The New Orleans crescent. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1866-1869, 1868-05-16
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Saturday Morning. May l6, 1858
The weather yesterday was clear aud warm.
Business On the landing was better than We have
seen il for several days past. The packets adyer
tised Tin the CREsCENT) TO leave this evening will
Judging from what We saw yesterday, leave with
very fair trips.
The New Era transferred her freight to the ].
NJ. Sharp yesterday evening. She will leave the
wharf in few days for the purpose of seeking
some quiet corner to lay up in.
We have no change TO report in the river at this
point
News items we're decidedly scarce upon the
landing.
MEMORANDA OF STEAMER BART ABLE" Left
New Orleans for Shreveport at 5:l5 P. N, May
9Th; landed at Lobdellis and took on so cords
wood; landed at Ernest's: arrived at Alexandria
Sunday night at 1920; landed at Grand Ecore,
wooded at Campte; Monday, May llth at ll:I0
A. NJ; landed at Smede's, Boyce's, Tally
Browns, Briar Bend, Mary Browns, Co1-
shatta and Abney's; arrived at Grand Bayou
at $50 P. NJ, Sunday; made two landings there
landed at Madam Bossier's Gracey's, Nuts and
GTigby's; arrived at Shreveport Tuesday, MAY
18th, at 4 AN. Time from port TO port. inclnd-
ing landings, IS hours IS minutes: had 800 tons
Of freight making the quickest business trip ever
made between the tive ports. Left Shreveport
on Wednesday, May 18th, at P. NJ, arrived here
at A. NJ. Friday, May 18TH Red river rising
above and on q stand below Shreveport.
The Bart Able leaves this evening at ) p. N. and
every Saturday during the season.
Memoranda Of steamer Lafourche
"Left New Orleans Saturday, OH inst. at 5:07
Pm, and four minutes in advance Of the steamer
Bart Able. Landed at Baton Rouge Sunday at
P. NJ. and took two barges in TOW aud 675 boxes
coal; landed at wharfb0at 1880 A. NJ, and
passed Black River at 2:3j z. NJ; landed az Bar.
bins at 5:35 P. NJ, at NOrmans at sos, Sam Comp
toms at s:S5 P. NJ. II. Wiis's landing at loss P.
NJ, Pineville at lO:40 P. NJ Alexandra az 1915 ?.
NJ, Calhouns at A. N. Monday, and monte omery
at A. NJ; passed ST. Maurice at $3.50 A. ":
landed at Grand EcOre at 7:55, at Campte at 900,
at Coushatts at 1892 P. NJ, at Grsnd Bayou al
2:27 P. NJ. passed Loggy Bayou at 4 Pm Gatlin's
gin at 500; landed at J. II. Boards for psssen-
ger at 5:24 P. NJ; passed Campbell's at SOY p NJ:
landed at Templemans at 6:z2 ?. NJ, AZ NJ. Lat
tiers at lois 2. NJ. and landed at Shreveport a.
IL midnight, making the run from New Orleans in
81 hours and So minutes-best time on record.
Recapitulation-Time from New Orleans 10 Alex.
andria 20 hOura IS minutes, Grand EcOre So hours
As minutes. Coushatta SO hours As minutes, Grand
Bayou45 hours 20 minutes. Loggy Bayou As hours
So minutes, Gatns gin As hours. and Shreveport
port at $3.50 P. N. Wednesday, May 18th: landed at
cranes; wooded az Scorpoena's; landed at
Browns, Templemsn's, Buck HOrn, j. II. Boards
Fishers; wooded at Walmsley's; landed at lie.
tard's, Bonds, Willow Grove, Grand BIyon, Cou
shstts, kephart's, Perot's, Campte, Grand Eoore.
Montgomery, mouth Cane River, Smithfeld, Cal
houn's saw mill, NJ. Ryan's. Alexandra. Pineville
Comptons, Norman's, Barbinis. Bayou Sara and
Donaldsonyille-in all 20 landings. Arrived at
Stock Landing, Jefferson City, a, 7:l0 A. NJ, May
Is, having made the run down from Shreveport 10
40 hours so minutes"
ton, which port she left on the 18th inst. She re.
ports Upper Red River falling fast. Only a few
low plantations were injured by the last high
water. Red River on q stand at Shreveport.
The Lafourche leaves this evening at P.N
The following are the rates now ruling between