New Orleans daily crescent., 1866-10-02
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trips, and the departing steamers leaving with
good quantity Of freight.
The weather vas splendid d--neither too cool
nor too warm. The dust i coming too trouble.
some.
The Irene, from Esd River, arrived yesterday,
and IL now receiving 10 leave posiag ely Tomorrow
evening. for shresspo and all landings on Red
River
Hhe Pioneer Oh acc cunt Of ahippers not being
able o hays their goods down in time, Fill not
leave until tesmorrosy evening, al which time she
win leave positively for Jefferson.
The great Memphis packet Henry Won Phul,
Capt. Frank Hicks. Is reeeiYing, and leaves st
y y. to-day FOR Memphis, Cairo and way
landings.
We doubt not but what the wllarfmaster Of the
Second District could find a better place for fhes
steamship that he is nov allawing TO land at the
regular steamboat landing. Itwould be far bet
ter and more convenient to eonsignees if the
steamships could land farther down, and ont ofl
The Way ef the steamboat place Of receiving, and
AS our steamboat com nunity pay a largs amount
into the city treasury We think that they should,
at least, have tie privilege Of the wharVes that
were built for their especial benefit.
The Lady Grace ana Iizais TATE were receiving
and leave this evening for Red River.
The steamer Norman arrived yesterday, and "
now receiving TO leave on Thursday for Louisville.
and intermediate landings.
The steaner Lotus No. 2arrived from Pittsbarg.
We learn that size is intended for the Red River
trade. We would advise her owners thati she
can possibly get back to where she came from
they had betterlet her 90 al anee.
Wereturn our thanks for fayors to tile officers
Of steamers Grey Eagle, Nina SHINES, Henry Won
Phul, Norman, Lotus No 2iand Irene.
The 0uachita packet Idahoe, will be receiving
To-day TO leave again for Trenton, Monroe and
way landings tomorrow evening.
The fast ST, Nicholas Is now at the wharf re-
oeiying, and leaves tomorrow morning for all
coast landings up to Bayou Sara
s CLIPPINGS FRoM OUR ExCHk kNGEs.
ST. LOUIS, Sept. 2Sl The weather continues de-
hghtful, and we haFe every prospect Of com
1nuanee50f the same.
Considering the extreme dullness in business
matters Tor the last three weeks, business on the
wharf yesterday was very lively.
The Mississippi river At this point Is reeeding
rapidly % fact tits falling more rapidly than j
Toae there iss however, an abundance Of water
in the channel to Cairo, although We suppose the
channel will be some what diticultto find for few
aays, as every rise fattens out The bottom, and
consequently takes several days for a channel to
cut ont The 8iiss5uri is BOW falling rapidly
with only about 4A feet in the channel above Kan,
sas city. Ihesefs d very fair stage df water from
ths peint to DubMqae. but above fhaf there IL an
extremely loM ssage. The Iilinas continues sto
Tise, although but slowly.
s AS the WHatbeE5 confines fair, the roads win
Improve and we have no doqbt hnt that in q very
few days ne can report TIE receipt OF heavy
Mississippi.
The steamers notified on Wednesday By tie
harb0r master to leay8 the wharf or pay extra
whar4age haves sali retired tq less expensive guar
8ela,
Na are glad to learn that tlie Atlaatit ana Mis-
sissippi steamship company and the owners of
some st. Louis and New Orleans steamers have
come to an arrang cement which will he advan-
tageeus tn ali c0ncefned4 The company sells TO.
saids owners their supplement- Wharfboat Gem,
ard they will hereafter nse il and the portion Of
the wharf Joining en the south side,
occupied by the Atlantic company. Thus all the
loading gf New Orleans steamers win be done at
one part of the wharf.
gINerEsATI, Sept. II The weather yesterday
was pleasant, contrasting strongly with the pre-
Geding gloomy days of the week.
at PfEtsburg at n0on yesterday, the river was
falling with 6 feet Of water III tie channel, with
THiay weather, at temperaturesog of 6s degrees
above zero andsa certainty Of q rise. By the mark
at the Naterwprka the river had risen feet D.
inches during tie ~ hours preceding o'clock
yesterday morning ait which time there were AL
remainder Of the day 1t rose 8 inches.
Business was fairly active on the wharf yester-
day, the regular packets doing fair business the
Harry Dean completing her trip and the Louisville
receiving large amount fer New Orleans. Pound
freights for NeR Orleans were received at from
so to so cents, and for Memphis from So to 40
cents per hundred.
The water has reached within tenfeet of the
curb at. the lower corner OF Mains and the row
fronting the river. During yesterday morning It
rose six inches, but underwent no pefceptble
change during the afternoon.
JRFFERsoNvILuR, IND.s Sept 26.-Thefe are ten
feet over the falls aud rising slowly The weather
ii clear and pieasant. The steamer ArmeniF
passed ever the falls this morning. List Of tow
boats from above the last twentY-four hours, wifi
heavy tows Of coal J. Baker, Stella, Ella Lyon
Tigress Cpllieg, Hercules, w. II. Brown, Easli
and Warner. This makes twenty-two IN thref
days. Six Of this anmbar VIII gd below for tls
South with 7u0,0e0 bushels of3coal.
AFRO, September 29,-@lhe river al his p0ifa
has risen ah0ut twelve inches since last report
aud there il reason 10 believe that twill not risi
but one or two feetmDre.
The weather yesterday was c!eaE and beautiful
Business WAS very dnIlin the forenoon oil yes
terday, but revived somewhat towards evening
when the packets began to arriye.B
The Ohio is tallihg at Pittshurg with nine fee
in the channel but il still rising slowly at Gincin
matt and Louisville Wi nine feet over the falls.
The Cumberland Is falling and attoo low astagl
for navigation.
The TenIessee Is falling little at JohpsonFe
Iha rise " the Ohio has backed up the Tennessee
The Miasssippi 1t 81, Louis and all the river
Rbove that city; are falling rapidly.
The following Is from the Cairo Democrat Of til
2Tth. We had not heard OF it:
Some kind but unknown correspondent sends u
the following:
The steamer @. Shields was destroyed BY fiji
on Monday night, Sept. 18th, ten miles below th
mouth Of Red River. The ehamhermaid and
eol6Fed cabin hoy were the only persons los
although there were about 25 persons on hoard
Fifty bales cotton, all the boats papers and 500
in cash in the office were lost The boat wa
owned BY Captains Ellithorpe and Johnson, value
at $50 09D and was not insureds Capt Johnso
9wnea two-thirds and Etlithofpe the remainder
After she burned to the waters edge she tnrne
oyer and sunk ont Of sight. She was en- rout
from New Orleans TO Louisville to be repaired fc
the Red River trade.'i
MEMRHTs, sept. 25.5-Weather clear and pleas
ant Business moderate. The river here ros
seven inches today. The Arkansas il fallin
slowly at Little ROCK, with twelve feet III til
chaAIisl. White river is ID good condition. TIL
Ohio Is rising lit Louisville and Cincinnati, wit
twelve feet Fater in the canal the falls are nav
gable for flrstsGIGss steamers. The Lower Ohio
Iaarbank fail The Cumberland IS rising SLOWLY
The Wabash has been pouring onta big STREAM
The river ut ST. Louis is on the decline, with fou
teen feet to Cairo,
The W. n. Arthur passed mp yesterday afte
xoon, with fu massage trip and a fair freigl
frip. share8eiyed at Gailess landing, for y
EJJflSs 45g head of iHsxas cattle.