New Orleans daily crescent., 1860-07-12


Whe New Fails City--Dispascaa from the
Iraperanl--gIfppEngs Grona Guar Exchanges
s~Deparsures To-Dax, ete.
s,Rssorss oyvacr No. 20 csrnp sssss, /
T7e weather yesterday wss clear and warm, with
pigasant breeze during the day, which made II
agreeable to those who could remain in thc shaae,
Basille IS was duh on the levee.
Among tie departures yesterday was the iayorite
packet New Fails City, with her cabin iual oi pas
ssngers and coed freight.
The great Imperial Of the Railroad Line wan oe
i, purt during the day, IS We learn by dispatch
received. she leaves again on Saturday, her
regular day FOR Memphis, Cairo and ST Louis.
Tssr5. A. CorTgS -lFesr Log Pressure for the
8s,r f3J5aasas and Bago,t Sagd Maj 1rdde.-A
i,ew era Has dawned upon the river trade and
*asl f tlle West in the shape Of swift, safe,
aisxlIed passenger packets aud Capt B. banoue,
President Of the New Orleans and Bayou Sara
Ma Line, has Just closed contracts IN ths city for
Tic finest boat that ever hoated the Western or
Southern waters. He started to New Orleans sat
arday evening haxng eontraesed ior low pres M
0Fleans and Bayou Sara. She IS to cost about
$i25, ,n0e, to take the place Of the D. Il. henner,
and n point Of speed elegance and SAFETY; ; VII
far surpass all that have gone before her. When
she taxes the track the question of superiority OF
speed will soon bs settled
The new boat has been very appropriately
fS0tIGns uiteT Lle lLiG idHicuttA NdpAt
Gotten. President and founder Of the line, name
fevered and beloved by all who had the good for
tune 10 know and associate with him. She y to be
an excelsior passenger packet, with rooms Tor one
hundred and twenty passengers, and 10 be pro-
PEELED BY low w-pressure machinery, to be built By
Denis Long, OF this city, formerly Roaeh e Long.
+ The famous foHndrymen who constructed the ma
chiaery for the Water-works- The cylinders are to
BE each forty two inches in diameter, with eight
feet stroke, 10 be made under the superintendenee
OF theodore S. ScowdeD, Esq, the Engineer land
Superintendent Of The Water-works, in this city,
the finest and largest in the West He also put up
and planned those at cleveland, Ohio. and other
pIaces and is conceded to be the hest engineer,
and the most skillult and scientific in the West. He
has also the planning and superintendenee Of the
new locks to the Louisville and Portland Canal.
Under ibis direction, the new iow-pressure machin-
cry VIII be success, certain.
The hull Of the Il. A. Gotten to be constructed
( BIZ ID. 81 ]. Howard, and the oabinand Joiner work
complete BY II. SfcClaran & Co., who viii make
perfect baat nos To be eciipsed By any afioat She
IS to be very stauneb, extra ironed and fastened,
with IN easy model aild immense power. and will
be ready TO make het first trip the Ist OF Janu-
sIy 1857 She il to be built under tile supervision
0f Capt. Isaae Hooper, one al The chief owners Of
the Iine, who has already hafissx boats construct
ed under liz care the d. u. Kenner, Crosse Tete,
aAnrei Hin, Empire Parish. Ibessie, and Acadia.
OH press ure. tile IA viii be taken
10 New Orleans when compietdds by Capt. Hooper,
ana then transferred to tho command CT Capt Y.
b Baranro. who Is well known in the trade as a
skiful. prudent popular commander. She is to
carry the mad ID place of the Capitol making day
light trips every nthesr dag louisville Courier.
ssfsfSYD lltc st Louis advices we learn that the
MissouFi river packet 4. B. Chambers, was dispos-
ed Of st slesia i sale to Capt. Q. W. Bowman, her
late owner. The price was SIS 600.
The louisville packet woodford is en- route for
Ills metropolis The steamers Judge Terrence,
Alisa and Cty Of Madison arrived at Cincinnati on
Sunday last
Capt Reese Pritcllafd's new Arkansas river
packet Chester Ashley was launched on the 9th
inst, al Cincinnati, from Messrs Hambletonis ship
yard.
Tobacco IS brought to this market from Evans
vile at S6 per hid.
The following we clip from the Louisville Courier
of Monday iast Il alludes to proposed width of
the locks e the Portland and Louisville Canal
THE EEw Locks 10 THE CASA Some one sign
Ing himself A Practical River Man, Y in com
niapieatien. thinks the new locks to the canal
should be 100 feet wide instead Of so feet, and
adds by way Of encher, that certain parties n
In St Louis are about to come to Louisville to
build Boat 81 feet wide. If they should come,
III advise ahem to bring the cash to pay in ad.
ysaees for no sane parties hercabouts would hazard
slseir labor ARD material in constructing such a
nlgnstFnsty Without receiving the cash in hand.
s We gliink boat on these or any other waters, 96
4 fest wide, would be the most impracticable thing
that could be conceived.
\ The Eclipse fhe largest boat ever on the West
S esal HateFs,swas not near so feet wide, and the
present Magnoia, lie largest il service, has u
ieEt beam with guards less than 16 feet wide (she
walhs water wheel with only 45 feet bucket)
which makes ller extreme width about ~ feet.
e do mol think THAT the treat Eastern. the ieEia-
than Of the ocean, is ever SO feet wide and We as
sarf Tie fact That sheFe has never been beat on
tlA Western waters as wide as a0 feet.
alle steamers Now Uncle saHs, Planet and I'm
paliai fsozn st Louis. are doe here tomorrow.