New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1861-07-15
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The past week As Will he seen BY our weekly re
eipts, shows great falling off in the produce re-
8 cesvsd, and We may expect still greater diminu
ton II Se haye not is many think, arrived at the
summer STANDARD,
The belief IL universal that the next will be =
good business season. for the unless the
present briEEst prospects of the crops are blasted
! b early frost.
Tie weather most of the week has been very
warm, though We have had frequent showers. sahe
health III the happy 70 state, continues
good and no fears are expressed Of any unusual
3 sickness.
The river before tue city continues to fall. It
has reeeded TWO feet during the past week and Is
now feet 8 inches below high sgater mark.
The arrisais during The week, up to Friday last,
amounted b twenty boats bringing in the follow.
ing anaounss of produce Cotton, 2sS bales; SUI
gar, 47 hhds fa9 hbls.;; aoEr. 5s2 bills;
bacon, sass casks corn, 1927 sackss tobacco, 10
hIas,;; whisky 400 bbls.
Tie depar lures on Saturday amounted to five
steamers, all of which had fine trips.
The steamer Louisville will arrive in port during
tslse siay She has d clerk on the leyee receiving
freight, and leaves again positively tomorrow eve
ming for Memphis and the Bends.
aThe regular packet Alonzo Child arrived from
Memphis with iair trip. She i now receiving for
q return trip. She leaves again TO- morrow taking
passengers ana freight for Bill way landings high
ais Memphis.
Our steamers ut the leyee had their flags at half
mast OBJ Saturday and yesterday in respect to the
late beloved and ianented Leut-Col Chas. D.
DEeux who lost his life in the defence Of the South
The Louisville Courier Of the 10th says:
The river Is very low, and falling at oil points,
with only thirty inches water in the canal BY the
mark. The weather, though very warm, was
somewhat cooler than yesterday.
at pittshurg the river is falling with thirty inches
che channel yesterday, and at Cncinnat II is said
The Commercial, from Henderson yesterday, had
i d heavy freight Including about 100 hogsheads of
4 tobacco. She etnrned at noon, having been de-
tained. 8s$s ss59S4
Tie officers of Tie Commercial report the lower
Ohio ID d bad condition for navigable purposes, and
the channel aifiene te run. She found but thirty
inches water al Scuffle town. and at Flint Island,
French Island and Oh creek bars three feet water
IINcoIN IN Bears FoR THE MIssIssTrP The
following are Me dimensions Of the sn-ealed gun
boats the Northern Government PROPOSES to build
to operate on the Mississippi. Any enc at all CON
VIII at once pronounce the affair humhug, an i'm
pessibi!ity, a hzzle GO II, uncle abe, yen are a
beauty, and SO are your gun bQat
Length of largest boat, 200 feet depth, l6 feet
In the clear; from bottom to gun deck, feet;
from gun deck h TIP, feet. The iron from the
water line Up I'd the Top IS to be 4 inches thick;
IRON on top, 2a inches thick. Plank outside, s
inches thick Inside, 2s inches. Whole thickness
Of timbers rs Inches The beam, 4feet 10 inches.
Plank in bottom, inches thick Of oak gun deck,
y 3 inches thick Of oak. =
The boats ars 70 be furnished with screw pro-
pellers The gun deck ii go feet in its extreme
length.
ANoTHER8 III Ar EJECT MOVING. We learn from
the Cincinnati Enquirer, Of yesterday, that the
DnnIeith Capt. Wilson, Belle Creole, Capt Rust,
and Florence Capt. Brckle, left The Little MiarN
depot at I o'cloek, with the first bogus Kentucky
regiment col. Gnthrie destined for Gallipcls and
the Kanawha river.
tiisur passed passenger and Confederate States
mail packet Laurel Hill, Capt. S. Heno, COM
fnandeT, and Air Geo w iIkinson, clerk, leaves at
8 o'clock this evening for Bayou Sara and coast
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