The New Orleans crescent. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1866-1869, 1868-02-21
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rays OF the sun just warm enough 70 DC pleasant
A strong breeze from the south, which came up
just sfter sunrise, eaused the dust to ay aroma
loose upon the levee, rendering things there gen
orally desgreesble, and causing many Of those
forced TO visit our river front 70 utter ''cuss
words.v
The mercury at A. n. yesterday stood at s.
degrees. 49, .r.e..
Before the city the river continues to fall fast
We have nothing lister from the ouachita-
The following, from Red river, explains Itself;
ITO Messrs Douglas Donohue:
"eHREvEPoRT, Feb. 2O.-Riyer still falling. No
water for side-wheel boats.
"Jso. W. WHITE,
Captain steamer Dixie"
The arrivals yesterday were slim, and business
on the landing was extremely dull IL began to
rain Just about sundowD, and up to the present
writing it bids fair TO continue for some time. =
The Iberville, from Bayou Sara; Aloe, tSJfh
lover coast; and Nick Longworth: fre&f louis
vile. were the only arriyaa 10 -tSudsff.
The Msgepis -.ssssss yfcESburg; Commonwealth,
rog>ksrfssile Vlcksburg, from Monroe aud
'1renton Starlight and Ezra Porter, nom Red
Riyer, are due; elso the w. B. Dance, from
Onachits. All OF these packets are advertised TO
leave tomorrow.
7he regular Ouachita packet, Emma No. 2, has
laid over, and leaves tomorrow for 0uachita
River taking freight for all landings as high mp as
Camden. rfeEt
The regular packet Caroline, Capt. Bstemsn, is
up for Red River to-day.
The Legal Tender has been unavOidsbly de-
tanned, but will leave g4itively to-day at :; X
her departure to saturday, the 22d.
The Hetty Gilmore is due to-day and will leave
tomorrow for all landings on Bayou Lafourche.
The A. G. Brown, Capt Bassett, LEFT yesterday
at noon for the lower coast with splendid trip.
The Fannie Gilbert. Capt. Kouns, left for Red
River with bully trip.
The Cieons left for Macon and Tensas.
The Quitman, for Memphis, left at P. n.
The Irene got onfor Red River with light
trip.
Quite a number Of our regular packets are up
for tomorrow evening. and If We should have fine
weather, business on the landing viii undoubtedly
be very brisk to-day and TO morrow. Fsa
We make the following extracts from our ex.
VIcKsuuKG, Feb. ls.-No change 10 the.weather
Business at the landing unusually active. River
falling. The Magenta bad very fair trip from
New Orleans, and had 400 bales cotton in sight
for the down trip, when we left the levee. The
Plain City, Countess and propeller Fsyorite
left for the Yazo0, with average trips. large
pleasure party is organizing at Memphis, to pay
visit TO New Orleans on the first trip Of the
Frank Pargoud. The Memphis papers assert
that the Pargoud will enter the packet trade
from that city to New Orleans, making weekly
trips. No boat yet built can make weekly trips
between the points named, and do a freight bu-
sine 50 and without do g freight business, the
enterprise cannot be made to pay;
We are assured that the Pargoud will enter the
Ouachita river Immediately upon her arrival, and
we published The fact several days ago. We feel
convinced, however. from what We have heard
and read, that SHOULD Captain Tobin attempt to
make weekly trips to Memphis he will succeed in
doing 80, and moreover that he could make it pay.
The Memphis Avalanche of the 10th has the fol-
lowing: Weather clear and pleasant. The river
has risen twenty-eight inches and ia still rising
slowly. Arrived-Henry Arnes from New Or
leans. Departed-P. W. btrader for New Or
leans.
Business on the wharf was active yesterday,
with large number Of boats IN port receiving
and discharging. The wharf was covered with
seemed 10 have their hands fun.
The Alaska passed down yesterday morning for
The towboat Atlantic passed down with tow
OF barges, loaded with corn, bound TO New Or
leans.
Capt Frank Hicks says the Belle Lees time 10
| Vicksburg from New Orleans was forty hours, in
stead Of thirty-six-not even an ordinary run.
| She will have 10 do better than that.
The following extracts are from the Louisville
| Courier Of the 18th inst:
The river wac falling slowly yesterday, with
/ seven feet five inches water in the canal IN the
evening by the mark. During the previous as
hours il had fallen seven inches at the head Of the
| falls, and twenty inches atPortland. The weather
| has continued clear and remarkably pleasant for
| several days, with the thermometer ranging above
| 20, with cloudless sky.
ON the tails last evening there we're five feet
| four inches water in the pass down the Indian
chute, and the river falling very slowly.
|. The towbOats Bosz and Grand Lake came up
over the falls Sunday, and the Stella through the
canal all bound for Pittsburg, with empty 5arges,
| TO get ready for another run Of coal.
The famous PeytoDa, with two model barges,
! the J. L. Shallcross and the G.. McCallum, came
| down Sunday, and descended the falls for New
Orleans. One OF the barges was laden with 1900
bales OF hay and the other is 10 be filed with corn
at Rockport, Iowa.
| The Evansville Journal OF Saturday has the fol-
! lowing about the reconstructed Mollie Able, and
| other items The Mollie Able arrived between
| and O'Clock, and lies over here. She Is an i'm
mense stesmbost, 500 feet long, 52s feet beam,
| and capable Of carrying 1000 70 200 tons. She
| is commanded by that veteran stesmboatman,
| Captain II. II. Symmes, who has grown venera-
Bile but not old in the service. Toe Atlantis
and barges left Mount Vernon for New Orleans
yesterday morning. with 81 900 sacks Of corn.
| The Wabash is rising aud the ice ia broken up.
| letter 10 Captain Lancaster, OF the J. p.
Webb, announced that the river. has risen ten
inches At Fincennes up to Thursday night. The
Richmond was taking corn ct Diamond island
Arrived John Kilgour from New Orleans.
The Courier has quite q lengthy account Of
| the new Ouachita river packet, Frank Pargoud
| Il states that she crossed the falls without rub
hing. She made three and half miles in IF
teen minutes, against strong current with los
| pounds Of steam.
CAIRO, Feb. ls.-Arrived-Belle Lee, from New
Orleans. Dexter, from Louisville for New Or
leans.
Yesterday opened clear; clouded up about
O'Clock and remained cloudy the balance Of the
day with strong indications Of rain last night
The thermometer ranged from 6S to 81 degrees
during the day, with wind from the south and
southeast.
The ice Is fast giving way in the Mississippi, but
II will require a rise 10 precipitate masters, as ir
places il Is gorged TO the bottom Of the river.
The Cumberland ard Tennessee are falling.
Business is getting brisker every day at the
leyee The A. & II. s. s. Co. are sending on
three loaded boats per week. The Pauline Car
roll had full load.
Height Of water in the Ohio river, foot Of Eigh
teenth street, o'clock A. NJ;
Above ordinary low water mark feet a
inches. Below high water mark Of March, 1867
80 feet 81 inches. Rise In the last twenty-foH
hours foot II inches. JoHs P. HELY,
/ Engineer.
We copy az follows from the Cincinnati Con
mercisl Of the 18th. (In looking over the Com
mercial We have become convinced OF fac
which we cannot refrain from making public, viz
that il IL far river goes, and that Is al
that we can speak knowingly Of, one OF the bes
papers that comes under our observstion.)
TIE weather was cool aud alternately clear an'
cloudy yesterday, with the wind from the north
| west, end Indications of snow. Snow, sleet al,
rain prevail along the Monongahels and thebOhil
ss low down as Wheeling. The Leonidas, Whicl