Nashville union and dispatch. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1866-1868, 1867-04-25
RIVER NEWS.


Alpha, Burksyiile.
DEPARTED. -f 81.
>-sli-i A. Baker, Burksyille. "a
LEAVING TO-DAY.
Nashville, Cairo.
f-s Julia No. ?, Cincinnati.
The river continues TO fall with % feet
weter on Hsrpeth Shoals. Weather fair
aud pleasant. II is falling all the way up
to its source, and Only Soinches are reported
The Alpha FROM the upper Cumberland
brought down Ga hogsheads tobacco and
some miscellaneous freight.
The Nashville brought up boxes bacon,
l42 sacks corn. u boxes furniture, Sc dry
hides, 1914 bbls. salt, ) hhds. and l Dbl
sugar, 10 boxes oranges and lemons, "a half
boxes oranges, 4 hhds. cocoanuts, 6 mag
noIias, ) bbls whisky, boxes fish, sun
dries, The Nashville gels of to-day for
Cairo. -. -.
Tbs Ohio, on the Esd, was falling at
Louisville and Cincinnati.
The new steamer Richmond, on her
return trip from New Orleans, arrived at
Louisville Tuesday, having made the run
in FIVE days and nineteen hours. Tho
Courier says:
The Richmond has performed the round
journey of 1900 miles, and has not lost
minute with arrangements TO her ma
ehinery, proving to bea success and a tri-
umph to her owners and builders. The
passenger and shipper can place the most
implicit reliance and confidence upon the
Richmond and her gallant crew, "a no
fears of mishap, accidents or delays need
be entertained with her, as she is perfect in
detail and as a whole, and her performance
has realized the highest expectations, and
we feel assured that she is the swiftest, as
we'll as the safest, most eommodious aud
sumptuous packet aaoat Captain Neal
made no effort whstever 10 make a quick
trip, and neglected no way business that
offered, but accommodated all, yet has
come to Louisville in less than SIX days.
The Richmond has q patent steam guage
in the cabin, just at the after end Of the
boilers, where even the lady passengers can
at all times see the amount Of steam she
carries and during the entire trip from
New Orleans she never had more than
thirty-fVe pounds, and rarely over twenty
FIVE. The fact that she is pressure
boat secured her a great many passengers
who else would have made the voyage
North By sea or rail. Il
The Memphis Aralanehe of the 2Sd says
the Mississippi rose there eight. inches in the
previous twenty-four hours.
The Missouri Republican of the 2Sd
SAYS:
The river at this point is stationary. The
rise in the Missouri has reached a climax
and the river was falling at Lexington at
2 P. NJ. yesterday. The Upper Mississippi
is falling at Keokuk but rising above.
The st. Paul Pioneer, of last Friday,
says: 49, ...-
The river IS rising quite fast. From
Wednesday evening to last evening at six
o'clock il had risen fourteen inches, or
more than half an inch an hour. This is
a rapid rise, and il the river continues to
advance at this rate few hours more il
will overflow the bottoms. 1t is only
few inches now from the edge of the bank.
Above the upper leyee il is already over
the bottom, and is fast encroaching on The
lower levee. The goods were removed
from the lower stories Of the railroad depot
yesterday in anticipation Of further
rise.
The rate Of last evening waS little
slower than in the morning, but the rains
yesterday may bring il up again.