Nashville union and dispatch. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1866-1868, 1867-03-07
RIVER NEWS.
ARRIVED.
March 6.-Nashyille, Cairo.
Alert, up river
DEPARTED.
]. II. TroYer, Evansville.
Louisa, Evansville.
LEAVING TO-DAY.
Nashville, Cairo.

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The river was rising at this point last
evening at the rate of J inches an hour,
and more drit wood was running than at
any time this rise. Steamboats, were
within forty feet of the stores on Front
street, and rise of 81 feet more would
bring the water into the stores The
weather moderated Tuesday night, and
heavy rains again fell continuing the
greater part of the day yesterday. This
has put different complexion on the state
of affairs, and the prospect now is for an
old-fashiOned food. Some of our mer-
chants on Broad and Front streets are pre-
pairing for it, and don't intend TO be caught
mapping.
The Nashville came up yesterday from
Cairo and Is at the lower landing. She
leaves at 4 P. NJ. to-day for Cairo.
The little Alert came in from up river
ports, bringing lot of corn and other
freight. She reports the river still rising
above.
The Havana had not left Cincinnati
Monday.
The Tempest will leave Louisville Sat
urday for this port Captain Bateman alb
dicates, and Ike Shultz takes his place
At Memphis, on the 9Th, the Mississippi |
had risen tOneinch in twenty four hours. !
At Cairo, the same date, the Ohio had
fallen three inches.
At Vicksburg, on the %, the Mississippi
was rising and the weather was warm.
Dispatches to St. Louis report the up
river open to Burlington, with the river
there within two feet of high water mark.
At St. Louis, on the 9Th, the Mississippi
was slowly falling.
The Anna White left st. Louis on the 4th
for this port, and may be expected to-day.
The Louisville Courier of yesterday says:
The river was rising nearly if not quite
an inch per hour, yesterday, and making
rapid encroachments upon the denizens
along Water street, just at the very time
that they had began to congratulate them
selves that the waters had abated and the
wharf would be free of the tide The
weather, however provideptially turned
freezing cold on Monday night, and true to
our predictions, we had a clear, cold day
yesterday. All was bright and loving over
head, but extremely disagreeable and moist
under foot, the suns influence causing the
snow to melt away quite fast. The Their
mometer ranged at thirty at noon, though
freezing cold in the morning, with hopes
OF another freeze last night little hard
weather will materially check the threat
ening food
The barometer yesterday indicated fair
weather all day, but in the evening the
mercury was slowly shrinking, indicating |
more falling weather, though we hope it
will not rain to-day. A rain on the pres
ent snow would make disastrous overflow.
The snow storm on Monday was considered
as heavy as the great storm early last
month, but the temperate weather made it
more compact and heavy, though along the |
line of the Frankfort railroad It was fully |
ten inches deep. If it extended to the Ken
lucky river another freshet NAV be antici-
pated from that stream.
AT Cincinnati at noon Yesterday the
river had risen Is inches ia the previous
"a hours, with AZ feet water in the chan
mel AT all points above it was also rising
in about the same ratio, with cool Gather.