Nashville daily patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1855-1857, 1856-03-07
Friday Morning, March Z, 1855.
River and Steamboat News.

The Cumberland continues to recede slowly
at this point. There are now about ten feet
water on the shoals. The weather yesterday
was delightful
= The Cuba arrived yesterday and departed
again before night
The j. 6. Cline, from Memphis, arrived
yesterday. She leaves for Memphis at noon
to-day. For comfort and speed, she stands a
No. l, with HTE, SHAcKELFoRD aud HARm-
SON in command.
The Monticello, from up the river, arrived
yesterday, with good trip of freight and pas
sengers. She will leave for up the river again
tomorrow evening.
The HartsUiLJe with our attentive and clever
BATEMAN in command, and the affable jim
REED in the Office, is the boat for up the river
to-day at O'Clock. Passengers will find the
Harts0ILe a pleasant and agreeable "institu-
ton" u travel on.
The Dr. Robertson departs for New Orleans
Saturday.
The Umpire expects to get off the same day
for up river ports.
The Nashville turns her Prov down stream,
and leaves for the Crescent City to morrow.
The Se0enty-SiS was advertised TO leave
Louisville yesterday for this city.
The steamers Eclipse and j. b. Cursor were
advertised to leave Cincinnati on the 4th inst.
for this place.
A dispatch from Capt. CoRRETr, of the SAT
lie West, announces her arrival ia ST. Louis
yesterday, Fright side up with care" She
will leave for this city tomorrow.
The ALeoHia had passed Smithland for Gin
cinnati night before last, before the Cline had
reached that place. She will be in this river
in few days in her old traces.
Sr LOUIS. March 3, p. NJ.
The steamer Great Hest was sunk in the
ice near st. Genevieve Mo-. on the 9th ult
She was bound from Pitts5urg to ST.. Louis,
with foil cargo.
The ST. Louis and Alton packet Winchester.
sunk Yesterday about noon, about lalf a mile
below Alton. A gorge Of ice had formed
across the river at that point, and the boat in
attempting to break her way through it, was
cut down by the ice and sunk in nine feet
water. She was valued at $4,000 to 100000,
aud was owned by MeSsrs. GAty, McCune d
Co. Of this CITY. She WIS not insured.
II is reported that that the steamer Henry
Ci0UteaU was sunk below 81. Genevieve
The river here is about stationary, with an
abundance of water for the largest steamers.
The weather Is clear and cool
MEMORANDA or THE STEAMER MONTICELLO.
Lett Stagal's Ferry (head of the creek Monday,
March 3D. at O'Clock, A. h.-river at stand,
lacking foot Of coal boat rise, but the general
impression WAS that some of the light boats would
be out Met steamer Slight House" (.4lidd) above
Norman Lanking. Freighted all night at Creels-
b)ro; river rising slowly. 4th-Met Nettie Miller
ten miles below Burk sville; met steamer H. L.
Dagis six miles above Gainesboro; laid up all
nj ght at Gainesboro; river falling. 5th-Met
steamer Skyiock above Hartsvile; left Hartsve
at6 A. NJ, and arrived at Nashville Thursday az.
ternoon, with 80 hhds tobacco 90 casks bacon, 81
bbls lard $50 bags oats 50 bags fruit IA bbls and
IS bags fax seed AZ bIs mdze, los bags wheat,
49, bags corn, | biol taliow, bills aud bags
beans 80 bags feathers, l bbI mdze, bag ginseng,
bag wax, Al bbls and 30 bags -four, bags wool,
bag fur skins as cabin and 80 deck passengers
Will leave Saturday at G o'clock, P. NJ, for the
head Of the river.