New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1861-01-24
CRESCENT OFFICE, No. 10 C4aP STREET, I
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Thursday Morning. Jan. n 1861. )
"When uiN it cease raining p" care we neyerto
see sunshine agan?' y " What horrible weathert7
and other kindred sanwiched in between a multi
tude of less elegant remarks and comments on the
weather, met at every turn in peregrinations
on the levee yesterday. 1t is week ago today,
since the sun has smiled upon us, and in place of
his genial rays we have been drowned in mud,
fog and rain. The clouds lowered all day yester-
day. and about the middle of the afternoon COM
menced frowning with a gloomy prospect of
deuge ahead. AS we write, however, the wind is
changing and indications are favorable for clear
sky to-day.
Business OFF the landings yesterday forced its
way ownward through mud and mire. The
crowded state of the evee compelled the boats to
discharge and make room for othefs constantly ar
irving. Consgnees were compelled to haul away
their consignments, and shippers, seeing no pros
pect of an abatement of the Storm were com
| PEELED to fill their country orders and ship. The
| arrivals were numerous and the departures fair.
| A vast amount of business is, however, awaiting
clearing up time, and the first week of sunshine
which ensues will smile upon week of almost I'M
exampled activity among our river steamers.
The planking of the landing still groans under its
| heavy weight and although the departures of last
evening left few vacant berths along the levee,
| a heavy tonnage is still in port. Let the bowels
| of Abolition croakers continue to ascend-let the
| CALLED jades vince" let the Union slide the
| South was never so prosperous, business never
| livelier than at the present moment
The receipts of cotton per the arrivals during
daylight yesterday were upwards of 10000 bales !!
and every arrival reports the banks along all the
tributaries crowded with the staple awaiting ship
ment.
Among the arrivals yesterday was the fine
packet Frolic, from B9uf river, with upwards OF
2IOO bales of the staple-the largest load ever
brought out of that tributary. The Froc is a
new boat, with the most thorough going and
competent steamboatmen in charge, and We are
pleased to see that she is appreciated in the trade
for which she was specially built, and to which
she has peculiar adaptedness. The Frolic is re-
ceiving and will back out for Bnuf river positively
at O'Clock to morrow evening.
Speaking of good trips, we are reminded that we
neglected to note the fact in our last issue, of the
arrival on Tuesday of the Yazoo with the " ban
ner" trip of the Yazoo river. She brought down
the largest load of cotton that ever came out of
the mouth of that stream. Keep the bales rolling
The staunch steamer Robt Watson arrived from
Tensas last evening, with l247 bales cotton-a fine
trip on a fine boat, commanded by sound steam
boatman and true Southron. The Watson returns
to Tensas on Saturday.
The Judah Touro from Camden, Fanny Bulliti
from Louisville, Grand Duke and Countess from
Shreveport, Violet from Cane river, Milton Rel
from Minden, and the New Sam Gaty from St
Louis, were among the other arrivals yesterday, al
with good trips.
The Rclf left Mnden on the 10th inst. andreport
the Bayou and Lake at flood tide and still rising
rapidly. Red river also rising fast from Loggy
Bayou all the way down.
The steamer Clara Bell was unavoidably detained
last evening" but will leave positively at 10 o'clocl
A. NJ. for Black and Little rivers.
) Tire Ohio river was rising one foot in twenty
four hours at Cairo at last accounts.
Deck.hands are scarce at Cairo and boats ar
subjected to great Inconvenience therefrom. Tn
City of Memphis lately backed out from Cairo wit
her laborers aboard.
j The St. Louis Republican of the 18th says:
: The river here was stationery yesterday.
sweed one inch during Tuesday night. Up to l
Z O'Clock yesterday, the swell amounted to 2 g.
. inches in tWentyfour hours, and the river was tW
9 | and half inches above low water last December
y There is fully five feet in the channel out to Cairo
u Between this port and Alton there is eight fee
I | water.
II The gorge above Alton has disappeared, but no,
far up the river is open is matter of doubt.
The Minnesota Belle left for Grafton last eve
ming on an exploring expedition She will doubt
| less return to-day and report progress.
= The steamer AID. Hine is preparing to leave fo
Hannibal. We very much doubt if the river
a open that far up.
" OF the condition of the Missouri and nlino
5, rivers W e know nothing.
e. The weather was mild and murby yesterda
# until towards evening, when the wind we're
~ around to the North and became colder.
ol About one inch of snow fell on Wednesday nigh
which nearly all disappeared yesterday. The leve
and streets are very muddy, and the weather We
=, altogether unfavorable for business.
Il The Memphis Avalanche of the 22d says:
A. Tee river at this point is still swelling very RAJ
"' idly, and large quantities of drtWood are hoatil
past A portion of the paved wharf is already !
.7 undated, and we doubt not that we shall base
~ flood before the water subsidies.
ls The last from the Arkansas say that there a
* four feet to Little Rock Heavy rair.s have p
~ vailed in that region, and big rise is confden
100 anticipated.
55 Business at the anding yesp ,r.ay was very bri
more activity being dispia' red than we have 81
any previous day, this So .asou, The weather '
warm, clear and Pleass' #.
so The only shipment Of cotton Yesterday was
ia pales ior the 4LlS river The receipts were
,gs bales o "
5f we maze othing later in regard to the Cora
maIo lies perfectly easy, according to c.
552 r I;TMs&s Of the 1ngomar. The rapidly swell
us ~ fill, however, render it impossible TO II
h*E .nt next summer.
90 Important legal Opinion.