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YSSse4s ana MOI many Neaf{hpeS. Ine S5en JOhn
A. Qaittaan left for Greenvile with large number
Of passengers and bis freight. To-day We may
exPees d large increase in our port list The fine
steamer Magenta from Vieksburg, passed Bayou
Sara, with COCO bales cotton, yesterday, and will
he found at her landing this morning ready to re-
ceiye freight, and leaves again on her return trip
tomorrow afternoon at 5 O'clock
The packet Fashion, Capt. Pratt, from vioks- |
burg, win also bereceiying this morning, and leaves
with her usual panctuality to morrow, at o'clock
pm.
The weekly 0uachita steamer Bart Able, Capt, |
john ". Pobin, win arrive to-day, as we learn by
8 teiegramreceiyedyes yesterday. She had nfreight
500 bales cotton.
The steamer Vicksburg, Capt Tobiu, came to !
Che landing yesterday, having been refitted in3I
every particular, and now looking as complete
and bGautifni as when she f1tst came from the
buiaeSss hands. She win resume her trips in the
0uaehita trade, leaving every Saturday. The
VicRsbnTg has always been popular boat, and
we hope that her merits for punctuality and dis
patch wiil secure to her and her owners the well
deserved patronage Of an appreciatise public.
The steamer Fl. A. Hameyer arrived yesterday
afternoon with q considerable load of cotton, to-
gether with large number Of passengers. Sheis
now reeeiyiag freight and leaves for all landings
On Red River tomorrow afternoon at 5 o'clock.
The splendid steamer Sonora, I'll Fl. Broad com
mander. is now receiving freight for Attakapas
and ai landings on the Atchafalaya river, She
leaves tomorrow at 5 o'clock.
Tie j. NJ. Sharp from Lafourche, Alex. speer
and Annie Wagley, from Red River Lizzie Gill
and Lauiuary, from St. Louis, and Louisiana from
Louisville, will arrive during the day and will
leave again positively as advertised
Wereturn onr thanks for faYors to the officers d
Kate Kinney. Live Oak, H.A Homeyer, ]. NJ.
Sharp and Nina SHINES, for fagors,
Tie Kate Kinney, Capt. Townsend is receiving
and leayas tomorrow for Memphis Cairo, and st.
Louis.
CLIPPINGS FRoM OUR EXCHANGES.
The st. Louis Republican says that Capt. Ed.
q Callahan viii assume command Of the Paragon,
IAe Ned IracY has gleen up her tnfn N the
Failroaa line in favor5of the Clara Dalsen, which
steamer viii leave on Tuesday for New Orleans.
Capt Sam Barr, Jr, is now in command Of the
CINCINNATI and PittsbuFg packet Qaickstep. Capt.
Donaldson having retired, in order to devote his
entire energies tn theme steamer Great Republic,
whienWas launched on Wednesday last, Capt, d.
intends that the ReDnblicit salib be the finest and
fastest st stealner ever built In The West.
TIE New STEAMER GERARD B. ALIEN
This magnificent Missouri river packet has
maae her Appearance az our wharf, and is
open for the inspection Of all who are in
tsre5ted IN steamboat architecture. Capt. John
r. keiser. the commander, has spared neither time
nor expense to make the ALLEN the finest boat
bliil this season for the Missouri river trade. The
null IS 200 feet between perpendieulars. or 2l5
feet over all, 81 feet beam and 81 feet hold, and
is most assuredly one Of the finest Specimens eyer
sAeated.n The motive power consists OF three
boilers A inches in diameter, ~ feet long, with
four faes each; two cylinders I85 inches in diane
ter with % feet buckets.
The cabin 8 perfect for beauty Of design; it has
16 rooms on d side, furnishing berths for 50 pas
sengeFs, The equipments of the cabia are in every
respect equal TO the largest and finest steamer
now al0at.
