New Orleans daily crescent., 1866-10-18

ket from these Ricinihes.
The arrival Of steamers during the week will
compare favorably with those of the previous
week,
The Louisville Courier of the l3th.remarks that
navigation TO and from St, Louis is getting preea
rious and low water now, soon to be followed by
ice, is fast drawing the bnsy commercial season at
st. Louis to d close They have had pretty good
time, but now comes our turn. We want to see
good boat leaving Louisville every day in the
week for New Orleans, and we hope 1t will be
done. The mercantile, mechanical and all inter-
ests should combine to build three orfour good
boats for the trade. Their returns, outside the
profits Of the boats. will be in increased sales;
widely increased area of operations, and largely
increased population.
We see It stated that the tonnage of the upper
Mississippi is wholly inadequate to carry OF the
produce before freeze up the river. Small tow
boats with barges are wanted above the lower
rapids. Probably dozen such with hity barges
could fnd employment during the season. Ihe
rates for transporting produce are low.
IiouIsvILLE-The Democrat, of the 18th, says:
1.-THE b. Il. Hodge has been taken up to Nadal's
ship. yard. to be disrobed OF. her machinery
and cable fixtures, which are to be put in Capt.
Pierce Montgomery's new boat, now being built
by Nadal.o
The steamer Minneola cleared on the 18th from
Memphis for Cincinnati with 1900 bales cottona and
a large amount of wheat.
a Louisville paper says that if the river should
reach tide Of s feet, the huge boat building at
ShousetoWn for the st. Louis trade will be
launched. She is calculated to "lay in the shade
anything ever built at Pittsburg and that will be
amonstrous shade.
a STEAMBOAT FOR Ten DoLLARs.-W notice an
advertisement in the Louisville Democrat, that
| there is steamboat at New Albany to be drawn
in gift enterprise, tickets ten dollars. We hear
of several steamboatmen who are going to invest,
and some of them, perhaps, may be the lucky one
to get the cheap boat. We have not heard of any
one being appointed to sell tickets this city, and
would advise those who may wish to try their luck
| to address Captain Hi, ]. Reamer, New Albany,
1 Indiana.
BoArs LAM. Ur.--At Cincinnati on the 18th, of
the fifty boats that were laying up in this vicinity
the following are all that are left: Northwest,
Constitution, Nymph, Groesbeck, Argyle, Eme-
raid Amazon, Charleston, Osceola, Amelia, Poe,
! Anglo Saxon, Westmoreland, Messenger, Tale
| quah, Silver Lake. Melnotte and George D. Pal
! mer. III
BoATs Bu11pHa.- The mail company's two new
beats are being completed very fast. One of
them formerly the Lyle, has all her cabin fin
ished, and. the painters are now giving her the
finishing touch.
The New Bostona will be ready to launch the
latter part Of the coming week, the weather per-
mitting.
The Mollie Norton win be out the coming week,
with her new cabin and entire new outfit The
cabinis one of Ehler's best pattern, and has all
| the late improvements.
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half feet in the river to the mouth, and two feet
| to Fort Smith.
| Departed-Pioneer for Pine Bluff Florence
fraber for New Orleans. Guidon, overdue.
| PITTsBURG, Oct. 14-Bushess on the leyee is
/ looking up and promises to be quite brisk for
some days. The EzrasP Porter will positively leave
| to-day for New Orleans The Kenton and Bertha
are filling up for ST. Louis and will have dispatch
| The Argosy is loading for Cincinnati, and will
| leave On Monday. The coal men are making
active preparations, and as there is sufficient
| water for boats and barges, there will no doubt
be large amount of black diamonds
\ shipped. The Sam Roberts and Fearless left yes
| ferday with seventeen barges in tow, and will be
4 followed to-day by a large feet. The rise in the
river appears to be principally from the Monon-
/ gahela as kilograms from Oil City yesterday say
there is but twenty-five inches at that point rain
1 over, and very little prospect Of rise This
news is unfavorabIe for boats on the Allegheny,
and causes a general dnllness on the Allegheny
landing The Monougahela can boast Of plenty,
of travel, traffic and water, and are doing first
rate bnsness.--[ Dispatch.
CINCINNATI, Oct l6.--The weather was clear
and beautifully pleasant
STAGE or THE RIvER.--Ihe river is about station
ary at this point, with over fifteen feet water in
the channel At Pittshurg, by our latest reports,
it IS rising, with fourteen feet water. At Lonis-
vile there are three feet seven inches in the In
dian chute The Lower Mississippi and White
rivers are falling with three feet in the latter.
business for the past week on the landing has
dull Itlu IllSlG5Ss l1l6 OlGgElOl 0au QOUDJ
a great deal to do with bringing about this state
OF adairs, but now that it is over we predict the
present week will present more lively times, as
we understand that several heavy orders have
been received within the last few days from the
South, principally for agricultural implements,
pork and other plantation supplies. The local
packets, with but few exceptions, have done fair
amount Of business, both in the way of carrying
freight and people. and the transient boats that
took their departures last week had good trips
The up river trade is gradually on the increase.
The steamer Commonwealth, Captain Jo Floyd,
was to have left Cairo on the 18th for this port.
AtMemphis, on the 18th, says the Avalanche :
The weather remains unchanged. The river
continues to decline rapidly. Seven hundred
bales OF cotton were received per river yesterday
The levee was covered with freight and the land.
ing wore lively appearance. The Ohio is rising
rapidly at Pittsburg, with Il feet in the channel
Az Louisville II was falling, with 81 feet in the
canal, and 8 feet on the bars in the lower Ohio.
Ihe Louisyille, Captain Ross, arrived from New
Orleans last night. She is at the wharf for Louis
vile and all way points on the Ohio, and leaves
1 to-day at 5 2. M. She is a number one boat and
/ in charge of reliable officers She takes on here
one hundred head of Texas cattle for Louisville.
Onichange at st. Louis on Friday the staunch
stern-Wheeler Deer Lodge, rather an interest Of
three.fourths of her, was bought at auction for
$l5,000i by Captain H. w. Smith, president of the
| Memphis and ST. Louis packet company. Captain
4 rs B, Bnrdsal has already been appointed to com,
Louis and Columbus, KY,
4 Jos. NJ. Wood and others have bought H G.
| hcGomas' q interest in the steamer Imperial. The
interest is threeeights, and the price paid was at
the rate of $4,000.
James Good'snew towboat Sam. Parker is com
| pleted at Cincinnati. She is the pioneer in the
Cincinnati and New Orleans Parker line of tow
boats. She will tow two new model barges with
cargo boxes
| The steamers Norman, Abeona and towboai
Hornet arrived at Cairo from New Orleans on the
/ I4th, and the towboats Collins and Bee, hence
FarriYed on the 18th. The river continued to fall
rapidly at Cairo on the 10th. The decline during
the forty-eight hours since last report amounted
/ to over six feet
The weather was still clear and beautiful.
! Business continued fair,
GEN. QuITalAN FOR V1CKsBURG AND GREEN
vlIIE.-The great passenger packet Gen. Quit
4 man, Captain j.. NJ. White commanding, leaves a
II O'clock this evening for the above and way land
ings She is as fast the fastest, and has cabin
which, for capacity, Completeness, beauty, com
fort and luxury, has no superior afoat. The
fame Of the great Quitman has travelled far AMI
wide as a fast passenger packet, and she hat
attained celebrity as safe and reliable steamer
which few boats can boast Messrs. Howard
Phelps, and McGrindell still do the honors Of til,
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STEAMSHIP CoMPANyis LINE.-The regular