The New Orleans crescent. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1866-1869, 1868-06-03
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Wednesday Morning. June 5. 1864 I


Business on the landing was pretty lively for
few hours yesterday and several of our regular
packets left with far trips. A few Of those adj
yertised TO leave this evening received cousde-
rabe freight. We have no change to report Ia
either the weather or river. The former conIin
ues very warm with but little prospects Of rain,
and the latter the same as reported yesterday.
Since our last the following steamers arrived
The weekly Monroe and Trenton packet CleOna,
Capt. Patterson, arrived with sundries.
The regular NstcheZ packet Wild Wagner.
Capt. Goddn arrived with bales Of cotton, etc.
The Shreveport packet National. Capt. Sinuott,
came in with Is bales Of cotton, 2lS head of cat
tie, etc.
The Annie Wsgley, Capt. Louallier, and ]. G.
BlackfoTd, Capt, Pickett, from Washington,
brought in good trips for the season. The
Flicker, from Lafourche, had regular sum
mer trip. The Magenta. Capt. Hicks, from st. Louis
brought In fair freight after disch4rgng a large
amount on the way. The Olive Branch Capt.
Jones, from ST. Louis, had fall load.
Capt. Patterson, of the weekly Trenton and
Monroe packet Cleona, informs US the 0uschita
was falling at Monroe at the rate of 2 inches in
twenty four hours, and falling steadily from that
point 10 Columbia. All fears Of an overflow this
season are at an end.
We have been favored with copy OF the fol-
lowing telegram, received here yesterday:
" SHREVEPORT. June 2.-ro Geo. D. Hite,
Agent Arrived this morning beat L4fourche al
hour and fifty minutes. Leave Shreveport to-
morrow at II NJ. &c. Harrison, captain steamer
Bart Able"
The departures yesterday were as follows:
Gov. Allen, Capt. White. from GreenSllle, with
a fine trip. Ruth, for st. Louis, with a good
freight. A. G. Brown, Capt. Bassett, for Lower
Coast, and Flicker, for Lafourche.
Capt. Patterson. of the Cleona, Informs US that
the small side wheel packet Ben McCullOch was
destroyed by fire on the 26th ult, whilst laying at
Row lands raft, on the 0uachita, Is miles above
Alabama Landing. The fire vas first discovered
in her wood rack and in few inmates she had
burned 10 the waters edge. Mr.. W. g. Scott, of
Arkansas, and Mrs. Ryan and daughter, Of ala.
bams, persisted IN the flames. The boat had bat
little freight on board at the time. Her captain,
who was, We believe, sole owner of the boat,
came 10 this city on the Ceona We are further
informed that she was insured for $1,000.
The Lizzie Hopkins deferred her departure to
this evening al o'clock, when she goes sure.
The regular Shreveport packet National, Capt.
Sinnott, leaves at 5 P. NJ. on Thursday, (tO.mor-
row. June 4th, positively.
The Grey Eagle, Captain Bsranco, leaves at 10
o'clock this morning for Bayou Sara. Messrs.
Leo 5syhi and John HodgknsOn are her clerks.
Having been unavoidably detained, the IA
vorite packet ]. NJ. Sharp, Captain John w.
White, leaves this evening OF 5 O'Clock for Jefer-
| son and all way landings. She will take freight
for Minden and all landings on Lake Blstenesu
with privilege Of reshippiDg on steamer Carrie at
mouth of Loggy Bayou, also for upper Red River,
| Teshpping on the well known side-Wheel packet
Dixie. Mr.. Jasper Russ, clever young gentle.
man, has charge of her Office.
| w. d.
| ardson, leaves at P. NJ. to-day for Natchez and
| all landings intermediate. There Is not better
boat on the river, can her officers be exceed.
Messrs. Libano, Posey and Miller are her cOurte-
| Gus clerks
The lightning packet Lizzie Hopkins, Capt.
John T. Roots, leaves at P. NJ. TO day. positively,
| for Jefferson and Intermediate landings. Messrs.
J. w. Lancaster and Charles Hoffman are her
| attentive clerks, and two more courteous gentle
men cannot be found upon the river. As for
I LAW o1r kpou md
some poet has said, Tor else we must have read it
! in an almanac,) "NOne know him but to like
| him. There are other attractions offered by the
| Lizzie which should not be overlooked. Firstly,
there is the Jimpecute Exchange, presided over
| by Our fat friend, Bob Dale, Esq, who will ever
| be found ready to administer spiritual consolation
| (he does it out of black botte) to her passen.
gers; aud secondly, Major Sheridan, her attentive
| steward will see that her table ia well supplied
/ with all that the market affords.
The weekly packet CieonA, under command of
| that whole soued gentleman, CAPT. l.. Fl. Patter-
1 son. with the ever courteous j. W. Walden in her
| office, leaves st P. NJ. TO day for Trenton, Mon
1 roe, Harrisonburg, and all landings intermediate
| on Black and 0uacbita rivers. She will take
| freight for Bayou d. Arbonne, Macon and Tensas,
/ with privilege Of reshipping, carrying the same
at as low rates as any other boat in the trade.
shippers can rely on this packet, as her owners
intend TO keep her in the trade leaving this port
/ every Tuesday evening, at 5 o'clock. Hurry
/ down your freight, IS she moves TO the minute.
| The Annie Wsgley. Capt. Gus. Z. Louallier, NJ.
| Kennson, clerk, leaves at P. NJ. TO day for
| Washington, taking freight for all landings on
Bayou BGuf. with privilege of reshipping on
steamer Bull Frog at Washington.
| The Louisiana, Capt. w. B. Bensell. leaves at
| O'Clock this evening for Louisville.
The ]. G. Blackford, Capt. Pickett, leaves this
/ evening, at 5 O'Clock. for Washington.
Jim Dinwiddie. second clerk of the Robert E.
Lee for the past year. is now sojourning at Green
| vile, Miss, where he may possibly 60 into BUSH
| ness. II he makes as good business man as he
did steamboat clerk, he will be uncommonly sue
| cessful."
We copy the above from the Vicksburg Times
! OF the 3lst ult. We wish Mr.. Dinwiddie I'M
| bounded success in his new sphere.
Our ever smiling friend, Capt. Alex. McVay, did
| not 60 up on the Allen yesterday. he will, how
ever, full control Of her Office on her srri-
| val next week. We are sorry to hear that Mr..
John T. Hall will retire from the Allen, yet rust
that ere many days have elapsed to see him on
some other fine packet