Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1860-08-04
RIVER NEWS.

The Ohio opposite this port underwent
very little change yesterdays having become station
AIRY in the morning, and begun to recede very slowly
in the afternoon. Last evening there were, ac-
cording to the report from the Water-works, eight
feet and inch water in the channel between here
and Louisville. At Pttsburg the river receding
Yesterday, with four and ahalf feet water there at
noon. ..
rid daYs Of this torrid season; the thermometrcal
mercury reaching 96 and gSo in the shade There
were no symptoms of rain, which would be very
grateful at present in the city.
The Landing continued very dull, and freghts
were offered in very moderate quantities at the pre-
Yesterdays Louisville Courier observes:
Tho river, as was anticipated, commenced rising
Yesterday and at dark had risen fully two inches at
the wharf making three feet ten inches water in the
Falls, The river had risen six inches The weather
continues dry and warm, the heat in the afternoon,
fRes Is Undergoing
pairs at Madison, to place her In the Louisville and
The rates New Orleans And way places
81 25@l so per 5rl; flour, se9gOc POTATOES and on
Ss mules sS per- and so '''
sGes to to GsTS Sna MsmPb WI per Tr sfs
i0c,; potatoes aud onions the same.
The receipts of Flour by the river are very heavy
lust now, the mail boats averaging 900 barrels pei
This ou u .pscthe2 sSs WITH SH @ amount Of &c eorn
teros Of Georgia Y OVER the a NASHVILLE RaToad Inc
| The Grey Eagle on her wav up, while lust below
| smash with one of her wheel houses. It, however
The j. Iaddeli, from Cincinnati for ST. Louis
| ing, having broken doctor. She shipped he
y. Louis freight and cleared for Louisville at dark
Her freight will go forward TO st. Louis by the Joh
AZ tIsI' ST. loai. the Mis.l.s falling worry slowly
say two inches in twenty-four hours There are eigh
feet in the channel out to Cairo.
The Lower Ohio River is still receding, with abou
The Illinois River is about stationary, with thrt,
inches in the channel at Peoria, and twenty -si'
inches at Lasalle,
The Upper Mississippi i falling, with four feet il
the Upper, and thirty inches on the Lower Rapids
Below keokuk there are only four feet water In tn
| channel. The Keokuk packets, for one week past
have all been detained By getting aground
| The Missouri River is falling from Omaha down
| with four and half feet In the channel.
Wednesdays New Orleans Crescent informs US:
INCREASING pace, The tight pressure Of freight sh
ments To various points on the lower tributaries,
pecially on Red and Ouachita Rivers, Is most disaE
trously felt by steamboatmen. OF course ther
is low stage of water in the rivers, yet shipment
can be made and carried through 70 their prope
| to regard this fact as fraudulent, and steamboat
| whose dependence at this season Of the year rest
to THn. The latest arrival from HE'D Riter repcr
the stream in the same condition rs heretofore an
% ef % dssree ~ 70 b
| tended to them. If, ON the contrary, a refusal
forward supplies be made, thespnly alternative lie
will be to "tie up for brighter times.
STEAMBOAT REGISTER.
Arripah-superior, Louisville; Forest Queen, Mao
ison; Magnolia, Maysvlle; Clipper, Big Sandy Dur
eith, Neville; Reliance, Wheeling; Saint Loui
| Pittsburg.
J Madison; Magnolia, Maysyille; Dunleith, Ncyill
| Clipper, Big Sandy