The New Orleans crescent. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1866-1869, 1868-03-20
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The weather yesterday was variable. The
morning dawhed cloudy and rather cool. We
weresvisited by several showers during tie day.
Towards evening the clouds dispersed. and, "0ld
Soln shore forth in all his majesty. The closing
Of the day was really beautiful.
Business was rather dull on the levee yesterday
II far from being as active as could have been
anticipated, with the number of packets adVer-
tised TO leave.
The departures since our last report were as
follows: sa,.a-,
Alice Five" for st. Louis.
John Kilgour for Louisville.
Gov. Allen, Capt. w. B. Richardson, for Men,
phis, with fine trip.
Victory, Capt. Clarke, for Camden, with good
trip.
Luminsry for ST. Louis, with good freight.
The river Is still rising at this point
The Lotawanns has laid over. She leaves posi-
lively at 8 p. n. to-day for Camden.
The Caddo and Starlight (stern wheel) have
gone 10 Algiers to lay up.
ViCKsBURG. March le.-To Sinnott Il Adams !:
Steamer Belle Lee will arrive Friday morning !;
A. McsILL. Master
We have nothing later from Red River.
The Ouachita is reported as being out Of its
banks.
The Bart Able is receiving. She leaves tomor-
row for Shreveport.
The W. A. Caldwell leaves at P. N. tomorrow,
for Arkansas river.
The vicksburg Is ready to receive. She returns
tomorrow.
The Dora leaves on Mondsy next for Camden.
We were pleased 10 see our friends Mr.. Leaven-
worth and Gus Massle looking so well after their
trip. Gus looked Just as happy as big sun
flower"
The following steamers arrived yesterday:
Dora, Captain Leayenworth, from Camden,
with cabin full Of people and s4 bales cotton.
Irene. Captain Underwood, from Jefferson,
with 1875 bales cotton.
Ibervile, from Bayou Sara, with fair trip.
fror.n
with $50 barrels and rs half barrels molasses and
sundres.
Nina SHINES, Capt. Greenhouse, from La
fourche. with "A hogsheads OF sugar, IS barrels
7. b. Hine, from Minden, with 4ss bales of
cotton.
Frolic, Captain Adam, from Jefferson. with ls5
Lotus No. 2, from jefferson. with 274 bales cot
ton.
John Kngour, Capt. Benson, from Louisville,
with l2l63 sacks corn, etc.
Alice Dean. from Cincinnati, with a full load.
The ST. Nicholas. Capt. Dowty, from Grand
Ecore: Pauline Carroll, from 81. Louis; Magenta,
from Vicksburg; Noble Fellowes, from Red River,
and Vicksbmg, from Quachita, will be at the
landing 'Qday, ready to receive freight, to leave
a. advertised.
FRox OUR EXCHANGES.
From the Cincinnati Commercial, 10th inst
1.-The weather yesterday was beautiful, and
toward noon was excessively warm. Special tele-
grams to the Daily Commercial last night, report
the condition OF the weather, and the Ohio, Mis-
sissippi and tributaries elsewhere. Here the river
has risen IL inches in the last "a hours and is now
ststioDsry, With ~ feet inches in the channel,
BY the Water " orkA' mark, aud 624 feet under the
CovingtOn bridge for passing steamers. Tow
boats, with their t0ws Of coal. were constantly
passing down the river yesterday. Seven empty
barges broke loose from their moorings at Fulton,
yesterday, and were carried down the river Oy the
a f.
them and has probably overtaken them ere THE.
ION CITY, March 15-S P. n. --ALegheDy river
IL feet and rieiDg. Cloudy and warm.
"MoRG kNTOwN, March l5--e P. M.-hononga-
hela on stand with feet. Mild, with thunder
showers and hail during the day.
"GhFEKsBoRo, March l5-S P. N.-Mononga-
hels falling slowly, with six feet water. Warm
and clear.
"BRowssvnLE. March 15-S P. M.--Monongs-
hela IL feet and still falling very slowly. Quite
VAIN With thunder showers this afternoon.
"PnTsBUB0. March l5-S P. x.-Ihe weather
has been unusually warm to day, and this evening
II ia close and sutry with indications Of more rain.
Our rivers are again falling, with IL feet IN the
Allegheny ard Is feet in the Monongahela. IL y
| reported, however, that the Allegheny u aga
rising at oil City, with l2t feet Ia the channel.
The r. G. Gray is the only arrival"
From the st. Louis Democrat, March 10th
1.-The river Is rising but slowly here. There Il
a general decline Of the upper rivers going on
/ The weather Is unComf0rtaDly warm. buslness
on the wharf and rivers IL particularly activ :
| Several mountain steamers are At the wharf haI'
| ing made freight engsgements, and are now re-
ceivng, and within three weeks we may be able
20 stste that several steamers have departed for
| Fort Benton. The Carrie arrived yesterday from
| Pittsburg. She is enc OF the Kountz mOuntsir
line, and has in addition 10 freight for this city
| fifty tons Tor Benton and way points. Tonnage il
port for New Orleans Is much in excess inclu ii1l
steamers Aollie Able, Likzie Gill aud Bismarck
three Of the largest steamers af0st on rivers. Thu
upper Mississippi has been falling several days a
Dubuque. The Great Republic left on l4th To-
New Orleans also The Lady Gay. The Bismarck
arrived from New Orleans same day.
From the Memphis'Avslanche, 18th inst:
"Ibere was a fair amount of business doing o,
the wharf yesterday, with large number o
boats In port. Freights for ell points are scarce
| The rain poured down in torrents last eveniDg 70
while, checking all operations on the wharf
| Weather cloudy and sutry. with several har,
! showers Of rain during the evening. The rive
here is still rising at the rate of one-haf inch pc
hour. ard has risen sixteen feet altogether. Their
| is plenty Of sater for steamboat purposes be
tween afro and st. Lons. The Arkansas wa
J falling st Little Rock on Saturday, with twent