New Orleans daily crescent., 1866-06-07

| many, Her last experience as q steamboat WIS
as packet between Memphis and Eioksburs.
After PLYING for a few months in that trade she
was tied up and sold by the United States
Marshal, Messrs. Carr Campbell becoming the
purchasers. The wreck was of but small oonse-
quence.
The James Raymond was built about twelve
years ago by the owners of the Floating Palace,
for tow boat, and was owned by Messrs. Carr 4
Campbell, having been bought at sherid7s sale in
Memphis.
The Ida Handy was one Of our finest New Or.
leans steamers, owned by the Atlantic and Mis-
sissippi Steamship Company. She had been laid
up for the purpose Of having her tubulars taken
out and the old fashioned nine-fued boilers sub
stituted. The Ida Handy was built in 1854 by
Capt. George Pegram, Of ST. Louis, was valued at
$55 400 ard insured fS s56 25o in the following
Eureka, Buckeys{ State, Magnolia, Central, Union,
Ohio Valley, BptmenE aud Germania, each
S46TS so. a
will save a single dollar BysPsurance
The Magenta arrived fromlSew Orleans with
ight trip Of irelg9It,,s2ut with every berth filled.
The Mollie Able arrived Saturday evening, with
good trip, and passed &own toaANew Orleans
She ran aground at the headiof Presidents Island,
asRpS sfs Ts3e ss s oSST oT 4srf bsas pg and
Magenta passed her in the afternoon, shes was
afoat, and her freight was being transferred back
to her, and she was firing up. 4.
The Olive Branch, one of the Atlantic andE Mis-
sissippi company's line of Telegraph packets
Capt. Isaac H. Jones on deck will be here this
morning, and will leave at noon for New Orleans
She is splendid packet, and has every accommo
dation for passengers and freight
The Atlantic passed up to ST. Louis after dark
The w r. Arthur passed up Friday night, maxi
ing the run from New Orleans to this port in three
days. The Arthur has eXeeled herself in speed.
She had 300 tons of freight for Cairo and St. Louis,
n fr1 1aAAi v,dc
The White Cloud passed up with a splendid
passenger list and 200 hogsheads of sugar.
LOUISVILLE, June 2.-Yhe river continues to re-
eede. very slowly, with feet inch water in the
canal last evening, by the mark. During the pre-
vious q hours it had fallen only an inch at the
head Of the falls, and three inches Mt Portland.
The weather has assumed q more decided summer
temperature, with clear bright sky all day. aud
the thermometer at rs at noon, and rising.
Though the weather has been unseasonably cool
all the week, it did not bring either frost or snow
in this locality, as stated by other city papers
| On the falls last evening there were about rs
inches water in the pass down the Indian chute
and not much prospect of that channel cutting out
as it is as hard as adamant and as smooth as glass
1t is, however the safer and suTer pass just now as
the canal is again obstructed.
The river at Pittsburg, Wednesday, was slowly
swelling, with 50 feet water in the channel by the
honongahela marks.
| The following transfers of steamboat stock took
| place at St. Louis during the week: OF the j. H
hoaugh, sold one. sixth to George A: Hynes and 3
A. 1nu, .9r ., 95oOy' " sile AoIaL Fartag9s
Geo q. Wolf sold one.eighth 70 Chas s. Ebanrl
for $1,000.
CINCINNATI June THE weather was cleal
anu anu warm ygsleruag sia r A AZ oS r qse I gns S
Here it has been on q stand during tie n hour.
ending last night, with feet on the shoaest bar
hence to Louisville Ihere + feet IN in the canal
ad gFe n y e Igee II b ny YET oo m me oaoga
! CAPTAIN Robert Whitney, a well known New Or
leans pilot is dangerously i'll at his residence il
Coyngton.
| CoMAMoNWE TH-AlRRcHANTs' AND PEOPLES
LTNE-FoE sT. LogIs'-Ihis large and commodi
GUS passenger packet leaves at O'Clock TO
Memphis Carlo and st. Louis, connecting with th'
railroads for all points Eastand West. Her accom-
modations for passengers are excellent haylu!
room for large number OF people The Com
monTealth deserves the talL eonhdeneeaot th
public, both as her merits as steamboat and thos
Of her officers as gentlemen. Capt Jos. Lloyd
4 IN command, and Mr' James NJ boyles oihclates
chief clerk.
FOB THE WATERING PLAoEs.-fhe hne' fast low
pressure steamer creole Captain Charles Wake
Il eOmmanalnS' ahdhLt Sam UISeh clelhi 4etFes d