The New Orleans crescent. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1866-1869, 1868-09-03

house will be pleased to see his friends on board
to-day, and will, We are sure. take pleasure In
showing them over his packet. He Is proud OF
the Nina, and she is handsome enough to make
him 50.
From the Louisville Courier of the slst nit:
The Celeste will leave the city wharf to-day
at noon for New 0rleans."
From the vicksburg Times Of the lst Inst:
"By private sdvices from Capt. Frank Hicks,
we learn that the repairs ON the Magenta viii
shortly be completed, and she viii be~rssdy 70
enter the Memphis aud New Orleans trade at the
time appointed. The captain has spared no ex.
pence ia improving bis boat. and from the amount
Of work pui on her che will certainly be in elegant
shape for business. Her boiler deck has been
raised 81 feet. new wheels built guards strength.
red BY new chains, and the entire boat rehtted
ana painted. The capacity Of the Magenta Is now
500 bales. She will leave Memphis and Nex Or
leans on alternate Wednesdays with the hissis-
sippi, and with Capt. Frank Hicks on the ROOT,
anc John Brooks In the Office, her success cannot
be questioned. Another experiment with the
steel boiler was made In Pittsburg on last Tues
day afternoon. The trial, as before, was ~ ny.
wi,hstood pressure of us pounds to the square
inch. The boiler has stretched q inches in OR.
conference"
From Memphis Avalanche LIST inst: ave re-
gret very much to learn that Capt. William Alex.
AcVay is In very feeble health. BE was 10 the
city yesterday, and left in the evening on the Lee
| for New Orleans. Capt. Bob Lodge OF the low
pressure steamer Richmond. is In the city. BE u
on q tour through the South examining the cotton
| crop. The captain informs us that the maRuih
| cent Richmond will make her first trip on Wed.
pesday. September 30. She has had an additional
number of etaterooms put in her already spacious
cabin, and has also heightened her texas, which
| will enable her to carry greater number OF pas
sengers than any other boat on the river. The
Alaska has laid up at Cairo. The Ohio and Missip-
pi rivers are getting very low, and in consequence
| navigation Id getting precarious. Mr. James Din
widdis. formerly one Of the popular clerks Of this
steamer r. Il. Lee. was in the city yesterday, en-
route to New Orleans. We expect to see him
| soon in the Office of one of our fine steamers
| There was fair amount Of business doing on the
| wharf yesterday. The champion Of the Western
waters, the great steamer r. =. Lee, passed down
| yesterday. She came through without sticking,
though She was drawing all the water 10 the
river. We return thanks to her clever officers
| Capt John Cannon, Mr.. Roberts, chief clerk, and
| Mr.. Campbell, her steward, for fsvors."
From the ST. Louis Democrat, August 81:
The tug jack Robertson, plying between AL
| ton and Grafton, and owned by the Alton packe
company. exploded her boiler on Saturday after
| noon at Jersey landing. She was six hundred Zee
behind the r. p. Converse, which turned back anS
towed her down to Alton. The boat was not In
| ly. and the fremen fatally scalded. The enginee
says there was plenty of water in the boiler few
seconds previous TO the explosion.
Captain John G. Benson having laid up tn
John hligour al CdlrO unti Dusiucps impfSNcs
| has gone home to Warren county, Ohio. Mr.
| Shannon and others. from Madison, Indiana. ar
n..hing Up Tow of hey et Aurora, consisting o
| three coal barges with capacity for 1000 tons
| 5000 bales-for the Southern market. The barge
will be towed to New Orleans by the Sam Mer WIN
The propeller ]. r. Pratt left Cincinnati Wednes
| day, having undergone thorough repairs, to max
| up similar tow at Vevay for the Southern mar
ket."
The Louisville Courier of Sunday says:
| a vote was taken on the downward trip o
the Cincinnati mail boat Friday, which resulted il
eighty.seven for seymour and Blair. and seventeen
| for Grant and Colfax. OF the seventeen clever
| were Yanks, who had substitutes In the war. ant
one, as was subsequently ascertained, was Q mu
lstto. On the last down trip Of the Henderson
| packet Rose Hite, o Radical proposed TO take tn
| vote, when ffty-one we're given for Seymour an
| Blair and ten for Grant and Colfsx."
| From the Cincinnati Gazette, Aug. 3lst:
Business was not as brisk as usual on Satur
| day, several departures during the week having
taken about all the freight accumulated 10 the city
All the regular st. Louis boats are laid up or en-
| gagged In another trade. except the one which de
| parted Saturday. There is no steamer announces
for New Orleans"