The New Orleans crescent. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1866-1869, 1868-03-11
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Wednesday Morning. March IL. 1874

rather too much so fo- the season. The mercury
at noon indicated IA degrees In the shade. Bush
ness on the landing was rather active yesterday.
The arrivals since our last were a. follows:
Virginia, Capt. 0glesby, from Louisville.
Swallow, from Cincinnati. with full load.
J. G. Blackford, from Washington, with l42
Cuba No: 2, Captain wilkinson, from Jefferson,
with good trip.
Annie wagley, from Washington, arrived with
good trip OF passengers and freight. She returns
TO- day.
Hetty Gilmore, from Lafourche, with sundries.
Hunter, from Lower Coast.
Wild Wagner. Captain Goddln, from Natchez,
with q cabin full of passengers and medium
freight.
Lafourche. Capt. Baraoco, from Bayou Sara.
ToWbost Shark and bsrges, from st. Louis, with
a full trip
Rose Franks, from Jefferson. with ss5 bales Of
cotton.
Though last not least, the great Frank Pargoud,
Capt. j. W. Tobin, from Trenton, with SIS bales
of cotton and fine trip of passengers.
The departures since cur last report were as
follows:
j. W. Garrett and barges. for Cincinnati.
Westmoreland, for Cincinnati.
Robt. +. Lee, Capt. Cannon, for Vicksburg.
A. G. Brown, for Lower Coast.
Idaboe, Capt Blanks, for Camden.
w. r. Arthur. for ST. Louis.
Thos. Powell and Hetty Gilmore. for Lafourche.
BoATs DUE.-The following steamers are du5
within the next twenty-four hours:
Louisiana. from st. Louis.
Caroline and National. from Red River.
Emma No. 2, from Arkadephia.
Lizzie Hopkins, from Jefferson.
Nina SHINES. from Lafourche.
Lilly, from Arkansas River, and Henry Ames,
from Memphis.
We are indebted to W. NJ. surls, ESQ.,, for a
copy of the following dispatch:
SHREVEPORT, March 9th.
viii leave to night with full trip. Will leave
New Orleans on Saturday next.
John T. ROOTS,
captain steamer Lizzie Hopkins
The river in front continues to recede.
The officers of the Wild Wagner have our
thanks for favors.
From the Missouri Republican, March s.:
Rain continued to fall almost without cessation
during Friday night and until about III A. NJ. yes
terday, when il ceased. Towards evening the
sun came cut bright aud pleasant. The river
opened at Omaha this morning and has risen three
feet. The last of the ice bridge is gone aud the
ferries now running. The Upper Mississippi is
open 10 keokuk and clear Of ice. Business is but
nominal. Freight was scarce to all points, but as
| the upper streams are now opening up and rising
| we may soon hope for lively times the wharf.
| The river is rising steadily and will doubtless be
| rising rapidly to-day, as We have the reports Of
heavy rains and rapidly rising rivers from all
points above. At Mendosia the river has risen
three feet. Goodin. from the coal banks above
Lexington, teleeraphs as follows uuder date of
yesterday: Raining hard sll day yesterday. The
river has risen at this point two feet three inches
since Thursday. Steamboat sales were quite
lively Yesterday, less than three being reported
viz: Sam Gaty, by Capt. L. A. Sheble for account
of the st. Louis aud Peoria Packet Co., to Capt.
Fred Dozier for $500. Deer Lodge, by the Mem
phis Packet Co., 10 J0ab Lawrence, for the
Northwestern Packet Co., at sic, 500. Starlight,
BY Capt. Ben. Z. Davidson, also to Joab Law
renee. for the same company. price sl2 900. Ia
addition to these we have the purchase, at Gin
| cnDati, of the steamer Columbia. by Capt.
| Throckmort0n, for $4,000 Several other trans
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tomorrow or next day. The Mississippi of the A.
| x M. 5. &. line, received the cargo OF the Henry
Adkins, the latter declining trip 20 New Orleans
| for the present. The Mississippi leaves to-day
ard will be followed on Tuesday by the Pauline
| Carroll"
We received nothing by mail last night from
| Memphis, Louisville or Cincinnati.
FRANK PARGoUD FOR TRENTON AND MONROE
| This truly magnificent passenger packet, under
| command Of that experiences officer Capt. John
| W. Tobn leaves as above at 5 P. NJ. to-day. We
are at loss for language with which to praise the
Pargoud, and canony say that she certainly ranks
| first on the list of fine steamers. Mr.. Geo. Will
| liams, one of the most accomplished and gentle
manly clerks on the river, will be found In her
| Office. and although a stranger to the 0uachita
| people, be will undoubtedly become very popular
| In the trade. We would advise ali who have as
yet failed 10 pay visit TO this steamer to do at
once as she is certainly the finest specimen of
marine architecture ever launched upon the
| Western waters.
For CAMDEN.-The unsurpassed passenger
| packet Judge Fletcher, Capt Frank Keeling.
leaves for the above and all landings on the
| 0uachiia at p N. today. Capt. H. L. Watts will
be found in her office. which in itself is a
guarantee that all business intrusted to her will
be promptly attended to.
ExPREss PACKET WILD WAGNER FOR NArcHsz.
This fast and unsurpassed passenger Daoketle leaves
as above ct P. NJ. to-day. Capt. A. q. Goddin
commands, and her office is presided over by
| Mr.. j. q. Libano, who ia ably assisted by our
| friends Mr.. Posey and Miller.
FoR WAsHNGIos.-The Annie Wagley, Capt.
LoualIier, leaves for the above and all interme-
| date landings, az o'clock this evening.