Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1860-05-26
RIVER NEWS.

The Ohio opposite this port was swelling
Yesterday, though 50 very slowly that II was barely
percentble, the rise during the twenty -four hours
nehes When tRe river was noa oE 'se ste
tionary,, with channel-depth between here and
Louisville OF something over ten feet.
The water was reported falling yesterday at Pitts
burg, with nine feet three inches In the channel,
the Way down which viii Viii be y III Sere ViS : SS on
The weather Yesterday remained very warm and
sultry, with cloudy skies and frequent showers, n
very heavy rain falling about noon, but lasting only
heavens m arc dark While tS ro0g
other storms.
more so than on THURSDAY; the offerings Of Freight
continuing light for all points Rates Of freight nm
derwent no special change, as will be seen from these
,od PE:SI%gg EI"ggg S%IpssSs sSe Whisky
EssfciTe:, Whisky per bril-, 7sc clover.seed SOC. !;
S. TepsSieayy Pound Freights &c, per Ssr iH Io
lbs; Whisky and OIL, Csc. per barrel; Stoves, 26c;
ESeSsti9s whisky and OIL, SOC. per barrel.
", sky S5 and OIL Soc per barre Pound
Neo 0rleans. Whisky and Oil, 0Oc Flour, Soc; Po-
coes o d ana hppes SVs p9rS SS bacon in hhds
Neg Lard, lSc.; Horses $40 per head. Machinery %
Yesterdays Pittsburg Dispatch remarks:
There was but little, business transacted on tho
wharf yesterday, though the weather was fine and
the river AZ an exeeent boating stageten feet four
nShes and The rs, Jssss H. Bell from New oTlsaSs Ar
from Wheeling, arrived with good trips. The Wheel
I'M packet was the only departure. The Haiiman
did not leave ON Tuesday, as announced.
Yesterdays Louisville Courier informs us:
The River was about at stand last evening at
dark, with feet inches water in the canal by tho
fallen 3nches at the head Of the falls From no"4 @
III dark i had reeeded barely half an inch and yc
very heavy rains in the morning. .. -
1t commenced raining soon after midnight and
continued TO pour down almost without intermissoIl
for six hours, accompanied by inCessant lightning
and thunder, and the streets were literally flooded
with water The rain,i II general will cause an i'm
Creek yesterday morning sure index of heavy rains
and rise, was pouring forth an angry torrc1t and
The Robt Ward sG was put up iSr sale at New Or.
leans the other day. we have but as no one
The %sW Orleans ro % Ga
death Of Capt Cotton, of the Boyou Sara mail line
Tuesdays New Orleans papers observe;
1t seemed rather dull on the Levec yesterday ant
but few boats went out nor have arrivals been nl-
merons since our last report. The Telegram, from
The Mississippi also is becoming in bad condition
The Pacific, in coming down, found but feet on
bulletin Bar and was aground there for some hours
| Tuesday New Orleans Delta has the following Ia
show The changes in boats fare and freight during
| the last quarter of u century: ...s
In the last five years the capacity of boats has
not greatly Increased. With the exception of the
ers, or boats in the upper trades have been Of fail
capacity and no more; but the charge of feghts i;
up-rivcr freights to ADVANCE while correspondent
decrease this season has reduced the prices Of up
% se ss es sfn Sssr ReT q Ss sesSn a cf
years past and the rates of flour, for example, from
ST. Louis to this port have been as high rs % cent
per brl. aud yet 35 cents. The price of passag,
has hegever steadily gone down, and at present III
best ~ ST. Louis boats take passengers at S25 w
give, in regard to passage, the following table;
,ISs Yer. p,.' BGGt; CaOi" PS,'G0e' Deck Passage
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