New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1861-02-04
cREscKNr OFFICE, No. 10 CAN'T STREET,
Mn,,dsy Morning fSeb & 1851.

1sae I'm II ss--gEfc Esfvers-@ATatters at taon
vilie--Departur To-Day, etc. /
Mondas Morning, FEB. 4 1861.
The weather yesterday ana on Saturday was
dark AHA dismal, with Indications of q brewing
storm. The lesee on Saturday exhibited an aP- /
pearanee Of great activity, although business not
less brisk than the two or three Saturdays pre-
cedng Business indeed, for the past week has
not been % active as the preceding week although
the reesptz of staple produce foot up large totals
as will be seen by the following recaptulation
Cotton So ,254 bales sugar, 69lT hilds molas- |
ses, IL e5e bbls; tobacco, 1911 hhds corn ls9 s72
sacks -four, a0,8a7 bbh; wheat, 6s2 sacks and T
bbls; oasa, ,22g7 sacks pork, ID, Ga bhls, and
steroes; baggng. 100 pieces; whisky, 1856 bbls.
The number of river steanlerss arrived at this |
port fol the week eaais.g Friday noon last was
eiglity.sg.
The slsas III iris poirt has bsen rising steadily
wess, and u still swelling The rise Tor the
week ending Friday noon amounted TO four feeti
flsree inches. II il now five feet beloN sgn water
mark.
gha. fine new packet yazoo arrived last evening
vita 4 tsse trim from the Yazoo and Taliahatchie
rivers having, III one stem, 3l6s bales OF cotton.
rrbe Yazo, leaves On her return at 8 O'Clock TO-
morrow evening.
AZ viii be sem BY in advertisement in another
roIrnn and /. notice below, the Imperial W eA-
tend her present "trip to Cairo.
on Thursday, the 18th nit, number Of fatpcat,5
men. residents of veyay, Indiana, taok passage on
the Jacob strader at Louisville, for home ana
being considerably intoxicated, attacked and beat
badly the lragman who brought their trunks, etc.,
on tIe boat ID Il few minutes afterwards large
a body If slFayinen assembled on the wharf, ana
were preparing for an attack on the Qevay gang,
srheu Capt. DittrRn rang the bell and backed out
to prevent any difficulty. On the way UP the Hat
boatmen got into difficulty with several Of the
crew Of the Ssrader. which ended In general
fight, tile result ef which was number OF bloody
heads etc. The fatboatnien got of ct Veyay, and
the crew were discharged upon the arrival Of the
boat here Upon the return OF the Strader, and
arrival af Veyay, about five hundred men, armed
with pistols, guns, knives, bludgeons, etc, were
assembled OH the wharf and such we're the intima.
tons III attack the boat, that Capt. .. ordered
the letting go of The lines, but the crowd seized
the hawsar, and were determined 10 retain the
boat The Strader continued to back ont and pay
ing out her line, which soon parted, and the boat
continued on. The excitement was immense.
The strader will not land again at Yeyay until
assurances IRE received that further nolestation
TO HE boat viii be offered.
Tie idwer rivers are all at flood height, and rising
at last accounts. The recentheavy rains appear to
have been general and extended all over the coun
try. old Mississip Il is also booming from St..
Louis TO the Balize, and is filled with food wood
The telegraph announces that the Ohio river is re-
ceding.
The steamers Woodfard and James Montgomery
were advertised to leave louisville for this port on
lie SBtli It'll. Tile Emma Duncan, Fort Wayne and
Baltic lit louisville 81 the 18th for this port.
We3are indebted To the gentlemanly officers Of
the Grand Era for the following memoranda:
LEFT Shreveport at I0.i6 IA. NJ, Friday In port
y for NgeM Orleans, Grand Duke, Iecornte and VIM.
M. Levy Era, No. etfor above the raft Thursday
night: Feta left for Jefferson Friday morning.
Era No. q, leading for above raft met Countess ct
ScopiIfi's passed DeSoto at Grand Bayou Planter
below Grand Bayou met Milton, Ref at Archie
Bairdss; Yigo, at Breazeale g: louis DOE at
Ciosean Reach; Mary Z, at Wilson's wood
yard !; Morning Light at mouth Black river;
Eleanor below Black river Starlight, above
Cocoaris Robert Fulton, mouth Red river !;
p. e. Bonford, at Port Hudson ". Al. sharp; at
Prophets Island; d. r.. Carroll, at Baton Rouge b
L. Hodge, Baton Rouge. PASSED Texas az D. AZ.
Smith n. Very hard rains above river raising fast
from Shreveport down. Upper Red river reported
low.
The Louisville Courier the Both ult says
The river was falling very slowly yesterday,
barely two inches in twentyfolr hours, with feet
inches water In the canal, by the mark, ut dark.
On the fails there were feet inches in the pass.
The weather has moderated, and was delightfully."-
clear and pleasant all day.
The Tennessee river, at last accounts. was at
nood height, and nundang all the low lands, doing
an immense amount Of damage, the freshet having
been as great az ever was known in that river.
Theliyer at sbarg yesterday was slowly fat.
ing with fge and hall teet tle channel. az
Cincinnati at neon yesterday, the river had fallen
eighteen inches.
The ganlb erland. though FILLING, was abundantly
naygable far8the largest boats to Nashville.
The Wabash, al last accounts was in fine boating
order. with feet water IN the channel, and an
abundance of freight along the banks.
The Kanawha Is At q stand, will SIX feet OF water
IN the channel.
Music for Iafourche The fine passenger
packet Music, Capt. j.. .. Brown, commander, and
Mfr. J. Is Richard, clerk, leaves at IL O'Clock, ~.
to-day for Lafourehe.
Fgora Temple tot Tsasas The fasorite passen-
ger packet Flora Temple, Capt. D. Glasseock, com
mand Mr.. r. II !. Moore, clerk, leaves at o'clock
this evening for Tensas and Bayou Macon.
Grand Era for Red Riuer--T The regular Mon
day passenger packet Grand Era, Capt. Ben.
Kouns commander, and Messrs. Aleek Bell and j.
J. Gompere, clerks, leaves at O'Clock this even
ing Shreveport and all landings above the raft
4. w. Iaobazs for Red Riae, The new and ele-
giant passenger packet r. W Roberts, Capt. r. B.
Roberts, commander and Mr.. d. a. Martin, clerk,
leaves at 8 o'clock this evening for Red river.
3Idrt1a d. Allen for, Red RiUer--The fine pas
senger packet Martha b. Allen, Capt. NJ Allen,
commander leaves at o'clock this evening for
s Red river.
Telegram for Bayess Ba,ts lonese The stauEch,
fleet, popular and regular passenger packet Tele-
gram, Capt. H. II Stewart, commander, leaves at
. o'clock This evening for Bayou Bartholomew.
Getefd Qttitfndn for Columbia The magnia-
Gent passenger packet General Quitman, Capt
Jno. ~. Cannon, commander, and MFR. James r.
Smith, clerk, leaves AZ O'clock this evening for
Columbia and LAMA landing.
Ill,pevialfos, Oairo--The elite and elegant pas.
senger floating palace Imperial Cap. 9. S. Rogers,
commander, and Mr. John r. Douglas, clerk, leaves
at s o'clock this evening for Memphis ana Cairo
connecting NJ the former point with the Memphis
aud Charleston, and at the latter with the Illinois
Central Road for all points North and East Pas
sengers for Louisville will find this the specifies
and pleasantest as well ~ the cheapest mode
reaching their destination. The Imperial is peer
less racket with elegance speed and safety com