Daily union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1865-1866, 1866-06-28
RIVER NEWS.

The river is falling with six and half feet
water IN Harpeth Shoals.
ARRvALs.-HGraRa. Cincinnati.
Imperial. st. Louis.
The steamer Tempest, Capt JOIN L. BATEMAN.
has completed her cargo. AMI will depart for the
Falls City this evening at 4 o'clock; CORBETT q
BoYD, are agents.
The regular packet Hdudnd. arrived yesterday
from Cincinnati with quite respectable cargo of
assorted freight.
ToHEY JOHNSON, her accomplished agent was
flying around quite briskly yesterday looking af-
ter this boats interest She is advertised to leave
this evening at o'clock.
The steamer Tyrone, from Cairo, will be in port
today, and will return on tomorrow morning
See Capts. CoRBETE & BoYD. for further partlcu-
lars.
The river at Louisville continues to fall with
Eve feet nine inches in the canal.
STEAMBOAT AocIDEST-Last Sunday morning
during the storm. the cabin of the steamer Pike
ton was blown overheard, carrying with il four
men, one of whom, Captain LOWELL. was consid-
erably bruised. The Piketon was lying up,
above Jersey, repairing. Her hog chains were
taken out and her cabin was looSened up. There
was y hat-boat lying alongside of her. At the
time of the accident the Captain and three men
were lying asleep on cots III the cabin, and when
they awoke they were in the fat-boats. impris-
aned in such manner that il was some time be-
fore they could extricate themselves The cabin
fell upon Captain LOWELL in such way as 20 bend
him up and bruise him considerably. The other
gentleman escaped without injury; But for The
alongside. every one of those in tho cabin must
have persisted by drowning, The cabin Is per
feet wreck. -PdsiucdA Herald. l9tA.
The Memphis Aroas has the following, which
we are inclined to consider as all fudge. Mates of
steamboats, are not much in the habit of search
ing for shells or anything else in the coal-pile.
We think that good many OF the late disasters
attributable either TO careleSsness, tubular
old boilers:
I'VE learn that on the recent up trip of tho
steamer Golden Eagle, the mate found a large fuIe
shell IN the coal. which. had il been undiscovered
and thrown into the FIRE. would have resulted dis
astrously. There seems to be mystery about
this matter. Some steambostmen are Of the
opinion that great many OF the late disasters
have been caused by placing shells in the coal
IL looks as though there might be some reasons
for this belief from the fact that the A.. NJ s.
). Line have been sufferers 50 much Of late from
explosions and fires"
THv BAReE TOWING MaSfA.--It will be seen By
the following extract from the Memphis Argls Of
the Sad. that one of the towbDat feet had arrived
st that Po;St after nearly half months travelling
The tOwboat fanlss. after tedious journey
Of eleven days from New Orleans. arrived yester-
and one large ice barge. She had for this por,
500 sacks OF Liverpool salt For St. Louis she
had GOO sacks Of Liverpool salt, 900 barrels Of
turpentino, and 800 barrels Of rosin."
The freight Of this t0wboat. all told would not
exceed 100 tons. end taken Of course at Cheap
rates. Upwards Of one month would bS REQUIRED
from the receipt Of the freight at New Orleans
until Its delivery in St Louis. coed steamboat
could make two trips, II not three, in less time
than II takes these bArge-towing heets 10 make
one. We think. and hope. they will prove, de-
ciisi failure and in the mean tine expect 10 re-
cord the establishment Of line Of fast passenger
packets that can make q single trip from chs mort
10 New Orleans and back again in eleven d,ys