New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1860-09-03

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Monday. September s. 1850.
neliA8 sne past week business has been dull,
and the weather val ' warm.
This number OF y rrivals during the week amount.
% % thirty -sax bpsts bringing in the following
efHouus OF produce / Cotton, i9,Ios bales; sugar,
sxs pcgsacaSg and harssls snelasses, Iss barrels (;
aoWs ~ ss2 ba rals, tobacco, s71 hogsheads;
Wheass 2sa sasf sIcorn, 1919 sacks; eats, 15,-
~ sackss pr ~ 5Bi4 barrels and terces; bacon,
azls acgshea <ss lard, SIS tierees and 2los kegss
islS q siiss tagging, 200 pieces and WHISKY
577 barrels 7F7e es'p
aiie stea mers Cara anderson aFd Jno. Werner
feft ais On Lib asth for this port The Alon-
~ Child VAS afnohnced 10 ieayc on the SIS.
Gapts &c HI Kbsas and Jas. G. Shute, Of this
c.sy, y ass At tho Broadway Kotel, Cincinnati, on
IA A 4. McaaE and 5no. ]. Roe are reported
agr0 3ash at Turkey Island.
he =. 3. n. Hil is "a route to this market.
~ IqtE Memphis pa Friday last, and will probably
arriya os,aieks.
The n ew Alha1y Ledger says:
Tho B.alsic, Peytons and James Montgomery are
fast @srow the city undergoing thorough repairs.
A7ae VETO 61rmer heeded but little repair and the
york on them Il about completed. The Peytona
AAs sendAtgcne spine slight changes, and like the
&salf3c h as rood rs new, and presents 6ine APP
weAfHnssn. The Montgomery has been overhauled
from Ntem 10 stern, and from bottom to pilot
th0ases Her hnllis said to be entirely sound and
psIfSE&. Capt Montgomery has had new wheels
lplaceI II her neE chocks pnt around her guards,
new decks, and viii have q pair Of new chfmneys
tiesasea IN y tel days. All of these boats, with
The Pacific, Johh Raine, R. ]. Adams, Autocrat,
IS Woodforu IKE ircMiid Fanny Rnllitt Atlantic Diana
Saratoga and chancellor, win enter the trade from
New Orleans 81 soon as there Is q sufieisncy of
water and basiugss. 1t will be that there will
fourteen boats regularly in the trade,
and probably the New Uncle SAM, Magnolia and
Others may comt in,
Gspt.Jno. W. Tohin's new boat for the Lower
~0uarhita river ha5e was to have been launched
on thu Isl from Messrs. Towards ship-yard.
Gaps. Wm. Lamb, agent Of tho ST. Louis under
writeaRh as retutned from the wreck Of the sunken
Choctaw, and succeeded in retaining $500 worth
tof bale rope without damage.
A mos ement Ii ON foot to plank the top Of the
lsEae sat Cairo. The probable cost will be about
$500. @
Capt. W. Z. Hamilton, late Of the Switzerland,
was in ST. Louis at last accounts. and we under
stand ~ 10 take charge Of the office of the Railroad
Line packet Belfast Capt. H. is one of the Oldest
ana most exp erenced clerks on the Southern and
Western wat4ra
The fylluwing ar the official proceedings Of the
nboafmcn meeting, held in Cincinnati on the
51th Viii:
AZ general meeting of steamboatmen held to.
'Aaay, IHeSpNoWAng resolutions were unanimously
adopted: sgas s
Rss0lBed, Thkt whereas it has pleased Almighty
sen 70 Een0Ee trom among us Jacob Strader, one
of our most prominent and enterprsiDg citizens,
whose hume IL Identified with the commerce of the
West, and who for more than quarter of q CEN
tarys Al an owHer and master Of steamboats,, CON
tllbHted largely - the development and prosperity
.of the xaitey a the mississippi,
ReseavSa, That the character Of Jacob Strader
% too well and widely known to demand at our
hands any words Of enlngy,
Res05ped, That az remark OF respect to his
memory, the steamboats, in port be requested to
carry their flags ct half mast during tomorrow,
the day Of bis funeral, and that Captains Stein,
Naare and Logan be appointed a committee to no.
fify the boats 68a8
ResQlued, That tlle masters and owners viii at
tend the funeral.
