Nashville union and dispatch. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1866-1868, 1868-01-08
RIVER AND WEATHER.

L ARRIVED.
In. Phillips, from Up Cumberland
DEPARTED.
Tyrone, for Cairo.
ArgOnaut, for Louisville
The Tyrone had a fair trip OF freight
The Nashville is expected at orr wharf
this morning.
The |. n. Phillips brought down three
barges of coal from the Heskin miaes,
which will relieve the necessitirs Of COR
city for a short time.
The river ia still rising, and there will
be from eighteen TO twenty feet on the
shoals this morning.
The freights going from this city via the
river, are principally cora, which is iol-
lowing its old channel to the Southwest,
by way Of the Mississippi river.
The Emma Floyd, from Nashville, ar
rived at Louisville Monday
There was a steady and heavy rain at
Cincinnati during Monday, aud the river
was rising fast. The Miamis, the Licking
and the Kentucky we're swelling and the
Big and Little Kanawha, the Big Sandy
and the Muskingum rivers were rising,
and a very high tide is certain in the
Ohio.
The Louisville Courier OF yesterday
says:
"The river was rising very rapidly Last
evening, some two inches per hour, with
nearly ten feet water in the canal. br
the mark. Early in the morning Il was
falling fast, bat about 10 o'clock it COM
meneed rising equally fast, caused BY the
tremendous aud almost incessant rains OF
the past twenty-four hours The rain
commenced falling at P NJ, Sunday, and
soon after midnight il fell in torrents, &C.
companied by wind, lightning and thun-
der, and it was still raining last night,
with the Thermometer at 30 On ihe fall
last evening there were seven feet steam,
boat water down the Indian chute, and
eight feet water in the pass In the mid
die chute there were five feet water, and
rising rapidly"
"The Louisville Democrat Of yesterday
says:
About dark Sunday afternoon il com-
menced to rain, and from then until a late
hour last night the drops continued 70 fall
with but little. If any, intermissiOu. And
though the rain was not very hard, large
quantity Of water fell. At an early hour
yesterday morning certain intersections OF
the streets were so Hooded as to be impas-
sible for pedestrians, and in many instan-
ces parties were compelled to 90 whole
squares out of their way ia order 20 cross
certain steets, while TO cross ANY one /.
took wading. We made diligeut in
quiries yesterday in regard to all the pub
lie works, but heard of bot little damage
being done to them, the extent of it being
the washing away of two or three embark.
ments, and the sinking down Of two or
three fills. From all sections, North and
South, we have intelligence of the long
continued prevalence of the great rain
storm that has 81 pitiles5ly pslted "a for
the past thirty hours. Ii has prevailed
along the lines of all railroads and rivers
every stream is swelling with rapidly, aud
il is feared that much damage will ensue
Ii is seldom that 50 protraeted a storm Goa
tinues in mid-winieT, markell, as this hes
hOeAij ~ thHh1ti AiiA tbhtutuBs
PrTTsBURe, Jan. 6.--Weather disagree
able, with light rains all day. The Mono
gahela marks seven feet and six inches,
and falling. The Allegheny marks seven
feet aud six inches, and falling; will rise
scOn.
CINCINNATI, jan 6--I2:30 P. NJ
Weather mild, with steady rain since sun
day night, both Kanawhas, Big Sandy,
Muskingum, both Miamis, aud Licking
rivers running strong Ohio hss risen
three feet since last night, with twenty
eight feet by watsrworks mark aHd seven
ty.four under the bridge. The " r. Cur
tis passed down from Wheeling for Nash
Vile to-day, full Of through freight
MEMPHIS, Jan. Go P. M.-Weaiher
moderate, with steady rain for the past
thirty.six hours. The river IA rising,
with twenty feet in the channel to Cairo.
White river is rising slowly, with seven
feet in the channel. The Arkausas H.
rising; thirty-tWo inches in the channel