The New Orleans crescent. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1866-1869, 1868-11-14
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Saturday norninG, Nov. II. l0Ga

We havslno change % report in the weather
1t 10 still clear and cool.
Busns.s ": pretty fair upon the steamboat
Through = Telegram. received yesterday, We
| learn that there Is three feet water 10 the Ar
ksnsas river to Little Rock, and river falling.
| Mr.. I: J. Howard, Of the Enterprise, has our
The officers Of the Bart Able have q usual
| placed % under obligations for favors.
| The Lotawanna, Capt. b. J. Brinker, P. A.
Work clerk, leaves positively ct P. NJ. to-day,
Capt. Lees Gag chip, the Enterprise, leaves at s
p. M. to-day for Jefferson, Shreveport and all way
landings. Mr.. Thos. J. Howard has charge of her
Office. Under the command of Capt. b. L. Lee
| the Enterprise has become favorite with both
The travelling and shipping community. She is Of
light draft and will go through without detention.
The light draft pocket Tahle l nah leaves at p.
NJ. Today for Trenton and Monroe. Capt. F. A.
Blanks commands. As the Tahlequah draws only
- inches light, shippers may rely upon her 60
ing through on time.
The line packet Richmond. Capt. Bosrdman,
leaves at P. n. to-day for Jefferson and Shreve-
port.
The regular Saturday packet Leni Leoti. Capt.
G. Press Work, leaves this day at 5 P. N. for
Trenton and Monroe. The Leoti Is of light draft
and has hne passenger accommodations.
The regular Saturday packet Bart Able. under
command Of Capt. W. C. Harrison, leaves ct 5
P. to-day for vicksburg and all landings inter-
mediate, taking both freight and passengers at as
low rates as any boat in the trade. Messrs
Tompkins, Holmes and Hnman are her clerks.
the regular Tuesday vicksburg and Memphis
packet Commercial. will take freight, and give
through bills lading for same, for Memphis Green
vile and all landings in the bends. This is per-
have the advantage OF weekly Memphis packet.
The regular Natchez packet Wild Wagner,
Capt. W. B. Richardson, leaves at 5 P. NJ. to-day
for Natchez and all landings. Messrs. LibanO.
Posey and Miller are her clerks.
The Bart Able brought down from Vickshurg
200 tons Of freight reshipped from the regular
Memphis and vicksburg packet Commercial.
The Gov. Allen. Capt. Tom Leathers, leaves at
P. NJ. to day for Vicksburg.
The Lafourche, Capt Heno, leaves at 5 P. N. to.
day for Bayou Sara.
The regular Lafourche packet Sally, Capt.
King, formerly Of the Hetty Gilmore leaves to.
day for all landings on Bayou Lafourche.
The fine side wheel packet T. D: Hine, under
Gus Capt. Joe Morgan In her Office, leaves at
p. N. to-day for Jefferson, Shreveport. Grand
Ecore and all intermediate landings. The Hne
will not load to over four feet and in consequence
will meet with no detention.
From the officers of the Bart Able we learn
that heavy rains have prevailed along the river
from Vieksburg down, interfering greatly with
shipment of cotton.
4066 bales of cotton have been received since
our last from river steamers.
The following list embraces all the arrivals
since our last report:
Enterprise Capt. q. L. Lee, from Shreveport,
with Gel bales cotton, $50 head cattle, lot hides
and sundries.
New Era, from Donaldsonville.
sully, Capt. King, from Tbibodaux, with
bales cotton, Sc hhds. sugar, 100 bbIs. moIasses
and supdries.
Leni Leoti, Capt. Work. from ouachita river,
TahIequah, Capt. Blanks, from Ouachita river,
with ESQ bales cotton.
Glide. Capt. Muse, from Grand Ecore, with 800
Lafourcbe, Capt Heno, from Bayou Sara. with
81 bales cotton, 81 hhds. sugar, 205 bbls. molss.
SEES, etc.
