Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1868-12-17

FAafo sesssssss s~s--%-s CatrG.
DEPAR4ED. 1f
Ella Hughes.--s--,-...sUpper Cumberland.
LEAVING TODAY. q
Havans.-....---....,..,.......C incinnati, II u.
Eashville............ ........ Cairo ar. g.
The river was still receding slowly yes
tsrdsy, with Eve feet scant on Harpeih
Shoals. Weather wet and gloomy.
The only arrival yesterday was the
Nashville, from Cairo, with small cargo.
The Independent packet Ella Hughes
cleared last evening for the upper Cum
berlAnd, with fair trip of freight.
The Havana was unavoidabiy detained,
he vet weather interfering to some sx-
tent, both in diachargiDg and receiving.
She will positively leave to-day for Gin
cinnati at IL o'clock--Capt. Pearce coma
handing and W. E. Kuhn in the Office.
She will take out between 600 aud 100
bales of cotton tss - e0
The high-headed Nashvills, in com
nsnd Of;he popular and experienced Capt.
Wiley Sims, is the regular packet to-day
q 4P. NJ. for Cairo, giving through bills
Of lading to all points ou the Ohio and
Mississippi rivers. 81 90 ~
NEWS FRox OTHER RSRTs.
A new rule has been adopted in the
United States District Court at Cincinnati
with respect TO issuisg sriis Of attachment
sRainst steamboats,. Heretofore, any ne
gro roustabouk could swear ont an attach
nnent against bost without just cause, and
put the officers Of the boat 70 considerable
trouble and expense. Now, The captain or
clerk of the boat is cited 10 appear AZ the
Office of the clerk of the court, and if the
suiE IL not well grounded the whole matter
Il has often been observed that boiler
| explosions occur In rapid succession ct Ger,
tain seasons Of the year, and ara compare
lively rare at others. At recent meeting
Of the Massachusetts, Institute Of Tech
nology, il was stated BY lecturer that
very large proportion Of boiler explosions
all, indeed, but the few which burst 10
/ the weakest plaee-OccaT in this country
between the Let Of September and the lsl
| Of the following January, in the interval
/ between summer and the time when The
engineer supplies feed water heated BY
waste steam. 1t Is during that interval
that the introduciion Of cold watef pfO-
duces the unequal EXPANSION Of the metal.
Explosions, under such circumstances. n
eur most frequently IL the boilers OF loco
motives To prevent this, device hss
been invented by which water is conveyed
from the bottom Of the boiler to the topby
means Of an automatic apparatus. Ia this
way the feea-WAter supplied TO the boiler
is always Of the same temperature a. the
steam. tla rs. ~
An insuranee suiI has been pending in
the Circuit Court at Sc. Louis Involving
$28O,0O0. Il seems that some time ago
the firm Of HenniDg & Woodruff catered
into q contract with the United Siales In
surance Company for the Insurance. OF =
heavy shipment Of cotton, In which Hud
con Z. Bridge and others were concerned.
One steamboat load of cotton thus Insured
was destroyed by the burning Of the boat.
Eonsuit was EFanted-s victory fos The
insurance company. ii ava.
| The ferry-boat at Waverly, Mo uas
Bnaeged And sunk few days ago. Iill !
| AT Pittsburg the ice is getting quits
heavy, and the Allegheny is almost closed.
All The boats in port have laid up, and
viii not venture out until the weather
moderatss and the ice gets thinner. 80