New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1866-10-22
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GRrstmgr oFFIcr, No. 81 Camp Street,
Monday Morning, October q, 1866.

Il generously afforded slight sprinkle last evening
so as to alay the dust somewhat, and at opr
present writing, strong indications show that b :
fore morning we will have plentiful supply Of
rain, which is a most necessary article for ali.
4 The splendid steamer Robert E. Lee will be at
her landing this morning ready 70 receive freight
and leaves pnnotual1y ats T. N. tomorrow:
The Henry Ames having been unavoidably de-
| layed, willleaye for ST. Louis at P. NJ. this day
positively.
/ The regular packet soptherner, Capt. Mason,
\ will be found at her landing this morning from
Memphis, ready to receive freight, and will leave
on her return trip Wednesday 24th, at Pm,
The Iron City having been delayed on satur,
day, is now receiving, and leaves this evening for
Red river. She has been in the docks, and now
stands Al in all the insurance Offices
The Mississippi, Commonwealth and White
Cloud No. 2 from St, Louis, Alex. Speer, Mitte
istephens and Gaddo from Red river, are the next
boats due, and may be expected to arrive here to-
day or tomorrow. They will leave on their re-
turn trips as they are advertised,
| The Nina SHINES for Bayou Sara, and Alone for
Lafourehe, will be receiving this morning, to leave
| again this evening.
| The Tuesday packet Navigator arrived on Satur-
| dry with good trip. She is now receiving, and
leaves positively tomorrow evening for Red
river
/. PERSONAL. We were pleased to meet onsatur-
day with our friends, who has just returned from
a flying trip to the West, Mr. Jno. A. Stevenson
and Capt. H. L.Lee. They are both looking well,
and we Judge they did not meet with on their trip
the celebrated rab5it.
GLEAHINGs FROM OUR EXCHANGES,
/
ST.. LOUIS. Oct. 18.--Ihe rivers are declining
but little now, The Illinois can standa rise oftwo
feet more. Nothing from the Missouri That
rivers channel is cutting out, and half dozen
| boats with good eargoes, all past due from that
river, will run into this port almost Immediately.
The river below here is very vexatous in its CON
dition.
The steamer Pauline Carroll, for New Orleans,
Ieftst. Louis with fair load on the l7th g5a
| The popular New Orleans railroad line is in
/ brisk operation The packet for to-day is the
~ feet s inches, depth 81 feet with a full and
complete cabin, il notably light draft, takes a
large amount Of freight, and we would almost as
| soon expectto see her run to the top Of the big
mound az to run aground, The stenewali's Off
GERS are excellent fellows and thoroughly expe-
rienced boatmen. Capt. VIM. f. Haines com
mands Charley Thorndike, the clerk is renowned
for his expert business qualifications, and loved
for his good looks.
The Bee, toWboat, nj. v. 4. Co. i line. made her
last trip to and from New Orleans in Is days, BY
far the quickest yet.
Some pilots report that the Commonwealth had
Strengthened up but her stern caught again and
swung round on the reef as bard as ever. Six
feet water in the river, and some important
changes are going on in the channel. Agnes left
Jaeksonport on the 10th. Of the Railroad Line,
the Stonewall leaves to-day, Kigour Saturday,
then McGill and after her the Mepham. The IA
nous Stephen Decatur ia sure to get off to-day for
New Orleans.
Captain Patterson sails to-day for Memphis with
the handsome, lightsome Lille Martin.
N. B. Fowler sloading the Continental for New
Orleans
CAIRo, Oct, IS.-The river has fallen six inches.
Weather fine, Business brisk.
The following boats passed to-day: Indiana,
from New Orleans to louisville; Louisville, from
New Orleans to Louisville; Forsyth from ST. Louis
to New Orleans Commonwealth. from st. Louis to
New Orleans Pauline Carroll, from St. Louis to
New Orleans; White Cloud from st. Louis to
New Orleans; Welcome, from st. Louis TO New
Orleans,
The Forsyth and Imperial cleared at 6 pm.
LITTLE Rock, Oct. 18.--The river is very low,
with twenty-six inches to the mouth, and fifteen
inches to Fort Smith,
Theriver below is full Of boats unable to get up
for want Of water, There is every indication Of
rain.
At Memphis, on the 10Th, the weather was
cloudy, and business quite brisk. The river was |
falling from Cairo down, with eight feet water in |
the channel.
The Clifton and Laura Fenton rubbed hard at
Plum Point, and the Mississippi, bound from St.
Louis to New 0rleaus, twenty-four hours over DUE
is supposed to be aground at Plum Point. The
boats between Cairo and st. Louis are having a
hard time of it,
The Ohio is falling at Pittsburg, with six and
half feet in the channel At Cincinnati and Louis
vile it was rising yesterday, with six and half
feet liz the canal.
The Arkansas river continues low, with three
and half feet in the channel White river is also
OF low ebb.
The Clifton and Laura Fenton leave to-day for
Cincinnati, with over 1000 bales, and the Mary
Irwin has 500 bales engaged for Evansville.
The superb passenger steamer White Cloud No. |
2, in command of the popular Captain Ash. Hop |
kins, will leave the Star wharfboat at r. NJ, to-
day for New Orleans and all way landings,
The Southerner departed for New Orleans with |
far freight trip and full Of passengers
The Mississippi passed down last night with |
fair trip Of passengers and freight.
LAUNcHED.-A yawl which has been on the
ways for the steam toWboat Reuben Daley, forthe
past nine months, was launched yesterday morn
Ing with all the honors. The little ofaft floats upon
the SEES of life gracefully as duekling. The
builders did not come up to contract, however, as
a leak was soon discovered in her bottom but we |
have no doubt that the evil willhe remedied with
out going. back upon the ways. The next boat
built by the parties will, we hope, be of better
model. That il may be years before the trail
bark strikes snag is oar fervent wish.
AT Louisville, on the I'm, The river was rising
slowly
The late Pittbufg rises should begin to reach
this point by to-day, though it was FALLING fast at
that point yesterday.
The river at Cincinnati, Monday. had risen IN.
wards ofsi1 feet and in the evening" was swelling
at the rate Of two inches per hour, That rise
must have come from some Of the contiguous tri- |
bntaries, as IKE do not think The Pttsburg rise
could have reached here before today or last
night.
PIfrsBuRs, Get l6.-The river is falling stead
lily, with six fest in the channel this evening. The
weather is clear and pleasant. No arrivals or de-
partures aside FROM packets,
The American, Tor New Orleans, was loading,
The ETA Porter, from Pittsburg tn New Or
leans, discharged two hundred tons OF freight at
Cincinnati. and received about one hundred tons. I
She had five hundred tons at freight altogether, I
one item being four thousand plaws.
A large number of toWbpats got off Yesterday |
with tows Of coal, and others wilt get of to-day
Some of the boats were delayed, their tows not +
L61rsviiLE, Oct ls.--The river was rising |
slowly yesterday, with seven feet teuinGies water
in the canal by the mark, at dusk. During the
previous twenty-fouF hours it had risen seven
inches al the head of the fails, and twenty-one
inches ut Portland. The weather continues de-
ightfully clear and pleasant With the thermometer
.anging as high a. 90 during the day.
On the falls last evening there were Eve feet ten