New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1866-10-23

appearance OF the wharf at ST. Louis, to take ad.
vantage of the present low water en- the lower
Mississippi,
Capt, Ben Tabor has returned to the river, and
will assume command of the A, & NJ. S. S, packet
Luminary.
Mr.. Hans Brown has left the Continental to ac-
cept the second clerkship of the Luminary. His
place on the Continental has been taken by VII.
liam Fl. Chick.
The steamer Clifton left Memphis on the 10th,
with l,000 bales of cotton for Cincinnati.
Capt Will Young, son Of the late Capt. R. G.
Young, of the St. Louis and New Orleans packets
Champion, Sarah, Patrick Henry, etc., was mar
| ried at Moscow, on Wednesday evening, to Miss
Anna Hopple, daughter of DR.. James Hopple, late
| OF this city Gazette, 10th.
| George Skimmius Smith, second mate of the
Pauline Carroll, was drowned at the wharf at St.
Louis, on the 18th. He fell into the river while
stepping from the steamer to the wharfboat, and
instantly disappeared.
| The steamer Ezra Porter, Capt, James Porter,
from pittsburg for New Orleans, passed Cincin-
natl on the 18th, the principal item Of her freight
being 1000 ploWs. She is a new boat Her
draught of water, whitewater in the boilers and
fuel, is only 26 inches. She is intended for New
Orleans and Red River packet.
4 MEMPHIS, Oct. Cove Gather cloudy. Business
active at this point.
The Arkansas is low, there being but three and
q quarter feet to Little Rock, and two feet and
\ half from there to Fort Smith,
4 The Ohio is falling at Pittsburg, with five feet
in the channel at Cincinnati, and at Louisville il is
rising. with six and half feet in the canal.
Business on the wharf yesterday was brisk, and
| the leyee wore the appearance of antebellum
times. The exports of cotton were the largest of
the season, and the receipts of merchandise were
4 fair TD.day will q sn ha a bYlsu do
/ The navigation of the Mississippi to this point,
as well as the upper rivers has become very pre-
carious by low water, and sand bars are becoming
| quite prominent. Several steamers have been
| aground between Cairo and st, Louis lately. The
Adam Jacobs, City of Cairo, Governor Sharkey,
and several others not drawing over six feet Of
wafer, stuck at Vancil and Widow Waters. The
bars at Plain Point and 0soeola are also getting
prominent.
LITTLE Rock, Oct 19--Tbe river is low; &c
inches to Pine Bluff a slight rain fell to-day.
| Weather still cloudy.
| CAIRO, Oct. l9,-The river at this point is fall
ing very slowly, and we presume it will be station
airy or rising tomorrow from the late rise in the
Ohio.
The weather continues clear and pleasant, but
| there We're some indications of a change yester-
day, IN the increased temperature and clustering
south wind,
Business was very good yesterday.
The Ohio is falling steadily at Pittsburg. with 5
feet seant in the channel. Tits rising rapidly at
SIncHllldtt anu LOUISVILLE, WIN D ieeG b inches
/ water in the pass over the falls
The Mississippi is not falling so rapidly at st.
| Louis as for some days past, but the channel to
that city does not seem to be cutting out as fast
| as boatmen expected. The Adam Jacobs, the
| Memphis packet which should have passed here
4 on Wednesday, had not arrived last night at dark
She ran aground at Widow Boards, so miles below
~ Louis, but did not probably remain long, as a
/ toWhoat was Immediately sent to her assistance.
The upper rivers are low, but seem to be nearly
stationary
The Julia filed ont the Mississippi with all the
freight that steamer wanted, filed up the wharf
boat OF the a. d d. Co. with all it could hold with
safety and had considerable freight left to put on
i barge. After two days endeaVor to rid herself
4 Of freight she at length succeeded, and returned
to ST. Louis.
The Forsyth and Commonwealth added largely
/ here.
The Carroll, Welcome and White Cloud had fair
! trips, and added considerable here.
4 st. Louis, Oct. l9-The rivers are yet on the
decline. As near as we know to-day, there is to
| Cairo 6 feet; to Keoknk feet: half of that on
| Just about 81 feet-Enoeh of the Post Boy says
| in the Missouri. Navigation is therefore more
favorable tor small boats and light oargoes than
for large, and there is strong tendency upwards
IN freight rates. Taking advantage Of this low
water, considerable number of stern-wheelers
are now above as well as below the rapids, and
we have to announce tide of stern-Wheelers set
ting into the Missouri, beginning with the Little
" pEUUdulY ny the bllUhIOPQy
Capt. Crane. We can think of no river more
requiring ightdraft stern wheelers just now than
the Missouri There are hundreds Of tons on the
banks begging for transportation. Receipts are
large daily, business is brisk, and the weather
dry and pleasant. Slight premonitons of rain
yesterday.
The g Ii McGill loads for New Orleans after
the hilgour, which sails tomorrow. The McGiil
never looked so attractive. She has comfortable
rooms that are about the largest on the river.
Her carpets are magnificent; her furniture the
very best in quality She has been repanted
handsomely, and her cabin and rooms entirely re-
lifted and refurnished. With her other convent
ences, she is one Of the best passenger boats that
ever left this port, and is valuable part Of the
railroad line. Capt. VIM. Conley retains the com
nand, and is fortunate in securing Mr.. Lee A.
Hall as chief clerk, with his BROTHER VIM. H. Hall,
az assistant.
The swift, commodous and popular steamer
Continental, Capt N. b. Fowler, Henry DIETRICH,
Esq, clerk, leaves for Vicksburg and New Or
leans this forenoon.
The Olive Branch, Capt Belt, leaves Sunday
morning for New Orleans.
CISoINsATI, Oct. I8.-The weather yesterday
was clear and rather warmer than for several days
past; the thermometer at p. NJ stood at "a de-
grees in the shade.
The river at this point was still rising slowly at
6 O'Clock last evening, but it will doubtless be
found falling this morning. At Pittsburg yester-
day at noon, the river was still reported falling
with s feet inches water in the channel, and
weather clear.
Nashville papers report that there are no signs
of a very speedy opening of navigation the pre-
sent season. The Cumberland is still falling with
about II inches on the shoals.
PITTsRURG, October lS.--The river continues to
recede steadily st this point, with but 4 feet 4
inches in the channel this evening. The weather
continues clear and pleasant, with heavy fogs
every night,
LoufsVILLE, Oct. 19.--Thc river was rising
| slowly yesterday, barely two inches in twenty
| four hours with eightfeet water in the canal by
| the 4aark. The weather continues clear and quite
warm for the season, the thermometer ranging as
| high as 70. Thatis nearly summer temperature,
/ but we are not yet enjoying the Indian summer.
| II may be expected November.
On the falls last evening there were six feet of
| water in the pass down the Indian chute, and the
/ river about stationary.
The late rise at Pittsburg has not amounted to
4 much at this point unless it Is yet to come The
| river OF Cincinnati at noon yesterday had risen
only two inches in the previous twenty four hours
and at Pittshurg it was falling, with only four
/ feet water in the channel.
A portion of the rise at this point was from the
Kanawha, which had attained stage of upwards
Of fifteen feet in the channel, bnt was falling at
last dates.
| The late rise at Pittsbrrg was from the Monon.
gahela, and quite feet of coal boats were start
ed South, on the rise. Thetowboat Bengal Tiger,
with six harges ladened with 100000 bushels of
black diamonds was included IN the laat hnnnd n