The daily press. (Cincinnati [Ohio) 1859-1859, 1859-04-04
River Intelligence.

Therfver is recedns slowly here, with about thir-
teen feet hence to Louisville The weather on satur
day was very disagreeable, preventing shipments OF
freight Business continues very dull, and with leht
offerings we quote viz
PITrsBuR0.-C SOC. MOlasses, bOci whisky
loc Flour, 9oc; Pork and Lard, SOc; Pound Freight
sESsavihrE. Whisky, oOo per bril-; Ale, 2Sc Pound
fsSpsGGS isSf ESF POanS frsshts 100
Whisky and Oh Sc PeT byl si0yss sSd 3S 1 ,de To
Cairo Whisky and oil, iOc; Pound Freishts' 9OS'c'
NEW oRLrASs.-whisky 4Sc.j Pork, s,c; Flour,
2Oc Bacon ETC. I56p2Oc. per hundred; Horses $40 per
head.
ARRIVALS AND DEPARTURES.
The arrivals include the Jesse X. Bell, from New
Orleans with full load. The Economy, from Pitts
| burg and the j. b. Ford from Wheeling, came in
fully freiRhted the Ford left for Louisville yesterday
The Orb arrived from 81. Louis with good load Tor
PittsbuiR The Kanawha Valley, for Kanawha ana
Swallow for Parkersburg, left with paying trips.
The Adriatic left for ST. Louis with light trip and
the A. o. Tylor and Monarch, for Now Orleans, had
good Cargoes The Reliance cleared for Nashville,
and the Commerce TO st. Louis. The J. S. Prngle
and Cambridge got Of for Pittsburg with good loads
| Of freight
There q number of steam boats due here including
| the Argonaut, Memphis Wenona and Martha Put
nam, from below, and the Ohio No. 2, Empire City,
| Sir W. Wallace, from above.
| Steamer Memphis lett Memphis wednesday, March
| 81, p. ~ Boats in port for Cincinnati, N. W.
! Thomas, Hickman and Conestoga, all loading with
Gould, PeNree, 4 Co, 40 bales cotton; R. Buehausn
Son, % do; Little Mami RsiloSd, 20 do Utica y.
do; Baltimore ~ dol Philadelphia, 2i1 do Boston,
l69 do. Total $40 bales. Bachelor, Decamp, Co,
/ Co., 5 do; HeTson / Holmes, do; E. BLOCK 4
| Coz boxes fruit F Mais, hhds SCRAP iron; r.
B, Bruce, packages. NJ. Kahn, 10 baps psitries,
bIs. taow; Harper d Hinall, Ssacks fruit, Woolcy
b. Hsrres. lot ale barrels Hents BasseuT lot beer
dol g. NJ Herancort, do do; J. Lehmer, sacks
Queen of the West passed down Wednesday noon
| River rising at Memphis
The Louisville Courier, of Saturday, has the iol-
| lowing:
six feet water on the Falls in the evening for steam
boats. In the Canal there were nine feet water bJ
ing the previous twenty.four hours. The weather
was mild and clear all day and pleasant ,S at
which arrived from New Orleans yesterday, that tho
p G Ms% net Ns:ss S:
river was fully two feet below the high water mark
The breaks in the eyees had diver ted vast volumes
pe,Sn now @ prevails rev that the la late rise p in the V Ohio
and Upper Mississippi will not maintain the
The tow, boat James Guthrie, the other morning
while landing her fleet of coal boats, was unluok,
will be lost.
ST. LoUIs.-Tho Democrat of Saturday says:
The river fell at this point several lnches YESTERDAY
as brisk as was anticipated and considerably more
so. Weather delightful,
works. was discovered to he on fire. and how the fiT
fore the boat was enveoped in blaze, and her Chin
neys were seen to topple overheard Owing to tn,
from all the boats at the landing and the repor
spread rapidly that the Brunette, and then the South
i prn wa at q =
has nS Sv re ths and %
ton, and poured an avalanche Of water upon til
burning ruin, and after so some hours hard work sue
partly on, the bank OF the river The Australia use
to run in the Missouri, and was very old. For abou
Q | year steam has not been raised on her. She wa
worth about 5000.
STEAMERS LEAVING TO-DAY.
The Belmont Capt. Trimble, and Orb, CAPT
Moore are announced for Pittsburg to-day. Tn
Ohio No is the regular Monday packet for MARKETS.
Capt. Sayres is in command. The Caledonia, Cap
o j. II. Prather, is the mail boat for Maysville
twelve M; Clerks Shaw and Worries in the Office
The fleet Telegraph, Capt Hildreth, Is the mail boa
| for Louisville at noon to-day. The Forest Queer
| Capt. Dan. Conway, leaves for Madison at the sam
hour. The Lightfoot, Capt. Aleck Frazier, leav'
for Nashville this evening" shippers and psssenge
J. will do we'll to consult Clerks Metcale and Smith b.
fore going elsewhere. The POcahontas, Capt Riele
leaves for Wabash River this evening; she is a mel
ana stanCn DOht Inc Ihrone Is also loaulnB LOT Vi
v same port. The fine steamer w. Baird, Capt. DuI
II | ming is loading for the Missouri River. The FIR,
Iron is announced for the same port Tuesda
The W. l. Maclay, Capt. Bachelor, is the only bO
-, | loading for st. Louis in the Express Line. I'll
Memphis, Capt. Bugher, leaves for Memphis
IL Thursday next, her regular day. The Lady Walto
Capt Nowland leaves for Arkansas River this eve
n ing. The Susquehanna is the next boat for New
leans in the Express Line, leaving ON Wednesday.
STEAMBOAT REGISTER.
ARRIvALs.-LancasSer, Maysville; Bostona, Port
leans Economy, Pittsburg; J. b. Ford, Wheelin
i, | Telegraph, Lousyei Orb, St; Louis:
~ | DEPARTURES. = Ian caster, Maysvillo; Kentuck
% Madisoni Tclegraghr Louisville; Bcst9na, Port
10 | mouth; Kanawha Valley, Kanawha; Swallow, Parl
ersburg; AdriatiC, st. Louis; A. Q. Tyler New
W | leans; Monarch, do; Reliance, Nashville; Can
# bridge, Pittsburg; J. s. Prinsle do; Commerce,