New Orleans daily crescent., 1866-10-04

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cline in the Mississippi would be making consider.
! able more water. We however expect to find it
rising this morning. Heavy drift was running out
| Of the Ohio all day yesterday.
\ . Inc weather continues the theme of admiration
from every. tongue, and is a most beautiful con
trast to the disagr9eable dampness which pre-
ceded it.
Business is reyiving slowly but steadily, and we
| nope soon to see our merchants cast aside their
Sunday faces at least Six days in the week.
1 The Ohio is again rising rapidly at Pittsburg,
with over ten feet in the channel The whole
rise up to last accounts had been out Of the Allie
ghany, but another rise respected from the
| Monongahela.
| At Cincinnati the river had fallen four feet in
the twenty-four hours ending on Friday morning.
There were about twelve feet water reported on
the falls at Louisville.
The Mississippiis FILLING at the rate of about
eighteen inches per day at,St Louis, and all the
upper rivers are falling as far as heard from
Ihe Tennessee and Cumberland remain as about
at last report-six feet to Johnsonville inthe for
mer, and twenty-five inches to Nashville in the
The Arkansas is still falling, with about nine
| feetto Little Rock.
LITTLE Rock, Sept 29.--The river has fallen
eighteen inches since yesterday, and is still on the
decline. The weather is pleasant.
81. Louis, Sept Soy esteFday was g q love Of
a dayfi-eear, cool and very pleasant.
BusREss--Al Though the produce market was
dulland dropping yesterday business on the evee
W1S NSIy pEiSks dNu 1r6lgll TO all
points were more liberal than at any time during
| the past month.
CONDITION OF THE RIyEss.--Ihe river is falling
from Cairo to St. Paul; but from here to Cairo
and from here to Keokuk, thereais good stage
OF water. Above Dubuque the river is verylow
At this point, yesterday, it fell about twenty
inches The rise out Of the Ohio has made an
| abundance of water below Cairo.
The Mlssouriis falling rapidly, with about four
feet of water to st. Joseph IheIllino Is falling
some. DUt still maintains a fine nf Ipafa
The Ohio is falling, but is still at very high
stage. The Tennessee is stationary, with five and
q half feet of water to Johnsonville. The Cum
herland is rising, with thirty inches Of water to
Nashville.
The magnificent Virginia, Captain Fitzgeral' !,
leaves for New Orleans Tuesday.
The Olive Branch leaves for New Orleans next
Tuesday.
The Cumberland river and other Southern
streams promise to present scene of universal
aeflTIty this fall, and we hope our merchants and
boafmen viii not neglect to procure their share in
lt. Our rival cities are active with their agents
out n every direction to secure this trade. Let
our people reeolect that in the contest for COM
mercia importance between rival cities, energy
must be used and money must be expended.
we cannot expect commercial activity here by
merely waiting for it to come. We must strip for
the contest with our rivals-n0w more than ever
and we must not leave a stone unturned in secur-
ing for st. Louis that Importance as commercial
metropolis for which nature destined her, and
which it needs so little from her citizens to secure
LOUISVILLE, Sept. .30th.--phe river is falling
very last at this point.. Last evening there was
fourteen feet water in the canal twelve feeti the
chute, and eleven feet over the rocks on the
falls. There. is enough water yet for all sized
hoats to gamb0ln on. Business was very lively.
All the regular packets went out with good trips.
The weather was clear and pleasant in the fore
noon, but it elouded up in the afternoon and
threatened rain. The ladies were out, as usual
croWding each other upon the sidewalks.
