New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1861-03-15
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CoIlision--Ciippinss from our NHchangeA--
Departures To-day, etc.

Coillsion--CiippinEss from our Exchanges
Departures To-day, etc.
CRESCENT OFFICE No. 10 CANE STRICT
Friday Morning. March 10, 1861
The weather yesterday was cool, with rank
:" norther" blowing most of the day. The dust was
very annoying.
Business was more active on the leyee yesterday
than for week past. The arrivals were numer-
Gus, the receipts of produce fair, and the number
of departures large, most of the packets leaving
with improved trips. A list of the arrivals yester.
day, together with their manifests, will be found in
an adjoining column.
There are two steam paddles, seven steam en-
gines, and 500 to 600 men employed daily upon the
work of enlarging the Louisville and Portland
Canal. The steam paddles ere wonderful institu-
tons; each spadeful they take up is cart load.
The Louisville Democrat says:
The work was begun on the 1st of September
last which time the proper machinery for the rapid
prosecution of the work has been procured and
set to work. The new canal excavation has been
commenced and large amount of rock and earth
removed by means of the two steam paddles,
either of which will perform the labor of seventy
FIVE men in the excavation of earth, and the sta
tonary engines which draw the dirt cars up the in
clned plane to the top of the bank, which is to be
raised above high-water-mar6 with the excavated
earth. The job is a stupendous one, and probably
no contract ever involved so much labor in so
small an area. The specifications we will not enter
into; and suffice it to say that the excavation on
the new canal includes twenty-five feet of earth
and thirty.thre feet of solid rock, the entire
length and breadth of it. At the junction there
will be large basn giving two entrances and
exits to the river, at the lower end of the canal
The two new locks will be the largest and the
finest in the world, exceeding those on the Sault
St. Marie canal, at Lake Superior, by many feet
And they will be constructed in very superior
manner, of beautiful stone, procured at Canneton,
Indiana.
Capt Lamothe's new boat now building at Louis
VILE for the towing trade above st. Louis, has
been named Francis Fisher.
Capt David White was in Louisville few days
since, locking about to build new boat for the
Keokuk and New Orleans trade. He wants good
sized boat and designs having the hull constructed
at Madison.
A paper has been in circulation for the formation
Of branch of the Captains Association at Cairo,
which has obtained nearly the requisite number of
signatures, and it is probable that the Association
will soon be organized there.
On the 9th inst, the Stella Blanche, bound up
the Cumberland with several barges of coal in tow,
and the May Duke, descending, came in collision OF
Bowling Green. The May Duke was seriously
damaged, and had it not been for the exertions Of
her crew. and the timely aid rendered by the
steamer Gen. Anderson. she would have sunk.
The May Duke went on the ways at Paducah to re-
pair damage.
The Memphis Bulletin of the 18th says:
The weather yesterday was clear and pleasant,
and business on the levee was rather active. The
river at this point continues to recede slowly. The
Cumberland and Tennessee is on stand, with
every Indication of rise, as heavy trains have
recently fallen in their vicinity The steamer Fort
Wayne, recently sunk at Island No s, has been
raised, and is awaiting pilot to take her up the
river to be thoroughly repaired. The Atlantic,
with one thousand tons of Western produce, passed
down last evening. The Clara Dolson passed down
yesterday with Il 600 sacks of corn, $500 sacks
oats $500 bhis pork and lard, 1000 bbs. flour, go
head of cattle and 100 of hogs.
The Cincinnati Gazette of the 18th inst. says:
The weather since our last report has been quite
varied. On Saturday we had rain hail and snow,
and yesterday was decidedly wntersh.
The river was still rising, yesterday, with fine
stage of water from Pittsburg to Cairo.
There was only moderate business doing at the
river on Saturday and we notice no change in the
offerings for any port
Ne1g OrleansIWhisky, 81 Oil, 81 Is; Flour,
55c. Pork, 75c.; Bacon, in hhds., 35c., and other
pound freghts, As to SOC. per 100; Lard, in bills,
kegs, etc., 35c. per 100; Horses, sl2 per head
Machinery, 75c. to 81 per 100 lbs.
IBERvILLE FOR BAYOU SARA-The elegant, fleet
and superior passenger packet Iberville, Capt. v.
B. Baranco, commander, and Mr.. E. B. Mumford,
clerk, leaves at o'clock this morning for Bayou
Sara and the coast. ,.
CROSSE TETE FOR BAYOU SARA-The staunch
and regular steamer Crosse Tete, Capt. Jas. Nc
Quoid, commander, and Mr.. Geo. Wilkinson, clerk,
leaves at 10 o'clock this morning for Bayou Sara
and the coast.
SALLIE ROBINSON FOR RED RIyER-The fashion
able passenger packet Sallie Robinson, Capt Dyas
Power, commander, and Mr.. J. G. Power, clerk,
leaves att o'clock this evening for Red river.
MARY E. KEESE FOR LAKE PRovIDENCE-The
superb passenger packet Mary f. Keene, Captain
VIM. B Richardson, commander, and Messrs. Jan
ney and Armstrong, clerks leaves at O'Clock this
evening for Lake Providence and intermediate
points.
NEBRASKA FOR Sr. LoUIs-The splendid passen-
ger packet Nebraska, Captain W. G. Postal, com
mander, and Mr.. R. R. Hopkins, clerk leaves at s
o'clock this evening for Cairo and St. Louis.
For LoUIsvILLE-The magnificent and fleet pas
senger packet steamer Baltic, Chas. H. Meekin,
MASTER backs out this evening at ?. NJ, posi-
lively, for the above and all intermediate points.
For comfort speed and safety, this steamer is un-
surpassed. Apply on board, or to Robt Bell 4 Co.,
Agents, 81 Poydras street.