The New Orleans crescent. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1866-1869, 1868-06-27

The Gen. Quitmsn leaves this evening for vicks-
burg.
The Louisiana. Capt. Lusk, leaves for Louis
vile this day at p. .n
The Richmond, capt. J. Slut Neal, will arrive
in time to leave on the 4ih prox., next Satur-
day -A
The peerless Robert E Lee leaves July lst on
her next trip 10 Louisville. Plans of the cabins
of these magnificent floating palaces can be seen
and stsierooms on either one obtained by apply
ing to their agents. Messrs. Snnott Adams, No.
Is Commercial Place. f9ast
Among The arrivals yesterday were the towboat
Bee and bsrges and Pauline Carroll, from st.
Louis Belle Lee. from Louisville; Aloe, from
Lower Coast aud Flicker. from Lsfoufche.
The Nina SHINES, Capt. W. r. Greenhouse. left
at 10 o'clock yesterday morning for Lockport
with splendid trip.
The A. G. Brown, Capt. Bsssett, for Lower
Coast, and New Era, for Bayou Sara, were the
only other departures.
The Pargoud got aground on her trip down,
and will not arrive until to morrow.
News items were rather scarce upon the levee
yesterday. We beard Of a nigger-beg pardon,
We mean an American citizen OF African descent
who fell from the upper deck OF q steamboat TO
the wharf. Our informant stated that he struck
the wharf head first, and was apparently unn-
juied. he showed us the spot, but AS We could
not discover fracture in the plank, Of course
discredit the story.
The Mittie Stephens will arrive in time to leave
on Tuesday next, the 30th inst, for Shreveport,
Jefferson and all intermediate landings.
The A. G Brown will arrive this evening from
the lower coast.
The next packet due from Ouschita river is the
Cleona, Capt l.. II. Patterson. She will arrive
Tuesday and leave, as usual, on Wednesday, the
LIST of July, at P.
The woodwork of the lower steamboat landing
is sadly in need of repair in some places-the
foot OF Bienville street, for instance. lt is az
present in a dangerous condition. We would
aso call the attention Of the proper authorities
10 the condition of the walks which lead from the
front street to the landing. Two or three of
them are 10 q very dilapidated condition.
From Vicksburg Times, June 25th
1.-THE weather was rather warmer yesterday
than it has been for several days past. though il
was still very pleasant and comfortable. Busi
ness was quite dull at the landing. especially in
the afternoon. River steadily falling. Tue river
is getting very troublesome we imagine In ad-
dition to the Pargoud's bad luck we hear that the
Baxter "a toS boat, probably is aground at the
head Of Island 49,"
From Memphis Avalanche, June 25th:
Weather warm. The river here is declining
steadily. with fair stage to Cairo. At St. LOUIS
he river is falling, with ten feet in the channel.
We have nothing new 10 state of business on the
wharf as IL continues to wear dull appearance,
with but few arrivals or departures. The Rich
mond passed up yesterday noon with another big
trip"
From Cincinnati Enquirer, June Path:
APPEARANCES indicate that the low water sea
SUI Is utdIiy NJ DhuOs anu lne ulUerent packet
companies are looking out for light boats to sup
ply the places of their large packets. The water
Is already reported very thin on the bars above
Portsmouth. The rise out of the Scioto and neigh
boring streams gives us fair stage here yet, but
the river is dropping very fast. IL fell four feet
in the twenty four hours ending last evening.
with fourteen feet in the channel. The weather
yesterday was clear and warm, but not exces.
sively so. The mercury ranged at seventy One.
Wind in the evening, west. There was a fair de-
of NfufFx fha yhor sarIa H.
we're two departures outside the packets, both tor
st. Louis The steamer swallow Capt. Piersel,
owing 10 the rapid decline of the river will leave
this evening for New Orleans without fail"
From the Louisville Courier, June 24th:
The river continues to decline at this point.
Last evening the MARKS indicated feet 8 inches
water in the canal, feet 5 inches water ia the
chute, and feet inches water oh the rOcks-a
decline Of 10 inches since last report. Weather
clear and pleasant. Business very dull The R.
E. Lee left last evening with fair trip. Mr.. 7.
L. Jones' the inventor of the plan for converting
high pressure into low pressure engines, the par
ticusrs Of which we published in the Courier,
was passenger on the R. E. Lee yesterday by
invitation of Capt. Cannon. II is probable that
the apparatus will be placed on the Lee when she
lays up"
The Cincinnati Gazette of June 23d. says:
" The Lotawanna arrived from New Orleans
yesterday. loaded with scrap iron. She thinks of
From the st. Louis Republican, June oath:
weather warm, but not too much so for com.
fort. Business tOerably good. Freghts moder-
stely Misunderstanding and departing steamers
continue to have fair cargoes. Shipments to New
Orleans for the week ending June 10th, were
Flour, l4,6l6 bbls. corn, "a 545 sacks; oats S240
sacks; bacon, 1856 casks; bran ZIG sacks; meal,
1916 obls. eggs. LOO packages; bay, bales
lard 427 tierces, S97 kegs malt, 1872 sacks; pork,
1887 bbls. rye, l53 sacks; tobacco, Is hhds.
salt, 1000 bbls.; sundries, 22sl packsges-equal
in the aggregate TO 5203 tons, of which the steam
ers carried 1905 tons. and the barges 1908 tons.
The decline in the river is slow, and we may ex.
pect to hear of its being checked entirely at least
for few days, as q rise is reported as coming
from the Upper Missouri and Mississippi"