New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1866-09-04
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CRESCENT OFFICE, No. "a CAMP STREET,
Tuesday Morning, Sept 4, 1856,
Yesterday was continuation of the warn
weather. Business was not very brisk on the
leyee. The Nina Sinms for Bayou Sara, Carrie
Poole for Red river, John Kilgour and Common
wealth for st Louis, were the departures.
We return our thanks to the officers of steam
ers Grey Eagle, Judge Fletcher, Idahoe and Nina
SHINES.
RISE IN THE OUAoHITA.-We learn that there
has been a large rise in the above river. A
Camden it had risen twenty feet.
i By telegram to Mr.. John F. Douglas we learr
that the steamer Lizzie Tate left Shreveport fol
. this place on the 3lst. She may be expected tc
arrive this morning, and will commence to receive
to leave again tomorrow evening.
The Mollie Able, from st, Louis is the nex
boat from that port that is due, she will be in to-
day; she leaves again on Thursday
The Lady Grace and Annie Wagley, for Red
River, leave to-day; the Una and Cubato morrow
J evening
The Judge Fletcher and Idahoe are receiving,
and leave tomorrow evening for 0uachita.
The Virginia is receiving and leaves for Mem
phis Cairo and St. Louis tomorrow evening.
The splendid Lady Gay is off this evening for
Memphis, Cairo and st. Louis.
1
! MEMPHIS, Sept. 1.-The weather yesterday was
cloudy. The river here came to stand yester.
day. The Arkansas is reported declining with
twenty-five inches on Rob Roy bar. The river at
ST. Louis and Cairo is falling, with eight feet from
ST. Louis to Cairo, and nine feet from Cairo to this
point. The Ohio is falling, with scant four feet in
the canal, and five and half feet on the bars in
the lower Ohio.
Business on tine landing yesterday was dull, with
but few arrivals or departures. There is very
little travel the river for this season of the year
and business of every description is staenant
This is mainly attributable to the fear of cholera
i False TuInorS have gone all over the country
about the cholera, and the people, unless com
PEELED by urgent business to travel, prefer stay
ing at home. The cholera along the river towns
/ is abating rapidly There has been but few cases
of cholera on the packets plying the Mississippi
| and Ohio, during the past week The boats ply.
ing to and from our ports are generally kept in a
good sanitary condition. The cholera, at thi;
point has not, as vet, prevailed in an epidemic
/ form.
The river at St. Louis and Cairo is falling rap
y idly, but so far the packets nave come through
without detention, There is eight feet reported
from Cairo te ST. Louis, and nine feet from here
to Cairo
The late rise has. cut out the channel few in.
ches at Plum Point and Osceola bars.
, The packets plying in White and Arkansas
rivers are making good trips, and in a few weeks
they will begin to bring in new cotton. 5
The river at Pittsburg and Cincinnati continues
to recede and navigation above the falls bids fair
to be very much restricted for some time to come.
The fogs and dry weather combined are likely to
cause low stage of water.
Dense fogs have prevailed on the Upper Ohio
during the present week. -ss
The Mary Z. Forsyth and Ruth passed up yes
terdag, from New Orleans, bound Tor ST.. Louis.
/ The Agnes passed up from White river last
evening, bound for st. Louis.
The Mollie Able passed down for New Orleans,
with big trip, including 200 head of mules.
The Clara Dolson was to leave St. Louis last
I evening for New Orleans.
Owing to the opposition by railroad and the
competition OF steamboats,, rates of freight from
Louisville to Memphis, and points below, have de-
clined to 40 cts.
