New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1866-08-07
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we learn Nv telegram to Mr.. j. F. Douglas She
will arrive tomorrow morning and WI leave tor
Memphis Cairo and 81. Louis on Thursday next,
The St. Louis Republican is responsible Tor Inc
following:
steamer Dan Able, now finishing at Louisville, Is
TO be propelled upon al rec pIiaeiPe' T. G. gas
The Atlantic and MississipplSeamshlpC Company
offer for sale at St. Louis the following steamers,
viz J. @. Swon Ed. Walsh, Mary E. Forsyth and
the Atlanta. Their terms are one-QHarter cash;
balance in three, six and nine months, with inter
est and approved security.
In addition to the above, the following steamers
are also offered for sale, by Lockwood Il Wester,
ST. Louis viz: North Alabama, LeonOra, h. Burns,
@. j. Cafrey J. Barker, Laura, Louisa Milbery,
Home and Grey Eagle.
The steamer Cotile left the landing yesterday.
She will lay up for the present and repair for the
fall season.
The steamer National, Capt. ]. D. Clarke, com
mander and MIR. N. NJ. Calmes clerk, is receiving
and leaves positively tomorrow evening for
Shreveport and intermediate landings on Red
River,
we return cur thanks for favors to the officers Of
steamers Grey Eagle and National.
The Lafourche for Bayou Sara and Sonora for
Opelousas will both be at the landing today re-
ceiving. The LafourChe leaves Tomorrow at 10
A. NJ. for Bayou Sara, and the SUnora at P, NJ for
0pelousas, tomorrow.
CLIPPINGS FROM OUR EXCHANGES.
Sr. LOUIS Aug. 3.-The river is falling rapidly
here with four feet water to Keokuk nine feet to
Caro-, three and q half feet to st. Paul. The Mis-.
souri, is falling and the Illinois is declining. Bust
ness continues unchanged Freights are moving
lively for the season. The New Orleans packet
could hardly receive all that was sent to her during
the afternoon and evening. The weather continues
warm, but less oppressive than of late. The upper
Ohio is very low at Pittsburg, and business all but
suspended on the wharf. There was but three
| feet at Little Rock and the Arkansas falling on
Tuesday last Wabash river has been higher the
| past week than at any time in the month OF July
| since 1874.
ST.. LOUIS AND JoHNsoNvILLE TRADE Contract
| AtoGrded.-We learn that yesterday the Board of
| Directors of the Northwestern Railroad Company
awarded the contract to Messrs, Ben johnson and
W. NJ Mcpherson, of this city, subject to the
establishment of regular line of boats to run
between this port and JohnsonVille in connection
with said railroad. These parties own, besides
| other steamers, the St. Johns, Big Horn, Ben
johnson and Zephyr, which viii be recognized as
being well adapted to the matter of capacity, ETC.,
while if freights offered beyond the capacity
of that number of boats, they can at once add
others or put in larger ones. The successful par
ties named above, who own the boats and will or
ganze and control this line, are cearheaded ener
getic, stauneh citizens, and can confidently add
that their past success and great experience in
controlling steamboat stock lnsures to the enter
prise about to be revived the greatest success that
| is possible for it to attain.
| The Julia leaves on Saturday as the Atlantic and
Mississippi Steamship packet for New Orleans, in
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and the crew or the Branch will 60 on the Julia.
| Mr.. VIM, H. Rhodes, the popular clerk of the
Lizzie Gill went down last evening as chief clerk
of the Mollie Able in place Of Mr. Monroe Gun
| ningham, who lays over for a week to rustiCate,
I Business is unchanged, with general exodus Of
| boats from all the different trades. There never
| has been time when SO many steamboats, were
! laid uD, The New Orleans trade isnoW carried on
almost exclusively by one line Of Eboats, the bal
ance being compelled to retire; not so much, how
ever for the want of business, but for the runOus
| rates that freights have been raducedtO ass ,ei
The present price is twenty-five cents per hun
dred a rate which everybody knows at the prices
of everything, cannot pay. The reason for such
| prices is the competition between the boats and
barge line. 1t is useless for steamers to attempt
| to carry freight to New Orleans for any such
| prices, as they cannot begin to make il pay. We
| hope when the fall trade sets in our boatmen will
adopt living rate, and do away with the ruinous
| policy of cutting one another's thrOats.
