The New Orleans crescent. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1866-1869, 1868-02-19

with eight feet In the canal and six feet on the
fills TIE weather Is clear. Thermometer So.
NENPHIs. Feb. l6.-Depsrted. Nick Longworth
sld Commonwealth for New Orleans.
River at a stand, with prospects Of rise.
The Bulletin of the 2lst saws:
Capt j. 70. Montgomery, long and favorably
kno En TO all boatmen between Louisville, st.
Louis and New Orleans, has taken charge of jaw
Jobnson's wbarfboat, and will henceforth direct
his attention to the steamboat agency business.
The following is from the Cairo De nocrat Of the
10th instant:
Height Of water in the Ohio, foot OF Eighteenth
street, O'Clock A. N.
Above ordinary low water mark feet inches
Below high water mark Of March 1867, 81 feet
inches.
Rise in the last twenty four hours. foot.
copy the following:
The weather continues mild, with the wind
cbsngesble. At P. n. yesterday the thermome-
ter stood at 81 degrees above zero.
Capt. J. 3. Sedan, clerk Of the MOllie Able, left
for Evansville yesterday morning to join his boat
she having secured trip from there for New Or
leans.
CAIRO, Feb. l5.-Arrived: Indiana from New
Orleans for Louisville, GrOsbeck from New Or
leans for Cincinnati.
CINCINNATI, Feb. l5.- River fallen Is inches; 81
feet 10 channel. Weather clear. Thermometer AZ.
Navigation open, boats arriving and departing.
For NATcHEz.-Tne regular packet Wild
Wagner, Capt. A G. Goddin, leaves at O'Clock
ports. hessrs. Libano, Posey and Holmes are
her clerks.
For BAYOU SARA.-The Lafourche, Capt.
BaraDco, leaves as above at 3 P. ". to day. Our
time honoTed friend, Leo Bayhi, presides in her
office.
For JEFFERsoN.-The low water packet Iron.
City, John 81. Gillian, commander, leaves for the
above and all intermediate landings this day at 5
P. NJ. The Iron City offers superior accommoda-
tons TO shippers, and passengers we know cannot
fare otherwise than well when under charge of
her clerk, Mr.. W. 7. Gillian.
For SHREvEPORT.-The entirely new side wheel
passenger packet Early Bird, under command Of
Capt. j. POtevent, leaves for the above and all
intermediate landings at P. NJ. to-day. TIE
Early Bird is entirely new, and in every respect
adapted to the trade, and we hope that she will
find some thing besides worms TO catch up Red
River. Passengers and shippers viii fad in Capt.
Poitevent q thorough steamboatman, and one
who will leave nothing undone to secure the CON-
fort of his passengers.
For JEFFERsoN-"K Ouns Line"-The regular
low water packet Fannie Gilbert, Capt. Ben. B.
Kouns, leaves as above at P. NJ. to-day. Pas
sengers and shippers need fear no detention on
the Fannie, il will take but little water TO let
her go through. Her courteous clerk, Charles W.
Brown, Esq, will, we are sure, make every one
feel at home while on board, and those ia need
Of spiritual consolation will find Mr.. P. McGrath
ever ready TO administer il to them (from q
bOttle.)
For LocKFoR1 The regular packet Hetty Gil.
more, Captain King leaves for the above and all
other landings on Bayou Lafourche, at P. N. to-
day. The Gilmore being of extremely light draft
shippers need fear no detention from lack of
water. Mr.. J. A. Lsbarthe and Jas. Winner will
be found in her office.