The Cairo evening bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1868-1870, 1868-12-31
is now unobstructcd by ice the whole length of

is now unobstructcd by ice the whole length Of
the Ohio.
) Business at this point has been fair since last
report, The Mississippi discharged here 200
hhds sugar, 100 hhds molasses and lao bbs rice
to be re-shppod by rail to Chicago, Galcna an.l
Decatur, ILL.,, and lGO hhds sugar to be rc-ship-
ed per river to st. Louis. The Antelope re-
ccved the latter
The Mississippi is in command of captain
Nat. Green, well known as an experienced
steamboatman, and will depart promptly for
New Orleans this evening. She is frst-class
steamer.
The Continental is also advertised to leave
here this evening for New Orleans If she
should not be ready to depart on time, the
Arthur, magnificent steamer of the same line,
will take her place.
The Alaska discharged here lol hhds sugar,
40 bbls moasses, 80 bbls rice for points along
the line Of l. @. X. r., and has $40 hhds sugar
$50 bbls moasses and 900 sacks of salt for
Cincinnati and Pittsburg.
The Belle Vernon has ia hhds sugar, 100
! bbls molasses Err Cincinnati.
The Arthur discharges here ITO head Texas
SO hhds sugar, 200 boxes ditto 80 bbls rice, 81
bbls oranges, 60 pkgs sundres for this city and
for reshipment north per rail. She also re-
ships here, for st. Louis, 305 cases sewing ma
chimes, 60 bxs tin, $50 anvls, 335 beer kegs,
and several tons miscellaneous freight
ut never rains but it pours,' j. nm old
proverb which seems singularly appropriate
to steamboat disasters Since the America
and United States led off in their terrible COLI
lision and burning, we have noticed disaster
Of some sort to vessels almost every day. The
disasters by sea have been most fatal to life,
since that first mentioned above, and scarcely
any lives have been lost by steamers on our
western waters. The Era No. 10, Itasca, st.
Nicholas, Empire, Monsoon and several 9TH
ers, whose names are not now recollected
have all been lost within the past two weeks
on our rivers, and not single life has been
lost. The latest disaster is the sinking ofthe
Jcwcss in the Alabama river No lives lost
and cargo will nearly all be saved, "a 1t con-
ssts principally of Gotten. The Jcwc.s has
been sunk several times, and Il is probable
she will not be raised this time
The insurance on the Empire will probably !
he forfeited ~ her papers were SO made out |
tina; she was only permitted to run in the !
Mississippi as low down as the mouth If the |
Arkansas. The accident by which she sunk |
happened over 900 miles below that point
The Armadillo from New Orleans TO Gin |
cinnati met with an accident some fifteen |
miles below Island &C.. A shee, IN the for
ward part Of one of her boilers parted. aud |
the steam came out with rush, but fortu. ]
natcly injured no one, nor did IL damage the ,
boat. Her passenger. came to Memphi, on
the Bismark Her captain arrived there on
Friday and secured the services or two or
three boiier-makers but the engineer in the
repaired the boiler IN such IA way
rs to enable him TO bring the boa, 90 port.
a. the Cairo Times stated n dav dav or
two since that '.thc Submarine No. Hir,sep
was in the Cairo dry docks, il has boon sup
posed by many that il was u correction Of an
item which We had published the day previ-
rus, to the effect that ''thc Submarine, No.
fourteen, was on the Cairo dry DOCKS This
is wrong. The number fourteen
i the Submarine which was taken into the
lock a. We first stated The number thirteen
las not been in dock