New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1866-04-20
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Friday, April ID. 1900
THE Weather yesterday was akin to its prede
cessor-warm. cloudy and prognosticatiye of rain
Business on the landing exhibited slight improve
ment on the previous day
The Grey Eagle, Capt. j. NJ White, arrived yes
terday., and was unable to get off last evening
She is receiving, and leaves for Vlcksburg, skip
with's Landing and the Bends this evening, posi-
lively
The magnificent United States mail passenger
packet Lady Gay, Capt. j. Fl. Burk, arrived yes
terday with fine trip. She is receiving, and leave:
tomorrow evening for Memphis, Cairo and st
Louis. Mr.. John c. Faul is the attentive clerk O
this steamer. i..s1,s.3... .l..--,.
The White Cloud from ST. Louis, David Whit,
from Louisville, will arrive in port to-day. The,
leave tomorrow evening, the former for ST. Louis
and the latter for Louisville.
The 0uachita packet Vieksburg, and the Vcks
burg packet Magoilia will be in port to-day. The
Vicksburg will leave tomorrow evening for yicks
buag under the command Of Capt P. D. Pratt, in
place of the Fashion. The Magnolia, we learn,
will resume her place in the ST. Louis trade.
Capt. j. W. Tobin has chartered the neat. fast
and light draft packet Enora, and will leave for
Trenton and Monroe tomorrow evening, in place
of the Vicksburg. Messrs. Work and Israel will
do the duties of clerks on the Elnora.
We return our thanks for favors to the officers
of steamers Grey:Eagle, St.Nicholas. Nina SHINES,
Lady Gay and J. NJ Sharp.
We were more than glad to meet with Capt. Q.
B. Moore and Messrs Duvall W. Young and
Brother, Captain and clerks Of the steamer st.
Nicholas, which boat arrived yesterday. These
e. ofGa
popular railroad line packet Champion, and by
their attention to business and their proverbal
politeness to all made many firm and lasting friends
The ST. Nicholas has been bought by Capt. S.
Heno for the New Orleans and Baton Rouge trade,
and she will at once be put in place of the Mon
soon. The Monsoon will return to Cincinnati and
Capt. Moore will go up in charge of her. We are
in hopes soon to announce to the New Orleans
public of the permanent establishing of Capt.
Moore and the Messrs. Youngs on some of our
regular packets, as they would be great acquisi-
ton to any boat or in any trade.
The steamer Nina SHINES will, on every Friday
extend her trip to mouth of Red River.
CLIPPINGS FROM OUR EXCHANGES. r.
MEMPHIS, April 1.-THE weather yesterday was
snltry. tF
Business on the landing was extremely dull.
Steamboat owners and captains looked like they
had the blues Business has fallen rapidly in the
past ten days, and if freights get much scarcer
over one.haif the boats plying to our port will
have to tie up.
The river at this point declined two feetin the
last forty-eight hours.
There is seant three feet in the Arkansas
White river continues in good boating order.
The river is falling at St. Louis, with ten feet to
Cairo. NF
The Ohio is falling at Pittsburg and stationary
at Cincinnati.
The river is rising slowly at Louisville with ten
feetin the canal. The falls are navigable with
ten feet of water in the middle chute There are
seven feet in the Indiana chute
The new steamer MYRTLE now being completed
at Cincinnati. was built at Portsmouth. She Will
be equipped at Cincinnati The hull is 1874 feet
long l95 feet beam, l91 feet floor with four feet
depth OF hold, and has capacity for l50 TONS She
Is q side-wheel steamer, aud furnished with o neat
cabin. She is provided with two boilers, thirty
eight inches in diameter, eighteen feet long CON
tanning four fiues each She is owned by Messrs.
Y. A. sheppard, a. NJ. Halliday. j. NJ. Curtis and
] r.. Hurd, of Portsmouth. She is intended for
the Yazoo river trade and will be completed by
next week. She cost $50, 900.
Captain Jessey Hurd is improving slowly He
was in Cincinnati on the 18th. Captain Hur6 will
take command Of the Mollie Able as soon as she
receives her new battery OF double 1ued boilers at
Ut. Louis, which will be ready in two weeks
recent Washington special to the New York
AASA.~tA NoiShNi
agent, departs tomorrow on trip to reorganize
the postal services in the Mississippi Valley. The
postofice business between Cairo and New Or
leans is growing on the hands of the department.
Inc contract with the Atlantic and Mississippi
Steamboat Company calls for service of the mails
u thirty landings between Cairo and New Or
cans. More are needed, and also more paw |
darkiand Is empowered to make new contracts
? divide the service from point to point on the
iyer, where it can be done advantageousIy, and |
0 appoint loyal men who will act in possibilities |
> it appointed by the department. Postmaster
General Dennisoni is determined to perfect postal /
arrangements in the Southern Mississippi Valley as
peedily as possible.
According to a late decision of Judge Busted,
Mobile. it stands masters and owners of steam
oats in hand to exercise some vigilance with re-
ard to the character of their passengers A lad |
one OF the Mobile and New Orleans steamers
y professional gambler, whereupon an action
as brought in his behalf, not against the gamb.
II, bnt the captain of the boat. The case was
card IN the Uniied States District Court of Mobile
Nd decided in favor Of the plaintiff 1t is ex-
eeted the case will be appealed. - \ M |
The White Cloud, Captain Ash Hopkins, JOS I
,ay and JAS. Il. Farmer, clerks, passed down last
ight with 1900 tons of freight and fair trip Of |
eel She had 800 sacks corn, 50 bales cotton
800 barrels -four, 224s sacks oats, 76O bags bran
~ barrels potatoes, $50 barrels pork, 522 bales
~, rs bales hemp, 800 pigs sundries.
Messrs. Mepham and Gormley, Of st. Louis,
ave purchased the steamer E. H. Fairchild. She
as splendid machinery, and, from report it is the
ltention Of the purchasers to build new hull for
ie machinery. ss1 : = ri /
The palatiaf steamer Continental, Captain Fow.
I, Of the Atlantic and Mississippi Steamship
ompany, leaves this day at 8 r. III. for Vicks.
lrg, New Orleans and all way landings.
The steamers Ruth. Luminary and the Minnie
IL st. Louis last night for this place. The two
rmer go TO New Orleans, the latter up the Ar
insas river. /
The Missouri Wrecking Company at St. Louis
y contracted to wreck the steamers burnt at the
te IRE: They commence operations this week.
ery good time on her job. She already has the
lgines and boilers out Of the Dictator.
me competition of towing freight to New Or
ans IN barges and flats by the slow freight line.
y reduced the rates of freights to that point,
It enhanced the rates to plantations, or way lots
Ed. WALSH Q. s. Mail, Atlantic and INSISTS
pps Steamship Compaay-roR ST.. LoUIs.-This
guiar passenger packet, in command of Captain
lloyd 7. Belt, with Messrs. j. L. Lehmer and H.
canaan in the office, leaves this evening ct
clock for Memphis, Cairo and St. Louis, connect,
g with the railroads for all points east and west.
ne Walsh has excellent passenger accommoda-
ons. She is stannch, and commanded by able
nd experienced officers.
GREY EAGLE FOR SKlpWIrH's AND THE RrNps
his superior and regular Thursday packet leaves
u the above and all way landings at O'Clock
lis evening. The Grey Eagle is splendid boat
it'll a large and splendid cabin, and is remarkably
ell known for her speed, reputation for safety
o attention of her officers to the comfort and en-
yment of guests, and her regularity and reIia