New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1866-06-25

OF fbe sale of the steamers nj. Burns, Louisa, La
cnn, Home and Grey Eagle lying at St, Louis;
49,. 'No'4' - - ,-.ju, ana rntrsorvilln and
l'"e ""Ees l1l"a "' - -. 80; M,
the wharfbo0t Chancellor l!HlS "s o"No' Aney
are all in good order and ready ior Immediate use.
We r+,3, otr thanks for lavors TO the officers of
4, - ,-!.t-,I,,r.
lue steamer NtAso9 3d..
morrow from st. Louis. She returns again on
Monday
~ pa1,; fran, ST Toris vii, orri,,a in t7r,a IN
rae pa'''O O'4 ~, ''' 10 o''' ~
leave on Aer leU"lll uiP He-A0 -ue9"|y'
CLIPPINGS FROM OUR EXCHANGES.
To17TsyILLE. May lathe river was falling
rather fast yesterdaT with six feet nine inches
water in the canal In tbe evening nv the mark.
nrincr be vinns tyyantv Pnr hSurs ii had fallen
Ave inches at tbe head ~ HE faiIs. and fifteen
inches Mt Portland T,ba weather has assumed a
simmer tnrnneratura at last she thermometer at
mon m i1,e5 as bob &c * and arite FIear
TN the faITs last evenin6 there were but four
feet nine inches water in he pass down the Indian
pbn+e ana feliirg
The river IL STEADILY falling ut all points from
pittshurt II tbe Baliye with an oceon of water at
he latfpT oint and barely enourh Mt the other to
Foat ina.ont TIa Tnre;,t rains have added but
littIs Ia +fa voInre IL ,ya+er n Inc upper trbu-
tar.ies bnt have proven beneficial TO the growing
crnns
Tbe riyar Mt pittshurr Yesterday was falling,
with less Than feet water in the channel
GpEAT J,gvrNTIoN- No More Steamboat En-
r,s,Gl,as JyJe. SnrG,t Co,tdeuser-Mr, John z.
Fargnson. a practical steamboat engineer of SO
years. experience has perfected & model Of an
sr9 .6,aeer ann}insbg To any hirh
I,rsss,ra a,,t[ine on tbp Western waters.
fne Of the greatest merits of the condenser CON
sists in fe fact haf # M once turns our hzhpres-
s1,ra mos into foyynressnre and fins Mt one
bil,, as n we're aanr5yes onr Western boats al
,bei ribIs fame IT beire- ne snTerors al A now
der magazine or more explosive than the most
dsnc.sTS51s ooeas The ligb-nressure ep.rines Inv
f,siI 40 cTTa, dansar become al
oTne attaiI;na The same powerwith siT5v pounds
n,sss,, a. ia nyg reonired With one hundred ant
won't. Cr ona hundred and eirhtv.
Mn. Ferguson has exhibited his model to the bes
practical mechanics and engineers, both id this
city and Albany; also to the scientific engine
builders and mechanics of both cities, who Rdorst
it with unqualified approval
The merits of the improved condenser are mani
fold, being able to condense one hundred ant
twenty pounds of steam, and form vacuum o
thirteen pounds a fact to all who are eonvers N
with the application of steam that establishes it
utility and certain success. 1t cannot Weigh owe
half as much as the condensers now in use, an
! being quite simple in form and application an
| engineer can use it.
Mr.. Ferguson has been lifelong cltlzeh 2
Louisville; first served an apprenticeship r, W. VI
trade, and has been an engineer on Iie ~ esset !,
steamers nearly al hls me, an9 y Iuy Si
with all the wants deiects ana reg IL @ I,
uses OF steam on the western rivers. he LOS 49,
in constant service, and was engineer may 5 ~
ago Of course, OF the Iafiainea' peeLisss
the fastest steamer tnat ever '''i Aeu ="
| the western waters. IL. 80: e Nra
/ On one occasion she Inade the ulp I'm IVY"
! Orleans TO OWensboro IN 1ouF Gays, "neI sun NV
poruoh OF her aon,ueiy 80 f may fS,ansviiIt
other occasion she MADE tne run RON h'"HS' NV
70 PofIiaAd, zoo iileS' n lnll ts u so nm +h
Mr. Ferguson IS still engaged as englneei, " L u
river and mas peen on an hlnas u a. OF
lowpressure. j. A. Gotten, built there Just on IN
outbreak oil the war. ohe was ~ VIo e, a.
me spray CONDENSER + ste%v % Saa HAT
our western fYefs, anu W. ~ soioIIu ~
mas oeen nv t'''O
p's9C reon v,,rI-rT me fauons tnr-boat pro
heller the most complete affair of the kind eve
constructed, the Ida Dixie, is about to start, Q
has started south win hve oarges Oh sup
~ ~ III rm If Bcbards Davis & Co., Of TIL
eit7 who start it south for market. Unless sold
the way the venture is destined ior Ne" orle ss.
ING iaa piAle II a. soon n An
wa ars She is as handy and useful as she
a handsome, and should belong to some amatel
l. boating and fishing club.
d MEMPHIS, May 2g-Y esterday was clea 7, ~ u
very pIeots ryo-sooI ccg9fort While making Ii
v g DALEY j ronnd There was very little activi
on the ievee. The river is falling. slowly, hoy
ever; Wme river feIals us goo9 a., az
e 80 "a -, !, 5iso s+ronelv higb and recedir
N after having nIaved the deuce with plantations
q that stream Yazoo river is low, but navigabl
~ The Mississippi, at latest adVlces, was iaihg
& 9 Lous' u tt and Cincinnati Int retail
rs a favorable stage below that place Low wat
d may now be expected.
u The Atlantic was fnl5 OF people. ane pu9 ~ on II
m T nnin+ io' Vi 'us"i anu '''''l
Ill The Ed. Walsh arrived about o'clock Ii
a euening, full of people. She had $50 tons of "a
Il road iron, and 5000 pounds oil soda one put
ne F" lew npis :, nolaSsoS' De-, p-,,nn Tho n,
to miLIlA sQ anl,o+ 7Ti+to stanbe
az @iu oo IN ana Mr. M
up ~. i1ahs ~ sor Toar.on
It. o'A Gu, sEf+ and coron
ne %uy la-I Ing ,r,; T. .oa+afll1r, f,rnisbo5 ia
y. Tio0S, &c + n,ozt of7cort officors
nd aa De- a,S as Co., onr frien5 Csrnentar
tie nror5 g.. u bo vii ba fo,,nd IL discharge +