Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1868-11-21
New ORLEANS Market.
RlVER AND WEATHER

ARRIVED.
Talisman, Cairo.
DEPARTED.
Robert Moore, Cincinnati.
LEAVING THIS DAY.
Camelia, Pittsburgh, I'm
Fanny Bsandeis, Evansville, II NJ.
Talisman, Cairo, 4 P. VI.
The river was still declining slowly yes
terday, With i've feet sclnt on Harpe.h
Shoals. Weather cold and cIOudy.
The only arrival Yesterday vas the Tai
isman from Cairo
sThe Robert Moore CLEARED for Cairo with
a cargo consisting Of 3GS bales Of cotton,
- barrels dried fruit, ? 0 bags peanuts, 40
green hides. so dry hides, and engage
meuts below for Is much freight as she en-
carry.
The Cimvlia did not get OF yesterday
as was Advertised, bat leaves for Pittburg
to-day at y n, Capt Poe commanding.
The Fanny Brandei4 will be in por; this
morning, ard il the regular packet Tor
Smithlsud ard Evansville today At Il
o'clock. Capt. Henry Miller commands,
with Kit Rudd in the office.
The fiue passenger steamer Talismln, Of
the regular line, clears for Cairo to-day at
4 P. NJ, giving through bills to all points
on the Ohio and Mississippi rivers. Capt!
VIM. Strong, known in these psrts, an d
Caney Fork especially, for the last City
years, is in command, with Capt. Ben F.
Egan in the Office.
At the session Of the Union Marine As
ISOLATION at St. Louis on Wednesday the
following subjects were discussed at length:
The reshipments of freighis at Cairo by
the Cumberland river packets and the EV-
ansville and Cairo packets.
The price Of freights 10 be established
by the different associations at points where
railroad communication is at hand
The making OF a tariff Of prices Tor up
stream freights from New Orleans.
The Classification Of freights and tariffs
for the various associations
II was decided that the reshipment Of
freights from Cairo should be upon the
basis Of an agreed price, "a fixed by the
st. Louis Association, and not upon d.
vide or pro rata, as heretofore. The New
Orleans Association hereafter will make
rates for all Northern bound freighls.
Many other subjects Of interest to own
era Of steam atock we're discussed, and for
want Of time and preparation laid over
until the Sd Of January, when a meeting of
the Union Association will be held in
New Orleans, at which they will be passed
upon,
NEWS FEO5I OTHER PARTS.
The Des Arc arrived at Memphis from
White river with five hundred bales OF
cotton and one hundred deer. She was
literally covered with wild game, having
deer strung from her pilot house to the
deck. She had also over one hundred
cabin passengers.
The J. n. Mccullough, sunk near Madi-
son, Is lying across the channel, heading
toward the Kentucky shore, with the
water within about one foot Of her huTri-
cane roof She Is sunk almost in the exact
spot where the Mamie Byers was sunk by
a collision with the G. f. Hillmau some
years ago. The Mccullough was large
side-wheel steamer Of 39j tons burden,
custom-house measurement, and was built
10 Piltsburg in 1867, at cost Of $4,000,
aud at the time of the DISASTER, was valued
at about $50 COO She was owned By Capt.
Geo D. Moore, her commander, Dan Moore,
her clerk, and Andrew Ackby, Of Pitt
burg, and was Insured for $4,000
The C5lTiasJ5uEal Of yesterday saga
-
displayed 81 halEmzsE Yesterday On &C
count Of the death Of capt. Alex. L. IL
vic, late Of the steamer MIX LCHggorlh.
He died in Cincinnati Wednesday Of con
sumption. Capt. Irwin had been on the
river for a number of years and was a.
WAYS a popular commander. The first
boat he commaudsd was the LeyaUt which
was lost ON his FIRST trip with her. lie al
teIward commanded, in the Older nsmed,
the J .me3 Madison. Albafr0ss, J. 81 Niles
and \. ". Thomas. lIe next became con-
necied with the Memphis and New Or
leans Packet Company, about 1856 or 1857,
ard remained in that trade, in command OF
the Nebraska ard Belfast, until the bseik-
ing out Of the var, when heiOOk command
Of the Dove, aud remained on Der during
the war The IasJ boat he commanded
vas the NsCH LrngWoTlh.
The fJllowing items are from the ST.
L7uis Dsn5T1t, Of Thur=day:
Our citizens wesc Erci6ly reminded Of
winter b. The collng-s # the weaker Yes
erday, snd furthermore considerable fall
# snow last evening, leaving The streets
10 white, was very good evidence
hat ST. Lcgis Ia not much Of "a Southern
.ity aier all. Officers Of Northern Line
teamers, having laid up their steamers
iorih Of the rapids, are Ieturning home.
Steamers and barge in considerable num-
,ars have been sen. to Alton slough 10 re-
uaiE about three months, and numbers are
eing laid upelsewheTe, aud here are other
that winter IL e0veloping the
ivers and the country about s.. Louis.