The New Orleans crescent. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1866-1869, 1868-06-13

fourche, with her guards to the water, and cabin
iull Of people. We hope to see her leave with
many more such trips.
The gallant A. @. Brown, Capt. W. 8. Bassett.
left for the Lower Coast with very good trip
The New Era left for Bayou Sara with me
| dunn trip of freight.
Our smiling young friend Chss. Hoffman will be
found upon the wharf, foot Of Customhouse
street, this morning, ready-sye, and willing-to
receive freight for the lightning packet Lizzie
Hopkins. The Lizzie leaves positively at P. NJ.
on Tuesday. june 18th, and will take freight to
Shreveport at Z5c per barrel. This Is certainly
very low; but then Capt. Roots Is determined not
/ to be out-done in hberaIity
The hltue stephens leaves this evening at s
O'Clock Tor Jefferson and intermediate landings
capt hehegg will use his best eHdeavors to make
an on DosId feel at home, and In this (which to
Nm is labor Of lovel he will be assisted by Capt.
Maurice Langhorne, "aided and abetted" by our
young friend Mr.. II. z. Eppler who will see that
nis Isoy guests are as comfortable on board the
mittie as they possibly could be at home. Eppier
always tries TO please the ladies and we know
that he succeeds in doing so.
The famous Wild Wagner, Capt. W. B. Rich.
sMrus0n, leayes tAis evening at O'Clock for
Natcnez and all landings intermediate. The rep
utation OF this packet is too well known for Us to
say aught in her behalf. Messrs. Libano. Posev
and Miller preside in her Office.
=, me regular weekly Monroe and Trenton packet
I61anoe' Sln place Of the Vicksburg) Capt. F.. A.
Blanks, leaves at P. NJ. to-day for the above and
all intermediate landings on Black and Ouachita
rivers. Messrs. q. Press Work and Charles
Routb are her clerks.
The Gen. Quitmsn, Capt. feathers, leaves az 8
O'Clock this evening for Vicksburg.
The st. Nicholas, Capt. Dowty, leaves this eve
ming at O'Clock for Campte, Grand Ecore and
intermediate landings.
Inc Grey Eagle, Capt. V. B. Baranco, leaves
this day at 5 P. NJ. for Bayou Sara.
verltable carpetbagger arrived yesterday
on one OF our local packets. As he walked
ashore, he attracted the attention of all on the
LANDING nat karx
portions, and, judging from its fatness, he must
nave Just returned from a mission amongst the
newly enfranchised, probably for a new lot of
tracts, or registration papers.
number Of painters were engaged Yesterday
In hiking up the ldahoe. She will back out this
evening, looking as bright a new pin.
From Jefferson Jimpecute, June 81
Inc weather continued dstressinplv warm
until Sunday evening, about 8 O'clock wben a |
high wind from the East put all the sand in mo. |
uon, presenting, for time, the appearance of |
an African simoon.' This show was soon |
stopped to the great qualification Of all, by |
regular 'sockdOloger' of rain which lasted |
some two hours. Since the rain the weather has |
been quite pleasant. The river is falling 40 slow
as TO hardly deserve notice. We learn from the |
last steamer up that the river is about on stand,
OF lalllpg very slowly at all points below. Our /
sterling friend, DR.. Dale, who presides over tba |
confolatlon chest brought US papers and maya
zines from all over the uhiverse-so many we had
TO charter dray TO haul them up"
The river continues to 'recede SLOWLY At tbis
polIt, with six feet water in the canal four feet
water in the chute and three feet water on the
locks last evening, and fell six inches since our
John Kilgour, Capt Benson, will arrive from Gin.
ciDnau to day, and 60 over the falls 10 Portland
TO load for New Orleans. A barge will be at the
cry wharf TO day to receive freight for her. The
DtAIeI had not come over from New Albany
When we left the wharf last evening and we
were unablsato gaid any information as TO when
sne Will leave for New Orleans, but presume that
she VIZ go at P. NJ, to-day. Another victim of
.ne Msgnohs explosion supposed to be Mary Cop.
elm, the coored cook was found floating in the
IlVer at cincinnati, Monday. The W. j. MAY and
hste Ellis was engaged yesterday in dropping
coal barges through the canal. One of the barges
grounded ana had to be lightered off. They will
1e taken TO New Orleans by the towboat Aims
Inc restaurant stem of feeding passengers ia be.
,CMhng popular at st. Louis. The Adam Jacobs |
VII shortly adopt it and others of the Memphis
ri ack 1 company steamers may do the same.
The Indiana went out last evening with fair trim
mo good engagements below. Among the lots re- |
eIVed here were 1000 barrels of cement zoo |
'srrels OF pork, 100 tierces of hams, and 500
mpty barrels" wv
The Vcksburg Times Of the IIth saws:
" We have every reason TO be thankful for the
Iessant weather we are now experiencing. The
usi, however, is becoming very disagreeable
e usi ness was Gull all day, notwithstanding we
ad two arrivals from 81. Louis, which has mot n
ccufred but once before in several months. The
yer Is steadily declining at this point at the same
ite reported for several days past. Up to this /
Me lhe Isll amounts to four or five inches. The
ar mas actually begun, said Patrick Henry. lint $
E DID not refer to the same war we now sneak a
I. Our war is the one between steamboats, and '
le barge line. The st. Louis Republican saws
az large rates. will hereafter be the motto
ith steamboatmen, and we sincerely hone that
ey Will keep it for their motto until that miser.
pie monopoy-a monopoly which has almost I.
lned steamboat owners and kept thousands of
eamDoat idle for months and months-known as
g Barge Company, will be only remembered as
g bnnglingly selfish attempt of a few puny
pltalsts TO make fortunes for themselves at the
ipense and ruin almost of hard working men.
10 earn poor living at best by being emf loyed
Il the good work go on,n Dr.