New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1866-05-22

AHt SbBdk hutu lehRSs lbi @ts A<Ne+a N+AANa
points to-day Our friend Mr. Jno, Greenough
presides in the Office Of this splendid steamer
MENoRANppn or STEAMER DoUBLooN.-left
Shreveport on Friday, 18th instant at ?. u. In
u mort. Texas, from above the raft River falling at
i Rowiana ana rising at Fulton; rising rapidly at
Shreveport, six inches every Swensy,lout hours;
Eeera is overlooked and few below that point not
4 underwater more or less.
/ ne following account from Red River we copy
| from late Shreveport exchange:
/ We noticed in our report of the river last week
that it had reached the highest mark of the season
aud was still rising. 1t rose aboutS inches higher
and came to stand on Monday morning. Since
that time there has been some fluctuations but the
tendency has been upward, and we report rise
since Sunday Of a inches
The levees above this place on the east bank
have broken in many places, which caused
check at this place. The magnificent plantations
on the river and bayous throughout the entire Red
River valley are under water.
The points of land in the bends are still in sight,
but the backwater is gradually encroachng on the
front. Four-ffths of the cultivated, land on Red
River is overlooked at this time, and the remainder
is saturated The prospect for crop on the
upands is very gloomy All the creek bottoms
have been drowned out and the hills have been
washed and torn up BY the heavy rains. There
are no good stands of cotton or corn on the
ridges. In some places there is no stand of cot
ton, and seed cannot be obtained with which to
replant The condition of the country is as dis
tressing as it could well be from natural causes
Two months ago there was fair prospect that
the South would make one million and a half bales
of cotton. From the best information we can
obtain, we do not believe that half that amount
Will be made this season.
CLIPPINGS FROM OUR EXCHANGES.
MEMPHIS, May 19.-The river is still falling
rapidly at this point and since last report has
declined ten inches.
The newly fitted and furnished steamer Mollie
10 had fret aff hat AZ ~ OF
to New Orleans. will be down to-day, and leaves at
noon for New Orleans. She is a superb boat ana
offers great attractions to passengers, Capt. Jack
Carter, an old and reliable officer, is on the roof
The strike at ST. Louis holds oat well, The Ia
horers seem to be we'll organized, and hold out
brayely- The wages have already been raised by
some boats to three dollars per dav ana 6inrer
The Mollie Able paid fifty cents an hour The ST,
Louis Republican, pretending to be the white mans
paper. says:
The white lahorers have bound the blacks to
stand up fer the present figures, and we wouid
now advise Oil to employ only the blacks, and in
very rev days, we think, we will have quite a re-
dactlen in the price Of labor.
We are happy to state that there is strong
probability Of the ordered removal of the Atlantic
aug hlssissippl Steamship Companyis wharf boat
being rescinded. We say g happyn because We
n tae order AZ being premature, hasty and
un o. under the circumstances.
&RIDefNG THE MIssrssIPPT chamber of
commerSe Of St. Louis have sent the following ne
9tion to Congress, on the subject Of bridging The
Mississippi and Missouri:
Your petitioners, therefore, earnestly pray that
yoa Will not sanction the erection Of DIV BIZ VA
Oh the Mississippi and Missouri rivers without the
following conditions:
II on the Mississippi, above the mouth of the
MISSOURI they snail have one clear span of not less
than three hundred feet in width between Tire 4iers
and il on tho Missouri, they shall have two SPANS
Of that width oTer the msin channel; if below tha
mouth Of the Missouri that they shall have two |
rflnr aF lag &l,r,F
or one span Of SIX hundred feet in the clear that
all other spans over the water shall rot be less
than Two hundred feet ia the clear; that all tbe
piers shall De placed parallel with the current :
that no draw bridges of any kind shall he per
aiited and that the great span in no case shall he
less than hEty feet in the clear above high water
mark
Unanimously adopted b. the Merchants Ex-
change Of St Louis, May H. 1866
e. Presdent e. D. Siannard has appoiuted the fol
owing named gentleman q commIttee to proceed /
q Washinstonto lay the memorial before Congress;
4lessrs Jas B. Eads, ]. s. McCune, Barton Able,
Joseph Brown and Nathan Cole.
The 81, Louis Republican Of the 18th says:
!, Owing to the inolemency Of tie weather and
the influence Of the strikers,n business about
he wharf was considerably disturbed yesterday,
The river at this point, according to the city en-
Eineef, and he Is supposed to be COED authority
falling slowly, but our friend, old successful G)
avs IL 10 swelling, The Ohio at Pittsbur0 is very
oW, and number Of steamers have laid mn to
wait rise at Cincinnati; it was rising on Monday
yening at the rate of an inch an hour AT Louis
ne there was at the same time, five and quarter
,et in the Indian chute, and rising SLOWLY The
was rising fast Tuesday morning, with
ar and half feet on Harpeth shoals .
CAIRO, May l8.-The Ohio at this point is abont l
G
About o'clock yesterday right smart rain set I
d continued nearly all the afternoon, putting a a
nper on the picnic Of our colored citizens of 9
rlcan descent, and sending them scampering i
me. much to the disgust Of the young bucks. d
Business on the leYee was not what would be
At Pittsburg there are feet G inches by the pier
lrk, Another rise is looked for.
Af Cincinnati the river is rising, with 20 feet i,
hes in the channel. J
Al Louisville the river is falling, with feet +
hes In the channel. s.
Fhe Cumberland is reported rising fast with i
It g inches on the shoals, and heavy head rise &
ming. b.
The Tennessee Is falling. INIT in eotsI boating i
1diton. X
RUTH y $. MAIL PACKET FOR ST. Lou1s-At w ~
ltsc and Mississippi Steamship Cornpany. 81
endid and fast passenger packet, in charge Of 4
pit. John A. Duble, with Mr.. John Greenough iii .
office, leaves this evening, at o'clock for all +
dings up to st. Louis, connecting at Memphis W
Cairo with the railroads for all points east J,
west. The Ruth is popular packet in the g.
- eu Always mas Auti TRIPS Oh IFelgHt ana pas J(
gers. The Ruth is a Brst-cass packet, and is b
naged by excellent officers and experienced gl
ltmen. y
iEE. QUITMANFo VIoKsBURG,- great Vieks- ST.
q packet Gen, Quitman, Capt. John W. Cannon L
nmanding, leaves at o'clock this evening for ~
above and way landings She is as fast as the ~
test, and has cabin which, for capacity, com s
teness, beauty, comfort and luxury, has no H
'erior aiioat. The fame of the great ouitman e.
! travelled far and wide as a fast passenger N
'ket, and she has attained celebrity as a safe ST.
reliable steamer which few boats can boast. or
ssrs Roberts and Mcyay still do the honors of y
Office
Y u. HlEE FOR RED RIVER favorite pas CT
ger packet, in charge of Capt. j. F. Worley. y,
D the efficient Mr. Jos. w. Spears in the Office IL
eks ont at P. N. to-day for Jefferson, Shreye Nj
r and all way landings. The Hine has already co
'ae great name for dispatch in executing her j
shess and has given general satisfaction 70 all mi
patrons, shippers and travellers. She has a (
guests ''''''D'A /
CAMILLA ZEN THE WATERING PLACES This At
guaF, fast and superior low pressure n,cke, ne ne
ayes to-day from the Pontchartran Lake end ~ m
e arrival of the A. NJ train. Cant. A p n.
aFdman is in command, and Mr.. John otrar &c
ioiates as clerk. 'N' DO