Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1868-10-31
RIVER AND WEATHER.
ARRIVED.
Ella Hughes, Cairo.
DEPARTED.
Robert Moore, CINCINNATI.
LEAVING THIS DAY.
EfIo TIL o.

Ella Hughes, Cairo, 4P.M.
The river at this point has fallen some
eight inches since our last issue, and was
still recediDg yesterday, with thirty-three
inches on Harpeth Shoals Weather bIus-
tering and rainy, and cool.
The only arrival yesterday was the Ella
Hughes. Her cargo was very light.
The Robert Moore cleared for Cincin-
natl, with IS tons pig iron, IL bales cotton,
together with lot of dried fruit, rags, pea
nuts, etc. But for the low stage Of water,
she could have taken out 4 frat class trip.
Capt. james S. Wise left yesterday on
the steamer Robert Moore for Cincinnati.
The Ella Hughes departs for Cairo to-
day at four P. NJ, giving through tickets to
all points on the Ohio ard Mississippi riv-
ers. Capt. VIM. Dix is in command, with
W. S. Bowman in the office.
The New Orleans Crescent mentions as a
coincidence connected with the loss Of the
Quitman. that on the 22i Of October, 1865,
the steamer Majestic, commanded by Capt.
J. C. Dowty, bound from this port to Red
river, took fire and was burned near what
is known as New Texas Landing. The
Gen. Quitman coming along just after the
catastrophe, brought to this city her pas
sengers, officers and crew. Day before
yesterday, just three years to the very day,
and almost hour, the Gen. Quitman sunk
atthe same place, and what appears strange,
is the fact that a steamer, the Celeste, COM
manded by Capt J. c. Dowty, arrived
shortly after the accident, and brought
Capt feathers, together with his crew and
passengers, 10 this city.
The Havana is loading at Cincinnati for
this place, and is advertised to leave to-day.
They have an elevator in New Orleans
for handling and transferring grain, to be
completed and ready for use about
Low, which cost $500 1t is eighty
five feet high, will have a frontage Of three
hundred feet upon the'river, and a capacity
for handling and storing zoo 900 bushels
of grain. With all the labor saving and
cheap appliances for handling, storing and
loading grain on vessel, there is every
reason for, to none against, New Orlean
being the great grain mar. fog the Great
West.
The Lilly SUNK.-1The St. Louis Re-
publican says:
"The steamer Lilly, in charge Of Capt.
c. H. Tyler, lefI st. Louis, Thursday, Octo-
Der 18th, 1865, bound for Whitestone, a
government post about thirty miles above
Fort Randall. She was loaded by Messrs.
Durfee and Peck with Indian supplies for
account Of the government. The Lilly
proceeded on her way finely, with no acct
dents worth mention, until Saturday, OctO-
Der oath, two P. NJ, when she struck suag
of enormous size which came entirely
through her bottom and main deck, making
a hole about three feet by ten, causing her
10 sink in ten feet water in three minutes.
The excitement was for a while intense,
but it il thought there we're no lives lost
The Lilly belonged TO Capt C. II. Tyler,
Of this city, and was only insured for 81
600, leaving Capt T. heavy loser Her
N1A ~ was AAAIoeAl wv A-N " AAt7llA eAAANGt
Steamboat accidents Just now are numer-
Gus. Here is the account Of another, which
we copy from tie St. Louis Democrat of tie
9th:
Yesterday, be.ween four aad iye AN,
the Sucker State, bound down, and Lucy
Bertram, bound up stream, cOllided below
Capan-Gris Il il alleged the Suckers
pilots sounded the proper signals at the
proper time, and were not answered, ex-
cept by a violent ringing Of bells when the
collision could not be avoided. They came
together, the Suckers bow and the Lucy's
waist or side. The Suckers bow, and that
Of her barge, were damaged to the extent
OF 81, 500. Over the bargv'5 bow tarpau-
lin was slipped, and it was thus, with its
valuable load, prevented from sinking.
Both steamers had many passengers. The
Bertram's guard was smashed by the con-
cussion. 1t happened that neither boat
sunk, and no lives were lost on either, and
it was only one Of those UnlccOuntable
events for which nobody Is 10 blame.