New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1866-09-08
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CRESCENT OFFICE, No. 81 Camp Street, /
Saturday Morning, September Sthr 1866
Yesterday was rainy, damp and muddy day.
Business, as usual on such days, stopped, as no
shipments could be made. ass s0
The Lizzie Gill for St, Louis, on account of the
rain had to defer her departure until this evening"
at which time she will positively leave for Mem
phis Cairo and st. Louis.
The Atlantic and Mississippi Steamship packet
Mississippi had not made her appearance when we
left the landing last evening. She will, however,
be receiving this morning, and leaves this evening
for Memphis, Cairo and St. Louis.
NEW RED RIVER PAcKET.-The faYorite packet
Navigator, we learn, has been purchased by Capt.
G. Z. and Ben. b. Kouns, for the Red River trade.
She is to leave Cincinnati for this port today she
will arrive some time during next week and will
leave here for Red River on her first trip on Satur-
day, ed inst, Capt Kouns will run her as regu-
lar weekly packet.
THE THos. PowELL.-This new and light draft
| passenger packet came to the landing yesterday,
and commenced to receive for all landings on the
Coast and Lafourehe, to leave to-day at 10 a. NJ.
Capt. Jos. Dalferes, an old boatman in the trade,
has taken command Of this packet, and viii con
tinue to run her regularly twice week, leaving
here aeyery Tuesday and Saturday,
| We return our thanks for faYors to the officers
of steamer Fashion
The Lizzie Tate and Annie Wagley, for Red
River, will leave positively this evening.
CLIPPINGS FROM OUR EXCHANGES.
CAIRO, Sept 4.-The river at this point has been
almost stationary for three days, but has fallen
i little.
The weather was cloudy almost all day yester.
4 day. On Sunday night dark masses Of clouds
gathered in the northern portion of our horizon
4 and for several hours an almost uninterrupted
! illumination took place from the constant vel
noiseless, discharges of electricity. For about au
4 hour, in which we noticed it particularly, the
4 river, towards the north, was seen as plainly as
4 during the brightest moonlght-the darkness NOT
covering 1t more than three seconds at any one
time. No thunder was heard. This morning q
II moderate fell for about'an hour.
i Business continues fair, hut confined princ
Il pally to reshipments per rail and river.
q There are only eight feet reported in the Mis-
sissipi hence to Memphis, and six feet to st
i Louis,
i "a gentleman direct from the Arkansas river
reports twentg-stree inches in that stream t
i Little Rock.
The officers of the Tennessee report that tht
j Zephyr blew out her cylinder hard near Pars
i Landing, Tennessee river. The Big Horn hat
been aground at twenty-seyen mile Island, bu
4 had spared off and went on all right The Ten
nessee river was slowly rising, with three fee
I eight inches to Jacksonville. Business along tina
d river reported as unusually dull.
The Clara Dolsen went ont last night drawing
Il eight feet large. Captain Harry G. McComas wa
i passenger on the Dolsen, and informs us be viii
have two fine side.wheel steamers in the Nashville
and ST Lonis trade during the coming season.
LOUISVILLE, Sept. S.-Ths river continues to re
u eede very slowly, less than an inch OF the head