New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1861-04-11


sss,e WAGER The departures consisted Of the En-
s,irc Parish Eor tfis lower Coast. W. Burton for
riVer. sSgn NaiHa fol Cairo, Choctaw and the
Gladiator IN ST. Louis. ne Burton had . fan
sfs 8 III III Tile Mary y. Keene arrived YES
Viii gake prorsa ence, having made the
if FSsn this Oft Proyidsnce aud bsek in
I'LL III s''S y : h's'' st s'ss' d's= =
The fiae i'd led river and the prospect Of
a brief ID reghts has induced Capt.
" tazse % bis old day saturday
Asfd mike #essssly trips to Shreveport with his
ibid sessss aeket Strand Duke. The &. p.
is aa# reeeiFsng at the foot Of Gresham street,
arls VII leave for RED river at s O'Clock On satur
day evening next. ard on every Saturday there
after daring tie season.
We ma the blowing paragraph in the st. Louis
RenubcSn III lite 9Th inss- and hasten to call the
& attention Of oar southern steqmboatmen and St.
Louis ii NJ tie manner in which the asneade
honorable made ~ St Louis in the case of the
insagt To fEfs Southern flag Of the Fl. r. W. Hill,
3 ali nsiun ID Nilseh We made yesterday:
sALugas sEE, "A salute Of five guns was
fred lcvse tevening front of the estab-
ishmeut Of hr. Eugene DoDzelot Nc. South
Eevee. NV aEessrs. Wilson, Besis n Co. and Alex.
i Runyan AZ Cos the former steamboat chimney
painters end the latter coopers. The salute was
for the steamer Champion, which boat did not ar
rive ID tbs port time to join in the procession on
4 ThursdRy evening The 4 hampton returned the
compliment in some excellent music. One gun
sag sirsd for the steamer H. Il. W. HILL in eopii-
ment 10 the good sntentipns of the officers of that
steamboat insfle part they took in the festival.
There seems 10 have been slight misunderstood
in Between The Marshal of the procession and the
officers Of The q li. which has been explained to
the entire etipn Of all parties concerned.
The slight misunderstanding y alluded to, CON |
sisted I'M the pulling down Of the legitimate coors
of Kern boat in d foreign though professedly
friendly, port; and one, the firing Of single pop
Aalate was scarcely adequate to arrange. The
officers ana crew Of The Hill had at great expense
fitted DIP FlSeir arge yawl to join in procession
gotten UP nv the steamho atrnen then in port as d
compliment to and q mark OF their satisfaction in
the election Of conditional aecessioDist to the
ofiee VI mayor Of 81 Louis. This fact, in itself,
made Nd think the hosting Of the Confederated
Hag, by HE officers Of tie Hill, at least appropri
ate, AID compirne ntary to ST Louis. The right, /
however. of steamer hailing from port in the /
neW Ganfsderacy, 70 exhibit the flag of the Nation
should have been an aIlauffcent protection ia the
case of the Hill and the circumstances attending
HE .sslight mignnde Fstanding spoken of by the
epnbiican demand fun xplanation to satisfy ali
parties concerned. Y down here.
from oar At Louis exchanges Of the 9Th inst.
We clip the following items:
The river here fas commenced rising again Up
ITO Az o'cl0ck yesterday morning it had swollen Sd
inches City EBEineArs lneasurene MT and was then
s36 feet inches above low water mark in Deem
The Illinois river IL rising, and Is at high tide
from Esasalle DOWN.
The Missouri river il abont stationary with Az |
feet in the ehannel from Beyeanwort to the month.
e. Che n Gather is very fine and warm. Some rain
seHl OH Thursday night, but yesterday was clear
aRd ane, and altogether favorable for business
which was brisk On the landing.
