New Orleans daily crescent., 1866-10-19
ARu 'rlealIs allp eJreatfnt,
FRInAY M0RNING, oeToBER II 1866.
giuei SIntplliQeare.

III 1st1 slAeasnt as me preceding. Business was
tolefahly good. The most important feature oc-l
curing On the lsYee was The departure of the
areenyiise packet Gen, John A. Qnitinan, with a.
large freight and quite q number Of passengers.
She towed ont from Che landing tile Grey Eagle,
which boat will at present Do laid up to await
more xtersiye business which we hope viii
come On soon Ihe Lady Gay for st, Louis,
hllnura and Lizzie Tate are embraced in the list
Which leff with fair loads yesterday afternoon.
Ihe steamers Magenta and Fashion, frem
Vieitsbarg, will be found at their landings this
moTnlng, ready to re0eive, and win leave as
usual on theIr rstuEn trips tomorrow afternoon,
at 5. r. M.
Inc superior steamer Henry Ames arrived yes.
terday with q ful cargo and is now receiving, and
leaves again tomorrow, at S r. II. The popular
Capt z. q. Crawford is in command.
Ilts steamer Bert. Able, Capt. Tobin- the regu
iar 0aaehita cket viii be found at her landing
this morning ready 70 receive, and leaves punetu
ally Al ]. N. Saturday.
The :, M. Sharp, in charge of Capt a. Dugas,
WITH Capt Jos. Dalfarss in the office, came to the
landing yesterday, having been put in complete
order She leaves this evening on her first trip to
Bayou Lafourche.
oLIFPINGs FROM OUR EXCHANGES.
fiOHOMTAEs nom LOUIS lJena0efaG
It Will Pc seen that navigation is very low This
i an era Of low water, and the worst not yet
arrived. Boats are stuck hard Ia the Missouri, in
the patch of water between this and Cairo, and in
the Mississippi above this port. In tie Missouri
the depth reported is three and half feet. while
above Omaha tits hardly nayigable at all hy the
smallest dinRies splashing around among the mud
and sandbarss The lowest report to Cairo is six
and lalf feet, and the highest seven feet. Some
boats tighten over and others get aground. One
has been In this latter fix for two days or more 2
The null Of the new Northern Line Packet, Du-
buQue was launched at Wheeling on last Satur-
day, It'll viii be towed to Pittshuig where it will
befnished.
The Dubuque and Dunleitli elevators afe full Of
grain. he grain blockade has fairly commenced,
there being no cars to moEeit Eastward or water
enoagI to ship it down the river. There Is now
IN barges lying at Dnnieith 66, coo bushels, por-
tion Of which must remain there until shipments
are made.
LOUISVILLE, October is The river vas Slowly
falling yesterday, with five feet six inches water
in4the canal in the evening, hy the mark. During
the previous foTty-elght hours it bad fallen TWO
inches at the head of the falls, and six inches at
Portland. The weather continues dry and yes.
teraay was delightfully."- pleasant and clear, more
like summer than the fail of the year.
on the falls, last evening, there were three and
lIalf feet Eater n the pass. down the Indian
Chute, and slowly falling.
The river at Cincinnati Saturday evening was
falling seNlF. hut at bnrg it was rising, har-
ing attained stage Of thirteen feet water ia the
o feet Of low boats have already started South
with COAL including eight tows for this port. The
brood horn feet, If ready, ayill also be able to
start South on the rise.
The raise at PittsbuFg will make a pretty good
tide at this port, though not enough to make fal
water eef the coal feet.
Business at the wharf Saturday vas far more
actiYeand extended than we had noted it for some
time. the packets for ail points getting COED trips.
Among others the Plain City. for Green river, had
nice trip. Size descended the falls in the
evening, going down the Indian chute in fine
We learn that TIE lats combination at St. Louis
among the steamhoataad barge interests has fallen
thrpa the barge line fsiifng To maintain rates.
They demand the to take freig at less rates
than the other liues. In the meantime the rail-
road lines are equally inaisposed to load at pre-
Willing prices, sId expect to obtain an advance
to-day az the river has declined 70 very low
stage.
Tbs David WHITE has been puFchasedby Dr. q.
b Shaw3 of Nashville, and Is 10 be pHt in The trade
between NashEili 10 and New Orleans.
& Capt HollcEofts Of the Louisiana, Informs US
that boat viii not be ready to resume her trips
for lwo weeks IN the meantime, he has ordered
q new shaft wrought IRON from Buffalo, New
ork, which, when finished and deliyereds costs
less than the rcug material could DO made for III
Cincinnat The new ahaft ii To be thirty five feet
IA lepgth, And some ten and = half inches in di-
ameter, M
The caal receipts at pittsburg were s.a5s,0O01
5Ishe f0r tho last three aOiltIas OF this
aase6 down the TiYer to Cincinnati, Louisville and
the lower Ohio and Mississippi rnarkets,
The teMbaat Shark Capt, Lew. Moan, Of the
1lssssippi alley Iganspn tio1 Comp which
arrived 0n pkErsaay from New Orleans has made |
lie best round trip, for d towheat, On record. |
She was ous less than eighteen days,
Steam Eas Faised yesterday, gor the first time /
On Capt. Ia BaTge'ssnew Missouri river steamer /
0etaVia.5 Evary part of her machinery worked to
perfection and NREa the most complete satisfne-
Ion 20 her esmaaanaers and the gentlemen who
Enatnvr ia
class Missouri river steaEers of the following d
Ynensions, viz lelgth 2e0 feet beam SO faet, hold
feet. The prepeLlifg power consists Of three
a2 aued boilers, 24 feet long, A inches diameter;
two cylinders. 20 inches diameter, feet stroke;
two wheels, 26 fest in diameter, with Il-fooE
buekefss The hall, built BIZ Prime Emerson, at
the Garaudelet wayss IS q perfect model of marine
architecture Mr. Emerson, IN this hull fully aus
1nins ha tame as d boat builder. The boilers, en-
gines, stc.s were pat up by Messrs, Collins Il Hal
Iay, under the constant and peraenal sup vision
uf Mr james Collins After run of several
miles uI tha riveg and back, the boat was landed
at Bloody Island, Shere she will receive the I'm
Sshing touches.
Tha Octayia viii be rsady for business about
nsxt Saturday Est Louis Republican.
The faroFite Nav Qrleana packet White Cloud
No. q leaYes this merning. We are glad to an
Mgunee lat she will ngage no freight hese, rs al
she cRn take was engaged by her agent, j. II,
Bowen We nelieve, previous 20 her arrival As
to passengers fhey are wanted. Secure rooms
early. Joseph Fey Esq, Ii waiting Ut the desk.
Capt. Ash. Hopkins insoEms De he loads to only
tig8 feak Gha iightsdfaf It and popular passenger
packet Merry 81 til, Capt Dave HAney, MTs
B. R. Smith clerk, Nill leays this forenoon DIT 10
o'clock Tor all laAlllnga 20 few Orleans We es-
pecalIy commend this Atlantic line packet. Capt.
Haney and his otaoeEH afo sxpsFiedeed and gen.
The White Cloud No. 2, Capt. Ash Hopkins sir.
rived yesterday from New DfleaHa We are i'd
debted to biAssFs. Fay and Entreken, the gentle-
manly clerks, for faTors. The White Cloud re.
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