New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1861-09-06
HEN Orleans 4aiIp Grestent,
I,rrr. a RTMENT COLUMN
Nliller anteIIiafIus.
EarsoEsr orsEeE, No. 10 gANr STREET, I
I.1- xrrsaarr Mar.ns.,sr ssa,s4e-sher.E- 1871


70 ssss
Tie weather yesterday was warm and sultry,
with hard shower 81 rain during the day. Bnsi-
ness was somewhat better on the Ieyee than TIC
previous day. The departures included the Laurel
AN, for Fort Adams Empire Parish, for Donald
sonvile; Gen. Hodges, for Red river, and Ferd.
Eennett for Memphis.
The very light draught passenger packet Plea
yane No. 3, we learn from a letter received, will
commence running in the opelousas trade Since
the Picayune No. 8 was here she has been COM
pletely repaired from top to bottom, and has been
repainted throughout. She viii be in charge of
Capt. H. Il. Broad, with the correct Mr.. "A. P.
Trausdale to superintend ID the office.
The magnificent passenger packet Mary 3.
'Keene is receiving t1the foot Of Grayier streets
and leaves positively tomorrow evening.
The Louisville Courier of the I'd says: .ss
The river continues 10 recede steadily at this
point, with fully five feet water in the canal last
evening. The weather is clear, and was qr;te
warm yesterday. AL
AT Cincinnati and Pittsbnrg. the river was stead.
Nv declining Saturday though still in good naviga-
mora at the latter port qSFs
The Chancellor, at last accounts, was On the ways
ct Mound City Maybe the Lincolnites will turn
her into a gunboat.
The Ohio at Cairo, the mouth, was rising fast
Thursday and the other river was falling. The
Diadem, from st. Louis, had passed Cairo, coming
this way.
The st. Louis papers Of last Saturday report the
Mississippi falling, being seven feet above low
water mark
The Illinois river is falling with thirty six inches
in the channel below Peoria.
The Upper Mississippi is falling from Saint Paul
down, with four feet the upper and thirty inches
( on the Lower Rapids Below Keokuk there is four
feet scant in the channel. h,
The Missouri river is falling, with four feet in the
channel from Council Bluffs to the mouth
The Memphis Avalanche Of the 4th says:
The river opposite this point is still swelling
: quite rapidly-fhe rise during the twenty-foudrr
hours ending at dark last night being equal to
eight inches.
y Business At the landing yesterday was qnite
brisk. The weather was very warm, with intfica-
t0ns of q rain last night SD 44s544
The Kauawfa Valley, recently partially burned,
arrived here yesterday, looking as good as new |
She wIl be thoroughly repaired, and ready to re-
slme her regular trips BY next Tuesday. Il
The Grand Duke arrived from New Orleans YES II
terday, with fair trip.
The Alonzo Child left for the South at late |
hour last night with one of the best trips of the
season, consisting in part of 81 hfds. tobacco ]:
5000 bbls. flour; 1000 pkgs. fruit; 500 sacks pota
toes ID tons iron, and a large quantity of misce-
laneoua freight, besides cabin full Of people. |
The Kentucky left for New Madrid at an early |
hour yesterday morning, laden with Government |
freight 1l
a The Little Rock will leave for New Orleans next
Friday, under command of the famous jerks
Brown.
ACADIA FOE Bayou SARa-The fast C.S. mail |
passenger packet Acadia, Capt. Jos. Vincent, COM
mander, and Mr., Aleee Grass, clerk, leaves at o
O'Clock this morning, for all coast landings up to
Bayou Sara. fS
I. LOUISVILLE FOR MKMPHIs,-This elegant and
fast passenger packet, having been unayoidably |
detained, will leave positively at 5 O'Clock this |
evening for Memphis and way landings. Her!
passenger accommodations are frst-class, and her
officers are both thorough steamboatmen and ac-3
compilshed gentlemen Capt. Jos. Combs is in
command, and Mr.J. w. Mancourt presides in the