The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1866-01-13
RIVER AND srEAaBoAr NEws

The river IS nearly on a stand. with
lee' On the Shoals. The rains night b.6 /.
LAST and yesterday morning, had non al
iecied the river up to C p. N.
i, me Ada Lsoa arrived Yesterday. and n.
Cumberland, capt- Ben. Egan, degar.e5
Cairo With . good tip. Tie Eews Bow i.
len FOR BaTksviue.
The Tyrone, for Cairo. is sdver,;,,s ca.
Monday next.
seAf Tie io.'aviugfr from cur exchlnees
Lle river continues % al, though rstb--
slowly With SIX Tee, three inches wster n
- s'ual last evening. b. the msrk. Dur-
'Ns ne Prev as t~weutv-.our h1u-. 80
Le.eded ouly two inches 80 the heal III IN.
i2lls, and Sax inches q. Portland ~
Ne4th h@sNery materially maler.t-5 -
NefiAoiaeter ranging us hiEl Is a.. wff%
continual cioads auI rain az iutcryais n.
iat-er making the whssf and tho-rousbr
q slgrseaple AMI iu some l1caI.le. sl.s.-
impossible
vn TIE falls last evening there wer, criv
iour ieet three inches walter iu The -
Gown The Indiana chute. and th-es eef sv
inches on the rocks.
Business along the wharf Yesterday was
rather blue, with bus lew boats il n.r.. ana
not much freight or produce being receiv
Ell OF forwarded.
Portland, however, was more active thsp
the city wharf, there being four Iarsa ~
Orleans bosts at that lauaur IN addition 4, :
TIE Henderson packets. and We noticed ar
shipments Of plantation supples-L5a.
C0Er.
The Luslia. recently purchased "a p,r.
burg Tor The Cumbey and river oil regions.
has not yet made her appearance IN these
waters.
The Piak Vsrble on her return frsm
Eastport wud be dispatched % BurksvIe
on the upper waters OF the Cumberland. 10
Ply to Nashville IN connection with The
packetz-LorisriUf Courier.
The oil trade along the Upper Cumae--
land is about to be very productive. sr5 r
addition TO the Pink Marble, the A. Baker.
sigel, Try Us. and perhaps others Will De
used IN transporting the crude OIL 10 this
port 70 be Tehned.-LJu. Dem.
The st. Louis Democrat Of "Wednesday
has The following in regard To tho river al
hat point:
Nothing done vet to clear the ice auav.
except by the Ice merchants. Weather
Moderate River falling. Rain or snow
The pilot Of she Southern Belle
gent dONu on the Graham and returned bv
a4s Nc AeNolN 40 NloAUlc rom ice. but
he water iow-;Our feet IN the channel.
FER contra, We saw O dispatch from Cairo !
'csterday, which says: From five to seven
TO sulphur Springs, and river open. .
Re learn one thing pOsiuyely-there is J,
trge amount Of freight At Cape Girardesu. D.
ami other points above Cairo. wait
shipment 10 the Lower Mississippi.
The owena from Cincinnati was due YES
bound for Nashville.
The Havana Is loading for Nashville, in
Of Capt. Prank Cakes, formerly Of
ie Peerless Lou Deu. 7
ICE CONING.-rhe Cincinnati Gazette. Of ~
esterday, says; z
The river was filed yesterday morning ~
it'll large cakes Office, some Of them reach 7.
& from shore 20 shore, but during the al 70
rnoou they became smaller aud lighter.
be st. James has laid up al Pomeroy. and W
e Ohio No. at Marietta. The Portsmouth 81
.cket ST. Nicholas did uog arrive, but the
aysville packet Magnolia arrived and de-
.rted as usual. Boats arriving from below
port being delayed by the ice between
.ro and Louisville. The officers Of the In
ermont, which arrived st dusk, report So
at the P~Itisburg ice would reach here az 81,
o'clock that 1t was heavier than suv Dl
at had yet passed, but that what they had bu
an would not materially 0bslruct the
fer.