs9 Is s shd re- e again M
were unanimously adopted
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60 se to The q This Convention over said
Rte Thai copy Of the resolution signed by the Chair.
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Or more q The Louisville papers " coma,
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1At agTs the usual bouf yesterday
n9I Fl FL. ri EsefiSsl f. report q i,s
tplsiaared Flsastoty q iii trads i'''t
maoti sal tale instead of She woiitas rule lcreofore
The Convention took mp The resolution in regard to passenger
agents s q agents he latter sas rejected and
The 1elsenee action the Convention in re-
gard e aSetls Ns iot called ut all s southern delegates
The report committee eyise ways anil means 10
tain the acs q The Convention WAS adopted and thousand
6apf sriy oieeta resolution which that The
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u sS e. az q s sS y e.
sea ef 81 s s Il @ hgs
En- as s hege they would form an association similar 10
ion Of Capt Spots resolution was aiopfed in tn or
q ont proef form Of shipping for deck hands
The Sonseltioa peyons Adjournment, voted letter Of
Rd GSpay a aa ap 9S
i a s g ees X ss on s lines They
The great Atlantic of Louisville and New
Orleans n0torietY, has been laid up until fall at
shppingsport, Ky, after making brilliant cam
pagn and winning high name with both shippers
aud travellers along the route. She has run, this, /
ner hrst season. through without damage, or I
delay, or any mishap whatever, excepting the |
prostratien of her chimneys ia the terrible tornado
here . few months since. We learn that the net |
receipts OF the Atlantic amounted to S35 0t0.
This result is highly credtable to the energy of /
her commander. Capt. McGill, q most efficient /
steamboafman.
We see it stated in the New Albany (nd1
Ledger Of late date, that Capt Richardson's new
boat, designed for the Bend trade will be launched
rom Messrs. Dowerman& Humphreys shipsyard /
On Saturday next.
TIE BAY CRY AFFAIR-Mr. Williams, survivor
IF the Ben Lewis disaster, publishes terrible re-
oinder to the late card of Capt. Miller, of the
'teainer Bay City. 1t appeared in the St. Louis
1apers. t
DRowNEp.-The Memphis papers of Wednesday
tate that while the packet Lady Franklin was on
Ter way down the Ohio. Mrs. Coleman, who with
our children, had taken passage at Cincinnati for
Memphis, threw her youngest child into the river
Ind jumped in after it, Bothwere drowned before l
hey could be rescued. Mrs. Coleman was Ia puf-
init OF her husband, who, some time since had de-
serted her.
The steamer Edward j. Gay arrived at ST. Louis
IN the 18th inst, from this port.
The Ben, j. Adams, Capt Riehey, will arrive +
lere Tomorrow from Louisville, heavily laden.
The body of a female, badly burned was found
toang in the river by the hands on the belI-boat,
rear the Tennessee and Kentucky line, ON Monday
The body, Which was supposed to have been that
u passenger on the Inflated Ben Lewis was
carefully inferred.
J, The gallant Louisville packet Woodford Capt
lLsgin, Is en- route for this market with a full
cargo, consisting of over 200a barrels potatoes 700
barrels pork and 400 head OF mules The latter
we're taken at rs per head.
Al Cincinnati. on tho lltH instant freight offer
ss for this metropolis We're fair and rates firm at
me following figures; Whisky, 81: pork. 9lc.;
ioilr, &C.,; barrel lard, s5c.; lard OIL an To- kea
ara3 e9e; pigs feet, per keSs 25c.: hutier and
ser i@ l0c.; bacon, - 100 pounds s5c. east.
nsss per 100 pounds; 75o.; lard erees, ner tieree
y bedsteads, In boxes, 5Hc, horses per head
40; bar iron, per Loo pounds. 5te.
THE RsgRRs.-Tha river opposite Memphis. on
'atufdag last, was feceding slowly at the rate of
bout three inches In twcntg-four hours. White
liver, ut last accounts, was declining, with -four
setWater in the channel to Augusta. At St. Iouis
ne river Is falling rapidly. 1he Illinois is also re.
eding, with three and half feet in the channel !
Peoria. The Upper Mississippi and Missouri are t,
50 falling. The Ohio river is falling from Pitts. :
arg to Louisville, and rising slowly below that !
oint. with three and half feet at CaseyYiile five
Scuffietown and six at Flint Island.
Crosse Tie fi. Ramon Sy9so The larra fre;oylt !