The New Orleans crescent. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1866-1869, 1868-06-07

ruinous. and will eventually prove a drawback
rather than an advantage to shippers. =
The officers Of the Wild Wagner have our
| thanks for favofs.
The celebrated A. G. Brown will make her
usual excursion trips TO Carrollton to-day leaving
| the foot of Canal street at /, and p. N. We
know Of no better way to spend an hour or two,
and advise ouri readers TO try 1t. We shall be
on hand, and If Asa Har,z breaks another sofa
we will let the public know all about it In Tuesday
mornings issue.
The arrivals yesterday were not unlike the re.
ported visits of angels, 1--WE saw one yesterday,
| with fitting hoop and jockey hat-not an ar
| rival but an aDgel) few and far between.
The W. r. Arthur, from st. Louis Vigo, from
| Mobile Wild Wagner, from Nstcbez, and A. @.
Brown, from Lower Coast, were the only boats
that had put " in an appearance" up to this writ
| ing.
Capt. Dowty leftfor Cincinnati on the Richmond
yesterday evening. His stay viii, we are in-
| formed, be but Of few weeks.
The departures yesterday were as follows:
Wild Wsgoner, Capt Richardson, for Natchez,
| with q fair trip.
Bart Able, for Shreveport, with good trip.
Gen Quitman, for Vicksburg. 4-
st. Nicholas, for Grand EcOre.
J. ID. Hinde, for Attakspas.
ldshoe, Capt. Blanks, for Monroe and Trenton,
with full load and her cabin crowded with
people.
The great Richmond left with "bully trip
Amongst her passengers we noticed Capt. j. T.
Burdeau, late agent In this city of the Mississippi
Valley Transportation Company. His son, Mr..
Louis on the w. r. Arthur.
The Mittie Stephens has withdrawn from the
Steamboat Captains Association. and will here.
after run as an independent packet. She leaves
on Tuesday, the 9th inst, at 8 Pm.
Though not strictly appertaining to "riyer
news,p we take advantage of this occasion to
state that the mosquitoes are becoming very
troublesome they are Worrying us great deal
just now and if our readers find any errors in this
column to-day-wby, they may blame them
for 1t. al
The Grey Eagle left for Bayou Sara yesterday
evening, with good trip.
The Bee and Barges also got or for ST. Louis.
The following named steamers are due to day:
Nina SHINES, from Bayou Lafourche; New Era
from Bayou Sara; Lotawauns, from Camden; and
Gov. Allen, from GreenviIle.
We met our friend Capt. Alex. MoVay yester.
day. Mac will take possession Of the Gov. Aliens
office upon her arrival. This announcement will,
we are convinced, be hailed with feelings of IN
bounded pleasure by his fTiends-and their name
Greenville.
We learn from our Veksburg exchanges that
the weather is oppressigely warm in that city.
Come to New Orleans, Mr.. c., (of the Times)
and we will show you what hot weather is. Oar
thermometer has quit rising-in fact, it seems to
have got above itself and then we could take
you 10 cool and cozy place not a thousand miles
from the wharf, known to ell steambOatmen as
The Nina SHINES leaves at P. NJ. tomorrow
for Lockport
The New Era leaves at 5 o'clock tomorrow
evening for Bayou Sara.
The ldahoe has taken the Vicksburg's place,
and leaves every Saturday evening for Trenton
and Monroe.
"Our Sam" of the st. Louis Republican, must
have gone up Salt river, judging from the spright-
Illness which the river column of that journal has
recently displayed. If "Sam" is still at his post
we congratulate him upon his improvement, aud
with our cOnfrere of the Vicksburg Times, will
say that he is again upon the right track"
FROM OUR EXCHANGES.
Prom the Vicksburg Times June S:
mo change can be reported in the weather
since our last report. Levee matters were as all
as we have had occasion to note this season.
River about stationary. If any change has taken
place il has risen slightly within the past twenty
four hours"
From Memphis Avalanche, June 5th:
Weather clear and warm. The river here is
falling rapidly. It declined IL inches in the past
tweniy-four hours and has declined 10 feet alto
getber. The Arkansas is receding, with feet
above Little Rock and feet in the channel from
there 70 the mouth. White and st. Francis rivers
are still declining with fair stage of water in
each. Capt. Bart Bowen died at Hannibal No,
last Sunday and was buried on Monday. The de.
ceased has been engaged on the Western rivers as
captain and clerk for twenty years. Business on
the wharf remains dull"
From the st. Louis Republican, June 4th:
There was tremendous storm on Tuesday
night which greatly incOmmoded the steamers,
but no steamboat accident caused by the blow has
yet come to our knowledge. Weather yesterday, 1
cool ard pleasant Illinois and upper Mississippi
about starting, Missouri rising rapidly, and the
decline here will speedily be checked Business
animated. Another boat has found grave 10 the
upper Missouri. The small stern. wheeler Bridge
port, which left this port on May 10th, with
cargo Of government supplies for Fort Stephen
son, was sunk on Tuesday ten miles below Sioux
City, and is reported total loss"
From the Louisville Courier, June 4th:
The river commenced rising slowly yesterday, |
with feet inch water in the canal, feet inch
in the chute, and feet inch over the rocks At
noon yesterday the river was falling at Pttsburg
and rising at Cincinnati. The P. W. Strader will
return to New Orleans on Saturday. The tow
boat Stella, with tow of eleven barges of coal
for New Orleans arrived from Pittsburg yestsr-
day. The P. W. strader arrived from New Or.
leans yesterday. She reshipPed 100 hogsheads of |
sugar and $50 barrels of potatoes on the Clifton |
for Cincinnati. The Fannie Gilbert from New |
Orleans, discharged q small lot of freight here |
yesterday and passed up to Cincinnati, where she |
is 10 have new hull put under her."
4 From Cincinnati Gazette, June 4th:
" Yesterday was exceedingly warm, with no |
prospect of an early rain. Business was more |
brisk on the wharf than for several days. De. |
parting steamers generally had good trips. There |
we're not more than thirty tons of freight to be |
found in the city for Pittsburg boat that de. /
parted. River men now expect but little business
until after harvest. The river rose nearly four
feet in the "a hours ending last evening at
O'Clock. There were then scAnt 10 feet water 10
the channel, and SO feet space under the bridge |
for passing steamers. The John II. Groesbeck /
will leave for New Orleans to morrow. Her
cargo is now almost completed. The popular
steamer Westmoreand, Capt. Ed. Evans. is an.
nounced to leave for New Orleans on Tuesday
next. Capt. Peppers great boat will be launched
from Hamilton's yard, at 3 o'clock this after.
noon.n
The Monsoon, Capt. James Tucker win be
found ready to receive freight tomorrow morn.
ing. She leaves on Tuesday, at P. NJ, for Jeffer-
sOn.