The New Orleans crescent. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1866-1869, 1869-01-20

more rain. Business on the wharf was good and
confined principally to shipments, the local pack
cts con ing In for their share. The river continues
10 swell at tits point at the rate last reported.
The Calumet, from Yazoo. brought another heavy
Trip of cotton. which was reshipped on the Olive
Branch She failed to make her connection with
the Lee, owing to stress of weather, aud Capt.
Pefisot looking 20 the interests OF shippers, sent
u forward BY the first opportunity that offered
lVicksburg Times, f1ih.
The river is rising very fast. with an abundance
of water for all sized boats to come or go. The
canal shows Is feet inches OF water, which gives
l3 feet inches the falls and IL feet inches on
the rocks. The Ken'ucky river T. again swelling,
which will OF course beep the Ohio up for day
or two. Az Pittsburg, last evening. the channel
depth was 9 feet inches. and rising, The Missis'
sippi at st. Louis again rising as also at Mem
phs. The Cumberland river Is running up to big
figures. still continuing to rise. The weather has
been rather mixed, part Of the day being cloudy
and part Sunshine. 1t Is to be hoped that We viii
soon have settled weather of some kind. Bust.
ness is dull as usual. The Mary Houston showed
off for New Orleans yesterday afternoon. The
Westmoreland will leave to-day for New Orleans.
louisville Courier-J ournal, 18th.
Business for the week closed with moderate
show of activity, and departing steamers had very
fair trips of freight. passengers and stock, Inc
river is in most excellent condition Tor all pur'
poses The Pauline Carroll came in at an early
hour from New Orleans, and had very falr Trip.
II was found utterly impossible to complete the
cargo of the Thompson Dean yesterday. and as
consequence, her departure was deferred until TO-
morrow. The Glasgow passed Cairo at noon yes
terday en- route to this port from New Orleans.
The towboat Atlantic reached Cairo yesterday
morning. she is on her way to New Orleans.
Capt. E. W. Gould was passenger on the d. 5.
Turner yesterday. He goes to New Orleans as a
delegate TO the convention Of stesmboatmen which
meets in that city on Wednesday next. Capt ID.
De Haven and family were passengers on the
Lady Grsy.-[St. Louis Republican. Jan. IL.
Rain has fallen almost constantly since Thurs
day evening. Business at the wharf was greatly
interrupted thereby, some boats being compelled
TO lie over. River here nearly stationary; an.
other rise is anticipated. Allfears of closing of
the river are vanishing although there will yet be
some v, ~ cold weather. The Missouri Is on the
rise and that stream, as well as the others, is ex.
tren ely high for this time of the year. Freight
for the South cannot be called abundant. Flour
40 cents per barrel to New Orleans and Vicks-
burg, and no wrangling about rates. The huge
Thompson Dean, Capt. Pepper. N. B. Fowler
clerk, sails for New Orleans positively this after
poon. The fast and elegant Lady Gay, Capt.
Burk, John 8. Lehner clerk, leaves at noon to-day,
without fail, for New Orleans. The treasury de.
partment has commenced the system of number
ing barges and fats under same conditions as
steamboats,. Numbers have been assigned, and
the sooner they are all affixed, attached or carved,
the better it will be, probably.-[St. Louis Demo-
crat, 18th.