New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1861-07-13

quite b deIghtful breeze was stirring nearly all
Siay.
Business. Is usual, was dull on the leyee.
The GeRsl Hodges came to the landing yesterday.
The Era No. e. from Red river, arrived yesterday
W from Jefferson, Texas, with d good trip. Among
her cargo ne note lot Of sacks Of -four, all of the
new crop that does not look though we are to be
starved oat BY Old Abe and his party. Her Cap
tain informs us that there is a large come
forward.
The Memphis Appeal Of the 18th says
The river this point y still falling att the
rate Ut one foot Id twenty -four hours. Al ST. Louis
ana Louisville the rivers are rising. "a
Business OF the landing yesterday was unusually
dull, The weather was clear and breezy.
The Mary e. keene arrived from New Orleans
yesterday morning with fair trip, Including fifty
hogsheads angag, lot Of miscellaneous freight and
d cabin full OF people. She returned at O'clock,
I. with u large number Of people.
The I'd. Howard has been laid up in the vicinity
/ of Fort Pickering.
The Louisville Courier Of the 9th says
The river continues to recede, with only about
thirty one inches water in the canal by the mark
Y. and less than three feet on Portland bar. The
weather has been extremely warm all day, the
thermometer ranging as high as ninety in the
shade, despite s light shower of rain at noon.
AT Cincinnati the river was at stand Sunday
with no business doing beyond the light trade Of
the shoai packets, and The departure yesterday Of
The Superior yesterday from Cincinnati was
rather late, having been caught on a bar some
whese. She il getting rather heavy for the stage
b of water. ssYs AZ aa5s5sSs N 81
s G ASALT The Sam Kirkman had the gates closed
on her yesterday, and was not allowed to pass
through the locks. It seems that the Kirkman was
drawing more water than there was in the canal,
and had to hire barges and tighten up. The cap
tain refused to pay canal foliage the barges he
had hired to assist him in getting through claiming
that It was neither customary nor just. In canse-
ouence Of this REFUSAL the boat held in durance
D vile abont eve hours, when the matter was ar
4 ranged BIZ agtual compromise, and the Sam went
on her way rejoicing
Pittshnrg paper teIs the state OF affairs at that
II great Black Repabl iean depot:
There il nothing at the wharf worthy of notice.
The river Is stationary. with thirty inches by
alie metal mar while the weather last evening in
Dictated rain. SaSSs H. S IL s,5Y
There vas not single arrival from or depart
IRE for below, nor IS such an occurrence at all
4 probable for some time to come.
Music FOR LAFeHRcH E.-4rhe fast weekly pas
{ senger packet Music Capt. jos. Dalfares, com
mandar, and Nj. j. 4. Richard, clerk, leaves posi-
lively Ill d O'clock this morning for Lafourche and
4 the Coast. s7ss5s
EMHIRE3 PARISH FOR THE LOWER AsF.- The
neat passenger packet Empire Parish, Capt. A.
y Grant, Jr., commander, and Mr.. u. Bayhi, clerk,
y leaves ut 10 Oclock this morning for all landings
~ on the Lower Coast.
EgA No. FOR 0EAcHITA RIeER-The very light
draught passenger packet Era No. Z, Capt. Len
Il Moore, commander, and Mr.. Ed. Burke. clerk,
leaves at s. O'clock this evening for the above
] taking freight as high as Trenton and Monroe.
IBERgILLE FOE YIcEsBURG The feet g. s. mail
y and passenger packet IberVille, Capt. j. . Brown
commander, and Mr.. John Coats clerk, leaves at
o'clock this evening for Vieksburg Natchez and
all intermediate landings.
TEXAS ron REp RIvER-The new and elegant
passenger packet Texas, Capt Ghas. w. Stinde,
Commander. and Mr.. ID. a. 0ryss, clerk, will leave
positively this evening, at O'Clock, for all landings
y on Red river. 8fSg
MARY g. KERNE FoR MEMPHIS The superb and
fayorite passenger packet Mary e. keene, leaves
for Memphis, Vicksbnrg, Natchez, and all landings
in the Bends, at 5 o'clock this evening. 70 such
az have been fortunate enough to experience the
pleasures of few days land her trips are only
Of 1 very few days duration In this magnificent
and regular packet we have said enough in an
nounoing the hour of her departure. 10 others,
We have only to say, try the Keene, and yon will
never Wshfor better boat on which to travel, or
more polite and attentive officers than will be
found in the persons of Capt. VI B. Richardson or
Clerks +. 4. Murdoch and ". @. Porter.
~ R.W. PowELI ron FoRT ADAMS. he fast and
unsurpassed passenger packet r.. ". Powell, Capt.
] WA u. IN Webbing, commander, having been put in
tiptop repair, leaves at 5 o'clock this evening on
& her first "Trip To Fort Adams, Bayou Sara, Baton
Rouge and an way landings " + ii Ii