Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1868-12-01

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DEPARTED.
Talisman, Cairo.
LEAVING THIS DAY.
Tyrone, Cairo, I'm.
The river was stationary at this point
yesterday, with nine feet on Harpeih
Shoals. Weather cold.
The only arrival yesterday was the
Tyrone, from Cairo. She had a slim trip.
The Ella Hughes, from Evansville, and
Emma Floyd, from Cincinnati, passed
GAINESVILLE yesterday, aud both boats will
be found in port this morning.
STEAMBOAT SALE-Capt. David Hughes
yesterday sold one half of me steamer
Umpire TO his brother, James Hughes, for
the sum of $1,000 cash. The Commodore
expects to enter again briskly into the
trade.
The bully Tyrone IS tie regular packet
to-day at P. NJ. for Cairo, giving through
tickets to all points on the Ohio and Mis-
sissippi rivers. Captain Tom Harmon
commands, with Captain Wash Weaver and
AIeck Hard in the office
The Emma Floyd, Captain Chenowith,
has bis bills up for return to Cincinnati TO-
morrow.
NEWs FROM OTHER PORTS.
The Memphis AgOlaneie, Of Saturday,
says:
The Arkansas was rising at Little Rock
| on Thursday, with mark twain" in the
| channel from there out The officers OF
the GuIdOn report fifteen foot rise in the
Arkansas. White river is unchanged.
The ST. Louis Democrat thus refers to
the attempt made to sell the steamer Great
Republic:
The attendance on board the Great Re
public ut Carondelet yesterday was meager.
There were present, with a few Others,
Captains John y. BOhnger, John A. Du-
Bile, II. II. Symmes, Charles A. Faris. W.
b. Donaldson, I. Singer, and Messrs.
Gerge II. Rea, =. p. Munion, and Messrs.
W. II. Brown and 10. Haig Of Pittsbufg
Messrs. Morgan and 4. X. Smith, United
States Marshals, we're present, and the
former read the order Of sale, and stated
the terms-h2lf cash, half in six months
with interest at the rate of six per cent
per anuum, and announced the only reser-
walton TO be the bar furniture and ixiures
A bid WIS asked, and after a few moments
Captain Symmes said, to start her anyhow
he would say S25,OG0. The auctiOnesr
said, the bid Is not sccepted-it was too
little; the boat Was not TO be given aEay.
Captain B0hnggr addressed the auciiOnser.
and would like 70 be informed if there was
''a limit On it, If 80, he would like u
, understand IT, Well" said Symmea
will thirty thousand DO ye2 l bid that
sum-" LAWYER Rankin, Of great legal
acumen 10 steamboat and other natter.
Was present, and was consulted by the
. United States officers in private as TO the
course to be pursued, and Mr.. Smith Wa
instructed 10 say that a bid Of $4,000
would be entertained, and no less, ant
Captain BOhnger remarked, "Pll bet you
| don't get that bid FROM me-" To shorten
the story, after Yainly endsavoring 10 gel
more bidg, or a bid. Of $50, GOO, another
consultation Was held 10 the hail Of the
4 steamboat, aud Mr.. Smith came out and
J. stated that the sale would not proceed, aEd
! the company departed.
| The steamer cost oZOO,OUO, ana Is only
I about two years old. II Captain Symmet
gets her for thirty Thousand, it will be q
great reduction on the original cost of thu
; pslatial steamer.
We have little 10 say in regard 10 TIL
remarkable sale, or ATTEMPT to sell steam
1, boat. The fact IL, that Messrs. Symmes
Rea and BOGnger vent down TO purchas
the boat in conjunction, and they Ihinl
E they have her. They last evening ten
dered the cash TO the United States Mar
shsl, who refused 10 accept, saying that b
3. will make return 10 court this morning
and then answer.