The New Orleans crescent. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1866-1869, 1868-03-22


Brooks, the Brown will make herself popular in
any trade.
The irrepressible JET Posey, OF the Wild wag
oner. remained behind at Fort Adams on her last
mp. We hope that the people Of thst town and
those Of Woodyille will deal kindly with him. aud
mat ere many days We shall see him again at his
post.
The WA. Caldwell, Capt. woodburn, leaves
at r N. tomorrow for all landings on Arkansas
river.
ne Cuba No. .. Capt. Wilkinson. leaves to-
morrow evening st5P. NJ, for upper Red River.
She was compelled by freight engagements to lay
over. ~ luti ls-11tr
The independent Ouachita river packet Idahoe,
Capt. Blanks. is ready TO receive freight She
leaves on Wednesday next, 25th inst, at P. NJ,
for Camden and all intermediate landings.
We are indebted to the officers Of the Idahoe,
Lafourcbe and Wild Wagner for favors.
The Great Republic will leave tomorrow even
ing at IS o'clock.
Yesterday the river before the city was five
feet below high water mark of 1852, "a indicated
by the city surveyors mark at the foot of Canal
street, rise of six inches in twenty-four hours.
IL is still rising.
The officers of the Idahoe, which arrived yes
terday from Camden. inform us that the Ouachiis
from Camden to 0uschita City was falling slowly,
butwas still rising from that point down. Tue
water had been several inches above high water
mark at Camden.
From the yicksbnrg Times, March 20:
1--WE are enjoying splendid weather. Very
little doing at the wharf. River rising and full Of
drift. The Arabian, from Arkansas river, and the
Virginia, on her way mp the Mississippi. got their
share Of II at Commerce, forty miles below Mem
pbis, and though both boats were shook up to an
extremely uncomfortable extent for passengers
and crew, escaped without serious injury. A tcw-
boat, supposed TO have been one of the NJ. V. I.
Co.'s, was blown ashore at Council Bend. The
storm last Monday night stirred steamboats, up
considerably 10 the neighborhood Of Memphis"
From Memphis Avalanche, 18th inst:
Weather clear and pleasant. The river has
risen IA inches in the last "a hours. The Rich
mond and Stonewall passed up yesterday morn
ing. The Richmond bad a fair trip. The Indiana
is due from Louisville bound for New Orleans.
The Ruth is due up, bound for st. Louis. The
Henry Ames cleared for New Orleans last night,
with 300 bales cotton. She will I'LL out at Ma
poleon. Business in river circles was extremely
dull, with freights for all points scsrce.r
From Memphis Avalanche, Goth inst:
"Weatber cool. The river is still swelling at
the rate of half inch per hour, and is now with
in seven feet Of the high water mark of last sea-
son. The Arkansas river is receding, with IL feet
in the channel at Little Rock. White River Is
bank full but falling. Arrivals: Steamer P. W.
Suader, New Orleans. Departures P. W. Stra-
der. Louisville. ar ....aa-.
"PIrTsBURG. March l9-The river is falling,
with l6 feet 10 inches in the channel. The wea-
tier is clear and mild. Business is brisk along
tie wharf,
From the Louisville Courier 10th:
Glide ABATiSG.-The river was rising very fast
Tuesday night, but during the day yesterday there
was q very material abatement in the tide, though
it was still rising. From P. NJ. Tuesday evening
until Am. yesterday just twelve hours, the
river bad risen twenty three inches at the head of
the falls, and about the same at Portland, there
being very little, if any, difference at this stage
Of water between the head and foot Of the falls.
From 6 A. N. yesterday until P. NJ the rise was
only four inches at the wharf. which Is very ma
terial falling of, with about nineteen feet seven
inches water IN the canal. and fully seventeen and
half feet on the falls. The weather wa clear
all day yesterday. and rather cool, with white
frost in the morning. Our apprehensions in re-
gard TO the damage by the fearful storm Of Mon
day night are luckily unreszed. We continue,
however, to bear of accidents and disasters, in
GLIDING the dsmantling Of the steamers Morning
Star and Emma Floyd. The Morning Star was
caught in the storm at the wharfboat at Tell City,
while In the act OF rounding out. Both the chin
neys were carried overheard, and her guards and
upper works slightly damaged. No lives lost
and no freight damaged" rtr
From the Cincinnati Commercial 10th inst.:
1.-The weather was clear add cool Yesterday
with the wind from the northwest. 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 two feet in the last twenty-f0ur
hours, and is now swelling slowly, with Al feet in
the channel by the water-works mark, aud So feet
under the Covingt0n bridge for passing steamers.
The Emma No. arrived from New Orleans, minus
her smoke stacks. !" L
From the Missouri Democrat, of the 10th inst:
The weather was delightful yesterday. Sew
ersl additional minor accidents by tie storm are
reported, and the telegraph mentions some very
serious ones TO STEAMBOATS,. The river is coming
up steadily, but slowly. The water Is encroach-
ing somewhat on the evee already. There is a
good stage OF water to Cairo and in all the upper
streams. River business is quite lively and rates
OF freight and passage very moderate. The rates
TO New Orleans continue unchanged from twenty
cents per barrel for -four, and other articles in
proportion. Two steamboats, left last night with
an aggregate of about three tons. Nothing has
been done towards increasing the rates. The
Lizzie Gill and Mollie Able left for New Orleans.
They had about three thousand tons of freight be-
tween them.n
The Nina SHINES, Capt. Greathouse in CON-
msnd, Capt. Jos. Dalferes in the office, leaves at
5 P. NJ. tomorrow Monday for all landings on
Bayou Lsfourche.
The Iberville. Capt. Gross, leaves tomorrow at
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