New Orleans daily crescent., 1866-08-30


packet Lizzie Gill, of the Merchants and People
Line leaves for New Orleans Thursday. Capt
10. Bryan has command and William Rhodes is
clerk .
menced falling at this point, and since our last
report has receded three inches, Last evening |
the marks indicated four feet eleven inches water
in the canal, two feet eleven inches water in the
chute, and one foot eleven inches water on the
rocks. Business continues dull Weather clear
and cool. -a-ls &sAN
A dispatch to Messrs, Erwin s. Denahue states
| that the Nick Lougworth will arrive Monday and
l leave Wednesday.
The Cincinnati Commercial of yesterday has the
following:
4 Editors Commercial oticing the late dis
asters on the Ohio river by boiler explosions, j
propose an Improvement that will indicate to the
| passengers on every boat the exact amount of
steam carried. The improvement ! propose is
simple, and will cost hut triae to boat owners.
1t consists of a pipe, some ten feet long, to run
from the boiler to the cabin of each passenger
/, boat, with steam gauge (the same make as the
one used before the enginesl attached, placed in
1.-the office or in some other convenient place, for
the passengers to see at any time they please to
| examine, 50 that they may be automatically as
sured of the pressure of steam the engineer car
ries in the boiler at any time, day or night.
> If this precautiOn be observed by the owners OF
steamboats,, passengers can determine for them
selves the danger, if any, they run during pas
sage of any length deem it important to the
travelling public that such contrivance should be
attached to every boat, and if it should be of no
2 other benefit than than of giving as opportunity
to some one who may survive such catastrophe
as the blowing up of the Lyte, to be able to state
to the public the cause of the disaster, Or atleast
j the amount of steam carried at the time OF the
/ NEW BoAF.-We learn that Capt. P G. Mont
j. gomeTy, formerly of the National, has contracted
with Mr.. Nadal for the hull of new boat for the
Red River trade. sShe is to have the machinery Of
the B. L, Hodges, the boat built here Just before
II the war for Capt. John Smoker, good boatman,
j, and very popular one
kTu,ft, A Nhn rtvp at
on stand, having risen about one foot during the
past few days. The bar opposite the city has par
d TALLY disappeared in consequence. The Arkansas
is on a stand, with thirty inches to Pine Bluff and
x twenty-five to Little Rock. Navigation is sus-
" pended above that point. Boats experience diff
Guilty navigating the lower part OF the river, and
IL the Lizzie Brown, which should nave arrived on
~ Friday evening last has not yet reached her land
a ing. The Tra5er is running between Pine Bluh
and Lizzie Rock as regular packet. White river
is low and business along the river very dull.
1r Only one boat-the Centraa-is now running in
that stream from this point. There is nine feet
h in the channel from here to Cairo and eight from
y there to st. Louis.
as it has been for the past few days, cool and
Business on the levee quite brisk Reshipping
: had the ascendency, as there was number oi
large lots of freight lying upon the wharfboat fol
Id the want of tonnage to forward.
,r The Ohio at this point is swelling slowly-tWC
inches in the past twenty-fou hours.
i Tennessee river, by last evenings paeke
es steamer Cumberland We learn that there is bu
ID three feet and half to JohnsonVfiie. Rive
,s about on stand
IL Cumberland river at Nashville yesterday, 'wa
u on stand with fifteen inches on Harpeth'
shoals.
o. Mississippi river between this place and st
20 Louis has seven feet and half and the river on
IA stand at St. Louis lastevenng.
" The Missouri river continues at the same neigh
o as at last report. Owing to the heavy rise ant
continued rains reported by the lastmountain boa
. / down at the mouth of the Yellowstone it is anti
g Cipated that there will soon be considerable in
n crease of water at this point. ssF7s
III The White river and the Arkansas are both low
Of with three feet to Jacksonpor, and SS inches
7 Little Rock ..a- ,sa
) i Weather cool with threatening rain at Jackson
or port, August 81. a
OF W. H. OSBORN FOR ST. LoUIs.-The large
superior and astpassenger packet ". n. Osborn
L. Capt. Ihos. Rogers in command, and MIR. w. ID
T Rogers in the Office, leaves this evening at
j O'Clock for the above, connecting at Memphis anC
1r Cairo with the railroads for all points East an(
! West. The w. Ell. Osborn is in every respect {
IL first-class passenger packet, and has most pop
: ular and genial officers. We commend her an(
u them to or friends to-day and assure travellers
or that they will be well taken care of the trip
Iv with the only regret THAI they compelled tt
leave 50 much comfort and the company OF clever
Il gentlemen.
4 ALEX. SPEER FOR RED R1rER.-This ine, new
llight-dratt passenger packet leaves for Jefferson
b direct at O'Clock this evening. The Speer is a
% favorte with both the travelling and the shipping
public, and will doubtless take out all she car
carry both in her cabin and hold Capt. John w
Is White is commander, ably seconded in his Official
is duties by Mr., G. I. Wallis.
o TIE MARY FoR WATERING PLACES. - The
/. splendid new low pressure passenger
, packet Mary, Capt. A. L. Myers, commander
= leaves as above from the lake end Of the
Pontchsrtrain railroad at "a. NJ. to-day. Agent
l. G. Harris, corner of Camp and Commou
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