The New Orleans crescent. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1866-1869, 1868-02-22

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Ll. ......-.. s.i.rd.y A0nns. -, 2, 49,
extrs me - The morning opened with ram, bat To-
wards evening the clouds dispersed and the dsy
| ged sbone forth with morsuthan usual viror--in
'ae1, LIS rays we're rather o3P5essye., a. s.s
besrshie extent. rendering things generally disz-
greeable to sill unfortunzfss compelled by business
Tvs ere sure none went foE. plessqre) to Wait The
sscarceIy know what to say il regard to busi-
ness on the landing yesterday, - it was neither
| extremely dull nor at all hrisk- The, arriving
boats all had fair cargoes. yet the weather was
such as 70 impede either the dischargins recsiv
The Mississippi ct this point continues slowly to
1t was rumored that the steamer Cnba No. 2.
from Jefferson with . load of cotton bound for
shreveport, sank IN the lakes between those two
| ports few days ago. We were unable Yesterday
TO obtain any Information on the subject
| Late arrivals from Red River report that stream
The officers or the vIcksbure report the ouachi.
| To failing from Trenton down. a. - -, .ss9
The Golden Era leaves this evening for Shreve-
The ouachita packet Emma No. . leaves at s
o'clock this evening for Camden. eIT1t
The Rose Franks leaves OF O'Clock this even
| ing for Red River. s..sll - 4 : ~''-p'~
Late sdvices from White and Arkansas rivers
report them falling fast. F''
The following were the arrivals yesterday:
vicksborg, Capt. Blanks, from Trenton, with
to-day. 1870 T,.'tI -
SO bales cotton and IL z99 sacks corn.
Magenta, from Vicksburg, with 1892 bales cot
ton and returns to-day at s EN- HA4t
Thos. Powell, from Lafourche, with q good
j. NJ. Sharp. from Lafourche, with 50 hh Dis. OF
sugar aud 63 bbls. molasses. go NQsr
Starlight, from Shreveport. with s65 bales cot
tom ~ sse {. IS =. IS & 't "a 4, 80
St Nicholas. from Grand Ecore. asls =.
The mail boat arrived as usual from Mobile.
The following boats left port : -ss--7 E.
lberville, for Bayou Sara. with q full load.
Aloe, for lower coast, with good trip.
ldshoe, fer Ouachita. with fair freight. -
The New Era left the landing yesterday to seek
more appropriate place to lay mp at.
The Nina SHINES went mp to ] Sfersou City for
the purpose OF laying up. Capts. Greenhouse
and Dalferes will place this fine steamer In the
Bayou Lafourche trade as soon as there is water
enough for her.
The Walter B. Dance, Can't Clark. from Tren.
ton; Hetty Gilmore. Capt, King, from Lafourche;
and Aiaska from Cincinnati are due. They had
not made their appearance up to dark last even.
ing. but will be found at the landing this morning
The A. q. Brown will arrive to-day from Lower
Coast and leave again at noon on Monday.
The J. NJ. Sharp will leave on Monday next for
Bayou Lafourche. W ats
We make the following, extracts from our ex.
changes:
The vicksburg Times OF the 10th saws
"Ihe weather was mild and delightful yester-
day. Business was quite inactive on the levee.
There was not single departure Of the packets.
