New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1861-02-23
gnEscrsr oFrIar, No.79 CANT STREET, 4
9 rs k8ntSias Morning, Feb. Is, 1851

CRESCENT st,rrtdr, No. 20 CAN'T sTRREr,9
Il Atnt5asA Morning. Feb. Is 1851.
The weather yesterday was cloudy, with o mild
Temperature smart shower in the afternoon sery-
cf 40 lev the dIst, and was not unweloome.
Business was dull On the levee, the day being de-
soto hy: every body. 10 tho & pursuit cf happi-
ness, The pping y as gaii5s decorated with Tags
+ anu stTeaInsrs while many OF our river steamers
exhibited their eolors at the head Of their jack
ataifs. The arrivals were but few, and but two or
4 three boats got aff during the day.
III 4 learn by 4 dispatch from Capt Glasscock of
lie rlora TenpIe, that she will be at The landing
this morning and leave Tor Bayou des Glaize at )
o'clock this evening.
y 4 dispatch to In. Geo. D. Hite, from the Off
csss u tie steamer Telegram, ~ learn that she
VIII IN found ut the ianding this morning ready to
ESnaay evening
lie recent rise in the Arkansas has dispeedall
hopes entertained to raise the sunkensteanaer Qua
paw, aud her naehner cabin furniture, etc. will
be taken cut as soon as possible.
The 0la friends of the steamer VIM. n. Morrison
and Capt. John Az. Bofnger, will be glad to learn
that capt. b has again taken charge Of the fine
& passenger steamer which he brought out. II was
mt Ter of regret to many of the friends Of the
Morrison that Capt. Botiuger left her, year or SO
age, Ia take charge Of another boat, in which he
hasi IN interest we are pleased that he has re-
turned a his old post Of command. There is no
finer passenger boat aaoat than the VIM. 1T. Morri-
son, sad M man is better qualified 70 take charge
II her than Capt. Bofnger. we besneak for her
Vi Successful season III the st. Louis and New
Orleans ana wish Capt. Botinger ali the sue
NIX AZ
to age left ST. Louis fol- this city on the 18th
isssf mt.
Tss owner of the Cairo and Columbus (Ky.)
Railroad packet b p. Clancy, Capt. Ilatimer mas
few ii cendneting the affairs Of his boat upon
stazuly Christ or Mosaic prime iples. Promptly
at ocior Saturday tall labor closes OH his
Il sseass and Ii is not resumed until early Monday
Eaogiliflg. al Of tile hands, on Sunday morning,
Fepa5r tn the cabin where Sunday school exercises
aEs gone hFaugh with and Bible instruction given
4 usual loar every other Sabbath, preaching
md public service is conducted on the boat, and
tEa Intervening Sabbath the captain ana crew at
stead public u oTship, either IN Columbus KY, or
Cairo, az the boat happens to be at either place.
\ library, containing religious books, is provided
and Kept in the room usually on boats allotted 10
the bar. Ho liquor Is sold upon the boat. ana
stsd. Latinler at first found great difficulty
Iii enforcing ig wishes this regard, but gradu-
ally anne slceessfrl, and he hopes before long
q see adopted bs all boatlnen, ana the
zsabhatl diiiy Observed on the Western waters.
interesting correspondence which Will be
tho loading article Of this MORNINGS Cfes-
cent, respectfully dedicated to those Black Re-
publican presses which have declared tEattbe most
speedy metliod ef e coercng' the seeding States
u ~ stll slae faaiis. It the snperanuated fogy at
she dc The Federal Government at Washington
1t on. letihim first read tile cores
weep at the palpable fallacy Of |
suea roaRclge mems. Read ii.
he splin aEners after getting of the bank at
bar, pumping out and calking up lit
tss Eud herself able I'd proceed on her way she
eniphis, on her way to New Orleans, on
ihe gofll
steamer Louis Dor, which arrived yester-
ag ifEan Red river. had fair trip, consisting in
part, III nppafds 81 HOO bales of cotton includ-
iaa ID bales from the steamer Gypsy, recently |
stislk II 3iank bayou. This cotton was picked up
hi stearaer Era No. 4 ard shipped from /
ShseFanert On the Louis Dor to Messrs. G. L.
q Bros, af this city. The Gypsy had on
halls, q If heh are reported BY Capt. scoTil,
cs Dill sEss 4 No. II ID being missing.
II Iie sessing Is an abstract of the manifest of
tho Sifsy, Al reported by Mr.. sim Smith,
tlsa risFlS of The sonis p Or:
lales eofsig to Wright u Allen, 60 bales
III iafi ID IL Ssai2as, 80 bales to Brandon & Hub
hard. and IS Bales to Carroll, Hoy s Co. Total,
wa balas.
Al corn coming South is amazingly
large. wifi Increasing receipts from all sources,
cssfefisF fha Indiana railroads. Henry Reamer I
SIS atlboat gent 1t View Albany, has contract
snr M u, 900 bags Of corn. Scarcely |
d boat paa4es dow wthout receiving an accession
I'd asrsfFeiGsi list from Reaner's wlarf.boat.
The accident 10 the Sam Kirkman, by sinking in
the not 50 serious as was re-
ported She knocked q hole in her bottom along
tbs kauekle, forward, and made three feet water in
a1a hold. She subsded in sheal water, and at last
accounts blaIkhead " as constructed aud half the
ont with every prospect of$haying
Ref aliSa ma few hours. Her freight was but |
aligiltI5 DANA
2 Ihs Memphis Appaalo the 10th inst. says:
{ lie weather yesterday was warm and variable
Business Bas active. The river took d turn 2
and rose foiir inches rise at st. Lenis. amount
III alto i8 Tent delighting the boatmen free
md earl access to the Missouri ST. Paul and the
SIlitois figar ii looked for. The Arkansas il ia /
4asr eebiiffon for navigation, and boats that have
been agnaand for many months are getting atioat
river II SLOWLY rising and ID in good boating
axliers
Ilit 81. lonis Republican 81 the 18th inst says
The river here IS on the rise, and a very rapid
rise ut tl.. at II O'Clock NJ. yesterday tie river
had sWell 4 feet 9a inches above low water mark
f1t leeernber, 1850. There Is from 8 to 10 feet
ssAaaE ia the channel out to Cairo.
81 upper rivers are all rising rapidly, and the
Assiss1nri IS pouring out a food. A good deal of
SagsfS aHle down yesterday, and altogether the
Eiget nsY be considered as on q big swell.
d lie weather wa wet, cold and unpleasant gen.
a1islfs5 boil overhead and .underfoot.
sSflslR Seli the greater part of Friday night, and
fell aeafly all Of yesterday. Very little of it
lSs AZ the gF9nnds but II had the enecGof produc.
sisg Ys9EY vet streets.
8qsiiesa on tbs levee was dull.
I4ouisyiIls Courier Of the 10th inst. says:
ha TiFaas was rising rather slowly yesterday
with II feet q INCHES water in the canal by the Il
naFk7at dark. During the previous "a hours the
iYee had risen IA inches at the head Of the falls
pyer feet steamboat water on the falls forI
e1Hing boats, and feet up the middle chute
alae weather Nas freezing cold yesterday morning
saslE salpa Grating fast during the day.
IL sIteih Datis at noon yesterday, The river had
risen feet ID The previous us hours. That insures
rise Al this point during The next ii hours
q least, and the falls bid fair to be naYigabie dur
3fslg tie week.
At ttRpFTg, aH noon yesterday, The river was
aafling. ID feet water in the channel The
1iyen that point had attained thehoight Of II
s1eaf wafel 10 The haanei, with steady rains on
tsatnsdaY.