The New Orleans crescent., 1868-05-23
The regular Ouachits river packet Yicksburg

| The regular Ouachita river packet VIcksburg
Capt. +. A; Blanks, leaves promptly at ) P. NJ
to-day for Trenton and Monroe, taking freight and
| passengers for all landings up to Camden, with
| privilege of reshipping on the fine steamer Irene
! at Trenton. Messrs. G. Pres. Work and Charlie:
konth are her popular and courteous clerks.
| The Gen. Quitman, Capt. Leathers, leaves al
P. NJ. day for Yicksburg.
The regular weekly Shreveport packet La
| fourche, Capt. Ben Kouns in command, leaves to-
DAY at P. NJ, taking passengers and giving clear
blls ladlDg for Jefferson and all points on upper
| Red River. Mr.. Chas. Drown has charge of her
| Office.
The Bart Able, Capt. W. C. Harrison, leaves at
P. N. to day for Shreveport and all intermediate
landings on Red River. The Bart Able will con-
tinue 10 leave this city for Shreveport every Sat.
urdsy during the season.
The fine passenger packet Mittie Stephens,
Capt. Kellogg, leaves at P. NJ. to day for Jefer
son and Intermediate landings; Messrs. EopIer,
Langhorne and Dye are her clerks. Mr.. Eppler
will give bis undivided attention to all freight in
trusted to the Mitte. Mr.. Langhorne will, we
know, see TO the comfort of his guests, whilst
Mr.. John Sawyer, her attentive steward, will see
that the inner man is supplied with all the deli
cacies of the season.
The st. Nicholas, Capt Dowty, leaves for
Campte and intermediate landings (going through
Cane river) at P. II. to-day.
The river at this point is rising slowly.
The following rates now rule between this city
and Shreveport: "High-water card rates-Up
freights 75c 0sl II bbl; box freight l5c. n foot
DownMcot.on D. 81 y bale; cattle IS b head; pas
Rates 70 Ouachita river are nominaI-at least
they are at the option of captains of steamers.
We eXpect-shoud the weather prove far-to
see large number of our citizens on the landing
this evening, The departure of such celebrated
packets as the Wild Wagner, Bart Able, la.
fourche, Vieksburg and Gen. Quitman ought Ger.
tainy to bring out a crowd.
From Vicksburg Times, May 81:
Tine weather yesterday was clear and warm,
nW.la he, Al
dered the atmosphere exceedingly pleasant.
Very little business transacted at the wharf
Within the twenty-four hours ending at dusk last
evening, the river had risen between one and two
inches"
From the Memphis Avalanche, May 81:
weather clear and pleasant. River at this
point rose one and half inch in the past twenty.
four hours. 1t is now two inches below the height
attained by the last rise, twelve aud half inches
below that of last year, and fifteen and half
inches below the rise of 1862. The Cumberland
is in good boating order. The Tennessee is rising
slowly, with BONE drift wood still floating. There
was quite a stir on the levee yesterday, but it was
confined alone to those seeking pleasure. The
first trading voyage on 1atboats down the Ohio
SO far as we have record, was that made by Col
Richard Taylor, and was extended from Pittsburg
to the mouth OF the YszoO river, during the year
l769n
From the Cincinnati Enquirer. May 2Oth:
The weather yesterday was clear and pleas
ant, with the wind from the northeast all day.
Thermometer IS. Our dispatches report similar
weather prevailing along the river above. The
river was falling slowly at Pittsburg, Marietta
and Pomeroy yesterday. Here it commenced
falling yesterday morning, and had fallen foot
at dark yesterday evening, with forty feet in the
channel and sixty two feet under the bridge for
passing steamers. There was some freight NOV
ing TO the various steamers loading at the wharf
yesterday, but not enough to make it lively Con.
siderable freight was offering for st. Louis. The
splendid passenger steamer Louisiana, Captain
Persel is receiving at the foot of Vine street for
New Orleans, and is announced to leave to-day at
p. M
From st. Louis Democrat May 2Oth:
" The decline is steady here. and general IN the
upper rivers, excepting the upper Missouri
There Is fine stage to st. Paul, deep water in
the Illinois, and an arrival from the Missouri yes.
terday was drawing 81 feet. Amazing quantities
OF produce are found along the banks of the Mis-.
souri,. Every boat is loaded to the water and
every boat refuses freight. Who can calculate
the amount of produce that will be shipped five
or ten years hence on the Missouri to the port of
81. Louis? Shipments to New Orleans by steamer
and barge we're livelier yesterday. We under
stand that boats bound South find very little
freight awaiting them at Cairo. The weather is
Try and pleasant, and business brisk. The two
keokuk lines and the two st. Paul lines appear to
be favored with all the business they can attend
To-, but of course at very low rates. 1t was ru-
nored yesterday that the John II. Groesbeck and
swallow would both go from Cincinnati to Pitts
burg TO load for New OIleans.n