The Palestine ana Cora S. loading at Louisville.
| on Ihursday were offering to take Memphis
| freights at 20 cts, and New Orleans at 50 cts
| The new and unriyaled passenger steamer Liz
zie Gill, Capt. Williams, will leave the Star wharf
boat this morning at 10 o'clock, for New Orleans
and all intermediate landings. The Lizzie Gill is
A No boat and is in charge of reliable officers
The Louisville Courier of the Both says:
The river was falling but very little yesterday,
with three feet ten inches water in the canal in
the evening by the mark. During the previous
twenty-fOur hours it had fallen one inch and
quarter at the head of the falls and five inches at
Portland. The weather continues clear and rather
cool for the season, the thermometer ranging at
seventy-fye in the shade.
On the falls, last evening, there were twenty
two to twenty-three inches water in the pass
down the Indian chute, the Fairy Queen being the
last boat to try the hazard of the breakers, She
Ment through the 0tnGf QaY, it made her turn
round like a teetotum. She went Waiting round
the turns more like Will-o'-wisp than stately
queen.
The Cincinnati Commercial of the Both, says:
me weather yesterday was clear and warm
with the mercury at eighty-fye degrees AtPitts.
burg the irving is falling, with thirty inches in the
channel. The Kahawha sstationary, with twenty.
five inches in the channel.
Here the river has been on stand during the
past twenty-four hours, with FIVE and half feet
on the shoalest bars hence to Louisville THERE'S
five feet in the canal.
Capt. W. W. Fenton is rapidly recovering from
his recent illness. He intends to load the Silver
Spray for New Orleans, after the Maggie Hays.
Capt. Ben. NJ Bush, of the office of the Spray was
also in the city yesterday.
pair of new chimneys for the Alabama river
packet Onward manufactured for G. T. Dumont
Of this city were shipped for Mobile yesterday by
the steamer Minneoia. They 70 to Columbus
KY, by river, and thence to Mobile by rail
LADY GAY, U. s. MAIL Boar, ATLANTIC AND
MISSISSIPPI STEAMSHIP CoMPANYis LINE.-The |
regular, elegant and popular passenger packet,
Lady Gay, Capt John H. Burk, commander, |
and Mr.. John A. Tatum, clerk, leaves this |
evening at O'Clock, for Memphis, Cairo. ST. Louis
and all way landings making connections with the I
railroads for all points East and West. The Lady |
Gay is one of the eetest, largest and most costly
q our river packets, and has no superior in all |
that pertains to comfort and enjoyment She is /
an ornament to this great line, and the pride Of
her owners. The high reputation of her officers
and the vigorous discipline known to exist ON I
Lady Gay.
CAMBRIA FOR THE WATERING PLACES
regular, fast and splendid low pressure packet
leaves to-day from the Ponchartrain Lake end, on
the arrival Of the A. N. train. Capt w L.
Gozzens is in command, and MIR. John Otway is
the efficient purser
GREY EAGLE U. s. Mdil Packet for V5abs- L
osag.-This regular weekly packet, with Capt, j.
81. White IN command, leaves to-day at S p nj. i
for her nsnal landings up to Yicksbarg, connect
ing with first class packets for Memphis and Yazoo
River. She has tastefully fitted up and spacious
cabin, with all the Accommodations necessary to
insure care and comfort to passengers Travellers
and shippers should not overlook matters Of such
Importance. Messrs. Ayles and MoVay are in The Il
office, and will be glad to attend to all INQUIRIES in
relatlonto the Grey Eagle to-day.
ANNIE NAGLEY For RED RIyER,-T hislight draft
packet, in command of Capt. Alex. Grant, Jr.,
with Capt. j. ]. Compere in the office, leaves at
8 p NJ. to-day for the above and all waylandinrs
The W agley has excellent Accommodations; having
been repaired and repainted and newly furnished
she now offers superior inducements to the travel
ing public.
LADY GRACE FOR lEFFRRsoN.-T Justly popu.
lar and splendid passenger packet, in command
Of Capt. S. W. Hammond, with Mr.. Sim Smith in
the office, leaves at 5 O'Clock this evening for
the above and way landings. The.Grace has first
class accommodations aod the most genial off.
GERS. We commend her antss!hem 10 OUT friends
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