Nashville union and dispatch. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1866-1868, 1867-03-12
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The river has been rising continuously
since our last report Saturday night, and
was still rising at the rate of half iheh per
hour last night. 1t was, at 4 P. NJ, within
four feet ten and a half inches of the highest
point obtained by the food Of lS47. To
give our distant readers, who are acquainted
with the localities in our city, We will state
that the water af the North corner Of Broad
and Front streets, is over the pavement, and
nearly touches the walls of the house. In
Frontstreel below Broad the steamerAid and
several coal boats are moored On Market
street, below Broad, the water Is foot or
more in depth at one point, and is fast en-
croaehing upon the cotton warehouses in
that quarter. casa
A gentleman who came down from Leba-
non yesterday, reports the heaviest of rains
in that section Saturday night and Sunday,
and all the streams overh0wed. ii g I'D
Another report from Monticello and
Somerset, KY, received here yesterday say
the Upper Cumberland is higher than it
was ever known to be-and that rise of
ten feet is yet to come down. At the pre-
sent stage Of the water rise Of that much
there will not bring up the river much
here. t... 10 "a E.h..f Iftsf -
The Emma Floyd passed Louisville
Saturday night. Yesterday Capt, w. A.
PEBBLES received dispatch from Evans
vile stating that she would be here We'd.
nesday. l41 laaf1 U .oA
Capt PEBBLES also received a dispatch
yesterday from Cairo, stating that theAnua
White passed that point Sunday night, and
would be here in time to leave Wednesday.
The Havana got in yesterday from Gin
cinnati with large cargo of miscellaneous
goods.
The Tyrone came up from Cairo and will
depart on her return trip at P. n. to-day.
The Memphis AraIGnehe Of Sunday says:
The flood continues to wash away levees,
fences, stock aud houses. The landings
and plantations between here and Nicks-
burg are inundated the whole lower coun-
try is overlooked restricting business and
destroying property of every description.
Loss OF THE CLERMoNT.-We find in the
Araianche the following account of the
sinking Of the Olermont: ska Bs
The Memphis and White river packet
Clermont, in command Of Capt Williams,
bound from White river for this city with
200 bales of cotton, some miscellaneous
freight and sixty passengers, struck float
ing log or snag night before last at half
past ten o'clock, sixty miles below the city,
which stove a hole in her hull six feet
from the bow She sunk in twenty min
utes after striking, and went down ia
twenty-six feet water, when she was par
TALLY submerged; her chimneys and boil
ers went overheard. The boat careened
and finally settled down on her side. She
will prove a total loss. One passenger,
name unknown, was drowned. Capt. Red
man, one of the pilots had his wife on
board, and she made a narrow escape from
drowning. The crew and passengers were
rescued in small boats. The ClermOnt was
valued at SIS, 600, owned by Captains Will
mans and Smith, and insured IN Cinein-
natl offices for $4,000. Captain Wilmans
and Bob Mayers stayed with the wreck.
Captain Redmsn aud the rest Of the crew
came up to the city on the Luminary,
At Cairo on the 10th the Ohio had risen
p inches in twenty.fOur hours
AT Louisville at the same date 1t was also
rising slowly, and was as high as it has
been any time this season.
The Mississippi at St Louis is only at a
moderate stage, but on Saturday il had
risen few inches, with business in that
quarter very dull. 1t is all owing to water.
There is a general interruption in ship
ments from the upper rivers, and ireights
can be received at only few points on the
lower Mississippi. The Memphis and st.
Louis packet company have decided to
withdraw for the present three OF their
packets, and will send out but three boats
per week. Our information is to the effect
that there is only four feet on the lower
rapids Of the upper Mississippi, by the
board, and falling rapidly. Scobee, pilot
of the Clara, reports in the Missouri only
three feet and half in Davis chute, Just
below the mouth Of the Usage.
[By Telegraph
CINcINNATI, March lI-Noon.-The
river rose ten inches up 10 last evening