The New Orleans crescent. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1866-1869, 1868-11-06
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Friday Morning. Nov 4 1874

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| 7Iii Friday Morning. Nov. & is6a
| We are still blest with clear skies but ths
| weather is becoming too warm for the season
forebodiDg rain at no defiant day. good shower
| would be gladly welcomed at present by all who
have business upon the levee as the dust in that
locality is becoming exceedingly annoying.
We have not for years past seen our steamboat
landing as alive with business as It was yesterday
During the day several heavily freighted steamers
reached port, and the packets advertised to leave
in the evening were receiving from sunrise up to
the very minute of their departure. The Mem.
phis packet Magenta left with splendid freight.
This is ss It should be. We are always pleased to
see regular packets patronized by our merchants.
The Cuba No. 2, for Shreveport, had full cabin
and good freight. The stately Frank Pargoud
as usual was well laden and that fsvorite coast
packet, the Nina SHINES, which for regularity,
good fare and attentive officers. has taken the
ing briskly all day. raf.f ~.
The Red River packet Lulu D., Capt. John
Grace. arrived yesterday from Shreveport with Q
fine trip. She leaves at P. NJ. tomorrow for
Jefferson and Shreveport and all way landings on
Bed River. Mr.. Ben. Fulton, Q courteous gentle
man, has charge of her Office, and will see that all
freight intrusted to the Lulu goes through o. K.
The peoples packet, Nina SHINES, Capt. w.
r. Greenhouse, leaves at 10 A. N. to-day for
Bayou Sara and all way and plantation landings.
Messrs. Comstock, Forth and Landry are her
clerks. &, .s.,,.-.-.
The United States mail packet A. G. Brown,
Capt. M. N. Radovich, leaves at noon to-day for
the lower coast.
Red River shippers will do well to bear in mind
that Capt. Gus. Hodge, with his fine packet Col.
den Era, leaves for Jefferson, Shreveport, Grand
Eeore and intermediate landings tomorrow (Sai-
urday) evening at O'Clock.
The regular weekly Vicksburg packet, Bart
Able, under command of Capt. w. c. Harrison,
will be found at the wharf foot Of Canal street,
this morning, ready to receive freight for her
return trip. She leaves at p. NJ. to morrow.
The LEM Leot, over due from Ouschita river,
had not arrived up to dark last evening. She will
probably arrive today; if 30 she will leave for
Monroe and Trenton tomorrow at Pm.
The Legal Tender from Louisville. and Right
Way and Lizzie Hopkins from Red River, are due
to-day.
Red River is still falling, with but little pros
pect for anything like rise for some time to
come.
The Arkansas river packet Van Buren,, will be
at the lower landing this morning ready to receive
freight. She leaves at 8 p. NJ. to morrow.
Observation-Disclosures Golden Era, Gus Hodge
MASTER left Shreveport Saturday, October 3lst at
81 O'Clock p. M. In port for New Orleans, Lizzie
Hopkins for Boone's Bend, Gossamer and Dixie.
McKinney's; Judge Fletcher at Grand Bayou Liz.
zie Tate At Coushatta. Monday, Nov. 2, met Pion.
eer at Arms'ead's. Tuesday, Nov. 3, met Ce-
leste at Dr.. Luckett's; Enterprise and Richmond
at the Falls. Wednesday, November 4, Irene at
Leatherman's. River falling fast all the way
down, with four feet on the principal bars. The
Golden Era will leave for Shreveport anil Jeffer.
son on Saturday, November Z, at P. M, freight
or no freight. ita l
By the arrival of the Golden Era we are in re.
ceipt OF the following memorandum of the last up
trip Of the Lizzie Hopkins, forwarded to US by our
friend Bob Dale: rrf t.f 30 . -.
Lett Salt Warehouse. New Orleans at half past
on Tuesday night; arrived at Baton Rouge 10 A.
