Nashville daily patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1855-1857, 1855-12-15
River and steamboat News.

The river still rising slowly yesterday with
2s inches water on the Shoals Weather wa'
warm and the prospect for more rain promising.
This ia the Rock City's day for leaving for Pa
ducah, her hour is 10 A. NJ.
The Autcrica will probably leave Smithland to
dav for New Orleans. We are sorry TO learn she
could not take much of the freights which had
accumulated there and at Padrcah, owing 10 ~
rangements she had made for freights below those
ports
The Humboldt reshipped her freghts at Memphis
aud left there for New Orleans last Monday. She
will be in New Orleans to-day or to morrow.
The DIR. Robertson left yesterday to meet the
mail packet j. q. Cline and will return TO leave
again Monday at IL o'clock for the packet with
mails and passengers.
The Umpire came up last Thursday night with O
part of the Americas freight. Her Clerk, Mr. J. H.
Harris furnished with late ST. Louis papers, and
the following memoranda:
At Smthland, Saturday night 9Th, had to land on
account of wind it being one of the most fearful
nights seen the river, blowing a gale ard
the darkness near akin TO the darkness Of Egypt
Five st, amers lay up here all night, reeing and
tossing as though they had been on a spree.-9th
Still continuing TO blow.-lOth. At Paducah; blow
ing yet severe enough 20 render navigation unsafe
Steamers Einburg and Aleonia on the WAYS re
psring-Ilth Steamer Cumberland loading for n
Orleans; America arrived with 400 tons Cumber.
land River freight; learned the storm had supl
wharf boat at Eliizabethon H.; two lives lost
Wharf boat at New Madrid sunk from Overlooking
with produce for reshpment. Boats from above
AMI below report freights ore abundant and prices
better than known for years past. Now stored al
this place, 900 tons for reshipment and small
boats from Cumberland and Tennessee rivers adding
20 the amount fastrr than they can reship and
will continue TO be so until rates advanced 80
as TO compete with ports above aud below this
Took from steamer America 200 tons; left the
Nette Miller, Hartsville and Ella, ready, willing
and waiting to take the balance Of her cargo. She
leaves here to -morrow. Left for Nashville at IL
p. NJ. Steamer A. L. Davis struck a log on Har
peth Shoals breaking 80 40 timbers. Stored
her cargo on the Wharf boat aud now lies on the
docks at SmithlaEd Cargo uninured and boat MOI
seriously.-leth met Shylock al Rock Castle, Man
chester do Albertine Canton; Blanch Lewis aground
at DEVILS Race Track Rock City at Checkered
House.-l3th, Cuba at Jones' Landing; City o
Cairo at Madlocks Bar; Odd Fellow and CITY oil
Huntsville still in the Shoals unable TO proceed uT
or down, met Magnolia at Ilollingsworth's Landing
80 inches Harpeth Shoals and swelling Arrv
a 4.
ANOTHER STEAMBOAT sunk We learn from ih'
Vincennes Ial Gazette that the steamer jane
Paul sunk in the Wabash at alestine Ill.,, on IN,
morning Of the 9Th inst. She had landed at tina
place, and after taking on 1919 sacks Of corn wat
found TO e sinking, aud went down in about fiteer
minutes. The greater portion Of the cargo, consist
ing OF -four, shipped Terre Haute, will be saved
and il is thought the boat can be raised
CUMBERLAND RIVER IRoN.-Thc steamer "76'
arrived here yesterday with 500 tons of pig iron
including the cargo In pair Of barPes she had il
tow. portion Of the iroa tor this port, ant
the balance for Cincinnati - Lon Colr.
We learn from the officers OF the VIM GarviI
that two wharf boats at Henderson were sunk hy the
orm Sunday morning. Que OF the boats haC
a considerable quantity Of wheat, oorn pork, &c
Ar. Curry, the owner was passenger on the Gar
win to this city, to engage Dick Smith TO raise it,
Lou CORr