The daily press. (Cincinnati [Ohio) 1859-1859, 1859-04-30
River Intelligence.


indications of more falling weather. The River con-
tnues to swell slowly 1t is now within four feet of
the big rise, few months since. Our dispatches
from Pttsburg show that the river is falling, with
l9 feet water in the channel.
Business on the Levee was moderately actiye but in
consequence of the crowded state of tho Levee,
boats had great difficulty in loading and unloading
their cargoes
FREIGHrs-Rates are firm at the following quota.
tions:
PITTsBURa Cotton, SOC; Molasses, Soc; Whisky
40c Flour 2oc Pork and Lard, sOc.; Pound Freight,
l2H@l5c. per 100 lbs.
ST. .LouIs;-Heayy Pound Freishts 2Oc per 100;
icc per bri anu To and o ioc ' IL
CairoWhsky and Oil, 4Oc.; Pound Freights, 2O925c.
NEW oRIEANs.-whisky, 40c.; Pork, 3sc.; Flour,
2Oc Bacon, etc. l5@2c. per hundred lbs; Horses, $40
ARRIVALS AND DEPARTURES.
The Sir W Wallace arrived from Pittsburg with
full cargo for St. Louis for which port she left last
evening. The Swallow came in from Parkersburg
with fair cargo The j. II. Done passed up from
St. Louis for Pttsburg with full cargo The Courier
for Wheeling had paying trip. The Monarch left
for New Orleans and the Lehigh for St. Louis, both
loaded deep. The Baltic arrived at New Orleans from
Louisville, and the Diana departed the 27th The
Messenger, Iowa, Bay City and Arkansaw Traveller
are due here, and will doubtless be found in
port this morning.
aLBANISGs FROM OUR EXCHANGES.
LOUISVILLE. The Courier of yesterday has the
following:
HIGH WATER-HEAyY RIsE-The river during the
twenty-four hours ending with last evening had risen
average Of two and half inches per hour This is
heavy rise at the present high stage Of the river
Ve 3 in the Channel s below the FS The
continues @ 9nte S9oi and we had no rain @ yesterday
The water has risen to within eighteen inches Of the
flooring on the Third street bridge, with prospect
that it will be ON the bridge to-day. The houses
along the lower wharf are threatened but think
no tears of an overflow. The weight of the rise
terday was evidently from the KeItucky Riverwhich
was very much swollen, and we learn by traveller
who arrived from Frankfort yesterday on the cars
that the Kentucky River at Ccgar,s Landing the night
From the officers Of the Pacific from New Orleans,
the last arrival we learn that the food in the Lower
Mississippi had somewhat abated though It was still
Along up to Napoleon the river was at a stand and
IRON that point n, 70 Cairo i was falling slowly
umphanty elected wharf master last night, to
ano her year. He is an attentive, courteous officer.
LOWER MIssIssIPPL-From our New 0rleane ex-
changes we clip the following interesting items:
MURDER ON A BnAT.-we learn from our New
Orleans exchanges, that murder was committed on
stern wheel boat called the Telegram, Red River
EG white wSef of Se
John. The passengers OF the boat arrested Harris.
InS S F9P9S fSt Of hf
and showed the nnconcern Of Capt Denslow in the
b blows 6 & The ney
their verdict, that tho deceased, who was white
known, and his only Known name John, cane to his
deaIR hy the SAID BLOWS on his head nfieted by the
an accessory after the fact"
The Coroner al once had the Captain arrested but
he was soon released, under bail of Sl,5OO
Our New Orleans eXChaQ repOrt q riSO in UDper
Ss Shoals and has
The Yicksbprg Whig, Of Saturday, says the river
twenty-four hours, at that point. II was sixteen
inches above the high water mark Of 1885, and nine
The little tow-Ioat Judge Mcclure, which started
to New Orleans last Tuesday night with two pair OF
coal boats and tender in tow sunk all Of them the
near Rock Haven. Sho took sudden sheer and
be checked, sinking all the boats in a few minutes.
Tho boat was ALSO badly damaged the cap the
dSr e 6a
in getting back to port before daylight yesterday
Three OF the coal boats belonged to J. L. Hyatt,
this city; the fourth to Frank Drayo and the tende
damage to the boat, lives and COAL was about $1,000
NAsHvmLE.-The Cumberland rising slowly
with ca feet on the shoals
STEAMERS LEAVING.
| The Bay City, Iowa and Shenango are announce
for PittsbuTg this eyGning.....The regular Saurda,
packet Swallow Capt. Williams, leaves for Parkors
burg this evening at Ave p. M".The BOstona, Capt
| William McLain, leaves for Portsmouth at twelv
NJ, with the mail.u".-The Lancaster, Capt. Conner
Clerk Morris, leaves for Maysvile at the same hour
........The splendid steamer Dunleth, Capt Enyart
leaves for Nashville this evening"; Clerks Wilson am
J. o. Enyart are in the Office and will make the tri
| agreeable 10 passengers. She has few more room
left, and all going in that direction will do well to cal
down and take passage Immediately. The Wcnona
Capt. Barclay, Is also loading for Nashville....Th
Pocahontas is fast filling mp with freight for til
Arkansas River Capt. Reilly says lac will leave thi
evening. Shippers will bear this in mind Tn
Telegraph, Capt Hildreth, Is the mail boat for Louis
vile at noon to-day..,,".The Kentucky leaves 70
Madison at the same hour ....". The Queen of tn
West is the Express limo steamer for New 0rlean
this evening
| STEAMBOAT REGISTER.
Caledonia, Maysvillc; J.. II, Done, 81
LOuisi Forest Queen, Madison; Jacob Strader, Louis
Vile; Boston, Big Sandy Sir W. Wallace, Pittsburp
| Swallow. PRrkersburg.
DEPARTUREs.-C Caledonia, Maysvile; Boston, Bi