Rasegvsd, That TIE proceedings Of this meeting
~ PUBLISHED III the daily papers.
II. XzasHS, aecesary 7i's hoeA' PRESIDENT
ST.. Is,Uis, August 31.-The weather yesterday
was II the hottest. Business Is improving, and
matters have taken quite a lively turn. There ia
ar abundance of freight for the South. The Mem
phis, as #eA ~ New Orleans packets, are doing
line business, and more expected.
10 change 10 report in the rivers. The pilot Of |
TIE john H. Riokey, reports VI feet below Cairo, |
aud falling, aNd feet above Cairo.
e LerssFfEEEE August sI.--Since Wednesday eve
ming to last eFeBiHg the river had risen one inch
at this point, and there were 3 feet 10 inches in
the canal whdn We left the landing The weather I
was warm and anitfg last evening, with indications
oi rain, but np rain. AT late hour the sky was
perfectly clear.
Z CnselNsA ATT August 81. The weather was clear
4and warm yesterday. The river is stationary at /
PttsbHfgs With 9teet in the channel last night. At
Wheeling tnAfe is feet and at Marietta and
Rarkefs burg feet and falling. Here the river
was rislng yary slowly last night, with feet III
the canal.
MEMPHIS, Sept II The river opposite this point
WAS dadlsng iAst evening. There was a report in
taae ritE yesthrday, that there had been an eight
foot rise iii tile Arkansas.
Business "a TIE landing was rather active yes.
terday In qlr local columns win be found an ac- /
count 81 ahe feceipts and shipments of cotton by
river for The season.
4Acdlzia fr Bayou Sdfa.--This evening at
ccleck the sAfe and punctual packet Acadia, Capt.
Joseph yinbent, commander, Mr., Alcee Grass,
clerk will leave for Bayou Sara and Coast land
ings-
Alanesoid for 0petousas. The regular passen-
ger packet Minnesota, Capt. n j. Whitworth, COM
ssaaader, MI Lowenstrem, clerk, leaves for Opel
ousas and aEl way landings At o. clock this even
ing. III
A7iglo aSato,as Express Liue Pdcket, for Ci,scin-
ati. This reliable and favorite passenger packet
sglo Saxon, Captain H. K. Hazlet commander,
/ yes positively this evening at O'Clock for Gin
i aali, Louisville ard way points. She has neat
50 enger Accommodations, and Is a general favor
nh paesengers and shippers.
I'LL Y Gasg, railroad Lire Packet, tos. ST. Louis
,aso rod The splendid and frat-class passen-
+ "a, sket Ed J. Cay, Capt Bart. Bowen, com
srlaer Mf, ], Brooks, clerk, backs ont tomorrow
r. for ~ landings up to st. Louis. She
) lare eand exceedingly neat and spacious cab
adnira Aly appointed, and arranged for comfort
d eonse nience. Travellers who secure rooms
Il find - erything they can possibly require for
cir eoirfoa and entertainment on the trip, and
~ WIFI ali 70 have clever officers for travelling
rnpanious. The Ed J. Gag connects with the
ifersnf faiffs sads for all points North aud East
ssenasrs cAf procure through tickets by apply
I III Till oliics ! Of the Company, No.eGl Camp b
rect r
E1ssaa III NJ Loasss.F--The regular passenger
lcket Enssna. w, IT. u Carlyle commander, Mr..
ia. Fitzparsid. I'll srk, leaves for Cairo, ST. Louis
ID ssas arA.nas III IL evening at 5 o'clock. The
NINA has GOOD ano comfortable passenger ac-
,nanodaiiehs, and 4 ill put travellers through in
God time.
Gen. Qnihlsass Jor b. reensi2e.- The great Bend
acket tieH 0uislnan, apt. ]. W. Cannon, COM