Nashville union and dispatch. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1866-1868, 1867-02-07
RIVER NEWS
ARRIVED.
Feb 5-Alert, Up River.
6-Louisa, Evansville.
Rowena, Cincinnati.
DEPARTED.
j. L. Graham, Up River.
A. Baker, do
LEAVING TODAY.
Nashville, for Cairo.
Louisa, for Evansville.

/ A@oNtntt, tpf HRAlcftAits
The river was about at a stand last even
ing with seven feet water on the Shoals
weather clear and mild
The Nashvillearriveifro from Cairo heavily
loaded. She leaves to-day on her return
to that port. She is rapid traveller, and
has excellent accommodation forpassengers.
The long expected Rowens steamed into
our port magni6eently yesterday afternoon.
Her manifest was only about twelve feet
long. Numbers of our merchants we're
glad to welcome her She viii discharge
her cargo, and have dispatch for Cincinnati.
She passed the Tempest in the Ohio River.
The little stern wheeler, Louisa, arrived
from Evansville. Her cargo consisted
principally of 1901 sacks of corn, consigned
to Rhea, Smith & Co. She leaves to-day
for Evansville.
BY the Nashville, Messrs. COrbett & Boyd
received a consignment of $50 bbls -four,
and 100 bbls bolted corn meal, which can
be bought cheap on the wharf to-day.
Capt. Ben. F. Egan has been appointed
Agent as the Nashville and Northwestern
railroad at St. Louis, and will hereafter re-
side at that place.
The Louisville Courier of yesterday says;
On the falls there was upwards of eight
feet water in the pass down the Indian
chute, and seven feet steamboat water, or
over the rocks. The channel depth for as
cending boats, in the middle chute, was six
and half to seven feet, with every pros
pest of am abundance of water on the falls
this morning for the largest boats to ascend
the middle chute.
The Mississippi has broken up" and is
rising fast, as will be seen by the following,
from the St. Louis Republican .-....
Yesterday morning the river was rising
very rapidly and completely covered
with heavy masses Of floating ice, so heavy,
in fact, that it was past noon before The
ferry boats would attempt to crossing. To-
wards evening, however, the ice had pretty
much run out. The ice is doubtless from
the gorge above Alton. The total rise 50
far amounts to nearly seven feet, sufficient
TO give fair channel depth to Cairo.
The Palestine was advertised to leave
Louisville for this port yesterday.
The Louisville and New Orleans packet
Wild Wagner has been sold to the Bayou
Sara Packet Company for 100000
The Cincinnati Gdzeite of Tuesday SAYS
the gorged ice so far has committed the
following depredations:
-Four coal barges belonging to ]. S.
Neil & Co, Of Pittsburg, sunk at Patter-
sOn's Landing, at Mill Greek, as follows
One during Saturday night, two on sun
day at moor, and one during Sunday night
Also one empty coal barge and 6oet,
owned by VIM. II. Brown, we're swept
away from above the mouth of Mill Greek.
The damages at Pittsburg resulted in the
carrying off half dozen hatboais, FIVE
empty barges and the United States hospi-
tai boat Mary T. The towboat Arab was
sunk. But little coal will leave there ON
the rise. The Arab was owned by VIM.
P. Stone, Of Pittsburg
by telegraph
NEW ORLEANS. Feb. 6-The weather cloudy;
mercury IS. Messenger, from Cincin-
natl. and the Quitman, from Vicksburg De-
partures-The Continental. for St. Louis.
MEMPHIS, Feb. 6.-Westher clear and pleasant,
and business very active. Upfreghts very good.
The river rose fourteen inches to day. The fol-
lowing boats departed: Columbian and Para
gon, for Vieksburg; Laurel Hill. Liberty and
Cora. for Louisville Comm onwealth and Jacob
Ruth for St. Louis.
LOUISVILLE, Feb. 6.-The river is rising slowly.
with thirteen feet three inches in the canal
The arrivals were the Mississippi and Louisville.
from New Orleans The Robert Burns frnm