New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1866-05-29
Orleans DAILY Qgrsrent
TUEsnAY MoRNINe. MAY 9a ls96.
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yious days, ii being extremely hot and disagree
able. But, however, just before dark, there was
change in the weather. sudden rain and
wind storm supplanting the former oppressive and
heated atmosphere.
Business, in the way Of shipments, was dull
shougal the arrivals Of Sunday and yesterday gave
the levee an appearance Of activity.
Tie steamer Texas concluded to lay up on ac
coEnt Of the scarcity of freight She reshipped
her freight on the Alabama, which steamer is re-
ceiging to leave tomorrow, positively.
The pet steamboat w. R. Arthur, Of the Auah-
tic and Mississippi line, now running as tle Iues.
day Telegraph packet, arrived yesterday, iooAius
nice, neat and fine. Since her iast app ea'aloe
here the Arthur has undergone very extensive
repairs She has now six 6ye,fued Doliels y 80
of tie tubular ones. Having peeh lepAi'eu
throughout, she now has Che appearance " Z Y
boat. Her cabin is large ana ~ i,
ana her general appointments OF laose spisiiule
ana magnificent type she = 2 hle steali,el ~
unsurpassed in any point o. eNeellenee " auy
hoat II lite st. Louis trade. der ohneers ate y
fire right SOFT, aad leave nothing undone mat
sbopld be done to add to The comfort and pleasure
81 tbe trip. Capt. H. G. Carson Is in command,
and Messrs. Ben. A. Cougar and ]. A LaugWeu
amend to Tie Official duties Of the ONCE. 1Ae W
4. Arthur leaves this evening.
IN account of having large lead Of sugar to
4ske 81, Capt Hopkins informs as that he was IN
able to leave yesterday az announced. Ihe WINE
cloud wiz leave positively this evening Tor Mem
phis, Cairo and st Louis
The steamer Amazon is now At the landing and
Il receiging to leave for Memphis, Cairo and Gin
einnati this evening at o'clock
The great and fast Magenta will be IN port to-
,ssv and Wilt commence to receive freight to leave
N Tbursday next her regular day for Memphis
caro- and ST. Louis. Capt. 7. ?. feathers is ii
command. and Adolph Martin attends to the affairs
of tia office.
Rva telegram to Messrs. Stevenson y Douglas
III learn that the n. s. Mepham, from St. Louis
bound to this port. passed Cairo last Saturday
liz win arrive in time to leave again nezt Saturday
Wa return our thanks to the officers Of steamer
". 4. Arthur, Richmond, Magnolia, Gen. Quitman
baltic. st. Nicholas, Lafourche, J. N, Sharp, Ala
bana and Judge fletcher.
Md RIVER FALLrNG BY the last arrivals w
understand that Upper Red River il falling fast
and from Shreveport down it was falling slow. "A
ebravenort when the Alabama left II had fell four
teen inches.
c1IPPNds from our EXCHANGES.
5ExpHrs, May 2es-The weather yesterday wa
aIon5v rainy and sultrv, and the leyee was any
Wing but desirable place Of resort, particular
around the st. Louis wharf-b boat Business wa
very brisk owing 10 the excited state OF the cotro
market, aud very much resembled the good oil
Zines The river IS still falling steadily.
me practical application Of the civil rights bil
~ charged against captain l1ueF, % me Y. n. ~
Cune and the suit instituted against I'd. Hart. e
refusing 4 negro cabin passage was cangasse
very exteneiFely on the river yesterday.
6s VIZ inf7mated yesterday, we are willing
give Captain Duifar, Or Quincy chance 70 den
Fhs serious charge, if it ia untrue, for we are lot
~ believe that any officer on the river would de
mrade himself and bring reproach upon steamboat
men in this manner
Wa ana reioiced toleaFn that the reported burr
ing Of the Morning Star IS wholly false, The stor
originated id q FIRE that broke out at Mound City
Stst as she Was leaving, and was seen by one 0
The sensation telegraphers at Cairo ana nashe
over tie wires to appear in the st. Lonis pape
%he next morning
ma Marg d. Forsyth will be at the wharf til
morning, and leave for New Orleans at T. N.