LOUISVILLE, Nov. 5.-The river is rising quite
rapidly with seYenfeet in the canal, i've feet in
the main channel, and four upon the rocks at the
head Of the falls. The rise il quite rapid, but will
hardly continue long. for there not enough water
above To maintain ID.
Some months since a number Of safety valves
were presented TO the supervising board of in |
speGtDTs, a designed to be out OF the control Of |
1le engineer, 10 DO 50 eonlrived that they could
mot be uverloaded and TO let of steam at pres
sure equal to thai the boat was allowed To carry
these were recommended for general aud imne-
diate adoption. For some reason the supervising
Inspector Of this district has kept the Coppin
valve. and urges its 3mme edlate adoption, going so
far as To refuse inspection to any steamer that is
NOT provided with one. The C0ppin valve has
been tried by experienced river men, and in not
one instance, as far as we learn from inspect
ors, has 1t answered the desired purpose, or even
complied with the claims Of its inventor and pro-
jeetor.
CLIPPINGS FROM OUR EXCHANGES.
ST. I.ouls Nov, 6.--The river is falling rapidly.
Further North, away up at Dubuque and st. Paul.
is is stationary, with any amount ot grain moving
and 10 be moved. The Illinois is falling and SO is
the great Missouri. Business was quiet yesterday
owing 10 the arrivals being few ia number.
Weather continues very pleasant and quite dry.
The steamers Commonwealth, Olive Branch and
Continental arrived at st, Louis on the 9Th. The
steataers Kilgour, Columbian, Mceill and Julia
were expected.
The popular and excellent steamer Pauline Car
roll Captain III. H. White. will leave at 10 o'clock
this morning for New Orleans.
Tie Clara Dsson leaY es in the Railroad Line for
New Orleans this evening, to- be followed by the
Virginia. Osborn and White Cloud No. Q.
& BAt one more afipfDr the WheelbBrroW9t The
Stephen Decatur has made her last trip. She has
been sold ID Dare Campbell, the 'sRFeeker;iia
price 900. Carry home your balance, and cry
q let er rip
Ten shares in the Mississippi Valley Transporta-
ton Company were offered fog sale yesterday at
public aaesioh and were withdrawn, there not
being a single bid sor the same.
The stesller Uoalinentali ID towing to this por5I
the husl Of Capt. Ben Johnsonls new Missouri
river steamer
AEMRBIs, N ov. T.-- Weather clear and pleasant.
Ihe river here declined sixteen inches in the past
f0rty-eight hours. 4he river at st. Louis cons
tinues t0 decline, with nine and q half feet to-
Fille with fire and q half feet in the canal Ihe
Arkansas Is declining slowly, with SIX feet to
Little Rock. White rger is falling, with seven
feet I'd Augusta.
The steamer Indiana from this port arrived at
Memphis On the 7fh and The H. s. Turner and
Louisiana left botnd down on the 9th.
Business on the wharf yesterday was brisk with
fair list OF arrivals and departures. Nhe local
packets departed with fair trips. There we're
5000 bales Of cotton On Tie wharf awaiting ship
Z naant last night
The 81. Won Phnl had arrived from New Or
leans. She has Ss97 bales of cotton engaged in
fha bends, for New Orleans this trip. She ought
t0sget 1000 here.
All Cairo, on theaevening Of the 6th, the river
had risen inches. The weather clear
THE steamer !. w. Btrader from Louisville to
NesF Orleans had passed down.
AtLittle Rock, 81 the Gth, the river was on
stand, with four feetip the channel; the weather
pleasant, and business brisk.
WHAr NAY BE GoNsIDEagD A pRoPER DELIVERY
BY poanoa GAeRIERs- Important Questions as
to USAGE Of Steamboats,. For the benefit Of
many II cur steamboat friends, as we'll as others
interested, We copy the following from an ex-
change:
Wm. A Godfrey vs.. The Stephens ana Gondit
TRANSPORTATION Company Defendants in this suit
are owners Of line n steamboats, which run