New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1866-05-07


The a, q NJ. S. s. company's steamer Julia,
Captain J, Il. Townsend, and Mr., Lee A. Hall,
clerk is receiving and leaves for Memphis, Cane
and St. Louis this evening. Good boat aaaeareful
officers,
The great and fast Gen. Quitman will he receiv-
ing to-day to leave tomorrow evening for TaeGs-
burg and way points.
The Red river packet Hitsie Stephens will he in
port ready to receive, ana leaves again on Wednes-
day for Shreveport, jefferson and intermediate
landings.
The steamef Doubloon is now receiving, and
leaves for Shreveport tomorrow evening. Capt
W. G. Harrison is in command, and Mr. John Wood
ofioiates in the office.
The ouachita packet Idahoe, and Red River
packet Alabama, wiz both be in port during the
day, and commence receiving, to leave again OF
Wednesday.
We return cur thanks for faYors, to the offeer
Of steamers Indiana, Doubloon, Cotile, Emerald
G. A. Thompson, and Nina Semmes, for favOrs.
The Attackapas packet G. A. Thompson il
receiving, and leaves positively tomorrow even
ing.
The regular packet Cotile, Capt. r, D. Rawlings
is receiving, and leaves, on Wednesday next, fol
Bayou Macon, Tensas, etc. The Cotile will leave
here regularly every Wednesday, connecting will
steamer Alice,
GEEkN1NGs FROM OUR EXCHANGES.
! SHREVEPORT, May 2--Since our last the weather
has been dry and hot; but little business has been
done on the levee, most Of the boats having laid
The river opposite this point, up to last night,
had fallen in all about 80 inches, and is now ABOUT
251 feet above the lowest water mark OF last sea
\ son The officers of the Mollie Feowes, the last
| boat from above the raft, report having passed
Fulton last Friday, at which point me flEeF was
within II inches of the previous rise Al row
land it had been equally as high, nnt had again
fallen The rise spoken of will hardly effect the
river at this point We don't believe it will more
than bring it to a stand.
MEMPHIS May 1.-The weather yesterday was
clear ana pleasant throughout the day, and bust
ness was tolerably active. The river at this point
is unehangea.
The Nick Hughes passed up yesterday with the
Prima Donna in tow.
The Minneola brought down 1900 sacks of corn
for the destitute poor of Alabama, and the Silver
Moon sOO This act is better card for them than
a score of pictures Of our late generals, and we
gladly make the announcement telegram re-
ceived from Capt. George Hoople, superintendent
of the Memphis and Cincinnati packet company,
says that all such freight viii be carried free.
The splendid steamer Julia will be down this
morning, and leave for New Orleans at 10 O'Clock.
She offers splendid accommodations to passengers,
ST. LOUIS, May 3.-The weather has again be-
come quite disagreeable, being cold enough for
heavy oyercoats to feel very comfortable and in
good demand. This is the straDgest weather that
we have ever experienced at this time Of the year.
Business on the levee is slightly improving and
we may now look for continued Improvement.
Here the river is falling, With plenty of water to
all points for all practical purposes. The Mis-
souri, is still rising. The Upper Mississippi and
Illinois are about stationary
The famous Magenta and Magnolia are both
loading for New 0rlean in the Merchants and
Peoples lire. These boat will, in few days,
form a weekly liae to New Orleans, one leaving
this port every Saturday.
From an ola mountaineer who has just arrived
from Fort Silly, we learn some of the causes of
the flood nsw in the Missouri river One of the
seyerest winters known for many years was expe-
rieneed by the inhabitants of that region last year
and more snow fell along the Missouri than enough
to mrke two floods more than has ever been
known before. He says on the 18th March every
OBJ was joyously anticipating speedy break up
o. the river; that they were considerably aston.
shed by furious snow storm which set in on the
10th and continued three days, and that on one
foot Of snow already on the ground, three more
fell, making in all four feet of snow.
On the 10th it commenced raining and seemed to
extend for miles, and lasted thirty-three hours
which, with the snow on the ground previous to
the rain, together with the breaking up of ice 10
the river, swelled the Missouri and its tributa-
ries as to make the tremendous flood of water
which is now running out. As yet the flood has
mot all reached this point, but the most of it has
passed down. Some of the people along the river
should look well to their loose property or they
will get up some fine merning and find it
Gsily floating onward
Down the bread Missouri.
The Colorado left Omaha on the 18th The wind
was blowing hard when she left She met the
Huntsville at Council Bluffs; w, B. Dance below
Platsmouth; st. Joe at Copelands Montana at
Otto City; War Eagle at Nemeha; Gallatin at ST.
Deroin; Rubicon at Rulo; Dora at Iowa Point,
Yellowstone below.
The Dubuque Herald, of the Goth, says
There appears to be no abatement in the river
rising. 1t came up gradually all yesterday, swell
ling some eight OF ten inches. Things are getting
lively about the lumber yards warehouses and
other places, where an humiliation is threatened.
steamboats, have the channel all to themselves,
aud TO ashore would have to start in the morn
ng. They go over the top Of trees on islands
they passed all last summer with caution. The
water lacks but twenty inches of being as high as
ever known. All the islands in front and above
the city are submerged, and in many places the
river is two miles wide. The water had fallen
four inches at st. Paul last Wednesday, and had
receded about three inches at La Crosse, when the
War Eagle left there last Friday.
Inc railroad bridge at Portage is carried away,
which turns the tide Of up-river travel to Prairie
d sl Chen, thereby giving a big business to the
CINCINNATI May 1.-The weather was cool and
cloudy yesterday, with indications of rain. At
Pitsburg, last night, the river was falling with
feet in the channel. Here it has reeeded feet
during the twenty-four hours ending last night,
with 80 feet hence to Louisville. The falls are
nayigahle for the largest steamers. The Lower
Ohio is in fine nagigable order. There are IL feet
and falling in the Cumberland,
Mr. ]. w. Lazier has retired from the office of
the Louisville to take charge Of the Office Of the
Louisiana. Capt H. G. Bruce succeeds Mr. Lazie
in the office of the Louisville,
Capt. Irwin dropped the Nick I4ongworth down
to the foot Of Ludlow yesterday, where she will
receive new Goa t Of paint, and be ready for
business in the Louisville aud New 0rlerns trade
in couple Of weeks She has been locked, and
furnished with new battery Of doublefae
boilers.
JuLsA-A Eaaitc and Mississippi Steamship
oon,panys Nal Line for 81 Louisville
large, superior, and fast passenger packet
Julia, Captain j. H. Townsend commander
and Mr. Lee A. Hall in the Office, leaves
this evening at o'clock for the above, connecting
at Memphis and Cairo with the railroads for oil
points East and West. The Julia is in every
respect frst-class passenger packet, and has
most popular and genial officers. We commend
her and them to our friends to-day, aud assure
travellers shat they win be well taken care of on
the trip with the only regret that they are com