The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1866-01-07


-Four small boats-the Gen. sirel. All A.
Baker, and Try Us-Eere lying al The lana.
mg last night At five o'elook bat the En-.
ma Floyd was expected hourly. There ) :
good Stage Of water on the shoals. hut III
scarcity Of freigh's is preventing boainen
from coming here.
The Imperial, Capt. McCamss, arrived Al
4 9 clock P. IN. Captain MeCcHss looks a.
jolly and good humored a. ever. and il nm
TO his eyes in business. The baa. IS sdver-
tised for Cairo and ST. Louis.
The Louisville Journsl Of yesterday has
the following
BsSSING OF Tbs SrEANER ELEkxoE. ca
RELL - Loss S5oa. oo0 -Tnis msynis..~t
steamer, which has been liiag sttur ubsrf
Tor two days pas, toos TIRE ye ieaiav morn
ing, aud notwithstanding The clio Is Z, ssve
her, was almost enthely consumed. Attbe
time the IRE Dr. ke oui. he hose and Other
apparatus Tor the eytmguishment CT fir, on
the boat were iroEen mp, So that they could
not be used With such promptness as 10
cheek the danes, sud before he IRE engine.
could DO got en- the ground the flames ~
ootsiued complete mastery. II Is with III.
most profound regret thst we chronicle ~.
calsmity, for il Is not only So severe > o.
10 privsts fortunes that u is 10 Be retarded
but As e public loss. TIE fire oririnsted III
the AFTER part OF the texas, aad was acci-
dental, We did not learn the cause. though
II was surmised bat It csught from ne
stoyepipe.
We subj0in a statement Of the facts and a
list Of the articles comprising the -ar.o for
which we are under coll cations 70 Tie Ner-
chants Exchange This statement though
not entirely c'mplete, is much more sais-
factory than any that we could ourselves
obtain from other s-urces:
Aoout - o'clock this morning the Flea
nora Carrell, lying Of the city wharf, curbt
fire in the texas, AMI before The fr.msn
could reach the scene, the entire upper
works were IN a mass Of flames. During he
progress OF the ire several loud explosions
took place, caused By a los Of vitrioi on tbe
decks. The forward spars and derricks fel
seriously ~wounding I'VE fremen on the
The b0ss was scuttlsd aud sunk
to heT lower decks OF the wharf.
The EleanOra Care ! YVES only one
month old, and was built at Cincinnati last
april By the Marine Railway Co., 81 q cost
$4,000, fully insured in that citv. She
commanded BY Captain B. A. 0glesby,
I'd had been receiving a cargo here during
- E1AA AN4 NJ = - aNAM AAALMIH MMI WAY ]
places. The following is 8 list Of the cargo
board and the -consignees:
"Shippers.-A Y Dupont & Co. 90 bup- J
paper; MOrehesd { Co.. 5 boxes mer- ]
handise, a lot Of furniture; Warren, Mitch
n 4 Co., so kegs lard, so tierces lard. 3 ?
'arrels pigs feet; Pitkin, Ward 4 Co 100 q
Theel-barrows, 1 ~eultivstor, So plows; J Il
'olston 4 Co., l66 bags Of corn, ~ bales Of
iay, l0o bels potatoes and Onionsi Hamilton y
Bro, 800 bbls lard; Wilson & Peter, 81 G
oxes b.tters; Lemont 4 Co., l00 bbls whis-
" J Monk 4 Co., 80 boxes glass; Gulker
20, 40 barrels dried peaohe', 100 kegs
ard, $50 te-ces lard, and ] box; Moore,
4 Co., T9 bundle bro0ms and "A z
kgs mdse; Owsley 4 Co., 90 tierces lara :
IA barrels paris; Melborn, Rhorer 4 Co, !
S barrels sppies; Geo W Wicks; I box to- /
aecO; " II Frazier, 5 hogsheads tobacoo: d
Iall 4 Long, Al h0gsheads tobacco: j ID
* Co $50 plows, I thrasher.I
crse power, I box, I barrel Hour; J S lith-
DW Co, Is stoves, % pots, 8 boilers, g
oxes, 4 boxes tin, 3 boxes lead; " II
ialker& Co, 63 barrels whisky; John Bull,
! boxes bitters; J Peter x Co, . tcs lard, q
, bbls houri Jas Todd, II barrels pork, 2 :
oxes, IL barrels whisky E Morris. SO Il
drugs, 1 barrel whisky james
hristy 4 Co, 202 bags corn, GO bales hay
~ - 1aNNaAf ~ AAAANAn NAA =
alf barrels whisky. 10 boxes wine, y bar
is aud 10 tierces hams r II Robinson
O., 23l bags corn Thurman a Co., 70 bar
,s whisky CO Boucte, 5 barrels codee
W Thomas 4 Co., 212 barrels pork ID
risby 4 Co, % rolls leather J II Thomas, =.
aud 2 casks Of wine Conrad & Co, Z
rolls Of Heather; Baker, Cheeks 4 Co, 80 -
merchandise Southwestern Union
Company, IS carboys acid.
The above embraces the entire shipments -
the boat. The tobacco was got out, but n
as damaged by water. The insurance ex- "
eds $4,000 in local c@o~s he-e.
AZ 5 P. m. last evening the engines were
IN at work, and the probabilities a-e that 7
10 boat viii be u total loss. The IRE hav-
g got into the hold, .; was almost impos-
Die to reach il. The boat was scuttled, but 4
ID not settle far enough 10 save the bull. =
he bremen are entitled TO great praise for
le steadiness aud courage with which they
the flames, all hands, from Engi- .
eer down, being hard at work.