The New Uncle Sam and D. G. Taylor left for
New Orleans yesterday, loaded down with freight
.and stock. @
The Upper NJ isaissippi il reported low and fall
inc, with AZ feet on the upper and 81 feet on the
Bower rapids.
d The Memphis Bulletin Of the 9th inst. says:
The weather yesterday was cool, and business
oH the Ieyee rather active. he river is rising
me rate ef one foot In twenty -four hours From
a dispatch from the Rose Douglass, from Little
Hook we learn that there are feet waterat that
place, and stil rising. The season is unusually
foTw ard in Arkansas, and planters generally had
diHished their corn planting, and are now ready to
plant cotton.
The s5aisyille journal Of The 9Th inst. says:
riyer continues stationary at this point, with
Ssetsa inches water id the canal The weather.
Was aH8rn and spring with hight fall Of rain
last evening.
At Pittaburg at noon yesterday the river was
Falling, with z feet 3 nches water in the channel
at Cincinnati, 5at The same time, the river was
falling, having declined inches during the preyi-s
Gus t#entyifcp hours.
LAUREL H1LE FoR FoRT ADAMs-The regular
aId gasorite passenger packet Laurel Hill Capt.
foHsS commander and Mr. j. P Mumford,
clerks leaves at 5 o'clock this evening for Fort
and Tue coast
I ADIA FoR Dom LDsoNyfLIEss4T The splendid ms
eket Aeadia, Capt. Joseph Vincent, com
Hsaliaer ana NH. ~ Dupuy, clerk, leaves at lo1
spseloek this aorning for Dunaldsonyille and the
stsst.
Any r FOR LAFouRcHE The regular ana fine
passenger packet Mary n, Capt. j. J. Brown,
commander, and MI Es Iatapie, clerk, leaves ats
o'clock this evening for Lafourche and intermed
ate landings,
vs. IxE ron ATTAEAPAs The elegant, feet
MD asineh passenger packet 4. d. Hine, Capt. Z
n. r 81 co. nmander, and Mr.. j. j. Akin
ssns g.lerE leaves at 5 o'clock this evening for
Atta kapsa VIII plaguemine
TEss non REp RIvrR-The new and pretty,
fsat popular passenger packet Countess, Capt.
Ge5s Wilson, commander and Mr.. A. 81. Bay
ess, eerk leaves at o'clock this evening for Red
rigars
EAsgforT roR NASHVILLE The stannch, fleet
Iand gegalaE passenger packet Eaatport, Capt. e.
Foods commander, and MIR. q w. Harrison, clerk,
leaves 4 s clock fhs evening fol Nashville ana
Sintermedlata landings
JAMES MoasgaoAEssY voR LoutsyI The SD.
payb, feet and tavorte passenger packet James
Capt sam. Montgomery. commander. 4
ansi likes and Walker, clerks. leaves At
a 0iack eyening for louisville, cairo and inter.
rcd ate landings.
Z 4 Il VA
zTRroinE u BfIssIssIRPL The Yicksbnrg sun /,
of MaEday fast has The following
3 WIG seaIn from the Union Springs journal of the
9th Stat Mi Th6s II. paulk Of that place " az
EilIeal hs bis brother WA. Paulk on the Thurs.
day pseSiSus, The family consisting of the mother
fso hY0ahRrs, sFife of VIM. Al. Panlk and Joshua
PaEslE, sssae al breakfast. Rising from the table,
.I0sh1a FassE and deceased had retired to another
HanFss and sseFe seated, canyersing when William
81 paaIk tsEstefed armed with d d0ubla.barreled
hDt gris-s tspesaNneed deceased for having threat
eAed his life AsEd sMore he would XIII him FIRST :;
TeEesad hs nd and fred, first one barrel and then
tae other, bet shots taking effectn the face The
deceased wito at Ut tefinR d ward or attempting ID
rise fell ifeless 10 the door The assanltipg party
with his wife, edistely fed, and have not since
been heard FROM
tIe cause which led TO the unfortunate affair
says tlie journal all IL conieetpre No ili-feeling
Of ii sefiops character is known TO have existed
between ftlase brothers, who have long lived
and been i1 daily h7tefcoprse. +,