New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1866-07-16
2iuer Sntelllgpnre.

The weather for the past two days has been very
warm. On Saturday tie thermometer stood at 81
in the shade.
Business on the Ievee on Saturday was very
active, and the ST. Nicholas, j. NJ. Sharp, Cleona
Cuba, Louis dor and Fashion had as much freight
r as they wanted, and were full of passengers.
Tue MIrrIB SrErHENs,-This steamer left last
Friday for Red River with fair trip and was pass.
ing the shipping when by some unaccouutable
cause she struck against one of the Texas steam.
ships which was lying at the wharf, which caused
rather. severe accident to the Mittie, tearing
away her larhoard side houses, displacing her
/ wheel, etc. This accident will cause the delay of
4 the Mitte some four or Ave days. OF her depart
4 ure due notice will be given. We sympathize
/ with Capt Langhorhe, as he left with good trip
! and very fair prospect of paying trip back
BOATS DUR.-The Nina SHINES, Grey Eagle,
| National, Starlight, Codle, Pauline Carroll P. W.
strader and Henry Ames will be in port to-day
and leave again as advertised in another part of
to-day's paper
The steamer Bee and barges arrived Saturday
with large trip She is receiving, to leave again
| this evening for St. Louis.
/ CLIPPINGS FROM OUR EXCHANGES.
!. LOUISVILLE, July 1.-THE river was falling yes
terday up to noon with four feet four inches water
4 in the canal by the mark. But in the evening it
commenced rising, with four feet six inches water
4 n the canal, rise of two inches at the head of
the falls and six inches at Portland. The weather
Il was clear and pleasant the thermometer otrane-
\ ing higher than 50 in the shade
On the falls last evening there were thirty inches
1 water in the passes down the Indian chute, and
i the river rising.
From the officers of The packets from Cincinnati
1 we learn that the river at that point was rising
rather fast, owing to the late rains with rise in
az the tributaries, including both the Mamis the
i Licking, and smaller streams.
/ The river at Pittshurg was slowly rising Monday
1 evening, with considerable rain in that quarter
4 Our special dispatches furnish the latest news
The Cumberland was falling at Nashville Mon
day, with only thirty inches water on the shoals
\ and tue departure Of the Altoona for the Ohio
HE BELLE MEMBERSHIPS splendid new
steamer built expressly for the ST. Louis and
Memphis Packet Company, takes her departure to
ST. Louis this evening. She was built to the order
1 Of Capt. Fl. w. Smith, supeFnte ndent Of the line
L who has secured, in the Belle Memphis the best
the fastest the staUucbest the lightest draft aud
| tae prettiest boat ever in the line. She was or
! dered as sample or model to pattern by and they
/ nave got it. She is some two hundred and forty
feetiH length, and her draft light is only a little
over three feet. She has great power an EASY
nlouel ana WI undoubtedly prove the fastest in
! the aeet. The chief engineer Of the boats Morse
4 Brashiers, one Of the best on the river. He has
been with the packet company ten years.
4 OUR WARSAW BAR-Tug Stt1lk.-The steamers
| Anna and Emperor, which left Cincinnati some
| time Saturday, took an all day Sabbath rest on
Warsaw bar. The latter got barge sent down to
1 her from Cincinnati, and by hard work Hghterirp
she together with the Anna, got over the bar, and
reached this port early yesterday. They coaled
i With Captain Dugan, and proceeded on to their
| destination, Memphis.
The little tug Brilliant, with brace of barges
in tow laden with coal for Jeffersonvile and Madi-
son, managed to lodge the barges ON Warsaw and 1
then swarnped herself. She was supposed to be |
sunk, but the water was not deeplenough and she I
WI probably be h1ed Up al right again by the
n hHl lnr vtnt1lf liz ava
A NEw ERA-L69o Pressure Pdcket- Loasis.
que ana Aele 0TLed7S.-It is with more than or
binary gatidcalion thatWe announce the fact that
the most magnificent steamer that ever praced the
Western or Southern waters il now under eontrait
for the Louisville aud New Orleans trade She il 1
to be4a low pressure after the style of the Daniel
Drew and other clippers, on the Hudson river.
