The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1866-01-03
RIVER AND STEAMBOAT NEWS

RIVER AND STEAMBOAT NEWS
The iellOviug g b list q The s-rival. A..
departures Tor the day.
AAEIvgD-Hnntsyii lie, from Iep;.-.,l.
- 7. webb, from Evansville.
; DEFAsrEo-koWeua. 10 Cincinnati. ! p
Nsoe' p Eyansvilis, Imper.4i, 70 Ca.ro
o'le Sl4-lFan, ---
Theriver Is rsocd ~ Jas, 9Th ts.us.
iee1 q HsrPs;h shoals.
Tie Re5sceA wall dou5l,sss b. IN port b.
fore this reaches The readers eve. A. A.
/ Spencer 4 Co, advertise her 20 lsav, IN
Friday a. pa.
iae ioiiow.pg Is from or exchanges.
lVANsviLL8.-.fhe iollowsas oarasrsDa
from The ! ,urna OF SataI1a,. sh1as -
-eeuly the agar goes o. .tr Ahe Cuu5sr-
lald River trsds. 90 is strange We have No
! OPP s.!Ioa a. Cinciunsti a. Us Nashville
trage;
showing "a me seopis o.. .ae ,uassr-
ana r'veg region are disp sed 10 s.sud bv
( our 'terai dealing merchsats and tia. The
i'..'ee are deie-mlned 10 sand By .he Eg-as-
vi and Nashville Line. We notice hattie
Louisville Iuerchnnts sc asaii. ossusi..iB5
% d-aT ifs4e from Wis ely. Using sieam-
boat capiI-s Is heir stool - aeon. un3 zen.
eroasiy oder 20 Gerry isei-l; as ieis. watch
Wal scarcely pay .or Ca .lug ana ai-elarz-
& A9plAs 10 maze d NJ when com nst..iou
: eve come. The game soi. vie. Intel
agent mers hants can See % heox So ,iiiv
eq1eea4et, boz ol- ousiness laaH l1fl,r 49,
% aedtFaii4c th.s ehscI. Et-usrul. ss--
eoanl' can sell cheaper. sai Evsr.viI-
'oae eau carry iretgaf AMI passengers t.-
less than Louisville boais can. III he Istf.-
make sUy pr0GJs. 10 is Simply a or-sti.r.
whether Louisville capital aud Lou5svi1,.
enterprise are sufficient Co successfully y,Ysr
ne breakdown game We apn.oFe. and
our people court fair compsuu-n. Thev Z
may be able, by proper INDUSTRY and eue-- Z
., 10 survive the breakdown game p-..-
posed BY this Louisville combinsIou.
81. LoUr The Democrat Cd Ssturis, .
says;
ihe uver was stationary Yesterday, sud /
the zee was strong enough % bear hesv,
coal wagons. The weather was ireeziur
slightly, enough 10 strengthen The ice on
the riyer. River men have settled down in {
The conviction that there viii De no worl
Tor them 10 do here for some time. George
hoee cts, watohman Of the Julia, was lost
overheard near Evansville On the 2Gtk
captain Vim. Barnes aud D. e. Adams. OF
the Columbian, came down from Alton 20
see nov river matters are. Their packet IS
laid up AZ Cairo, and will doubtless make
her next trlP up the Missouri. Second Na
tional.-We learn thar this new steamer i
progressing quickly. She was launched on
the Monongahela on the 9th, and viii De
completed az Pitaburg. The hull was done
~ nine weeks builder, Lstta; draughtsmau,
7 ames dunbar superintendent, Capt. Johu
williams, OF 81 Louis.
A CORES pendent IN the following routnu-
nieation has has hit upon the right pIEu al
asst:
.' am satisfied thai BY coust-uctiu- Az,
tone dykes in the Mississippi. above 81.
Louis, our harbor would be preserved h
navigation every winter, without fail. The
'urrent Of the river would BY these dvsrs
De confined % narrow passage, ami there
uit would Inevitably be 10 cause-First.
be boating ice 10 gorge Immediately Gb5vs
ne dykes; Second, % prevent Gov OF ice
Trough the hsrbor, aud render Gus Of ths
question suy gorge at Widow Waters land
%, twenty-five miles below this port. Thus
am confident would navigation from S
.ouis TO the South be preserved throughout
be year, aud an iucalcu,able benefit accrus
D our commercial interests"
10 Is well known thar the closing Of our
arbor with ice is invariably canned by ths |
hokng OF the river at Widow Waters aud I
bat nearly every winter there Is good nav!-
alton below that point. To 10 very plain
bat If above St. Louis "a narrower place IS
lade than the compressed channel al Widow
Waters the latter viii no more be gorged 50
$ 70 cut Us of from river communication
18th the South.
The Julia yesterday morning caused a
arge she had 10 tow, with 400 bales Of hay
nd lot ofPoultry ospriug sleak, by str,k-
lg drlt-log, some p miles above CaIra,
-aich caused the barge 90 leak SO badly
nat they saved but few bales Of hay not
ret. She landed the barge near the mouth
{ Cash river.
Nav OELzAss.-The Times, Of the zgJ, :
lys:
We noticed quite a stir on the iandiug Z
uong the b0sUmcu who were making pre-
arations 10 leave port O-day. Among the
ready large list Of boats that have adver-
sed for Ouachita IS the r j. Lockwood.
aptaiu Ben Howard. The sam Gatv did
ID not leave for 81. Louis yesterday, Cant.
issell having informed rs that he will Law
be Gaty up Tor 10 1ew DAYS. The arrivaa ,
-ere the Mary HEM from Red river. New
.ra from Lat0urcht, and Fashion from
icksburg. The departures consisted Of
he Nina SHINES and Lai0urche fo-
sy0u Sara, Eleanor Carrei Tor Louisville.
ohm hilgOur aud Lum,uary for 81 Louis,
law Bruner fir Ouchita, and Governor
harkey for Iazoo River. Captain P. Z. Z
,urke, Of the Attakapas packet Ingomar,
'as in the city yesterday, and goes BY the
pelousss train this morning % meet his
scket at Berw,ck's Bay. The VIM. Butler, (
apt. A. Lewis, leaves for Ouschita River !
his evening. The big Grey Eagle has
cen chartered TOR the entire season by
apt. John ". T1biu, for the Ouachita Biy-
Q trade, and will leave on her first "trip.
he Live Oak, Capt. A. S. Dye, is now
eady 10 receive freight for the Ouarhita 7
liver, and leaves this evening We have
, note another candidate Tor public favor.
be U. Z Stanari. which has been taken
)mmand Of by Capt. r. +. Ra slnzs, and
iIl leave for Uuachita River this morning.
apt. II. /. Watts has command OF the
udgs Fletcher, aud is uow ready % receive
,r Ouachita River, and leaves this evruiu-
IS the Mittie stephens has Withdrawn from
be lower coast trade, Capt. , Carrot has
laced 81 the disposal Of passengers aud
hippeTs Of ireig CHS the coast packet Anna
'erret. The Auua Ferret viii leave on her
rst Trip for Forts Jackson aud ST. Philip .
bis morning. From Red River we learn,
" the Mary MEM, that the river was stiI
n the decline. The y. G.. Thompson had
1ccerdej in getting Of the bar al Shaggy .
'oint, and may be looked for down TO-
light.