New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1866-09-25
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Tuesday Morning September p 1866,
sTbeWeather yesterday, partof the DAG was clear
and bright. During the morning we had quite al
refreshing shower which laid the dust but did not
cool the atmosphere. Business was at a stand STILL
nothing doing, and. the onlydepartures were the
Alone, Nina SHINES and NJ. s. Mepham.
The great Memphis packet southerner will be in
port to-day. She will receive for all landings up
to Memphis, and will leave again tomorrow
tevening Capt. Dick Mason is in command, and
Mr.. Steve Hancock presides in the Office of this
steamer. We will in tomorrow : issue give the
particulars in regard to this steamer. From what
/ we have learned we understand that she is one Of
the finest steamers now on the river ana with the
improvements that her present owners have put
| upon her, it will not be long before she takes
the first rank asa fayorite with merchants and
4 the travelling community.
The Louisiana had not arrived up 10 the time OF
'tleaving the landing last evening; she viii, how
ever be at the landing this morning ready for
business The Louisiana is in charge Of the uni
yersal faYo2ite Capt. w. R. Hollcroft, and we
learn that MIR Kinnte Smith Jr., presides over the
/ destinies of the otfiee-both well and favorably
known ia Che trade. The Louisiana leaves to-mor-
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row for! an landings up to Louisville.
/ The Idahoe, for Ouachta, will be relieving to-
day, and leavesRgain tomorrow eyening.pa@
The Caddo and Gaba, for Red River, will also
be receiving today. The former leaves this even
ting7 and the latter tomorrow evening.
From Cincinnati, Pittsburg and louisville, some
twenty stern-wheeieEs will have arrived at New
'0reans two weeks hence, oil with notion OF
getting into the New Orleans and Red or 0uachita
trades. The result will be seen, that some OF
them will be laid up at AIgeEs, ana othersswiltg
| back home losing from one TO two thousand dol
4 lars by the adFenRare. Red River can hardly be
called free to commerce. Its trade is controlled
| by few old c0oDs. who are well known as devo-
| ted heartily to the g lost cause. y .4ssa,zf
The above we find in the st. Louis Democrat.
We think the Democrat is right in regard to the
number Of boats that are advertised for this city
! for the purpose Of entering the Red or Ouachita
rivers with the difference that instead of losing
one or two thousand dollars by the adventure,
they will have good chance of parting with their
boats, as business in the above streams is about
1 played out, and the prices of freight will not jus
tfy any one running their boats there this year
There is not much cotton to come, and what little
freight there is to go up our own people will have
the preference over those who come here to stay
while there is little business to do and when thai
is done go back to their homes. 81
4 Asregard to the trade being controlled by a
4 few old coons who are well known as devoted to
the lost cause, we deny thias as last season will
Iproye it. Strangers who never were steamboats,
men before, carried their boats up the above
river and done very well. Steamboatmen as a
class, generally were all devoted to the lost cause
with the exception Of very few, who before the
war could not get a respectable position on any
boat. As 10 the Red and Ouachita steamboatmen
bieng classed as old eoous, we differ somewhat in
the remarks Of the Democrat. They are com
posed Of gentlemen one and alt andifthe Democrat
man should ever visit the Crescent City, we will
do our best to have him change his mind in refer,
ence to the steamb0atmen in the above streams.
AIEMoR4NDUM,-stea Caddo left Shreveport
Thursday Sept. goth. In port for New Orleans,
below Shreveport; 21st, Cuba at Barrier's; 22d,
ELizzie Tate at Grimess, Alex. Speer at Rnpion's
23d, Irene at Shernan's point. River falling at
IShreyepnrta the rate Of sixteen inches in twenty
four hours, and falling fast all the way down as
liar as Grand Eeore, from which point to Alexan-
i dria the river is alta stand
We return our thanks for favors to the officers
Of steamers Nina SHINES, Alone, Grey Eagle and
ICaddo AGO
PERsoNAn.-Capt. G. G. Russell, superintendent
Of the Mississippi Valley Transportation Company,
/ arrived yesterday from st. Louis. He will relieve
Capt. Burdeau for a short time, who goes to St.
Louis on a visit to his family.
Capt. H, l.. Lee, ofthe Alabama lefton Sunday
for St, Louis. z=,zza1-5 5es=
CLIPPINGS FROM OUR EXCHANGES.
i LOUISVILLE, Sept. 2l.-The river is ''booming1
at this point. There was a black vein of drift
wood in The river yesterday, that reached for
miles. The recent heavy rains throughout the
country have caused ali the tributaries of the
4 Ohio TO pour out and swell the river to fine
stage for navigation Last evening there were ten
feet nine inches water in the canal and eight feet
nine in the chute on the falls, which is navigable
for all sized boats 1t is still rising here and at all
q points above.
The beautiful Norman is lying at the city wharf
loading very fast for New Orleans, and she viii
z positively leave tomorrow evening at O'Clock
for Cairo, Eicksburg and New Orleans.
The water is over the pile of rocks on the new
wharf Boats are requested to keep off them and
u not spoil the work which the city has been at such
Il an expense to do
We understand Harry Walker, clerk of the Pal
esine, has accepted the second olerkship on board
the Indiana Wedid not learn who takes Harry S
place in the Office of the Palestine.
ST.. Louis, Sept. 2l.-The total swell last even.
ing amounted to SOME nine feet, A considerable
amount of merchandise, suoh as salt, was injured
Fl BY ihesfislng waters and much more narrowly
4 escaped the sudden enoroRohment. A lot of brush
4 wood lodged against two fats and carried them
4 off, They were recovered by taWhoat. Damage
Is no doubt considerable along the upper rivers
/ and tributaries.
The following boats are al the landing, waiting
for business improvements and some Of them have
4 been considerable time laid up: Virginia, Ora
! ham, Commonwealth, Isabella, Zephyr, W. Fl.
4 Osborn, Welcome, Yellowstone, Glasgow, Walter
i 81 Danee and Bart Able. The Sam Gaty, with
/ 5000 sacks corn and wheat arrived from the Mis-
4 souri, Mt IL a. ii. Capt. Bissen assduoasly at
tempted to find an opening by which to get TO tte
wharf. but had not reached the bank, as far as we
know, at dusk last evening. He il very dsoon-
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