The New Orleans crescent. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1866-1869, 1869-03-17

John W. Tobin commands. and in her office Mr.:
Ed Rylapd presides assisted In the discharge OF
his duties by Mr.. Oscar Benedict
WILD WAGoNER-Erpress Ndtctez Pdc6et.-
This dashng packet under command OF Capt. A.
O. Goddin, leaves for Natchez at 8 P. N. to-day.
taking freight and passengers for all way landings.
DoRA-This fine sidewheel steamer leaves for
Jefferson to-day at P. N. Capt. T: Y. MONT
gomefy commands and Mr.. ID. v. Heat mas charge
of her Office.
NAYFLowER- Weekly Camden PGcket-This
fine side. wheel packet is in for the season as
weekly Camden packet, leaving this city every
Wednesday at s P. NJ. She leaves OF her first trip
to-day. Capt j. W. Blanks commands, and in her
Office will be found that courteous gentleman, Mr..
j. w. Smith.
ANNIE WAGIEY-This well known packet leaves
to-day at p. NJ for Washington.
TAHLEoUAH.-This fine passenger packet, under
the command of Capt. R. s. Livingston, leaves at
P. NJ. to-day for ali landings on Bayou Bsrtholo:
new. The Tahlequah is regular packet ana
Leaves regularly "a advertised. Her fare Is unsur-
passed, and her officers courteous and attentive.
The Vicksburg Times says: owe heard 1t
whispered on the levee yesterday that the river
editor Of the Herald intends asking friend TO
drink next week. II such a thing actually occurs,
We hope some friend will inform Us, so that we
can inform the public"
The ST. Louis Dispatch says:
"a gentleman Of undoubted reliability has In
formed Us that the Peoria City cannot be raised.
He forms bis opinion from personal observations,
and Judges by the manner in which she has ca
reened since her disaster. he says that were
it possible for submarine boat TO have
reached her twenty four hours after the disaster,
she could have been raised without difficulty, but
now it is an impossibility.
"a deck passenger on the Lizzie Gill, named
Hartman, from New Orleans. jumped of and lost
his life at John Brickey's. His body was imme-
diately recovered.
capt Rowell, of the st. Louis or Sslvor Wreck.
ing Company. secured the contract to raise the
Peoria City and deliver her at Cairo, for the SUN
of $4,000. Capt Dugan wanting $4,000 for the Gin
Q matt Wrecking Company"
The Memphis Avalanche of the l4th says:
The G. A. Thompson left for Cincinnati with
100 bales of cotton, taking it at seventyive cents
per bale to Cincinnati. The Darling should have
had this cotton, and would have got it, but her
captain could not afford to rebait the agents with
The st. Louis Republican Of the l4th has the
following:
The weather was warm and pleasant and very
clear, and having strong tendency to wards rails
ing hopes that spring had at last commenced.
Business for the week closed with very fair
show of activity. The river at this point is rising
steadily, and the same glad tidings come from
all points above. The Will S. Hays came down
from Grafton and brought very fair trip. Capt.
Sheble sends by the City of Pekin to-day barge
for bulk grain, and will send another by the Ili
nois. By practical efforts, Capt. S. is proving
that the Mississippi is the proper outlet for the
grain of the Illinois river, and wastes no time in
words, but proceeds at once to carry out his
views.
The Richmond (Va.) Enquirer thus describes
the sternwheel steamer Agnes. recently sunk at
Warrenton, Miss. The Enquirer Is mistaken in
the craft: "The steamship Agnes, which was
sunk by striking an obstruction at Warrenton,
MISS, at daylight on the morning of March g.,
1869, was the fine propeller of that name, 1863 tons
burden, which was on the opposition line running
: between this city and Baltimore during the sum-
mer and winter Of 1865. and was one of the finest
propellers that ever ran between this city and
Baltimore. Christian, Lee & Co. we're her Rich
mond agents. and Captain S. P. Bowen (who has
since died in New Orleans with the yellow fever)
her commander. Mr.. Herbert Smith, of this city,
was her purser. Many of our citizens having oc-
casion to travel on her, will remember her fine
qualities as q first-class steamer"
Capt. Frank Hicks, of the Magenta, and Capt.
Nat. Greene, of the Mississippi are having lively
time over the bell.rope prize offered by W. NJ.
Williams, ESQ.,, of Vicksburg, Miss, to the boat
carrying the largest trip of cotton Into the port OF
New Orleans. Hicks has forwarded certificate
from his discbsrging clerk, stating that the Ma
genta had the largest number of bales, without
mentioning the number, however while the Mssis.
sppis books show that she delivered 4ll3 bales
on the wharf. From the present aspect of affairs
it would seem almost impossible to decide which
boat is justly entitled to the prize aud IL is more
than likely that little swearing will have to be
resorted t0.-ISt. Louis Republican.