With steam pressure her boilers Of only 30 or
Au pounds to the square iaeh, barely enough to |
break an egg she'll she will achieve speed of Il
Of 10 miles an hour against the mighty current of
the Mississippi That.would bring her to this mort
from New Orleans in less than four days but in
Guiding half day for the usual delays she would
make her regular trips in four and a half days.
Frgly, new era has dawned upon US.
The new low pressure steamer is 10 be built by
Captains j. s. and R. E. Neal, part owners of the h
famous steamer Indiana Her extreme length is
to be about $40 feet, with so feet beam and feet
hold. The engines are low pressure, the cylinders
each ~ inches in diameter, the largest on the [
Western waters. The hull is to be built at the l
shpyard of Vance, Armstrong 81 Co., on the 1
marine railway Of Alex. Temple, at Madison, Ind,
under the superintendent of Alex. Temple one | Il
lf the best practical builders in the West The a
machinery is in the hands of the Neal Manufae. a
'uTlng Company; the cabin, upper works outfit RI
,to, all complete is to be furnished in Louisville t
ma the boat is TO ply in the Louisville and New s.
orleans trade She will have the speed of the n
gnd gorgeous cabin, and be the best and safest 6
loat afl0at.
The construction of this mammoth low pressure cl
teamer ia heavy undertaking but Capt. ]. S. o.
zeal, thoroughly practical boatman seeing the c.
eqnlrements Of the trade, the success OF the I'll
ndiana the first boat in the Louisville trade since al
be war, determined to embark in the new enter d,
rise, la the meantime his brother, Capt. r. E. N
cal, has been running the Indiana having made ID
Wo trips while the other concluded his contracts 10
)f the new boat. She is now under fuIl contract /
nd will be ready to enter the Louisville trade on th
before the list January. The Messrs Neal are W
ell known practical boatmen and mechanics
no well know all about the enterprise they have j.
ndertaken, and we feel confident that they will Oh
IN favor and fortune with the new low pressure ID
CINCINNATI, July 1.-THE weather was clear A
1d warm yesterday. at Pittsburgs the river is to
Yelling, with fl inches in the channel The Jf
anawha is falling, with 8 feet inches in the pa
lannel. At this point the river is preceding very tn;
owly, with feet on the shoalest bars to Louis. as
llei with AZ feet in the canal aud feet on the
lis. The Cumberland is falling, with feet on nj
e shoals The lower Ohio is falling, with feet lei
the bars, AFT
Business continues unusually dull along the
vee--duer than we have heretofore observed at ~,
Is season Of the year. I'll
The Kate Robinson was towed from the.Ievee to vii
miner quarters yesterday. Wi
The brig Ruth Eima, built at Portsmouth Ohio gel
y. o. Herbert for Captain Dick Hampson, Of
nsacola Florida, was successfully launched on |
morning of the 9th inst. The Ruth was built Gr
the Gulf trade, between New Orleans and PEN
cola. She is staunchlY built, and will prove {
cry way sea-worthy. She viii arrive at the Gin CHI
matt wharf BIZ the nth inst, when she viii be i
.ged and htted out full compliment Of sails, t
Ivy l lOr sea. i and
slowly at this point with about three feet five Io
hes In the channel by the pier marks his n
eniug The rise thus far is in the MononcaheIa MAJ
the Allegheny is reported falling at OIL Civ b
" a. but fifteen inches in the channel. The f
satner continues cloudy and unsettled with indi sem
uons q more rain. There has beensno arrivals neE
, I partures aside from the regular packets The
inspectors Walker aud Atkinson have rendered II !
accession N the case Of the collision between the 4 n
oWnsyilie packets Ghieftan and Fayette which fba
CURED on the Monongahela River some weeks | 4
ice. The inspectors exeaerate The Chieftain | tti
i'm all blame, while the license OF Samuel Hughas w.
OF Of the Fayette has been suspended fol ak q
lnths. 80 y
yAtRo July l2The river at this point is re. n @e
ling slowly ~ tbe a,
lhe weather was very hot nearly all day. nul
BUSINESS was toIerable. N n
The gay Commonwealth win be at our whayf rec
J morning hound for New Orleans and all wav riy,
nts on the arrival OF the train. sne
The splendid David White win be at our wharf les,