Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-01-29
RIVER NEWS.

The Ohio continues to fall steadily here,
having declined during the twenty-four
hours ending last evening, some three feet,
leaving, according to the Water works re-
port a achapnel- depth atthis point of eighteen
feet. At Pittsburg the River was still going
down yesterday, with five and half feet Of
water there. r
The weather was decidedly cold night be-
fore last and continued to grow more so
until yesterday morning. About noon it
began to moderate, and last evening 1t was
mild and pleasant. f.I 30
Business on the Landing was fair for the
times-much better than on Saturday-with
moderate offerings of freight at our last quo
tations.
The River continues falling quite rapidly
at Louisville, with only eight feet water in
the Canal on Sunday evening. On the Falls
there were six feet in the pass, decline of
two feet in the previous forty eight hours at
the Wharf and some six feet at Portland.
The weather has turned quite cold, and was
freezing hard.
Yesterdays Louisville Journal says:
At Hickman, on Friday, the Baltic from New
Orleans for this port broke both linder heads and
Martin, ole of her piots, arrived At New Albany
by railroad on Saturday, and ordered new cylinder
heads, which will be ready on her arrival.
The Tombigbee River, OF Aberdeen, Miss,
The Arkansas River is in fair boating con-
dition, and was rising on the 10th. The
AUdldnche says that countryman by the
name of Graves, from Arkansas, had a car
pet-sack containing $4,000 in gold taken
| from him on the Levee at Memphis, on
Thursday night while on his way to an
Arkansas River boat. The thief had not
| been found.
The W. II. Langley was sold by order of
| EOmmnn Tau nrt ~ nh
Thursday, to Capt. Hughey, for the sum of
81 235-a clear bargain. .- ..t
On the 10th, a fireman, named Spalcey,
and deck hand. named Kline, had a fight
on the steamboat Quarter. They were both
put on shore near West Point, Ark, when
the fight was renewed, in which Spalcey
stabbed Kline three or four times in the
breast, killing him instantly. He was ar
| rested.
Respecting the sinking of the Sunny Side,
which we have mentioned, the Louisville
| papers remark:
satm day evening the Sunny Side, Captain Frank
MSTs On her WAY to New erHaus from
| right hand reef in the pass which knocked three
h9leS IN w ReT bottom causing her to sink at New
Captain with his ere went Wis orousy to work, aud
a al S G @os 81 tssy SsT
freight on shore or Transferred t9 the ferry boat TX
forward Of the boilers and fore aud aft bulkhead
had 70 be bu from the matches to the after end Of
the boilers A marine pump, OF Mr. Hooper's, at
| New Albany, was used in pumping the boat out.
The cargo Of the Sunny Side consisted fn part Of
LOO barrels -four TAX en- board at LawrenceburG
and let Of pork from Cincinnati, all OF which wa
insured in Cincinnati. The damage will he light.
The boat, last evening, came up through tho Canal
end will, we believe, be hauled out the ways at
Madison.
STEAMBOAT REGISTER.
AiriUqls -Supday-Telegraph, Louisville; Mag
| nolia, Maysyiile fannle McBurnie, Marletts /;
St Louis and Lebanon, Pittshurg; Nashville, Nash
vile Messenger and Silver Moon, Memphis 'MOa-
arch, New Orleans. MOnday-JacOb Stra Ter, Louis
Villei Forest Queen. Madison; Allen Collier, Ka-
nawha Biyeri Dunleith, Neville Liberty, Wheel
ing.
:. Departures : Sunday = Telegraph, louisville.
Monday = Jcaob Sirader, Louisville; Magnolia,
Msysville Forest Queen, Madi-Ou Dunleith, Ne
willie Fanny McBurnie, marietta Anglo Saxon,
Hashvillei Fort Wayne and Emma Dunean, New