The New Orleans crescent. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1866-1869, 1869-01-31
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| Sunday Morning. Jan. 81. tIB
| Yesterday was lovely day. The morning Ssd
forenoon were rather wintry, but toward iStn
l hehos infused the atmosphere with gEtsi,
| spring-hk warmth. ~
| Business upon the landing was very aASse
yesterday. All the departing steamers hassk-
| The Bart Able left at dark for Shreveport. !Shh
| her guards dragging the water. We do not Msi-
tate to say that her cargo was the largest aat
| has ever left this city for Shreveport. q
| Thew. r. Arthur hence arrived at st. LouS on
| the 2Sth inst. g
Rates Of freight to St. Louis yesterday FIRE
| lac. per hundred. ?;
l The Bart Able was compelled to refuse a )th
| freight and passengers before P. NJ. yesterd9E
At a meeting of the stockholders Of the NIX SIS
sippi Valley Navigation Company Of the S,Sth
| and West, held Friday evening last, in parl5S p.
| ST. Charles Hotel the following named officers
| were elected TO serve during the present ys>r
Capt. David DeHaven, president; Colonel JohxA.
| Grow, vice president; Howard Millspaugh, trHNs-
rrer; Capt. R. s. Kirk, superintendent, aud NV
ton S. Otis, secretary.
The National came steaming into port al Gut
noon yesterday with a splendid trip. Her Gyon
was full of people and her cargo consisted of Over
1000 bales cotton besides large quanttyS of
/ sundries.
The Importer from Arkansas river, will si2ive
today and leave on Tuesday next at P. MSfor
Van Buren. Fort Smith, Little Rock and all iliSer.
mediate landings. :
| Tuesday. Feb. I'd, at P. NJ. for Shreveport sns
all way'landiDgs, connecting with steamers Gecega
and Right Way for all points above the rSft. :.
Mr.. Florence Findren, of the National. has our
thanks for favors. .
The dashipg Wild Wagner, Capt. A. G GoddiIs
arrived at ii A. NJ. yesterday with nearly y fus
load, and at her usual hour Is P. NJ backed org
iull of passengers and two-thirds iul OF f-aghs
NJ " z
The following verses, written by passenger on
board the low pressure steamer Richmond, ,wh
copy from the Louisville Courier-Journal:
IT'S time, says Slut Neal as he taps on he
bell
All on board for the bright starry Vest i. .
Goodbye! shouts each guest-Crescent OtySare.
Ho trip to the land of the bless'd.
And steaming far out in the Father of Streams,
And scanning the dark watery plain;
Now Richard, she says, as she charges the food,
One Richmond remains unslain. :
One moment, the lights of the city are lost,
and nothing before Us but night,
For she rides with speed that all otherg ex.
haust,
And DINNER behind grows each light. ,''
On, on through the night like a meteor she gEdes.
While music exhaes DER the tide, -
For there's dancing within, and they deem ispo
SID,
That the bridegroom should dance with she
bride. :
And oh may the Twain that have promissSof
Never sigh for the joys of this night
But loving and loved, with their hearts fxed
Glide on to the land that's more bright
IT'S morniDg-she seems but TO double the charge,
Enuanced by the beautiful scene
And emerging from night like some beautiful
She reigns on the waters the Queen.
Now gone are the orange groves, gone are the
And Flora has closed her sweet mouth.
And ere we embrace the snow csnopied bowers
Here's q sigh for the beautiful South
More gray grows the foresta grayer the grou1d,
IT'S the mantle of winter. / ween;
But yesterday gardens with fruit did abound
And summer enchanted the scene.
He 10. scaSxSr RSa Z sEsss fBsA .Has'n
How little indeed seems Society's pomp
Compared with grand Soltude's chime!
So varied the climate, SO endless the space,
That Columbia's bright waters unveil-
Here the glaciers adown the bright mountain may
chase,
There Flora is seeming the vale. ~
Now winter without covers valley and dale,
While the moon casts her soft silvery glance,
And music between tells the often told tale
That on goes the gay giddy dance.
But yonder a scene, that is welcome ween-
See Louisville loom up into view :
Oh happy spent hours, that no longer are ours,
We reluctantly bid You adieu
Farewell to the South farewell to the scene,
Farewell to the beautiful ship
Slut Neal and your crew, we bid you adieu,
But long will remember the trip.
The officers of the steamer National. which ar.
r;uad vaafardav from ShrevanOrf ranorf. Nat
steamers Judge Fletcher at Geo. Robinson's d.
l.. Hodge at Wslmley's, Lotswanna at Spriaz
| Lake Landing, T. d. Hine at Couschatta, Era No.
9 at Mrs. Hickman's, Lizzie Tate in Old river. Leo
at Waterloo, Dora at head of Prophets Island,
Golden Era at College Point and Selma at Grsnd
View Beach. J.
The Lulu D, Capt. Grace, left Shreveport on
| the 2sth, with a full load Of cotton and beef &.
The river at this point Is still on stand.
The Rose Franks, Capt. Joe Dalferes, leaves on
| Monday at P. N. for Bayou Lafourche. (
| large number of mules are being dsly
| shipped on our coast, Red River and 0uacbita
packets.
The condition of our wharves is terribly bad.
Both the upper and lower steamboat landings
are filled-in fact, crowded-with the products Of
| the West and South.
The following extract we take from the vicks-
burg Times Of the 29th inst, and know that II will
be read with interest by the hundreds of friends
of Cept McVsy in this city. To say that we indOrse
| it entire would be almost superfuous:
The famous Lee came up early in the afternoon
| with fair trip. Our old friend, McVay. was in
charge of the Office. In speaking Of this popular
| officer the Nstchez Democrat pays him the follow
| ing well merited tribute, which has the unqual.
| fed Endorsement of every one that knows him |:
"Tbere lie not along the broad length Of the Ms
sissppi river q man more deservedly popular
than Mcvay. Uniformly kind, obging and collt-
teous, he makes a friend of every person he
meets, and never loses one. Strict, accurate and
| prompt in business, be has the unlimited CONT
af all xuh0 He m oil fh,
! attributes of D popular steamboatmau. VIZ re-
greet that in mentioning the various captains last
week, in connection with splendid silver goblet
| to be voted to the one who is the most popular,
we emitted to mention Capt. McVay. He GER
tainly deserves to be entered in the race. with she
| other popular and able commanders, and we Ave
said this much simply by way OF apology to<his
many friends for having before omitted his nanp.
We expect to have drink with Nc. OUT Of
| that goblet. =