The New Orleans crescent. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1866-1869, 1868-05-29
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TIE sky was obscured nearly all day yesterday
with light gray clouds, not heavy enough TO indi.
cate rain, Yet they served to protect ali unfortu.
| mates whom either business or pleasure I've
judge that there were but few of the latter
called to the levee, from the fiery rays Of "old
HeliOs.n
Business on the landing is literally dead. In
our remembrance, which dates back some four
teen years. we have never seen the levee present
as dull an appearance in May as it does at
| present.
We sought in vain for news items yesterday,
! and not even q rumor greeted US.
| We were made TO say, 10 our issue yesterday
! morning, that the towboat Peyt0na arrived from
! Louisville with 3727 bales cotton. It should have
read bales of hay.
The officers of the Vicksburg and st. Nicholas
have our thanks for favors. Capt. Blanks of the
| Vicksburg, informs us the Uuachits was on q
| stand at Trenton but rising slowly below Colum-
| bia. No fears, however are entertained of a gen.
eral overflow, though possibly few low places
! may 60 under. The news by telegraph from the
, Ohio and the upper Mississippi is encouraging,
and we are hopeful that our people will be spared
/ from crevasses this year. The crops are reported
as being in good condition along the Mississippi
and its tributaries and we feel confident that OR
steambostmen will find next season profitable
| one.
The arrivals since our last were as follows:
St. Nicholas, Capt. Dowty, from Campte, with
! % bales cotton, lilo head stock, etc.
Vicksburg, Capt F. A. Blanks, from Trenton,
| with IL bales cotton, ITO head stock and sun
! dries.
! Aloe, Capt. Radovich, from lower coast, with
"a bbls. rice and l2l sacks potatoes
! The tow-boat SHARK and three barges came In
| from St. Louis with an immense consignment, con-
sisting in part Of l2,sl2 sacks corn, 1898 sacks
! oats and lf22 bbs. -four.
Departures The Idahoe, Capt. ]. W. Blanks,
| left for Camden, with '' bully" trip for the
season.
The Monsoon, Capt. Jas. NJ. Tucker, left for
Jefferson, with good freight; 10 addition to that
with which she left the wharf, over HOO sacks Of
salt awaited her at the foot of Fourth street. She
also had fair lot of passengers.
| The tOwboat Peytona left for the Ohio.
| The Bismarck and Frank Pargoud left for st.
| Louis.
The peerless Robert E. Lee is receiving freight,
| and is prepared to register passengers for Louis
vile and all intermediate landings She leaves at
| P. N. tomorrow.
The Nina SHINES, under command of that
| clever gentleman and popular captain, VI. r.
| Gresthouse, leaves at 10 A. NJ. to-day for Lock
! port and all landings intermediate on the coast
| and Bayou Lafourche. Capt. Joe. Dalferes has
control of her Office. Mr.. Thos Ure, as attentive
an officer as ever walked the deck Of any steamer.
| is second in command, and will give his personal
attention to all freight intrusted to the SHINES.
| At noon to-day Capt. W. s. Bassett will back
out the A. G. Brown for all landings on the
| lower coast. The reputation of this popular
| packet is so well established that for Us to say
! aught in her praise would be super1uous. Pas
| sengers going down the coast will find our friend
! Mr.. Oliver Canton, in her office.
The favorite Lotswanna, Capt. Fl. J. Brinker,
] is receiving and leaves at P. M. to-day for Cam
| den and all intermediate landings. Sue Is entirely
new and has splendid accommodations for pas
sengers. MIR. P. A. Work has charge of her
Office.
The regular Arkansas packet Peerless, Capt.
| VIM. Reasoner, leaves at P. NJ. to morrow for
! Fort Smith, Little Rock and all intermediate
| landings.
The Iberville, Capt. Gross, leaves at 10 A. NJ.
to-day for Bayou Sara and ali intermediate land
| ings.
The Rose Franks will to-day turn over her
| freight 10 the Lotawanns, which packet leaves
positively as advertised.
made her appearance up to the time Of our leav-
ing the levee last evening. She will be found at
the wharf this morning.
The weekly Shreveport packets Bart. Able and
Lafourche will arrive this morning, and leave
again tomorrow at P. NJ.
The J. NJ. Sharp, Capt. John White, from Jefer.
son, will be found at the wharf this morning
ready to receive for her return trip. She leaves
| at 3 p. M tomorrow.
The Ruth. from st. Louis, and Indiana mot
Indianola, as reported per telegraph yesterday
evening", from Louisville, will arrive to-day.
FROM OUR EXCHANGES.
The Alexandra Democrat of May 9th says:
1.-The river has continued TO rise the whole Of
the past week. and is still rising slowly. IL is now
within three feet Of this springs highest notch.
| The reports from above have it falling as low
| down as Campte."
From Louisville Courier, May 10th:
| 1.-The river Is still falling at this port. Last
evening the marks indicated eight feet five inches
water in the canal, six feet five inches water in
the chute, and five feet five inches water over the
rocks-a fall of seven inches since our last report.
The weather yesterday was clear and very warm.
Business very dull. The Louisiana received con-
yesterday, and lot of cement at Jacksonville.
She will hereafter ply between this city and New
Orleans. The steamers Mississippi Luminsry and
Mary E. Forsythe, belonging to the Atlantic and
Mississippi Steamship Company, were sold at auc-
| ton on 'Change at st. Louis yesterday. The first
brought sl7 500 the second $l4 $50, and the third
| $500 The steamer Laurel Hill, now lying at
| New Albany, has been purchased by parties from
| NatcheZ, TO be used as wharfboat at that point.
| The towboat A. ]. Baker left for New Orleans
yesterday with tow of 10000 bushels of COAL"
| From the Cincinnati Gazette, May 26th:
| 1.-The weather continues mild and pleasant with
but little indications of rain. Business is always
4 dull on Monday, and even the packets expect TO
| do but little. Yesterday was no exception to the
rule. The river is falling at the rate of one inch
| an hour. Last evening there were 224 feet of
| water in the channel, and 794 feet space under
| the bridge for passing steamers. The Alice Dean
| went over 10 the Licking river yesterday TO lay
up. The sale Of the A. G. Thompson, recently
| reported, has not yet been consummsted. The
John Kilgour will be at the wharf, Wednesday
morning, TO receive for New Orleans. The Alaska
! will leave for New Orleans the same day"
| From st. Louis Democrat:
Weather warm. River falling steadily. De-
cline at and below St. Paul is very rapid, and low
| water is talked about. The Illinois rapidly dwin-
ding to ordinary stage. Lower Missouri is trou-
| blesome. Capt. d. N. Greenleaf leaves by rail
| to-day for New Orleans, and on the first of June
will take charge of the business of the Mississippi
! Valley Barge Company, succeeding Capt. J. 4.
| Burdeau, who has resigned. Arrived, Lady Gay,
/ from New Orleans"
! From NatchitOches Times, May 23d:
From shreveport we have the gratifying news
/ that the river has ceased rising. being three feet
below the last rise, and that it is falling as high
| ND as Long Prairie. The river at this point is
| rising very slowly"