Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1860-01-06

i lEaepaFlel rT As n hAAAlslla 11llarQat Agent
River IS reeeeding rapidy-now on HaFpeths
Shoals feet large. Reports from above state the
weather extremely cold. and river fast reeeding.
The steamer Grand Turk it appears has fought her
way through the ice from Cairo to the mouth Of the
river and is now in this port In the face Of This,
unless the ice tiekens and more heavily, it Is
fair to presume that the steamers Scotland and James
johnson may yet arrive in port IN good time.
AEBYED.
Grand Turk, Cairo.
Tempest Louisville.
Twitcbef. New Orleans.
Minnetonla, smithland.
EFFECTED.
Scotland, New Orleans.
james Johnson. do
ST. Francis No. 9 Paducab.
Little boats keep near the shore, large boats may
Teature more The James johnson was at Paducah
yesterday, fighting her way up through the ice
and should arrive this day
The St. Francis we learn, will again be in port
this day, preparatory to herdeparnre for Memphis
/ The James Woods. the new Nashville and New
Orleans steamer viii depart from Louisville on the
resumption Of navigation.
Navigation at Pittsburgh Cincinnati. Louisville
and St Louis is nov suspended on account Of ice
! No ferry boats are crossing at any Of the above
4 points; the Thermometer yesterday, 10 degrees
above Zero with light snow. Import, Gaultl Kate
/ Nay, with Sam Kirkman frozen in the canal.
Our special correspondent at Memphis states that
the Red Rover passed Memphis on the lst inst, at
u O'Clock night with fine load of freight and fun
Of passengers. The prices obtained on stock below
this point was taken at an excess Rer head Of s.
over the prices obtained here. The Rover was get
al.
or the 9th yesterday We are truly glad to see
that this craft is appreciated by Others and if we
have not the freights passengers they are to be
found elsewhere. Shippers wiz please notice, that
By telegraph orders will be in tine for this boats,
up trip.
To STEAABOATIEN.-Ihe supervising Board Of
Inspectors under late resolution made at their
last sitting in New Orleans, have resolved, in add
ton to their former rules as follows:
RssolCed That from and after the first day Of Jan
nary 500 it shall be unlawful to navigate passen-
ger steamers in the night time on rivers flowing m
10 the Gulf Of Mexico and their tributaries unless
such steamer is provided with a red light in front
and attached to the ldrbOard chimney, from six 10
ten feet below ITS top ana green Light attached the
same way to the Starb0arG chimney.
The local Board Of Inspectors for the port Of
Nashville viii require that all boats coming to this
port comply with the above requisition at as early
date IS possible.
The supervising Board has also made an appendix
to existing rules and regulations, designating is
land chutes, for the government Of pilots on the
Western rivers, &C. passed by the Board Of Super
vising Inspectors November 10th, 1859, as follows
THAT from and after the first day sf January
1860 it shall be unlawful for passenger steamers 10
pass down through any of the island chutes, which
is not the main low water channel OF the river be-
tween Cincinnati St. Louis and New Orleans, eE
ceptng the chutes of Islands a. rs. 80 and 10. or
Big Black Island: PrOUded, however, that if boat
has business any chute such landing receiving
freight or passengers, she may pass down such
chute if deemed safe by the pilot to do, by using
the following precautions, viz:
When about entering the head of such chuts
the pilot shall uake with the SteGH-irbiSfs FOUR uis
tinCt blasts, and when such boat is down in the
chute. say three hundred yards below the head Of
the island. the plot shall make the sGme signal
again. If there should be a steamboat at the
time ascending the chute, and IN hearing OF the
signals Of such descending boat it viii be the duty
of the pilot OF such ascending boat 70 answer IN
like manner: and, on boats meeting, pilots are to
OBSERVE the proper precautions, as prescribed in
rule I'd, for the government Of pilots on Western
rivers.
Steamer Poland, partially laden for this port, at
Cincinnati. Ice now running heavier than any
time previous. Steamers in great danger Of being
cut down by the ice.
The Maid Of the Mist, sunk by ice, near Evans
Vile
The Lightfoot was sunk three miles below Evans
vile on Monday morning last the ice crushing her
sides in. On Tuesday the ice swept away her
tire cabin. Her freight consisted of 1913 sacks of
Wheat 50 tons Of iron 500 sacks Of Corn, and 104
sacks Of rye. The boat was insured in the Com
mercial Company of Cincinnati, for $500.