The New Orleans crescent. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1866-1869, 1868-06-02
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Tuesday Morning. June 2. 1853


The weather has been clear and warm since our
last report. sunday was indeed lovely day, and
.every body and his wife, not TO speak OF chill
dTen, seemed TO be out Of doors.
The A. G. Brown made her usual trips to Car
rollton, and was crowded with passengers-not
uDcomfortably, however. Our correspondent,
Asa Hsrtz, sends us the following account Of her
trips:
Little George Editor River News Department Of the
Crescent;
al am unwilling you should think Asa Hartz
among the things gone dead, and take the liberty
of sending you few words, knowing your interest
in steamboat matters generally and accommoda'
ton enterprises particularly. was an excursion
list TO Carrollton on the steamer A. G: Brown last
Sunday afternoon, along with several other peo-
pie Of good taste, and if may be allowed the use
Of term entirely new and altogether original, /
think that as an excursioDist am successst.
e like the steamer A. G. Brown, and like the
captain, W. s. Bassett. He isn't as big man as
l. but he can carry further, and knows more
about q boat in q minute than do 10 several
hours and half. During the trip took him and
gentle Oliver Canton aside, and obtained full
history of the boat. will give Il to you:
:" The A. G.. Brown was originally modelled and
subsequently built by scientific Frenchman
nsmed John MahoLey, whose fame as boat
builder for several years before his demise, was
second to none in the land-or on the water.
when he lived he lived in Algiers. He has been
in the better land now many years, aud reckon
one of the brightest of his rewards there Is that
for building the A. G. Brown. This favorite
steamer is about seven hundred feet long, over
ALL and has a corresponding and sufficient much-
| ness of keel. She carries from four TO fourteen
| thousand passengers at a single whack, and does
il as easily as Zanfretta does his trapeze business.
| The second story Of the boat consists OF state
rooms music, ladies, children, brass band, and an
institution, just opposite Oliver Canton's office,
presided ever by little Pat.
This institution isn't bigger than en- hour and
three-quarters, and yet the way that little boy
flies around among the spiritual contents OF his inst
tuition makes thirsty man laugh. The third story
| occupied by Capt. W. s. Bassett, and, higher up,
| man in the garrett, whose sole delight beside
| turning q wheel round one way and then back
again, is TO make the dog on'd steam pipe whistle
| like blazes Just as chap Is whispering something
| particularly soft into the ear of his duck
All these things, little George, ] found out,
| and it gave me additional interest IN the boat
roaned all over her, up stairs and down, and then
| tried TO borrow the captains glass. He told me
PAT had il, and we went down to the institution
together, where the little boy furnished each OF
| Us with glass. We looked through them, and
they were first rate-as long as they lasted.
AT CarTolltOD, after run of foTty.fy minutes.
we discharged our cargo Of living freight, and
went ashore at the same time. At P. NJ. we got
on board again--at least seven or eight hundred
of us did--and steamed back 10 the city. On the
way down, the music attracted me in the direc-
ton of that " institution" and whilst l was In the
act OF looking at Pat in peculiar way, some
mean white man bagged my chair. didn't see il
afterward, but found a very comfortable sofa
part of which was occupied by lady aud baby.
/ sat down on the unoccupied end, and immedl
| ately afterWard heard crash. Felt slight con
cussion at the same time. and picked myself up
likewise the baby. That sofa was hurt. The lady
snsppishly remarked that big fat people had nc
| right on steamboat, II they couldn't stand up
Gsoree.-T 4fdnit break IL.
:" I5ut we reached home in good time. everybody
happy and delighted with the excursion on The
good steamer A. G. Brown, and may we all sooI
have another trip of the same kind Contentediy
yours, ASA HART HART
States marshal, yesterday, to Capt. h. l.. Lee 10
| $500.
The Lizzie Tate went to Algiers, yesterday, t
lay up.
morning and left at ?. NJ. for Bayou Sara IN plae
The Nina SHINES. Capt W. r. GreathOuse, LEI
for Bsyou Lafourche yesterday evening with TAI
The Dexter for Louisville left last evening.
The arrivals since GUS last, were
Lizzie Tate from Mlnden.
|, Nina SHINES from LOckport.
Iberville from Bayou sara.
Lizzie Hopkins, Capt. J. I. Roots, from Jene
son with l39 bales cotton, ASS head stock an
sundries.
! Gov Alien Capt White, from GreenvIlle wit
! 80 bales cotton and $3.50 sacks cotton SEED. "a. q
! Louisiana, Capt. Lusk, from Cincinnati with
: | bales cotton 81 hhds. tobacco, etc.
And Grey Eagle from Bayou Sara.
} At an election held yesterday, for directors
the Steamboat Captains Union Benevolent ASS
/. citation of New Orleans, the following captain
I | were elected directors, TO serve the ensuin
. wear John W. Cannon. Jesse X. Bell, A.
5 Goddin, Jno W. Tobin, Joseph A. Akin, John
(; Brown, r. W. Adams, Geo. l.. kouns, W.
e Boardman, b. ]. Brinker, Jno. c. Dowty, &c
. n. Kirk ard Jpo A. Stevenson. A meeting
e the newly elected directors will be held at u
J. rooms of the association, this morning ats o'cloc
{. All members in the city are requested 70 attend
n organize and transact other business oil impo
q farce. -
!. The regular weekly New Orleans aud shrev
:, port packet National, Capt Rich. Snnott, leav
9 | at P. NJ. to-day for Shreveport and inteTmedia