The New Orleans crescent. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1866-1869, 1869-01-29
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STEAMERS LEAVING THIS PORT.
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CRESCENT OFFICE. No "a Utnr a~rryv
Fr day Morning. Jan. % lS69
The early part Of the day yesterday was,bright,
clear and pleasant. Towards noon PluviGs COM
meDced to reconnoter and at II NJ. concentrated
his forces and opened upon rs. Plainly speaking,
at that hour fine rain began to fall. whibh con
tinued with scarcely an intermission till P. NJ.
at which hour "Old Sol" asserted his supremacy
and bis last hour (for the day. was occupied in
routing his enemies-the clouds.
Business on the landing yesterday was, nDtwith-
standing the inclement weather. rather brisk.
Several packets left port with good trips.
The stesmer Tahequab. from Bayou Bartholo-
new, will be ready to re ceive freight this morning.
to leave on S0tb inst, at 5 KIN.
In consequence Of detention, caused By the re-
cent heavy fogs the Frank Pargoud did not arrive
till noon yesterday. She leaves to-day at p. NJ,
and should the weather prove propitious during
the coming week she will srrive in time to leave
on her regular day-next Thursday.
The mammoth Thompson Dean, Capt. Pepper,
cargo ever landed at our wharf. To Mr.. N. B.
Fowler, her clerk, we are indebted for the fol-
lowing summary of her trip: "The Thompson
Dean left st. Louis with 2943 tons Of freight 400
tons less than she could have carried) discharged
6Ss tons at way landings. and reached this port
with 2405 TONS Her freight for this port consisted
Of 9466 bbs. -four, $50 do. meat 500 do lime.
1856 do. potatoes, % do. beans. go do. pork 10
do. oil, 81 do krout $50 kegs and Isl tercef lard,
SO casks bacon, 9Os sacks oats, 10. 1859 dol corn.
767 do. bran, ll5 do. malt 205 do. rye. 22s bales
hay, 2 do. cotton. 1907 packages sundrses. "a
mules. 26 horses, ii cows, calves and 1875, hogs;
in all 2s sos packages" With few morb such
boats as is The Thompson Dean barges wo1ld be
at discount.
Baton Rouge. Jan. 2s.-To Geo. D. Hite: VIII
arrive this evening; will leave Saturday for Ten
sas and Bayou Macon. A. Dye, clerk steamer
The river before the city is on stand.
The officers Of the Stonewsll have our thanks
for favors.
The Enterprise. Capt. L. Il. Patterson, arrived
last night with a fine trip. She leaves on her
return trip for Macon and Tensas on Saturday,
Jan. 80, at 8 P. NJ.
Capt. Patterson, of the Enterprise. has our
thanks for favors.
Mr.. Joseph speare, the popular and weIlk nown
second clerk Of the Golden Era, was yesterday
vctimized BY an American citizen of African de-.
scent. The facts are these About 10 A. M. q
colored boy called upon Mrs. Speare at her resi-
dence and stated that as the boat was about to
clothes, and added that he (Mr. speare) wanted
all the money she had. Mrs. s. readily gave
him the clothing, but having no money-thst is,
none worth sendng-stated the fact to the sable
tsnpposed) messenger, and, to her astonishment.
was informed, few hours afterwards BY he hus-
band, that be had sent no messenger to the house.
The negro has, by his shrewdness, obtained good
wardrobe, and our friend Joe Is left shirtltss 10
shut for himself. This ought to be warning to
the families of steamboatmen. Never give Your
husbands clothes to parties who are strangers TO
you unless they produce written orders f% the
same. ue1 M0fl Nfr.I T.I4 |
A box of bitters-one of lot discharged A few
minutes before from the steamer ]. n. Groesbsck-
was broken open upon the upper wharf yesterday
and lie contents stolen. Where were the police ~
Are the levee police in league with the proprie-
tors OF the numerous junk stores, which are as
thick sround the steamboat landings az leayea In
Vallsmbrosay" II not, why are arrests of steam.
boat thieves not more frequenti
ARRIVED, JANUARY 18TH,
Towbost Liberty No. 4, Capt Davis. from
Wheeling, Va. with three barges with fut trim.
J; b; Groesbeck, Capt. Maratts, from Cincin.
natl, fully laden. -
Nina SHINES, Capt. W. a. Grea,bouss. from,
Bayou Sara, with ls4 hogsheads sugar. 10 bales
cotton, 2s2 barrels and 40 half barrels moIssses.
Thompson Dean, Capt. Pepper, from St. Louis,
Frank Pargoud, Capt. White, from the Bends.
with I5IZ bales cotton and 1871 bags cotton seed.
Legal Tender, Capt. Roberts, from Louisville,
with 81 bales cotton, $40 head stock, etc.
Stonewan, Capt. -, from Grand Ecore. TNW
The Enterprise, Capt. Patterson, from Macon