New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1866-07-09

! Kansas. The Neosho has been on the biggest kind
of a high far beyond the remembrance of the
| Oldest inhabitant, Overlooking the bottom lands,
| and doing great amount of damage to the grow
ing crops of corn, wheat, etc, carrying of fences,
lumber, saw logs and wood. The river, in several
| places was Eve miles WIDE.
| :, The officers of the Lady Pike report tremen.
| dous storm in the vicinity of st. Paul on Monday;
among other damages done the small steamer
Tiger was eapsized by the wind and one man
! drowned.
The Cleaner, Capt. Moody, arrived from the Ar
kansas with a very light trip, in which were 5000
! feet lumber, bales of cotton for New Orleans
a number OF dry hides for ST. Louis, etc. The off
GERS report the new cutoff at Fairlie & Moore's,
| which has left South Bend " in the lake, as being
navgable, the Cleaner being the first boat
through, and having plenty of water. 1t will
make saving of about Il miles, but leaves South
/ Bend, Mrs. Jordans lower landing, DeShay and
| some other points in the cold This is hut one OF
| the many changes which are constantly taking
place on the Mississippi
| Captain H. W. Smith, president of the Memphis
! Packet Company, has gone to Louisville, tor the
purpose of taking to ST. Louis the new packet
| Belle Memphis. Her outfit will be placed on
| board at the latter place, and she will take her
| place in the line on the 18th.
] The General Thomas was sold at Cincinnati on
| Saturday to Capt j. L. Thompson, tor $4,000
cash. and the Fanny Brandes at Louisville, to
Capt. Hughes, for the same sum.
| Capt. Hicks leaves to-day for mp river, to bring
to this port the steamer Won Phul, recently bought
| by Capt. Walt for the New Orleans trade.
| LoUIsYILLE, July THE river was falling
slowly yesterday, with feet inches water in the
canal in the evening, by the mark. During the
previous twenty-four hours it had fallen 3 inches
| at the head of the falls and inches at Portland.
! The weather was warm and clear at times, and
| cloudy at intervals, threatening rain, with the
thermometer ranging as high as s. in the shade.
On the falls last evening there were feet
inches water in the pass down the Indian chute,
and falling.
The reports from Pittsburg yesterday indicated
with l,lNr in
the channel the arrival OF the Spray, Columbus
and the Nora, and the depaltur Of the Yorktown.
The river at Cincinnati was falling fast, and
navigation much restricted, while business was
extremely dull in all departments.
The Cumberland is slowly falling at Nashville,
with five feet water on the shoals. No arrivals
excepting the Tennessee from Cairo.
The fayorite steamer Louisiana, Captain Hol
croft, was due from New Orleans last evening.
She is new, fine boat, and returns to New Orleans
Thursday evening. Passengers and shippers will
find her at Portland.
MORE CoAL.-The Raven black as night made
her appearance at the wharf yesterday with five
barges in tow laden with coal, all from the Pome-
roy mines. Three of the barges were consigned
to Captain Dugan for steamboat use, and the other
two t y 0imstead O'Connor.
The river is again rising at this point, from the
effect of very heavy rain storm during astnight.
All the rivers, with the exception of the Illinois,
remain remarkably high for tile season OF the year,
, Between here and Cairo there is plenty OF water
u for every navigable purpose, while below that
point it is unusually high.
The upper Mississippi has risen from Dubuque
down, the swell coming out OF the Wisconsin and
Black rivers. There is now fair stage of water
through to st. Paul.
J The Illinois river is dead low, with the larger
boats drawing off 1t wiLlrequire the lghtest class
boats to navigate the Illinois this summer.
The Missouri river is in good boating stage, and
the cry Of low water is not anticipated in the Big
Muddy this season.
Business weakens every day aud from this out
pi,ra 51rill lI,c-1
light until the first of September Our upper river
exchanges all complain of dull times. The Du-
buque Herald of Sunday says
Ills pity that with this fine stage of water
there is no business. Nearly every day boat Of
some line is laid up because there is nothing to do.
The Minnesota passed up yesterday. AT Cassville
she took quantity of wheat for Red Wing where
higher prices are ruling than at any place on the
riyer-the result of competition, and a determine
ton to kill the lower river trade.
This state of affairs cannot last long trade can
not be diverted from its natural channel. Two
dollars and ten cents a buShel for wheat in Red
Wing will soon play out. The Ida, wild boat,
came down yesterday from Wmona unable to pro-
cure any freight. She took aboard 200 sacks Of
oats here under rates contracting for 20c per cwt.
Unless she bills up below she will lose nearly $4,000
this trip.-St. Louis Dispatch.
CryI RIGHTS ON A SrEAMBoAT.-We clip the
: following from the Mobile Register of June 26:
Some little excitement was ocCasoned on board
the steamer Reindeer yesterday morning shortly
before she left for her usual excursion to Point
Clear, by reason of the captain refusing to allow
negroes to occupy his cabin upon terms of per.
feet equality with the white passengers. On the
two Sundays previous no special effort was made
on the part of the boats officers to keep the
white and negro passengers separate, the number
of the latter being so comparatively small that ii
was not thought necessary. Difficulties of an I'M
important but still unpleasant character arose,
however, from this mixing of races, and the white
patrons of the boat told Capt. Williams that di.
vision must be made or they would seek other
means of transportation.
Accordingly Captain Williams on yesterday
secured his lower deck, had awnings spread, and
provided an ample supply of benches upon the
guards, and fore and aft, for the accommodation
of the colored population. When the passengers
commenced assembling the negroes made dead
set for the cabin, and were met at the gGngway by
an offc r, who poin ed to the place assigned for
} coored population left Indignantly, avowing that
if they couldn't go into the cabin among the white
folks-who want no better dan oey was''-they
wouldn't go on the boat at all. As the finely
dressed negro excursonists turned shorewards be-
cause denied their civil rights" many hearty
laughs arose from the cabin.
J The result was that the Reindeer had a large
number of passengers yesterday, and but very few
negroes
CAMILLA FOR THE WATERING PLACEs.-ThiE
regular, fast and splendid low pressure packe
leaves to-day from the Pontchartrain Lake end, OF
, the arrival OF the f3 A. M ualn.s Capt a. r
Boardman is in command, and Mr.. John Otway il
: the efficient purser.
LOUISE FOR MoBuE.-This new and fine low
pressure passenger packet in command of Capt
Hopkins leaves to-day at II M, for the above
J named place, from the Lake end of the Pontchar
train Railroad. Agent I. G. Harris, corner o
Camp and Common streets.
BART ABLE FOR ST.. LoUIs.-The superb and uni
versal favorte passenger packet Bart Able, Capt
j. Il. Townsend, commander, and Mr.. W. H. Hall
clerk, leaves at P. NJ. to-day for Natchez, Vicks
burg, Memphis, St. Louis and all landings in thu
bends. Our friends Capt. Townsend and Clerl
Hall, are well known wherever the Western water
flow, not only as competent and faithful officers
but as intelligent and generous friends and perfec
gentlemen. Do not forget the Bart Able thi
evening.
MISSISSIPPI VALLEY TRANSPORTATION COMPANY
Capt j. T. Burdeau agent of this line, will dispato
to-day, at lOA. NJ, for Memphis Cairo and St. Louis
the steamer Yankee and barges. Now is chanc
,o cur merchants to ship all freight such as tut
: pentine, camphene, powder, ETC., and all freigh
that passenger steamers are prohibited fror
i carrying Call and see the agent, Capital
70 Burdeau, Front street, and make your en-
- gagements.