New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1861-04-10

our ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS To-day, etc.
CRESCENT OFFICE No. 10 CAmr-srErEr2
Wednesday Morning, April TO- 1861.
The weather was pleasant yesterday in regard to
everything save the dust which was at times almost
suhocating Business on the landings wore an ap
pearance of greater activity than on Monday, and
the departures were quite numerous. We give the
following list: Lafourche for the Coast, Comet,
Homer and Louis Dor for Red river, Paul Jones
for the Ouachita, Vicksburg for Vicksburg, Ed. ].
Gay for st. Louis, and the Chancellor and Peytona
for Louisville
The lower rivers continue to rise rapidly, and
dispatches received here from the Arkansas an
nounce that tributary to be bank full.
We learn that the owners of the John Simonds
have concluded not to build new boat this season,
but expend $4,000 in repairing the Simonds. This
will make her as good as new.
On or about the 18th inst, the small stern-wheel
steamer Chippewa leaves for Fort Benton, at the
head of Missouri river navigation. She will be
crowded with tourists and naturaliss, and with
emigrants bound for Oregon and Washington Ter
ritory.
Capt. Harry SPOTS, it is said, intends building
Noah's Ark for the old Eclipse's machinery. Ac-
cording to some accounts the new craft is to be
able to carry $500 tons, or about Is 900 bales of
cotton. She is to be sort of hermaphrodite
affair, like the the D. G. Taylor. The Great Eastern
will have to take q back seat
The steamboatmen's demonstration in St. Louis
the other night, in honor Of the election of Mr.
Daniel G. Taylor as Mayor, on the secession or
conditional Union ticket" already announced by
telegraph, appears to have been splendid affair.
Yawls were decorated suitable dresses for the diff
erent tableauX prepared, transparencies painted,
and all sorts of devices COTTON up expressive of the
feelings Of the different parties engaged in the cele
bration. A little before nightfall, an artillery
salute of $50 guns was fired on the levee After
dark. the whole city was in blaze bonfires lit,
Roman candles exploded, sky-rockets sent up, and
public buildings illuminated,
| The only drawback to the success of this turn.
out was serious one, and connected with an Incl,
dent alike disgraceful to ST. Louis, and insulting to
the Confederate States, whose flag was dishonored
| in the procession. The circumstances as related
by the reporter of the Journal, are substantially
| these Captain Newell of the steamer IT. R. w
Hill, had displayed the flag of the Confederacy at
the jack staff of the hugh yawl of the steamer and
after the procession started was ordered peremptc-
rily by the Marshall of the evening, to take down
his colors, which, not being able to defend against
Journal rebukes this wauton aggression upon
our flag, and very properly calls on the people OF
| st. Louis to publicly repudiate such an unworthy
and cowardly exhibition of spitefulness. We await
| the response
The Memphis Avalanche of the 6th says:
The river at this point continues to swell at the
rate Of about six inches in twenty-four hours. A
st. Louis the river was falling slowly on Saturday
| with plenty of water out to Cairo. It commenced
to rise again Saturday night, however, and we may
| expect big river at his point.
| The Arkansas river contains fine stage of water
and is rising rapidly,
| Business at the landing Saturday was very dull
| The weather yesterday was again wet. A violent
i storm of wind and rain visited the city about c
o'clock last evening, tearing down signs, uprooting
tires, and playing the mischief generally. Nc
boats were damaged but all caught in it were
| forced to lay up.
The Cincinnati Enquirer of the 9Th instant says:
The weather yesterday was cloudy and warm
with indications of falling weather AT Pittsbure
| last night the river was feet and falling. Al
Wheeling 10 feet and falling, with II feet and fall
| ing at Parkersburg. The Kanawha is stationary
with feet from Charleston TO the mouth. Here
the river has fallen inches during the last forty
eight hours There is feet in the canal, and feet
in the steamboat pass over the falls. With light
offerings for above, freights are dull for ST. Louis,
/ with far trade for the Cumberland, and only
moderate offerings for New Orleans.
The St. Louis Evening Journal of the 9th says:
i This forenoon the clouds assumed dark and
threatening aspect, with indications of rain. The
atmosphere is heavy and warm.
very little business was transacted on the land
i ing this morning. The arrivals and receipts were
unusually SLIM
Freight offerings are scarce to all points.
4 Inc stream here has been stationary since last
evening, with sufictency of water in the channel
cut to Cairo for all navgable purposes.
i The Upper Mississippi is on a stand, with ~ feet
on the upper, and feet scant on the lower rapids
late St. Paul paper says: The ice is mostly
out of the Minnesota. That river will be ready for