Bart Able, Capt. W. C. Harrison, from vicks.
burg, with s43 bales cotton, 1861 sacks cotton
seed and $50 tons assorted freight.
Aloe, Capt. Wood, from Lower Coast, with 60
hhds. sugar, IS bills. molasses.
A. G. Prown, Capt. Radovich, from Lower
Coast. with 10 hhds. sugar, l20 bbs. rice and sua
dries.
Gov. Allen, Capt Leathers, from vicksburg,
with 1864 bales cotton, 1850 sacks cotton seed, 6
hhds. sugar and sundries.
We anticipate lively work upon the landing to-
Late arrivals from ouachita river report 1t sim
falling.
The steamer Enterprise left Shreveport satur.
day, Nov. Z. at 10 P. N. In port from Jefferson.
Gosssmer and Dixie. George from above the raft,
and Mary Ellen from Carolina Bluffs. Three and
half feet water on the principal bars, and river
falling rapidly.
The following named steamers left port yester.
day: Nina SHINES, Capt. Greenhouse, for Bayou
Sara A. G. Brown. Capt Radovich, for lower
coast; Agnes, Capt. Rolf. for Barataris Pho
neer, Capt. Gillem, for Red river; Cornelia, Capt.
for ST. Louis.
From the st. Louis Democrat, llth inst.
''One foot swell here yesterday, more to day.
perhaps feet on Hat Island bar in day or two
more. Large New Orleans boats will take large
uarn xnollA Anota kA~.f A.
ID already scarce. Merchants hold their lots, ex-
pecting to ship cheaper by the close of the week.
Capt. Gould can send his biggest boats up the
Missouri II he chooses to run the risk of not get
ting them back this season. Capt. Sheble has
ample time to sweep the majestic Illinois with
some OF his largest steamers, but we don't know
that be will do II. If our upper Mississippi pack.
cts leave here ito 60 cross the rapids they will not
pass Rockland. The Ohio is in good condition
now. and there will be deep water below Cairo.
From Cincinnati Gazette, Nov. 18th: "The
wharf IN front of the New Orleans packet, yester-
day, presented an unusual appearance of activity.
Freight was received much faster than il could be
handled. The Memphis packet also did good
business, and will have all she wants by this even
ing, Notwithstanding an outside boat cut rates
yesterday. The local packets had splendid trips
in. A dispatch received from E. B. Hendricks
Co., yesterday. gave information that rates had
been advanced 40 per cent. at Cairo on Monday.
The river fell over foot here yesterday. At six
O'Clock last evening there were Is feet inches
water in the channel. with 81 feet space under
the bridge for passing steamers. The Alaska re.
ceived freight yesterday faster than her laborers
could handle il. Indeed. some of the latter did
not 60 to dinner. She leaves for New Orleans |
this evening sure. and will have all she wants of
freight, and also good passenger list.
From the Louisville Courier<and Journal of the |
l 18th inst:
The river was falling slowly yesterday, with |
six feet three inches water In the canal four feet
three inches water In the chute, and three feet |
three inches water on the rocks last evening. a |
decline of three inches since our last report The
dispatches from Pittsburg state that the indcatios
are favorable for another rise. heavy rain fell |
here Monday night. Yesterday the weather was
cloudy and cold but clearing of at night. Bust. |
ness on the landing was tolerably brisk. Tue
towboat Alps, which sunk at the head of the
falls Monday afternoon. was raised about 4
D clock yesterday morning and bulkhead built
over the hole, and she went up the river. She
will go on the ways at Madison for repairs She
vas efioat in four hours after commencing work |
On her. The Grand Lake succeeded in getting M
over the falls yesterday, and left for Pittsburg |
With tow of empty barges. The p. W. Strader,
81 the Louisville aud New Orleans packet line,
win leave Portland at P. NJ. to day for New Or.
cans. Capt. ALT. Stein commands"
From the Memphis Avalanche, 18th inst:
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