The New Orleans crescent. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1866-1869, 1868-05-24
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Sunday Morning. May "a, 1868

upon the landing TO witness the departure of the
packets, and well were they repaid, fer more
exciting sceae we seldom have had the pleasure
Of witnessing. The famous Wild Wagner, Capt
Richardson, for Natchez, with good trip, took
the lead and from the way she jumped of seemed
determined TO keep it. Nextcame the celebrated
Bart Able, Capt. Harrison, for Shreveport, with
good trip, and from the way she started of we
lock 10 hear Of some fast time. Immediately after
the wild" LafOurche came billing By, appa-
rently bent upon taking front place. The "Old
War Horse" followed and bid fair 10 overhaul
every thing ahead. The Grey Eagle followed,
with fair trip. Next came the st. Nicholas,
then the Caroline, for Little Rock, with paying
trip. The MolIie Able, for 81. Louis, and Fannie
Gilbert, for Cincinnati, brought up the rear. The
Flicker, Aloe and ThOs. Powell left during the
forenoon.
The feet and comfortable passenger packet A.
G. Brown, under command Of that popular gentle
man, Capt. W. B. Bassett, will make three trips
10 CarrolltOn to-day, leaving the foot of Canal
streeta !, and O'Clock P. NJ. leaving Car
rOllton on her return trips at 2, and O'Clock.
A fine brass band with its strains will enliven all
on board, and passengers of the male persuasion,
especially those gentlemen who are in the habit
of practieing at the bar, will find handy insttu
ton on the boat. We do not know of more
pleasant way to. spend. an hour or two, and we
will endeavOr to make at least one trip to Dan
Hicks landing.
There were but two arrivals yesterday, viz:
The Wild Wagner, from Natchez. and A. q.
Brown, from the lower coast.
The towbost Kellogg left Friday with a tow for
st. Louis.
The irrepressible JEFF Posey, of the Wild
Wagner, has our thanks for full file of papers.
The Mittie Stephens has deferred her departure
TO Tuesday, May 20, when she sails without fail.
The ldahoe, Capt. Blanks, and Rose Franks,
Capt. Carleton, leave at P. N. on Tuesday for
Camden.
The river at this point is rising slowly. Yester.
day the surveyors mark indicated two feet three
inches below high water mark of 1852.
The Lotawanna from Camden, Nina SHINES
from Lafourche, p. W. Strader from Cincinnati,
Belle Lee from Louisville, Iberyille from Bayou
Sara, and Gov. Allen from Greenville, are due
to-day.
The Nina SHINES, Capt. W. R. Greenhouse,
leaves at P. NJ. tomorrow for all landings on
Bayou Lafourche.
The IberVille leaves tomorrow at 5 P. NJ. for
Bayou Sara.
The Vicksburg, Capt. F. A. Blanks, left for
Monroe and Trenton yesterday evening with
about the best trip of the day. We should like to
see her leave every trip loaded to the guards.
The Cincinnati Gazette of the 2lst instant con.
tains the following, which it will be observed it
credits to a Memphis paper. The whole story is,
in our opinion, without foundation:
Z" The lower deck of the Alice Dean, on her way
here from New Orleans, was the scene of a serious
comic circumstance at Memphis. The wife of a
New Orleans jsweler had elOped with a Young
man, taking with her $1,000 worth Of her husbands
trinkets. TIE husband, learning that the pair
were passengers on the Alice Dean, took the cars
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boat at very early hour in the morning, he dis
covered the couple lying on the floor of the deck,
locked in each others arms, fast asleep. Several
persons had gathered around to witness the grand
finale. some storming, some expostulation and
some tears and entreates, resulted in the three
| persons most interested adjournng to a hotel to
| talk the matter over. The matter was finally COM
promised by the husband bearing his lawful
| partner back to New Orleans, on condition that
| the young man should retain the jewels, but keep
ont Of sight of the now loving spouse hereafter.
/ These are the facts as we gather them from the
Memphis papers,"
! FROM OUR EXCHANGES.