The Mollie Able will be up tomorrow eveniI
Oh har way to y. Louis. she Y now one q
most elegant steamers afloat.
.sThe Ssnplecnte of the 18th says that altheul
y, river Aes fallen six feet from the high wat
n 1s VI IL he to make anything IKE
we're inundated PRESENT ses L r,a ssdesss ~
aBce looking as though they ssd beeS atr apR0
lightning The work0f repairng NJ h ~, I t
1.1N 49, 100 49, ttl traces OF the uO
disappear. 49, ~
Inc balsua es., sg;de mara4Bs from $4,000
s,,otler astinate friend Buenhqnld thin
vnn eaI,'t gat The figures nearer w stneF.
s,asrvePosrg Nav rs. --Fron ths time OF last
port the river opposite TINS wy y II;
until Sunday night, when y caiis MAUI. Fl
sIn Il IVA fallpn nearly four incne. me nlgn
n;nt n rsached was about 80 fleet iboye the low
water mark hs avs e ro pug ,Ies \.
fulton on Sunday. up to which tinae nsaaJ that
fallen four feet, and the head Of the raft on Nj
day, where the river had fallen eighteen incl
That the late rise has exhausted itself there Is d
no reason to doubt; but we regret to believe {
on the rear of the plantations the back water
continue to rise for some days; SO, those hay
dry land may yet fail to escape a partial inun
ton.
The plantation opposite this place is stil
though we hear that the back water is endroa
ing uponit. Such, too, is the case with tile II
shall place above, as well as with the F0lso
place below The plantations fifty miles bel
this place have suffered far more than those in t
Hegbborh0od We are pleased however to e;
thai as soon as the water shall have fallen s
heientlys most Of the owners Of the overflow
plantations will be prepared to put in new Gre
Gotten planted on the river as late as the 10th
june has made bale to the acre. The freedm
know this, and es soon as the water subsidies mi
ot Them Will return to the plantations. On t
whole, the aspect of affairs is somewhat more Z
eOursging than last week.
The upper Red river packet Texas capta
Stinde, arrived on Friday from Kiamechia With
bales OF cotton and few passengers The Tex
left Kiamechia on Saturday, tneal5eh, atswhj
point the river was falling fast. AT this point
had been over it's banks some four or five feet
the night Of the 18th she laid at Rowland 5yhe
during her stay the river fell five feet leaving Il
place clear OF water the nextmorning From u
point she outran the fall, aud saw nothing but
ocean ofwater, floating houses, stock, etc s
laid at Fulton twehty-four hours, and when she i
that point the river had fallen four inches Il
-srr54 chr Mt Dna1nUia al,
river fell one inch, From this out she kept ahe
of the fall. Her officers give 3 deplofahle aceor
OF Tie condition Of affairs above the raft,
From Kiamechia down, not a plantation oscar
The overflow, and 20 sudden was the rise, i
most Of the planters lost all their stock, farm
utensils, household furniture, etc. Negroes co
be seen perched upon the tops of their houses q
theewater within few feet Of them; whole fal
lies living upon RATS, and now and then
freedman roosting Ia o tree. From a raft in
overflow above Long Prairie, the Texas took t
white men and foHr negroes, who had been wi
out food for foriy-eght hours. Though not a tit
has been told the above will give the reader
idea Vt the food above the raft in 1866. T
Texas LEFT for the city the aalae day without al
accessible 70 her trip.
The upper Red River packet Pioneer CAPITA
Scovi, arrived on Saturday from Rowland with
bales Of cotton, 10000 feet Of lumber and Of
passenger The Pioneer left Rowland on Wedne
day, the l6fAs up to which time the river had IA
Ten eight Eees Her oticers report the riyerfalliI
az lhe way Gown 70 Spring Raak, which point 81
Upper river iAeT officers awe An aeoa,,nt no Ia
depl0rabie thaa that received fran tbose ~ NJ
naYaa They state TINT tho 49, w y X 4