Cairo evening times. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1865-1866, 1865-11-02

sage OF F'0t7 corrected daily By dWg +. Taylor,
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River a feet below high water marx of 1862
RIVER AND s:rEAmBOAr NEWS.
Items OF Cssrgoes arTscing and departiag-Coadi-
| tion Of Western Hi0ers- Weather and Business
| Boats Leaving 1oddy-Boats Due-Our 7Aanks-
Sinking of the Ca6fsy-ladiana- Louasciize Items
| Particulars Of the Sinking of the Shamrock
The St. Patrick had sSs bales for Evansville
339 packages hospital and some small lots
| and household goods for Louisville
The Norman, Woodward and Bertha had good trims
for Memphis and New Orleans Freight for the latter
place was mostly carried Memphis to reshpped
there as boats are generally take it from here
The Belle Memphis had $50 bales of cotton for St.
Louis, 124 bales of which she received at Columbus
The Commonwealth had 125 bales cotton 81 hhds SUI
gar, $50 bbs rosn 100 bags salt 21O ell and beer bbs
| aad 26 bbs oranges for st. Louis
The eonora had IA bales cotton and 500 men and Off
of the Tooth T. S. Colored Infantry on board for st.
| Louis.
The Pine Hill is coaling here for New Orleans.
= The Huntsville brought about 100 tons from the
| Indiana
The Carter had 265 bales cotton boxes sugar. 1O5
burr mill stones 4S6 bundles sacks and LARGE uantv
| assorted freight for st. Louis.
| For PADuCAH-The elegant steamer Plain City Capt
Scott, leaves for Paducah and intermediate landings
every evening arrival Of the tran connecting with
| packets at Paducah for Tennessee and Cumberland
| rivers.
FoR MEMPHs.-The fine steamer Superior Capt. H.
s. Dexter. is the regular packet for Memphis inter-
mediate points this evening on arrival of the train
| For MEMPHIs.-The Belle st. Louis Capt. Alex Zeg-
Ter, is the regular packet for Memphis this evening
| rival Of the train. EzszE ss-sz*.
For DUvALs' BLuFF.-The favorive steamer Albert
| IuE peter Eold
will leave for Duvals Bluff and intermediate ports on
| White river this evening arrival of the train.
| For New ORLEANs.-The elegant and swift running
passenger steamer, John Kilgoar Christy, Master will
leave vicksburg Natchez New Orleans this even
ing arrival of the train She in the Merchants and
Peoples Line.
The Mississippi is rising slowly St. Louis, and
upper rivers doing likewise
The Ohio is about stationary Pittsburgh with FIVE
feet water in the channel.
The Lower Ohio is swelling SLOWLY all the to Cairo
and there is fully four feet to Louisville.
Here the river has risen about two inches since last
report and there is Of raise of about foot.
The weather is terribly ''mixe." and had consid-
cradle rain yesterday At night the gave promise,
he sunk to rest of clear day oday and think he
will kept.
Business is very brisk in the reshipping department.
Every boat from the Ohio has less freight to be
reshipped ST. Louis points below and all the Or
leans steamers take all they can carry on the water
Our thanks due, and hereby returned to the OIL
Of the Lorena inaeola and Hillan for late papers
and
..... MISCEILANEOUs
The steamer c. G. Cafrey bound from st. Louis to
Johnsonville srucka log at Liberty bar, Tuesday
last and sunk the shore in a bad position. One
guard out of water the other several feet UNDER
and when the Mnneola passed her, she seemed to be
,at+l;ro Gid optar
tanned that she would upset her hog chains al
ready broken by the stain upon them She did
not have much freight, and lives lost by the
cident. is highly probable that she will be a total
The Indiana aground at "Jacket Pattern" about
five miles below Commerce. when last heard from.
A deck hand Oh the tag, Kate, had his neck broken
yesterday by being caught between the tenders Of the
and those of the General PILLOW. He leave
a wife at Mound City.
The last boats out of the Ohio report the Gilmore,
centy.sunk, and raised shawneeltown, going along
finely on her way to Cincinnati.
The ST. Louis Democrat OF Tuesday has the following
particulars of the sinking of the Shamrock brief men,
ton of which made in yesterday nings TINES.
SINKING OF THE SHAMROCK. This steamer, stern
wheeler, owned by parties the Ohio left ST. Louis
Sunday morning for Leavenwotth, with troops and a
good freight and passenger trip, and that evening,
after entering the Missouri river she struck snag
and sunk down upon it. We learn from Mr.. R. 1sha,
of the Agnes that the guard is 10 inches
water and the starboard and she lies straight,
giving hopes of being raised. She has bumped little
forward of the matches The gnes bound here
along to the wreck yesterday morning at O'Clock. The
soldiers were out on the bank and the Agnes brought
down the passengers and good deal of the freight The
break Is probably not extensive. The boat in
sured for probably twenty thousand dollars the
freight list is supposed not to be insured Captain
was in command and Messers. Ben. Jewell Alb
Grimes were the pilots The Isabella brought down the
soldiers.
The following is list Of boats sank on the Alabama
and Tombigbee rivers during the past months:
Lily No. /. Tomligbee river; raised
Atlantic No. 2 Tombigbee river total loss.
X Il. fancy, Alabama river; raised.
Cora s., Alabama river; raised
Onward Alabama river; raised.
Virginia, No l. Alabama river; raised
Jewess, in the bay raised
Lost their Wheels and broken shafts; Montana Sir Wm
Wallace and Clipper
| The Louisville Democrat saws:
Inch by inch the diminishing body of the Ohio river
to crawl POo old stream 1t still struggled
to rise yesterday, but there only three eight
inches water IN the canal and fair prospect of its
manning thus for some time 1t raned good night before
last and a little yeSterdaE which rather danDer
on the arg looking wharf 1t cloudy up to dark At
Cincinnati the river rose thirteen inches, and there
was nine feet three inches in the channel We guess
there's coal h ct turned loose Pttsburg
as the telegraph Is ''mum" Jes' 80.
The J. &. Biackford came down from Cincinnati yes
terday, looking as though had been whtewa shed
with tar AS she neared the bank, with the aid Of piece
Oh smoked glass we discovered regiment of ''5mOked
troops-to watch the nggers we suppose.
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