The New Orleans crescent. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1866-1869, 1869-02-20

p NJ. for Jefferson, Shreveport, and all way land
jnQs. under command of Capt. W. I. Boardman.
Capt. Jos. Aiken has charge OF ner once, and
with his assistant, Mr.. Sam. Howard viii see that
all who take passage on the Hodge are cared for
urouerIv. The table of the Hodge is always
supplied with the delicsces OF the season, and her
bar win be found stocked with the very best wines,
liquors, etc.
1VIoKsBrRa.-At o'clock this evening, this es-
tah,isbed favorite leaves under command OF Capt:
&. p. Work, taking freight aud passengers for all
landings on Ouschta River as high as Camden,
also for al landings on Black River, Bayou Mac IN.
Tersss, Bayous D'Arbonne and Bartholomew
making close connections al Trenton with steam,
ers Pioreer, Camden, salado (for B9uf River) aod
Biz Horn. Mr. Samuel Whyte controls affairs IN
the Office of the Vicksbur0.
CONSOLIDATING W ell known side wheel passen-
ger packet leaves for Camden and ali way land
ines at P. NJ. Capt. j. w. Blanks, ner
worthy and popular commander will be found on
hand ready TO attend TO the wants OF both freiqht
and Messengers. Messrs. j. w. Yeats and Wm.
Guss have charge of the Office. shippers and
passengers will find them courteous, agreeable
gentlemen with whom II is a pleasure either to
travel or transact business.
FROM OUR EXCHANGES.
Capt. Wiley's late purchase, the Thomas Powell,
arrived from New Orleans yesterday morning.
She is a very neat little side wheeler. with ac-
commodations for about twenty passengers and
capacity for slowing four hundred bales Of cotton.
She was receiving new coat OF pant yesterday,
and to-day will leave her initial trip IN the Sun
fower.-[vicksburg Times, II.
The river here continues rising at the rate OF
halt an inch per hour. At ST. Louis the river Is
rising, with nine feet Of water out to Cairo. The
Ohio is raiDg from Pittsburg down. with nine aud
half feet in the canal The Arkansas is decsia-
ing slowly. with fourteen feet in the channel from
Little Rock out. The great low-pressure steamer
Richmond will leave the wharf to- morrow at IL N.
for New Orleans. The Great Republic was
launched from the Mound City ways Saturday
evening. she WIN soon DC -s..-.is- sr sud dos7n
the great Father of Wsters.-lMemphis Av., IL.
, The Virginia, of the Louisville and New Or
leans Packet Company, win leave the city;warf to-
dsy for New Orleans. Ats P. NJ. TO day the Nick
Longworth. an elegant and commodious steamer
of the Louisville and New Orleans Packet Com
pany, will leave for New Orleans. The j. II.
Gyoesbeck, from Cincinnati to New Orleans, de-
scended the falls yesterday.-[LouisvIle Courier
Journal 10Th.
The river continues to rise slowly, having risen
eleven inches during the twenty.fcur hours ending
last evening. There were then twenty-one rect
seven inches water in the channel. The Board OF
Supervising Inspectors, at their recent session,
enacted that all steamers towing barges, coal
boats, etc., shall have at the bow of eaco tow the
red ana green signal, elevated eight feet above
the top Of the boat or barge. The Alice Dean,
Leonidas and p. W. Strader will leave for New
Orleans on the l7th.-[ Cincinnati Gazette. 10th.
The towboat Shark has full freight engaged.
Captain Grant will back her out positively to-
morrow for New Orleans. barge OF the M.
" T. Co., left here Saturday for Havana TO be
loaded with bulk corn for New Orleans.-lSt.
Louis Democrat, 10th.