The daily press. (Cincinnati [Ohio) 1859-1859, 1859-05-02
River Intelligence.

nlNOA AnNOlAh8VuOOe
Tho Weather during the last two days has been
warm and pleasant The Rivor continues to swell
slowly, but will doubtless be at a stand to-day. Itis
now within three feet of the big rise a short time
since. Business was dull ON Saturday and rates re-
main about tho same as last quoted, viz:
PIrTssURa.-Cotton, 5Oc. Molasses, Soc; Whisky
4OG Flour 2oc.; Pork and Lard, SOC; Pound Freight
NksHviLLE-Whis SOC. per bril-. Ale 25c.; Pound
Freights, l51lsc. per hundred.
u: 81: LOuis;EMeayy Pound Frsishts, zoe. per loo
t peT b gnu TO and o He ade S
CairoWhsky and Oil, AOc.; Pound Freights, 2O6125c
NEy oRLEAss.; Whisky, 49,; Pork, s,c.; Flour,
2Oc Bacon, etc. l52Oc. per hundred lbs; Horses, $40
ARRIVALS AND DEPARTURES.
The arrivals since our last issue include tho A. o.
Tylor and susquehanna, from New Orleans with fair
trips.-".Thc Menottc and Day ity arrived from
St. Louis, fully loaded"....Tho Bay City continued
up the river."u,.The Gael, from Plttsburg, and
]. b. Ford, from Wheeling, passed down for Louis
willie on Saturday.""..Tho Lacrosse and Dacotah
came in from Pittsburg with full trip..."......The
Lebanon from Marietta, has $500 brls salt for st.
Louis; she leaves today.."...The Messenger arrived
from Missouri River with light trip......Tho Da-
cotah and WenOna left for Nashville, and the La
crosse for st. Louis, all fully freghed....The Ar
kansaw Traveller arrived from Arkansas, with the
machinery of the steamers Resoluto and Arkansas.
lie queen Ol llo west ieil NcW
terday with q big trip, including $50 tuns Of ma
chinery......The Stephen Decatur is in from Pitts
burg, with big load for St. Louis.
oLEANINos FROM OUR EXCHANGES.
PIrrsBuRG.-The Dispatch Of Saturday has tho
following:
Yesterday was delightful day, the air balmy and
The river is falling more rapidiy"recedng at the
rate OF about four feet per day. Yesterday evening
there was eighteen feet scant in tho channel On
the wharf business moderately active, heavy
reduction in rates to Cincinnati and Louisville bring
ing down freight more freely TO the boats shipping at
the low rates. To st. Louis and Nashville thcre lsno
change: The Gremona came In with affair trip from
the same port, also SOW we'll 8iied yesterday evening
The Defender got away to New Orleans and the Jacob
Poe to Louisville, with average trips The Cheyiot,
from Wheeling, came in and departed.
LouIsvILLE.-ThoC Courier of yesterday says
ANOTHER FLooD-MoRg RAIN-KENTUCKY RIVER
VERY IIGH.-rhe river at the head of the Falls is
channel ut the foot of the Falls, last evening there
twenty four hours tho river had been rising at the
rate of an inch per hour. The weather set in rainy
day long and most % Of the night This disspaos @ al
hope Of an ebatement Of rise IL the river, and all
The Kentucky River, as we learn by passengers
heavy rains all along its source, with rise of ten
| feet at Congars Landing in single night The
Dove, to pass n1dor ting railroad bridge at Frankfort
and then had hard work to get through. This is the
most unfuvOrable news that could be received inst
now, as the river last evening was threatening the
buildings along the wharf and was hoped the rise
| IN the Kentucky would be a light one. 1t is now
thought tho rise from tho upper part of Kentucky
River will be fully thirty feet.
become very abundant, and every boat that arrives
bound for Wheeling or Pittsburg gets much as
fiat down to the guards. The competition among the
Eastern railroads has reduced freights SO very low
sp t' Rhoiss, % Of II the h steamer M s Metropolitan has
been held to $1,000 BAIL in St. Louis, for an assault
on woman.
ST. LOUIS. The Missouri Democrat of Saturday
says:
Tho Upper Mississippi just now is at very fair
tage for naygable purposes and our friends Of the
from st. PaT Is Oh on 0 stand stand ' heTe o Ths
Falls City found tho river falling all the way up to
The Missouri is declining quite fast and boats are
already suffering delay by the difficulty OF, paviga-
present prospects of low stage. 1t has not been
down in the mouth, nor elsewhere, for long
period.
John d. Perry and Michigan were under way, bound
Carrying away the Mchsan aTboard iO guard aT from
the c0ok-house forward, letting lot Of live stock
have been recovered.
The departures include tho New Uncle Sam and j.
| c. Swon, for New Orleans; Ango-SaNon for Pitts
burg n Tatqm msr; honBO Child and Carrier for Mis-;
Metropolitan for ST. Paul. all with good and fair rips
| We learned last evening that the Gen. Pike has
Sd S 1S PfPIs G in sS and That as she
the St. Paul trade She leaves for Cincinnati this
| evening.
| NAsHvILLE-The Cumberland was rising on Satur-
| day, with 61S feet on Harpeth Shoals.
STEAMERS LEAVING.
The MelnOtte, Belmont Shenango and Vixen are
announced for Pittsburg this ovening-all are fine
steamers".....The regular Monday packet, Ohio No.
2, Capt Blagg, leaves for Marietta at r. M.. The
Caledonia, Capt ]. IL. Prather is the mail boat for
Maysville at l2M Clerk Shaw is in tho offlce...
The Telegraph, Capt Hildreth, is the mail boat for
Louisville, leaving at noon to-day...m..The Forest
Queen leaves for Madison at the same The
Lightfoot Capt. Frazier, is announced for Nashville
to-morrow."."..The Kato French, Capt. Csffray, is
also announced for the port....T The splendid
steamer Dunleith, Capt. Enyart, not bong able to
get all the freight down Saturday, was detained
until to-day. She will leave for Nashville this even
ing with fine trip. Clerks Wilson and j. G. En-
yart hold forth in the office, and will that passen.
gers arc comfortably roomed The Dunleith lies
at the foot of Main street The Pocahontas is fast
filing up with freight for the Arkansas River; she
leaves to-day"."..The Memphis, Capt Bughor, leaves
for Memphis on Thursday next, her regular day....
The Stephen Decatur Capt. Leiper, is announced fol
st. Louis this evening Tho Ohio Belle is the next
steamer for New Orleans.
OUR CORRESPONDENCE.
Steamer Memphis left Memphis Wednesday April
phis Weather pleasant. The Nebraska has laid Gp,
inc Hill VIII make one more trip and then lay up.
broke and running with one wheel. Passed Florida
aground at Fuckers Point Met Madison in Echol's
Bend. Cotton scarce in Memphis and business dull.
STEAMBOAT REGISTER.
ARRIvALs-Gazel, Pittsburg Lebanon, do; Da-
cotah, De- Lacrosse, dol Arkansaw Traveller, Ar
Bostonq, Portsmouth; Telegraph, Louisville; iowa,
st; Louls susqnehanna, New Orleans.
DEPARTuREs-I Lancaster, Maysyille; Swallow, Park.
ersburg Bostona, Portsmouth; Telegraph, Louis.
vile; Iowa PittsGnrg; LACROSSE, ST. Louis rigrOss
Louisville; Gael, do; Kentucky, Madison.