From the Cincinnati Gazette May 2lst:
" The weather continues delightful. Business
was more brisk on the wharf yesterday than on
| any previous day of the week. Boats for all
| points received considerable freight. Rates
| continue very low; however, our port list indi-
| Gates an unusual number of arrivals and depar-
lures. The river declined two feet in twenty.
fnnr hnnrs mp to last evening, when there were
thirty eight feet IN the channel, and sixty four
| feet space under the bridge. The Ezra Porter
! arrived from New Orleans yesterday, after an
| absence from our wharf of nearly ten months.
| She rsshipped a small lot of freight on the Wsu-
nita for Pittsburg, and will lay up. The st. Marys
arrived from Pittsburg last evening with q light
trip, but having reshipped freight for nearly all
| points. The Alaska takes her New Orleans
| freight. The great steamer Alaska, Capt. Frank
| Cakes, will leave for New Orleans to-day. She
| will be followed by the John II. Groesbeck.
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HambetOn's yard, will be launched this week"
The Memphis Avalanche, of May 22d, says:
| 1.-The weather continues cloudy and sultry with
an occasional sprinkle of rain. The river here has
risen IA inches in the past twenty.foVr hours up
| 10 P. NJ, and has risen liz inches altogether.
| We have received the bulk of the rise, and the
| river here will hardly go four inches higher
| White river is falling steady. The st. Francis
river is still on the decline. The Arkansas is re-
| ported falling slowly at Little Rock with 81 feet
in the channel. Mr.. James Dinwiddie, second
| clerk Of the steamer r. E. Lee, arrived in the
| city yesterday per rail- and awaits the arrival of
his steamer here. Capt. Jim is a sociSble and
clever gentleman, and we trust his stay in the
| Bluff City will be pleasant. The Cincinnati Com.
| meTeial of the 10th reports the following steam
| boat sales: The Natoma has been sold to Capt.
| McCahery for $4,000. She goes into the Black
river trade. The G.. A. Thompson, which has
! been in the hands Of the sheriff for two or three
months past, has been purchased by Kennedy
Mcintyre Co., of Pittsburg, at private sale
| price $4,000. The Magenta passed up for St.
| Louis yesterday morning, well laden with rail
road iron and other freight. Business on the
wharf is confined to the receiving and dis
charging ola few lots of freight on the local
! packets. Aside from this there is no thing dong.n
The Louisville Courier of May 81 says:
" The river was falling slowly yesterday, hav-
ing receded four inches since our last report
Last evening the marks indicated fifteen feet ten
inches water in the canal thirteen feet ten inc hes
water in the chute, and twelve feet ten inches
| over tue IOChss Inc AT fUtbDuFg
and Cincinnati. The Cumberland and Tennessee
are falling, and our friends below need have no
further apprehensions of an overflow from the
late rise. The weather yesterday was clear and
! pleasant. Business moderate. The elegant and
! popular passenger steamer Indiana will leave the
city wharf at P. NJ. to-day for New Orleans.
/ Capt. Butler, now Of New Orleans, formerly of
| VicksDurg is in the city for the purpose Of build
ing staunch trading, or cOasting packet. He
has contracted with those famous builders, the
Nessrs. Howard, Of Jacksonville, for the hull
and expects to close bids for the machinery 10.
| day. She is TO be a propeller. and is to be ex-
| clusvely used as trading boat. Captain, or ra-
Their Major Butler is one of the most popular and
energetic business men in the South, and deserves
! the highest and fullest success. Before the
| he had the famous Yicksburg packet Princes
! built for the Southern packet trade. The R. Z.
! Lee left last evening with moderate trip, but
| has some engagements below. large crowd as
/ sembled on the wharf TO witness her departure.
| The Alice Dean, from New Orleans, with moder-
ate trip, discharged a lot of rosin and hides and
other freight at this port and passed up yesterday
| Capt. ]. A. Lusk, clever gentleman and an
/ experience steambostman, who has been in the
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