N. on wednesdsy-Wharf Boat half past p. NJ,
(twenty-oDe hours out) passed the Glide backing
out from Rabbit Island wood yard arrived at
Alexandria at 20 minutes to IL A. NJ. ON Thursday,
l40 hours OUT; met Era No. 8 at Mirabeau
Rock Island; Friday, arrived at Grand Ecore at
half past A NJ. a days and hnnra nntl Left
at quarter past A. NJ; arrived at Couchatta at
IL A. NJ. q days lO3 hours Quit met Era No. 10
just above Grand Bayou at 6 P. NJ; Lulu d.
aground at Arcby Boards at quarter past p. M
Made thirty.two freight landings besides landing
for passengers and wood, arriving at Shreveport
at half past P. NJ, days and 10 hours out, with
Mr.. John W. Bryant and Joe Spear, clerks of
the Red River packet Golden Era, have our thanks
for late papers and other favors.
Shippers remember that the Lulu d. leaves at 5
P. M. to morrow, for Jefferson and Shreveport.
The river before the city Is still falling
The repairs to the upper steamboat wharf are
progressing slowly.
The following named steamers have reached
port since we closed our last report:
j. N: Sharp, Capt. Aucoin, from Lafourchs,
with bales cotton. II hogsheads sugar, 81 bar
rels and rs half barrels moasses.
Thos. Powell, Capt. Dinvant, from Donaldson.
vile, with 20 barrels molasses and sundries.
Frank Pargoud, Capt. White, from Point Chicot,
with 247S bales cotton.
T. L. McGill. from st. Louis, with 1914 bales cot
ton and large cargo of produce.
Golden Era, Capt. Gus. Hodge, from Shreve-
port, with 493 bales cotton, 2l7 head cattle and
sundriee.
Lulu d., Capt. Jack Grace. from Shreveport,
with 3l4 bales cotton, 2s4 head cattle and sun.
dries. .-f-rf rIf s1r-
Ruth, Capt. Pegram, from st. Louis with q full
freight, Consisting In part of 1895 bales cotton.
Nina SHINES, Capt. Greathouse, from Bayou
Sierra, with bales cotton. IA hoGheads sugar, 133
barrels molssses, and sundries. ~. IA
genta, Capt. hicks, for Memphis Frank Par
Roud. Capt. White, for Vicksburg and the bends;
Continental, for st. Louis; and the Cuba No. 2,
Capt. Geo. E. wilkerson. for Shreveport and JET
ferson.
The line packet Era No. 10. Capt. J. H. Kouns.
leaves positively for Shreveport. Jefferson and
intermediate landings at P. NJ. to morrow, 18th
inst. Mr.. Geo. Hamilton has charge of her Office.
Six thousand three hundred and eleven bales
cotton were received per river steamers yester-
From Alexandria Democrat, Nov. I'd:
" River falling very fast. weather beautiful,
clear and brscing; cotton nearly all picked corn
in abundance over all the plantations; sugar
planters in full blast all over the parish"
From the Shreveport Southwestern of October |
3ist: rrr t r..I, $500 |
"The weather yesterday was warm and rainy |
rather too warm and close for the season of the |
year. Since our last report the river opposite |
this point receded four inches, leaving it last |
night scant seven feet above the lowest water |
mark. We have no later intelligence from above the |
reft then thss P~bishea yssterday-Water dead /
low and the steamer George aground in the AIban \
canal. From the officers of the Right Way we learn
that the river al Carolina Bluffs, on Old river had
fallen eight feet up to Thursday evening. |
We have no later intelligence from Jefferson |
and the lakes since our last issue, and we repeat
our remarks Of yesterday-Boon Bend, the head |
Of navigation, with thirty inches ct the Gate Post
in the lake. We have had no arrivals from below |
since Wednesday, and repeat our report publish. /
ed In Thursday,s paper-from this point out we /
have good navigation for the largest class stern.
Wheel boats with good trips. The water is falling
all the way down, with scant four feet on the falls
Business brisk on the levee.n
From the ST. Louis Republican, Nov. g.:
The weather continues cool, but very clear
and pleasant. Business opened with an unusually
lively aspect for Monday. This was, in 4 great
measure, owing to'the numerous arrivals Of steam
boats, all Of which were ladened to their utmost
capacity upon the present channel depth. The
condition of the various rivers may be stated as
follows Lower Mississippi has 10 Cairo 81 feet;
Cairo to Memphis 81 feet: Upper Mississippi to