Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1869-12-14
RIVER And WEATHER.
Tyrone, Cairo, 4 P. II.

The river was still receding at this point
last evening five and half feet on Har-
peth Shoals Weather clear and pleasant.
The Ella Hughes from the upper Cum
berland had two hogsheads of tobacco, 8
large lot of dried fruit, together with tur-
keys, chickens, et id omH6 genus.
! The Ollie Sullivan, from Evansville, was
among the arrivals. Her name is familiar
| in these waters.
| The Umpire arrived from Louisville
The Tyrone backed out last evening for
Cairo, crowded with people and a good
trip of freight Among the passengers we
noticed Charley and Daniel Hillman, r. @.
McNairy, N. Hobson and D. H. McGavock,
who are en- route for the iron works to en-
gage in a weeks sport. A merry time to
the party, say we.
The John Lumsden from Cairo is due
to-day, and is the regular packet for We'd
nesday
The Spray from Cincinnati, and the Glas-
gov from Pittsburg, are expected.
The st. Louis Republican of Sunday,
gives the following particulars of the dis
aster to the steamer W. r. Arthur:
The steamer w. r. Arthur, which left
New Orleans, struck snag on yesterday
morning, whilst making the crossing Of
''Cravf0rd's," and damaged herself so
severely as to cause her to sink in Benefits
Landing, in deep water. The dispatch
which was received here yesterday, an
nouncing the disaster states that the boat
lies with her bow in six, and her stern in
fifteen feet of water She will probably
prove total loss, as the position in which
She lies warrants the supposition that
she will break in two. The W. r. Arthur
left the New Orleans packet line wharf
boat last Tuesday with a cargo
of 500 tons OF freight, and 800 head of live
stock on board She had ahghter Charge"
the ST. Louis, in tow, which was also well
laden. The barge sustained no damage
by the casualty. The boat was owned by
Messrs. Stilwell & Co., John N. Befnger,
Esq, and her commander, Capt. W. J.
Rusk. The former gentlemen owned one
fourth each, and Capt Rusk owned the
halfinterest The boat was built at Louis
vile, Ky, in 1864, and was 294 40 feet
long; 50 $40 beam; $40 depth of hold,
and measured 1867 G6-1OO tons, custom
house measurement. She was valued at
the time of the disaster at $40, 600, and
was insured in st. Louis, Pittsburgh
and Eastern agencies for $35, 600. The
Citizens and Manufacturers and NIer-
chants Insurance companies of Pittsburg
have g, 800 hull risk each, and the Com
mercial, of Chicago, also had 81, 500 hull
policy on her These are all in A. W.
Howe's agencies. Her cargo, which con-
sisted of miscellaneous shipments to the
New Orleans market, was valued at about
$50, 900 Martin Collins, Esq, had Sl3,-
600 insurance on cargo placed in his
agencies, and Morton & Bro. had some
81, 800 or IS, 900 on cargo in their agencies.
The most of the cargo will probably be re-
covered in a damaged condition. News
from the wreck is very meagre, the dis
patches not mentioning whether the boat
and stock was saved or not. We suppose
the stock were all driven ashore.
[By Telegraph
LOUISVILLE, Dec. 13.-The river is
falling with Z feet s inches in the canal
PTTsBURG, Dec. lathe Monongahe-
la is rising with feet 5 inches in the
channel.
CNoINNATI, Dec. 13.-Departed-Ca-
melia for Nashville
ST. LOUIS, Dec 13.-ATiyed-Alpha
from Nashville.