The Cairo evening bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1868-1870, 1869-01-20
good stage, but no rise of consequence Is re-.

good stage, but no rise Of conseq uence Is re-
ported. ,r g .saa ~.
The Ohio is falling rapidly at Louisvill,
and Cincinnati, rising slowly between Cincin
natl and PArkersbuig 6, and falling from theme,
to Pittsburg. There is fourteen feet waite,
over the falls, and eight feet in the channel Al
Piusburg. It is still rising from Evansville
to Cairo, but will doubtless be falling at the
former place to-day. a.5'. F..
The Cumberland is again falling with four
teen feet on Harpeth shoals. '..l
Here the river has risen ten inches since
last report and will probably rise about ten
inches more. '..''-, ...'..-.--.. ....... 1.f
| Business has not been so brisk to-day, as
nearly all our surplus freights has been ship
ped, and but few steamers have arrived and
departed The Talisman left for Nashville
last night with over 100 tons grocesies and as
sorted frcights received here. The Forsyth
received about the same amount of wheelbar-
! rows, furniture and sundries for Memphis,
Vicksburg, and way points. The Quickstep
brought ~ pkgs furniture for reshipment to
Cape Grardeau, Is bbls spar 10 pkgs house
hold goods for st. Louis, 900 pkgs furniture,
Il bbls whiskey, 1888 SKIS corn, ia bbls pota-
toes SO SKIS ship stuff, 100 head hogs and 10,
Of poultry and sundries for reshipment TO
memphis and New Orleans, and the following
Cairo freight Andrew Shelter 60 SKIS pota-
toes; A, Msckie &c bbls potatoes and 40 SKIS
dittoi Thomas Il Green Is bbls ditto, bbls
meal; w. A. Bunton 292 SKIS corn; Cundiif
q Co. 10 bbls turnips Phole & Stockneth 81
bbls whiskey.
The Coosa passed down from Evansville
last night with 100 bales cotton for Memphis
Rather strange direction for cotton when We
consider the immense quantity of that article
which has been coming away from tina. port |
lately. Weare Informed however that cotton
Is or was day or two since, one half cent
per pound higher in Memphis than in New
Orleans or New York. With such a state of
affairs somebody is bound to lose money.
The Thompson Dean and the Pauline Car
roll are both advertised to leave Cairo for
New Orleans and way points this evening.
The Cumberland, capt Ben. Howard, Is the |
regular mail and passenger packet for Evans
vile and all way points on the Ohio this even.
ing. II you wish pleasant trip, register
your names with Bruce Hunter or Marion
Wright
Mr.. Harry Walker, clerk Of the Mary |
Houston, informs us that the memoranda Of |
he last trip of the Thompson Dean took eve
y body on the Houston with surprise. He
ays that If the Dean passed the Houston I'M
Ter way, as alleged, no person ON board
he Houston was sensible of the fact
md as he thinks livery improba-
Die to suppose that every person, pilots
md all, should be asleep while the
'oat was running, he is very certain there
must DO mistake Somewhere. He aeknowl-
dyes that the Dean passed the Houston twice,
tut not under way. Both times the Dean
'assed her she was taking on freight from the
'ank-once on the coast and once at Gaines
anding. How Is this, captain Fowler? Mr..
Walker also says that although the Houston
vas not built for fast boat yet the Dean has
lever yet or ever will see the day when she
will be able to pass the Houston.
The coolest piece of assurance We have seen
or some time is to be found in the river coll
mn ofs late number Of the Louisville 'Cou-
ier-Journal, which pitches into the Cincin-
sti Enquirer for copying articles from the
soa'h" ohN eitaihihS bhcih w buc 'btiHo- |
rat. The cool etirontery Of the thing lies in
he fact that the Courier-Journals' river coll
INN almost every day contains from one 10
en- articles copied from other papers without
living them any credit all 1t is particularly
trong in stealing special dispatches for which
he papers it copies from have paid literally.
The Cincinnati Commercial has the follow
ny item Of interest:
Parties in Pomcroy, Ohio, write Us "to give
he name of the Target steamboat on the y est.
rn waters and its size The Great Repub-
lc Is the largest steamer aAoat, as will be OBJ
erved by the following record Of dimensions
nd tunnage Great Republic-32s feet long,
u feet beam, 10 feet depth of hold measure
nent 1890 tuns. Thompson DeAn--290 feet
ong, 30 feet beam, 10 feet depth Of hold; meas
rement l,5l2 tuns. Rchmond-3i0 feet
ong, 80 feet beam, feet depth Of hold meas
remcnt l,iG7 tuns. We give the measure
nent as surveyed by captain Pcarcc, inspector
Z hulls. 1t will DO borne in mind these boats
'ill carry almost double the amount of their
egistered tunnage