The Daily Nashville true Whig. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1851-1855, 1855-10-05

RIvER NEws-The Cumberland was falling
yesterday, with about 80 inches on Harpetl
Shoals.
The DR.. Robertson, which arrived from St
Louis on Wednesday, left yesterday for Padu
cab. The Nettie Miller also left for tie same
point
The Justice and Hartsuille arrived yesterday
from Paducah
Business at the wharf is rather dull
The 6ne passenger steamer Cuba, will leave
for Paducah this morning al 10 o'clock, 8. NJ
Our clever and attentive friend BOYD, always
on hand, will be found at the desk.
STEAMEE HUMBoLT.-A new steamer bearing
the above name, is now being built at Cincin-
natl by our fellow townsmen Messrs. STRONG,
TAYLOR d Co., and intended for the Nashville
and New Orleans trade The Humboh is zoe
feet long, 3Sf feet floor, u feet hold-will draw
% or 81 inches light, and carry 500 tons on
feet water. She will be ready for business by
the LIST of November. Success to the ''Hum"
aud her clever owners.
We are indebted 10 REED of the Hartsyilie
for full memorandum, from which we ex-
tract:
PADUoAH, Oct Capt Brooks fine boat of
docks at Smithland and progresses finely. An erica
on the way repairing for the coming season. Ar
rived st Smithland 10 A. NJ. Passed down Aida,
Granite State, full freight and HighAyer A. L.
Davis laid np. Freight scarce. Reports of vel
low fever bad at Memphis and all ports below. Left
for Nashville at p NJ Met Cuba at Ross Ferry;
Ben Coursin at Horse Ford. Laid up at Eddyville
for fog Met Umpire at Checkered House, and
and Monticello at Checkered House Bar Arrived
atNashvle IL A. NJ 4th. Tweuty-eight inches
shoals and falling.
The Louisville Courier of Tuesday, says:
ANOTHER STEAMBOAT COLLISION GOLDEN
GATE AND OHIo-SEvEN LIVES LosT.-The
steamers Ohio, Capt. Brickell, from Cincinnati,
and the Golden Gate, from St. Louis, we be-
leve, came into collision Thursday night, about
s or o'clock, in the Ohio River, just at Au-
rora, by which disaster both boats were dam
aged, and seven lives supposed to be lost From
the information we received it appeared that
the Ohio, with q huge, heavily laden barge in
tow, met the Golden Gate, which had just left
Aurora, and was short distance above, when
the pilot of the Ohio whistled or sgnaled the
pilot of the Golden Gate to go to the right,
which he of course misunderstood, and went
the other way, The formers engines were
then stopped, and the latter went ahead to
dodge her, but just managed to hit the barge.
The force of the collision was so great, that
three of the crew and one deck passenger on
the ohio were knocked overheard and drown
ed, and three of the deck passengers and crew
of the Golden Gate were missing, supposed al
so to be drowned. The bow of the barge struck
the guard of the Golden Gate just before the
wheel-house, raking her pretty well aft, and
crushing through to the hull, breaking her tim
bers, smashing the side-house, and cutting her
to the wster line. They managed to land her
in hurry, and saved her from sinking. What
other damage or loss she sustained, we did not
learn.
The Ohio arrived here last night, having re-
covered her barge, which the collision broke
loose from its fasteniDgs 10 the steamer. The
barge was laden with whisky, some 40 bbls. Of
which were lost overheard at the time of the
collision The officers of the ohio think the
Golden Gate did not stop her engines, but was
going ahead all the time. The names Of the
unfortunate men drowned from the Ohio were
VIM. Joyce, Pat. Henngan, and Thomas Nc
Laughlin. Another man was dangerously hurt
by the collision. He was on the bow of the
Ohio, aud was hurt after the barge was torn
loose from the boat.