New Orleans daily crescent., 1866-10-01

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Mr.. III. Kenison has charge Of the office.
The Mississippi arrived yesterday from st.
Louis, with fair trip. She is now receiving, 10
leave for Memphis, Cairo and st. Louis tomorrow
evening.
The Pioneer having been detained. could not
leave on Saturday, as announced. She will leave
tomorrow evening, for Jefferson.
The line packet Lady Grace, Capt. Sam W
Hammond, is the regular packet, and leaves to-
morrow evening for Shreveport and way landings
on Red River.
| The yickshurg o. S. mail packet Grey Eagle
will be at the landing this morning, ready for hus
ness. She returns tomorrow
| The Lizzie Tate a light draft and excellent pas
senger packet is receiving and leaves for Red
River tomorrow evening positively. Captain j.
| W. Barnes is in command, and Messrs. Ed. Groves
| and J, w Parsons attend to the Office affairs.
/ The great Won Phul, Captain Frank Hicks, with
Captain Joe Banfl in the office will be receiving
| to-day for Memphis and the Bends, to leave again
| on Wednesday. The Won Phul is one OF the most
excellent passenger steamers on the river, and in
charge of her present officers there IS no doubt
that she will always have the good opinion OF our
/ merchants and the travelling community
! The Irene, Captain H. G. Heth, from Red River,
will be at the landing this morning ready to re-
ceive for Jefferson, Shreveport and way landings,
to leave again tomorrow evening.
CLIPPINGS FROM OUR EXCHANGES.
II Sr. LOUIS, Sept. 27.-The decline inthe Missis-
4 sppi continues steady and rapid here. The de-
i cline by Saturday night will bea total Of about
seven feet. All the other rivers are receding.
Near Dubuqne and st. Paul the river is at its low
est stage Of the season, with rapidly increasing
boating business The papers mention a boat and
barges starting for its destination fully loaded,
and refusing as much again. A boat left Tor PItts
burg last night with four hundred tons, and had to
Il refuse as much more a vboatleft for New Orleans
Il with nearly one hundred and fifty cabin passen-
Il gers. Let the weather but continue dry, and in
II October there will be good times for steamboat
men on all the Western rivers.
Yesterday was beautiful day. The sun shown
out bright and clear It is to be hoped that the
/ weather has at last settled. 1t will take some
DAYS however, before the roadsbecome sufficiently
L firm to allow the hauling of produce from the
country to thetarious river landings. From every
direction we hear Of immense amounts OF produce,
the Transports ton OF when mas peen delay gu ny
III the late heavy rains.
On the wharf yesterday very light. There
1 were but few offerings for New Orleans ana the
j South. The up:country steamers are doing about
/, The departures comprise the Pauline Carroll
| for New Orleans.
{ The P. w. Strader is now at the wharf reeeiv-
d ing for louisville. She gees to-day.
The Carroll is drawing eight feet with about
i SOC tons. She takes 1000 barrels flour and lime
q before reaching Cairo, and will connect with the
+ ears at that point this evening, She has sixty
cabin passengers and about the same number OF
n deck Pilots Van Honghton and Milhken
The Continental leaves for New Orleans to-mor
y row The White Cloud, Captain Ash @. Hopkins
e Joseph Fay, clerk leaves at four this Afternoon
for New Orleans. The St, Johns will leave at
n p n to-day for Johnsonyie. Ed Ryland Is IL
tile Office. This is one Of the fastest and besi
ID boats on the river. The Bart Able, Captain
James Townsend, w. n. Tompkins, clerk, leaves
is this evening for New Orleans,
The Luela, from Fort Benton. Is expected mere
i the latter part Of this week with million and a
Is half Of gold Our share of it is for sale on time
Dispatches from the CAPTAIN and clerk Of the
Il steamer Ontario, dated Sunday to John G Cope
lin state that the Ontario, on the previous night
ia at eight O'clock sunk in Kansas Bend, about tit-
l. teen miles below Nebraska City, and became a
total wreck. The captain remained at the wreck,
q and the clerk was starting with the crew tor st,
Il Louis. The Ontario was owned By John Y. Cope
e lin Richard Bo0ge and David Haney, the last
{ named commander Of the boat. Booge'sinterest,
e | one.fourth, is insured here for $4,000, and the
balance for SIS 600 in Cincinnati offices. The
b boat was vaiuedat 100000. She was bound for
y Sioux City but had only twenty tons Tor that
point the balance Of cargo, l6l tons railroad IRON
i and some other freight, for Omaha, ETC. Inc
! freight we presume, was insured, but not tne
e freight list.
