New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1866-06-27

CAIRO ana 81, LOUIS.
The Mittie Stephens is receiving and leaves lor
Shreveport, Jefferson and way landings to-norro"
Thursday evening,
The national and Saratoga are alsoreceiving and
leave for Shreveport and intermediate landings
this evening.
BoArs CoMNG.-The Atlantic and Henry Ames
from Sc. Louis and Nicholas Lengworth from
Louisville will be in port to-day The Atlantic and
Lougworth leave again tomorrow and the Ames
on Friday.
TIE MAeHNTG.-This great champion of the
western waters will be in pert tomorrow and will
commence to receive to leave again next SatUr-
day, 3Oth inst, positively, for Yicksburg, Mem
phis, Cairo and St. Louis. Passage can be secured
on this favorite and fast steamer by applying to
| her agents.
The yieksburg packet Grey Eagle will resume
her place in the Vicksburg trade, leaving here
next Tuesday Sd July, going in place of the Quit
man. The Quitman will lay up for repairs. Capt.
j. NJ. White will be in command, and Mr.. sam.
Ayles will ofieiate in the office.
By telegram dated Selma 26th, we learn that
the Blue Wing No. will arrive here on Thursday
next There will be a clerk at the Basin receiving
this morning The Blue Wing will leave positively
on Friday next. Her agents are Stevenson &
bhugas, No. Front street.
oLIrPNGs FROM OUR EXCHANGES.
81. LOUIS, June 23,-Yesterday was damp
cloudy and generally disagreeable. Business on
the levee was very dull.
Among the arrivals we note the famous Stone
wall and Welcome, from the Upper Missouri ;
Southwestern, from Alton; Andy johnson; from
Keokuk; Paragon, from Atchison: Adam Jacobs,
from Memphis: Bsardstown, Farragut and Belle
of Pike, from Illinois river.
The departures were the Beardstown, Belle Of
| Pike and Admiral Farragut, TO Illinois river; the
Marble City to Memphis Mary 2. Forsyth TO New
Orleans; and local packets
CAIRO. June 23.-'rhe river is still falling at this
point. The rise we hear OF at the head waters and
tributaries Of the Ohio does not seem to 40 us as
much good as anticipated.
the weather was cool and cloudy, with an occa-
sionaL onthuTst OF warm sun, which made the
shade very acceptable.
Business was very dull.
The splendid steamer David White is the indie
pendent packet for the Crescent CITY this evening
on the arrival of the train. She is commanded by
a set of officers who know how to run steamer
and treat passengers, and they will do it. Their
. reputation is so generally known as TO need no
particular praise from US. Try her, and you will
notregret it.
I The Mary E. Forsyth is the the Atlantic aid Mis-
sissppi Steamship Gompany's steamer for New
Orleans, on the arrival of the train this evening.
The Cumberland is falling with five feet scant
:, on Harpeth Shoals.
The Tennessee is also falling, with about three
and half feet on Colbert Shoals.
| Inc ERduSVllle JOuFO&l, OF Lne ZlSb, says Inc
weather is hot and partly clear. pleasant breeze
:. somewhat modified the heat, but still it was hot
y The river is about stationary, perhaps swelling
very little.
Z The Nashville Banner, of Tuesday, says:
The recent rains have brought the river up to
e i've feet large on the shoals, with prospect of
Astll better stage of water. We notice that the
I upper river country has still some available re-
sources to draw upon. the Ollie Sullivan having
brought dowm3l22 hogsheads tobacco and The
Julian five hogsheads tobacco and twenty-five bar
rels oil.
:; LOUISVILLE, June 22.-The river was falling
! slowly last evening, with five feet water in the
canal byThe mark. During the previous twenty
four hours it had fallen inch at the head of the
( falls and three inches at Portland, The weather
was clear in the morning but warm, the Their
= mometer at noon as high as IS, and in the evening
it was very sultry and cloudy, threatening rain.
Z On the falls there were three feet water in the
pass down the Indian chute, and slowly reeeding.
The late Pittsburg rise ought to be along, though
it may not be of much influence here.
; At Cincinnati, at noon yesterday, the river had
risen over two feet, with clear, warm weather.
The river at Pittsburg was falling, but a rise
may be expected from that quarter, as the indica-
! tons favor heavy fall of rain. Our special
e dispatches in another column furnish the latest
l news.
> The river at Pittsburg on Wednesday was about
stationary, with four and half feet water in the
AIonongahela, but over five and half feet in the
Allegheny, and the latter stream slowly rising at
head waters. The Emma No. 8, for St. Louis, and
, the Kate Putnam and New State, for Cincinnati,
! had departed.
The Robert E. Lee, the great boat building for
the New Orleans and Vicksburg trade at the New
! Albany ship-yard, will be the finest and fastest
boat Of the day. Her outfit is to be in unison with
her majestic proportions, and our old friend John
Simm has been called on to make the furniture.
The upholstery outfit, beds, mattresses, ETC., the
best ever made, will, of course, be manufactured
!, by Henry Wehmhoeh also of this city. He has no
g superior, and the Robert E, Lee will have no equal
+ when she takes the track.
:, The Mississippi of the Atlantic fleet, made the
II trip from New Orleans to Cairo in four days. Sc
}, much for old-fashioned boilers
1t COLLISION OF THE II. C. WILSON AND VIM
WAGONER.--Wednesday night the Wild Wagner
a and towboat Fl. @. Wilson, both bound dowr
! stream, came into collision in the Ohio river a
- Milton opposite Madison The wheel of the tow
"a boat was disabled, and the larboard side of thu
d Wild Wagner, the side house about the pantry
! was crushed in The Wild Wagner towed t6t
# Wilson to the shore, the latter having a lot o
II barges in tow with coal from Pomeroy.
, The night was dark and we suppose no blam
. attaches to either party for the accident. Thu
a Wild Wagner had passed the other Just abov.
4 Milton and was rounding to to load when tn
! boats came together.
u The Wild Wagner vas in port on time yester
f day, and Went out again at the usual hour al
q | right.
: Captain Brown, president of the Atlantic AM
Mississippi Steamship Company, has gone to Gin
a cinnati to contract for number of barges. TIL,
! company will also purchase tugs and be prepared
a to transport freight down the river as cheap a
1 any other line
The Stonewan received from the Ontario 500,
/ 600 in gold dnstand 200 bundles of robes.
The Louisville came in from New Orleans las
4 evening about O'clock. She was full OF people
q Among the passengers on the Louisville yester
I day was Captain lnman, of the Ida Dixie. Sht
4 went through safe with her tow to New Orleans.
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