New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1866-04-27
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their various destinations tomorrow :, - ~,
The Bend packet Grey Eagle, Capt :. NJ n..s
arrived yesterday. She p reeeis,s, - - u,
again Is morrow evening. The Grey cage WIZ
7 hereafter j. the regular Saturday PACKET ~
vickshurg and the Bends. ~,
The EXPRESS passenger packet Magnolia, oaps
ram. u. Eeatlfsrs, i receiving, and leaves 10
! v,cksburg; Memphis, Cairo and St. Louis to-mor
NV eyering. The Magenta will hereafter leav
bere regularly every sixteen days for the above
III passengers can secure passage for any trip b
applying to Mesars. Stevenson 4 Douglas, No.
Front street, where plan Of the cabin can
seen. y
By telegram received, dated Louisville, 2ath
We learn that the steamer Virginia, Capt j. Z
Young, had left for this port. She will arrive II
leave on herreturn trip next Tuesday. Passass
can be secured BY applying TO her agents, hessrs
Stevenson & Douglas, No. Front street.
We return our thanks for fayors to the offcer
Of the steamers National, Nina SHINES, Gre.
Eagle, Silver Spray, Baltic, Beulah and y. N
Sharp.
The Commonwealth was unable to leave yester
day. She will positively leave at ?. ". to-day
for Memphis, Cairo and St. Louis.
The Olive Branch, Capt. !. H. Jones commander
will arrive during the day and will return to Mem
phis, Cairo and st. Louis. Mr. Jas. r. Shaier OH
ciates in the office.
Il GLEAN1NGs FROM 0uR EXCHANGES.
81. Inns. April 2l.-A sudden and heavy swell
has taken place hege- about seven feet In twenty
four hours, and still rising last evening. Sundry
piles of produce, etc, were partially submerged
during Thursday night and yesterday ne upper
rivers are high and swelling, and the rise here may
be considerably grester put no one gan tell uuf
ing navigation hence to st. Paul resumed, the
Sucker State Captain Nv. p. Hight, having, on the
18th. sailed with flying coors into the portof St.
Paul amidst the acclanations of the people. She
could not carry but small portion OF the freight
offered her. ia
/ Others 81 our ST. Louis boats have doubtless
reached st. Paul since. The Sucker State LETT St,
Paul on the evening of Thursday for st. Louis,
doubtless with q full. load. The weather IS de-
lightful and cool, the rain being over seemingly
for the present Business Is fair receipts OF gram
large, and shipments eorrespondingly heavy.
"a few days ago the J0hnsonville Packet Com
pany sold the Vulcan and barges Tennessee and
Cumberland, to the Mississippi transportation
Company for $685. 600.
The new and elegant steamer 2. W. strader,
Captaiu Albert Stein, will leave for New Orleans
this evening. n. E. Fillmore has charge of the
Tbs Mohawk the pioneer steamer Of the Mis-
sissippi valley transfer Company, arrived yester-
div from New Orleans, having in tow five harges.
,narhafv short time Of twenty DAYS. and laid four
+ ~. 4; Nar f,rlaane On har down tr;n sba had
~ ~, ~ IL !, far nivhts nwnp To had weather
and on her mp trip fought heavy rise all the way.
We may now safely SGT the /. New Line down as
permanent Institution.
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X W Ianis ma Mississnni /, again rising and
w 4. INV 10 look for high Water, Is there Is
@ n sne y faa and IT on
II was oSiy iva feat beow the highest
,o;nt IA cbed II ina last lime rise telagram
~, statas tbat IN r;yar had r;san IN Saat
~, H III ssili r;s;nr ran;dlv \
There is three feet scant in the Arkansas river
X. ion;syiIle the river was ~ stand with savan
fact n;ne inches water IL ina canal i've feat nine
;cSas ats II tha chnte and fnnr fact nina i,chas
[ster IN +he rncts - =.
q The towbeat storm. No. 8. arrived here yester.
dsy, with fourteen canal boats and three fats in
shcnt M MI NH fteen canal boats and three
S,ets' ioadad WIN Al mn hnsheIs If corn vhich
, az hrnnaht from Havana in tbia State Tbe
corr, win The exception of don bushels. WAS sold
to nr,e marty IN New Orleans for SOC, her bushe
I'm their way back they sold the remainder for soc
Il Ratnn Ronae. ana on arriving at Memnhis fount
corn selling II Ill per bushel. or zoe. more than il
Nav f,rieans. The cantain Of ina Storm wa
launched at in New Orleans. and told that he neye
woSId reach his destination with such d tow, bu
y liz aid L, The feet have been nineteen DAYS con
ing from New Orleans to this port. One of th
canal hoats was snaqocd below Natchez. the snat
running through her, and sticking up fifteen fec
shove deck. m IN
II c0sts sorretfinQ to run 4 Missouri river boa
The ST. Louis Democrat OF yesterday says \
There il d Missouri river boat in port the wage
Of whose crew, up to date, have been as follows
l Cantana $500. first clerk $500. second clerk sl25
two pilots, each 47O0, first mate $685. second mat
500, Arsf engineer $225, second engineer SIPS
two stfikers each $780, carpenter Sl3O Whatch
man $50, steward 500, cooks and assistants $500
cabin boys, each $50 to s5, roustabouts $50, decl
hands $55, frenen $56, chambermaid $50, cham
bermaid 40. 81 a u s ID 81 4 fsss ss8a
a. regards pilots wages some Of the Missouri
rive boata are paving more than the above ieures.
with the addition Of 8 written agreement that they
shall be paid fol The season 81 eight months,
whether The boAt Il running Or not. We are
aware. however, that the enascements were made
in liz consent al III msnegers # .tha hna,S
ma in aom,e cases were eolicited by them. VIM
rii 6ni fanlt With ia nnts III soras;nr ~ ~
cent aeyen Hundred dolars. 81 for that matter
one thousand dollars per month, work q play !
- each boat fouf ID eieht dark hanas4 anS
-, s - 4 ~ .o.sts tss,ss M s any
srrr Is ~ M;s.on.i sa ~ ~: q
M Is " srS,n III ahnwa ssas & y Agn
4 hoW tey sccsed II rettInr fright Il al u ~
~ rnrs t i%Sos sUsnset th.t N. oan.a;4 =
M rrsaf e,cnah ~ ~ y aie
a. NJ ii o tb a. wonS W ~. mere
fre business, ana our large and fine feat If Mia.
soufi river boats would Be at the bank i5,e nnti,
their expenses and charges were reduced. These