New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1866-08-09
Rirer 9nteIllgenre.
CRESCENT OFFICE, No. "a CAMP sTREEI, /
Thursday Morning, AUGUST 9, 1865.

Yesterday was another warm day on the leyee,
the thermometer running up to 81 in the shade,
| Business was very good on the leyee. The de-
parting steamers left with good trips. The Ma
tional, for Red River, had all Of her freight
engaged at the advance rates.
The steamer Lizzie Tate, having been repaired
throughout and reprinted, will be at the landing
to-day ready to receive freight for Jefferson and
intermediate landings on Red River. She leaves
on Saturday next. Capt, H. L. Lee takes COM
mand Of this extremely light-draft packet.
The steamers Mollie Able from st. Louis
Fashion from Vicksburg, Vicksburg from White
river, and Cuba from Red River are now due, and
will be in port to-day. They will commence to
receive to leave again as advertised.
CLIPPINGS FROM OUR EXCHANGES.
CAIRO, Aug. 5.-The river OF this point is falling
again tolerably fast. When the next rise will
come we 'ken nOt.h
i The weather was tolerably fine, owing to gen
erous breeze which blew all day. Business dull.
4 The Belle of the City of the Saints will be at
our wharf to take freight and passengers to the
4 Bluff City this evening, She has Wild Swiss
for captain and French German " for clerk;
II twomor affable and courteous gentlemen do not
\ generally join horns to run boat.
MEMPHIS, Aug. 6.-There is no change to an
nounce in the condition of the rivers. The Ar
kansas continues to decline, with scant three feet
out from Pine Bluff White river has eight feet
and falling slowly. There is ten feet from here to
Cairo and rising slowly. The rivers above Cairo
are all declining with nine feet in the Mississippi
to St. Louis four feet to Keokuk, and three feet
toSt Paul The Illinois is low and so is the Mis-
souri,, but no difficulty has yet been experienced
by steamers. The recent rise in the Wabash
caused the river here to advance few inches but
it is ouly temporary and will be falling again in
} day ortwo.
Business in the steamboat line has been of a
very limited character throughout the past week,
| md amid rf11rAE npt
Gus. Trade is dull, and fly time among boatmen
t I is at its height
There was nothing done at the landing yester-
day the only arrival being the Minnie and she
remained at the wharf inst long enough to take in
5 coal, The Petroa had the leVee to herself all
day, with this exception. The Shark came down
4 with feet of coal barges, for Brown d Jones,
and during the day was putting them away IN
lI The Des Arc had not arrived at dark last even
ing, but will be at the landing today, and ready
: to receive freight for Vieksburg, She leaves to-
morrow evening. Nothing else of interest trans
The weather was somewhat cooler and more
pleasant, owing to gentle breeze from the north
west throughout the day, and old Sol did not come
down quite SO heavy as he has done for several
There were no drays moving to stir up the dust
e and not many people troubled the landing with
n theirEpreseuce.
ling account of the narrow escape from death OF
|, Captain and Mrs. CulbertsoD, on the occasion OF
# the sinking of the steamer j. s. Hall, in the Ar
. kansas river few weeks ago. The letter was
. written by Mrs. Culbertson:
1t FoRT SMITH, ARK, July ii, lS66.-Since captain
c. and babe you goodbye we have suffered from
40 danger we little apprehenGed at the time of our
departure; but now that it is all past and we are
saved, we can do nothing but offer thanks to g
e. mercful Providence for the preservation OF oul
10 lives.
ualI in tba ArEa riupF IuDI
" 23d We were on that boat and lost everything
and were only saved by the mercy and kindnes
" of God. The evening of June 23d we retired t
% rest at rather late hour, won by the exquisite
U beauty of the night to sit the guard, until tn
u, full orbed moon shonc resplendenty upon tn
dense dark foliage on Shore and reflected her ma
IN iesty on the high and swollen river of the Arkan
. sas. Finally yielding to sleep we retired to gu
O. stateroom and it was not until three O'Clock il
the morning that we were aroused from heaE
Il, sumher, by the mostappalllng crash and sphttin
so of timber. AT first we did not ascribe the nois
4 and confusion to anything but the probable re
n moyaI of freight from the hurricane deck, OF to
- storm of rain or hail. but on the full recovery
or our senses, we knew the right cause and withou
OF saving an article of clothing, jewelry or money
we rushed from our room In time to save Care
line, who was occupying the opposite room, an
el- make our way to the roof of the steamer.
The boat had already drifted down two mile
or after having struck the snag, and yet not sol
l. on the boat had come TO awaken us, or to tell
d. of the death that was so near at hand and had
n. not been that captain and | aWoke the momeI
in we did, we would all have been drowned Withor
IA consciousness of the Manner Of our death. Care
III line my girl had her door locked, and in her e1
citement and alarm, could not open it. Withou
waiting, Captain G.. broke through the heay
r. boards with his arm, and she escaped; her ROOF
~ was then filling rapidly with water. The bio
~ the captain gave the door famed his arm an
al shoulder so much he could scarcely use it, and hs
a. not yet entirely recovered the strength of it, bl
vi owing to his efforts we made our way through tn
cabin back into the kitchen, where the water wa
op up to our neeks.
Stepping on the baggage that was compact
10 piled 10 lhere, so as to entirely barricade the wa
ars or any means Of egress Capt G. was reaching Il
me he der that led to the guards for the steps cou
her not be mounted to the deck as they were file
CHI with freight, when he canght his foot in chat
ana and plunged through the open door into the rive
md Iscreamed, 20, God, Captains lostl" but /
I'M rose TO the surface and happening to catch Il
lily wreck, drew himself back BY Herculean effort
I'VE aud succeeded in finding my hand. was in wat
10 to my neck and Caroline was Immediately behir
ter me, pale and trembling with terror. CAPITA
my climbed upon the guard, and held on to the NM
ld- deck where he finally lifted me- notwithstandjr
Md he was suffering sufficiently acute pain from b
ter bleeding and laceTa ed limbs. Caroline was re
RS eued, was; and then we both drew the capita
TO the roof.
asst BY this time our clothing was torn off us, al
9TH we stood trembling, cold and paid as death e.
ent peetiug every moment to be our last. life bo
Yil was thrown over the side, and we jumped into
all. but without oars, and it was held on the wreC
ry only by rope in one mans hands. TWAS tosse
emit about at the mercy of the swollen waters, bacl
et wards and Forwards till there was no hope
I'VE escape. The life boat is leaking Jump GU
my for Gods sakem was the cry that came to OF
almost distracted ears, and the current was draV
md ing us rapidly under the sinking steamer, when
the terrible deaih would have been inevitable. "
ch came 50 near TO the steamer as to catch hold
ge the railing of the roof, which was completed
Cd under the water, and just we caught hold of
rh thinking to draw ourselves back to the steamer
rds piece Of timber came down upon us and drove
I'M lar apart, leaving the captain and myself So
pended full length over the water.
lin You cannot divine our feelngsi We had
ON thought but that of losing lle aud the fear tn
the my husband would be drowned made me aImn
cry insane. The captain OF the boat, as he sto,
re- upon the roof of the steamer, saw our perilo
ose condition, and striving with every energy exerte