The New Orleans crescent. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1866-1869, 1868-07-28

Maj Sheridan, have our thanks for renewed IS.
surances.
We are Indebted to Mr.: Hsslan, of the steamer
Aenes, for the following particulars Id regard 70
the explosion of the steamer Quaker:
"The steamer Quaker, engaged In the she'll trade
in the canal on the opposite side of the river ex
ploded her boilers on Thursday last, at Boards
Mills, en- Willow bayou. Nineteen persons were
on board CT the time OF the explosion. Capt. A.
Z. Ward OF the Quaker, was the only person
killed. None of the others were injured. His
body was found on Friday morning short dis
lance from the boat. and buried by Capt. Beard in
Bnrthood's graveyard, near tie place where the
accident occurred. Capt. Ward was on shore
talking to Mr.. Beard few minutes previous to the
explosion: and had just stepped on board when it
occurred"
The following extract from letter received
yesterday from one of cur friends, speaks for il.
seK. 1t was dated Wheeling (vs,) July IA: n
" came as far as Cincinnati on a boat that
might be truly called slow coach and one utter
~ devoid of even semblsnee of accommodations
lor passengers. We left New Orleans
UP to the evening of The first day out. although
we made but Glow time, we were congratulating
ourselves upon ct least having plenty to eat and
comfortable place to sleep, until the end of our
voyage. but alas for human expecta-
tions, From that day retrenchment seemed the
order Of the day with the owner of the boat (con-
nldndery and many times before our trip ended
many of the passengers went hungry to bed be
fore them. : The captain quarreled
with the steward, the steward with the cook the
cook blamed the steward, the steward blamed the
captain and yet notwithstanding we stopped at all
the Principal towns along the route to procure
supplies, our fare grew worse andworse.
During the two weeks of our trip our bed linen
was changed but once, that was the night previous
to our arrival in port. . These are the
boats that in Cincinnati are spoken of as our
first class passenger packets and whose officers
n n o. "a ia
any boats on the river. II is not often that the
CRESCENT is called upon to advertise the departure
OF these packets, and therefore your readers are
not likely TO be led astray."
The river continues to recede at this point.
At VicksbuTg. on the 22d, ii was falling slowly.
The Indiana is at Cairo undergoing repairs.
Capt. r. E. Neal was in Louisville on the Gath.
male infant was born aboard the Frank Par
goud on her last trip up. He was named after
the boat.
The Frank Pargoud left st. Louis for this port
on the Gath inst.
From the Missouri Republican, July Is:
IAN old steamboat mate named Carnagle minus
both his legs, at Memphis the other day.
The Memphis papers berate Capt. Pat Yore for
refusing free passage TO Carnagle to New Orleans
on the Arthur. Capt. Morris Brady, an old boat
man, died in this city on Thursday night of par
Glysis. He was well known as St. Louis and
New Orleans pilot, and lately came up on the
Mohawk, on which he was employed. Capt. Brady
some twelve years since bought a large sidewheel
steamer called the Henry Lewis, and took her
from ST. Louis to Mobile, where he traded her for
smaller boat, with which ne nsvigated the Chat.
tahOochie river"
From the Cincinnati Gazette. July 25th:
The weather was comparatively pleasant yes
terday. A heavy shower of rain fell on the Ken
lucky side of the river, but we were not so
favored. The sun was partially obscured by
clouds all forenoon. Toward evening, clouds
again appeared overhead, and a few drops of rain
fell. At P. NJ. there was every indication OF
Storm Business was dull on the wharf yesterday,
but the packets received moderate trips. The
river rose four inches from local rains Ia the "a
hours ending at O'Clock last evening, when there
were five feet nine inches water in the channel by
the metal marks.n