CAIRO, August 3.-The river az this point is still
rising the reporter of the Times to the contrary
Notwithstanding.
| The weather was warm and agreeable till about
suu-down, when the air became as hot as an oven.
| Business dull.
The Olive Branch came in with very fine up
| river freight trip. She let down on one of her
wheels below Yicksburg and arrived there with
only one wheel The report about the David
| White having had the cholera on board was de-
MED by all her passengers and officers
| LOUISVILLE, August 2-The river was falling
fast yesterday, with six feet four inches water in
the canal in the evening by the marx. During the
previous stwenty.four hours it has fallen eight
inches at the head of the falls and two feet at Port
land, a rapid decline which will soon bring the
river to its former low, unnayigabe condition.
4 The weather was warmer, with the Thermometer
at eighty-seven in the shade, and cloudy in the
evening, though no rain has fallen
Il On the falls last evening there were four feet
four inches water in the pass down the Indian
chute, and the river falling fast.
On the LIST of August last year, the same stage
of water prevailed as now, and the weather wa'
similar in all respects--not variation of an incl
in the stage of the water, or the heat, by the Their
mometef's Indications.
Business is dull, and but little freight moving tc
any poiut, though the Palestine for Memphis las
evening was receiving good deal of assorted
freight and merchandise of all kinds.
The river az Pttsburg continues down TO low
water mark with go boats plying to that port a
! present.
At Cincinnati the river continues falling fast
and business rather slack to ali points. The Gin
ciunat Enquirer has the following:
u The great steamer Ruth was 10 have left st
|, Louis yesterday for New Orleans. She is th'
largest, the finest and the swiItest steamer on thu
Western waters, and wears her honors easily, anC
will continue to wear them until the Richmond
; takes the track.
The Richmond, Capt. ]. s. Meals new boat, nov
under contract at the marine railway, Madison
t Ind, is to be the queen of the Western waters
She is longer, larger, and will be far more comma
, dious and magnificent than the Ruth, while he
speed will be unequalled by that of any boat tina
ever before piled the Western waters. She il
modelled and designed similar to the Hudson rive
boats--the St. John and the Daniel Drew-com
!. bining the magnifcence of the former with tn
speed of the latter.
MEMPHIS, Aug. 4.-Yesterday was quite war;
) though not disagreeably 50, aud we have almos
begun to hope that the dog days are over. Bus
ness was auGiye on the leYee as it always is o
Friday The river is rising fast, and since our las
n has risen one foot At Cincinnati the Ohio is fal
ing and on Wednesday fell Ia inches. AT Cairo
l. was still rising rapidly Thursday and had rise
in all 4 feet.
n The great Ruth passed down last evening wit
l. about 1900 tons of miscellaneous freight. Sh
/, took on about 200 tons here, mixing fair trip.
1. ALEX. SPEER FOR Red RIVER.-Ths fine, ne
NJ light-draf passenger packet leaves for Jefferso
Is direct at O'Clock this evening. The Speer is
favorite with both the travelling and the shippiI
n public, and will doubtless take out all she ca
d carry both in her cabin and hold. Capt. John v
10 White is commander, ably seconded in his ofici
duties by Mr. G. 7. Wallis.
ls MARY FoR WATERING PLACES AND MOBILE
y The splendid new low pressure passeng
y packet Mary, Capt. A. L. Myers, commando
~ leaves as above from the lake end of Il
" Pontchsrtrain railroad at II n. to-day. Age
0r Il. C. Harris, corner of Camp md CONNIE
streets.
MIrrIE STEPHENS FOR RED RIvER.-The ne
and complete light draft packet Mittie Stephen
Capt. NJ Langhorne, commander, and Mr.. NJ.
es Carpenter clerk, leaves at p. NJ for Jefferson 81
IS way landings She is staunch swift and comm
ID dious; her cabin is tastefuly furnished. Cal
! 10 IF tln.u