IT fTI 17TIrr St,urt r
greater number of steamboatmeu are pretty
unanimous in their denunciations of some of the |
features Of the steamboat law. Tie local in |
speetors, toe, are looked upon rather as incum- |
branees than helpst and we learn that they egis-
late IN different districts in accordance with pecu
liar views of their own. At Pittsburg, for in /
stance, the neW.fangled law requiring the lock /
UP gnage cock on each boiler, is not enforced at
all among the stern-Wheei towing feet, which EN-
braces the greatest or leading feature of the 1
commerce of the place. Why not exempt boats
that carry pork from Cincinnati or the packets
That carry produce and provisions, or passengers,
TO Or from St Louis or louisville? As coal is the
Of Pittsburg, it should be under the Il
same restrictions as are required at other points,
\ q boat blows up, the property is lost and the
ives OF the crew jeOpardized if not all lost too.
me New Albany Ledger OF yesterday, says:
Jap5. John Cannon who is just now completing
ne ROBERT ~ Lee, the finest boat ever built in the
est, ~ making his arrangements to build another
leh boat next summer at this point, For ,
um6er m Ct years before the war Capt. Cannon ,
uit MS boats here, and we hope he will build one
ere every year for all time to come
The Great Western will drop down from Madi-
n to this port in few days, and will load for
eW Orleans
The hull and cabin Of the B. L. Hodge as she
oW lies at the leves is for sale. She wonld
ake a first rate wharfboat Capt. Montgomery
~ sell her cheap. He may be found at Capt.
ink Yarble's office.
Mr.. Charles Damon who has been laid 'up for six
'eeka with crippled leg, goes out pilot on the
indiana this evening He is one Of the best in the
ountry. Mr.. Ben. Holcroft, another good one is
is partner.
The Indiana left yesterday evening with fine
lp. She is one of that kind. We look upon the
ldlana as "a home upon the watersu a47a
The great Louisville. in charge of Capt. A. o.
oss, VIII arrive from Cincinnati this morning and
ave for New Orleans tomorrow evening at five X
CLOCK from the city wharf. She is the twin els !,
7 to the great Louisiana. !
u will be seen by the advertisement in another I
'lnTan that the great steamer Robert E. Lee, 7
tpt John Cannon, takes her departure to New .
rieans ON Saturday week, the 9Th of October. q
he Robert ~ Lee is the greatest and best steamer
az ever graeed the Southern waters or carried D
lie OF cotton She has the finest cabin on tie :
yer, and her freight capacity equals the burthen &
7000 bales of cotton
Ine Old Great Western an old hruisernI 4
stlnS the rad on negroes, spoons, etc., in the y
,nth, was taken to Madison some time ago. and !,
Il 10 the hospital there She was turned inside (
II, scraped, turned back again. and now appears = =
handsome boat, ready for lifetime in peace | ,
q prosperity with the letters g o. ~ on each II,
II
We understand that Capt. Wes Conner will take 4
mmand Of the Nashville and New Orleans = =
eket Laurel Hill this coming season, and what 4
more, our young friend John Seals is going pilot i,
her Goodbye, Johnny; be good to yourself 1
george Ames, the accomplished clerk of the =
onry Ames: was in the city yesterday, He was &
rmerly in the packet line. p p
The Nick LongWorthis loading at the city wharf y y
! New Orleans. She leaves Wednesday. n
The Yineennes tlnd.1 Sentinel, of the 2Sth, SAYS y
learn that tho rise in White river and east and
est forks, is unprecedented water in MANY
ses, completely snbnerging the extensive fields
corn; IN the vicinity of EdRardsport hundreds
acres are drowned out the damage ID very !,
iayy. - o
The Wabash Is quietly subsiding after having y
avn on the capacity of its banks for several =
rs. The run was rather heavy, but the banks p
nored the drafts, and are considered able to y,
Gather the storm. =
ELSoR1 FOR RED RTyER.--The excellent and A
lendid appointed packet Elnora,. Capt. Robert CT
atson, commander, and Messrs. Muse and Dowty "
erks leaves this evening at o'clock for Shreye- le
,rt. Ihe Einora has splendid cabin and as fine ls
Issenger accommodations as any packet in the 4 m
ade, and last, but not least of her good quali y
-, are her able, efficient and courteous officers F
lose who have occasion to visit any point on q
ID River could not do better than call on board 81
d engage their passage on the Elnora. n
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