The river at this place Is about ct stand
the 10th Instant: 81 ~ ..,.aa -aIl -
Ram was threatened at an early hour yester-
day; 10 fact, slight sprinkle did come down. but
It soon cleared up and became pleasant. The dust
Z froft hlooo and tfn~< A.<<
see across the street. The river at this point Is
rising fast and has hidden the opposite sand bar
from view. There is no chang, in the rivers Of
Arkansas. The splendid steamer Henry Ames
Capt. Frank Hicks, will back out for New Orleans
and the bends today at SIN. The Pauline Car
roll will pass down to-day at II n. for New Or
leans. Up river freehts are plentiful. Ths ship
ments for the past "a hours amounted to over
5000 bales. and there is fully as much seeking ton
We copy as followsfrom the Louisville Courier
Of the 18th: ati 8 ala - -
The river has been about stationary since our
Ia report, with full feet inches water in the
canal last evening by the mark. The weather has
continued clear and pleasant, with the thermo-
meter yesterday ranging from 40 to ls. with. how
ever. lower Temperature the night previous, and
were feet inches water In the pass, down the
Indian chute, and the river at stand. The Ken
tucky river at Frankfort yesterday was slowly re-
Scedng, and was falling a. all points, Tbs ], Fl.
bound for Cincinnati. The Frank Pargoud the
new packet for the New Orleans and Ouschita
river, takes her departure to New Orleans direct
at noon to day, starting from the Portland wharf
detailed description of the Pargoud will be
found in our local columns. She is the most com.
plete boat ever built, and we invite our southern
contemporaries to give her thorough examina-
ton.
Arrived yesterday--J. n. Groesbeck indiana.
Salmon and Dick Fulton. Degradation Xii. |
gour, for New Orleans.
We copy as follows from the Cincinnati Com.
mercsl OF the 18th inst.
The weather was Gear and mid Yesterday
with the wind from the northeast in the morning,
and southwest at noon and night. Here the bar |
ometer indicated 1854 at A. NJ. 1906 at IAN, /
and 2s:49 at 6 P. NJ; while the mercury ranged at
70 degrees at A. NJ, 80 degrees at IL NJ. and ~ /
degrees at P. N. Special kilograms TO the Daily |
Commercial last night, report the condition Of tie
weather, and the Ohio and Mississippi, aud tribu-
taries. as follows; Pittsburg-0hio Al feet aud /
rising slowly; freezing last night. Rochester--i \
feet and falling. Wheeling 81 feet, and falling. |
Msretta-75 feet, and falling. Parkersburg-6f feet
and falling. Pomeroy-falling. Gallipolis-Ohio
fallen six inches during the "a hours ending at 6 \
P. NJ, yesterday, with Isl feet in the channel by
the Water Works mark, and e5t feet under the
Coyington bridge for passing steamers. The river
is full Of heavy running ice. At Nashville, the
Cumberland was falling last night, with feet
scant on Hsrpeth Shoals. The Tennessee is
falling. kttS Erns ss-
" Inc river was rising slowly last evening at
Pttsburg, with four and half feet in the channel
Clear and cold, thawing in the sum- but will freeze
pretty keenly tonight. Had quite q snow storm
last evening, but it was of short duration, and
was scarcely visible to-day"
The st. Louis Democrat of the 18th SAYS The
day was as fine, as warm, as lovable as any of the
week of fne-days that preceded it. The river
rose little, perhaps, and perhaps proof Of there
still being gorge below. The general opinion
the river is clear to Cairo. The agents of the
Atlantic line engaged 700 tons for the Lizzie Gill,
and wishes 300 tons more to put her down to six
feet. February 18th Capt Edmund F. Dix sold to
Chas. NJ. Eleard, Esq, one-eighth of the steamer
Virginia for $500, and one fourth OF the Stone-
wall for $1,000. Mr.. Elleard will find these to be
valuable acquisitions. Last evening Vim. G. Mep-
ham and Capt. o. I. Ironsleft for Cairo to bring
up the Mepham.
CAIRO, Feb. -Arrived-Louisville from New
Orleans. and left, Dexter, Louisville for New-0r-
leans. River rose inches yesterday. Mercury
so degrees. No ice from above passing. Busi-
ness dull. The Continental Is momentarily ex-
pected with hugs load. She viii return to New
Orleans on Friday
The TsIisman brought 1850 sacks corn, 90 rolls
leather lot of peaches for C0ro; al dozen cedar
DOets for Jacob Simms. st. sI.ouis. HOO harrela /