3 Tie steamer Great Republic is progressing fine
y ly. Mr. Porter the builder, informed US that she
will be ready to launch BY the middle OF October,
tion with all possible dispatch. The machinery is
! in very forward state. The attention of the
4 Louisville Courier reporter is called to the follow
t ing The first shaft has been forged and IS ready
to be delivered, II weighs 22,2S5 pounds. II
measures feet in length. The other shaft is nov
being finished at the forge. The eranks for tht
shafts are 20 inches thick, five feet from center tt
center, and weigh 1900 pounds each a falr ldei
e of the magnitude Of the forgings may be gleanet
e from these figures The steam hammer used fo
l. shaping them is the resultof Pittsburg mechanical
st skill 1t weighs four tons, and has Il fall OF sl2
e feet. It is the largest steam hammer in the West
ii and has now produced the heaviest forging o.
T. which we have any account on this side of thf
Is Allegheny mountains All the forging for the
10 iron-elad gunboats in our waters was performed
IS ? -, IPittsbnrg Commercial, 2lst
CINoINEATI, Sept. 26.-The weather yesterday
e. morning was cloudy, and about 10 o'clocka heaF.
rain set in, which continued throughout the entirt
day. and the indications are for steady rain dur
ing the night.
is The river at this point is again rising rapidly
" caused from the rains in the immediate vicinity
cd, and the prospects are for repetition of las
II weeks freshets.
II, At Pittsburg the river was reported still falini
yesterday noon, with nine feet water in the chan
er nell Weather clear and warm.
d, In the Cumberland, but twenty-sx inches an
lit failing is reported on the shoals.
IN Qur latest adVices from other ports will b
found in our special telegraphic columns on til
q. inside,
biS1eSS on tl6 ldHulilS yesttIudy was toA
M pletey checked, on account of the ncessant rain!
e. and consequently number Of boats will be de
us layed in their departure.
en- The Louisville, Capt. A, q. Ross came up yer
is. terday, and willleaye for New Orleans on Thnr
as day evening, at5 o'clock,
at The G. q, Hilman reshipped her New 0rleau
lis freight on the Lotus No. yesterday. Yesterday
ng at $3.50 a, NJ, feet Of coal and salt barges lyin
at G. N. Stewart's coal harbor, just below th
Eureka Docks, was struck by q floating mass {
drift-wood with such force as to drag outthe pos
to which they were fastened, setting adri
twenty-five barges of coal, one barge of salt, an
/ two empty salt barges. The salt barge was stoV
and sunk opposite White Hall, and six of the cam
as boats between Cincinnati and Lawrensburg. ST.
SIS teen barges have been recovered, those save
n. having been landed at points between Cincinna
and Aurora.
Il SHREVEPORT, Sept 26.-During the past wee
" the arrivals and departures of boats have bee
ed quite numerous for the season Of the year.
nd The river opposite this point since our last hi
~ fallen IA inches, and is still falling, Last night
was about Ii feet above low.water mark. III
Mollie Fellowes from Jefferson, reports the bayc
her and lakes reeeding. The l. billiard, which lie
ith Fulton last Wednesday, and arrived here Monda
a night reports upper Red and Little rivers falir
si3 fast She found threefeet water at Little Prar
our and two feetat the foot of Black bayou.
The FRANCES FOR MoBILE.-.Fhis new 10,