The Cairo evening bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1868-1870, 1869-01-02

| tiful sunshine and almost clear sky this morn
| ing. The traces of the rain cannot be so en-
sily obliterated, and the streets will remain in
a horribly muddy condition for some days
| longer. Tt is source of great consolation
that in consequence of the nature OF our side
walks and the filling of our streets, pedestri-
ans are never troubled with mud for more
than 40 hours after the advent of clear wealth
er, while our raised streets drain so rapidly
that horse-nesh does not suffer for much
longer period.
The river Is rising rapidly here, and has
risen fully twelve inches in the past "a hours.
The Mississippi is rising at st. Louis, and
| there is doubtless fully six feet water to that
city.
The Cumberland and all the south side
tributaries of the Ohio are rising rapidly,
and we may expect rise Of ten or fifteen
feet at Cairo. The Ohio is rising its whole
length with seven feet six inches at Pittsburg
and six feet seven inches in the canal at Louis
| vile. The rise ut Pittsburg will probably
cease to-day, but the lower Ohio will continue
TO rise for week, from the side streams.
Business continues good in 'river circles,
and large amounts Of freight are being han
died daily.
The Mississippi left for New Orleans last
night, with fully one thousand tons -four,
corn, oats and assorted freight received en-
tirely at this port
The Continental is receiving to-day and
will probably add five hundred tons to an
already fair cargo brought from st. Louis on
herself and barge. She leaves for New Or
leans this evening under the well known and
experienced captain John Greenough. She
is a Hrst-class steamer with ample accommo-
dations
The river business Of the l. G. r. r. has
been very large during the past four days.
In addition to the tremendous receipts of -four
and other produce which they have received
and shipped southwark, they have received
from steamers and shipped northward to ST.
Louis Galena, Chicago, New York and else
where, 100 bales cotton, GO hhds sugar, 300
bxs ditto, 400 bbls molasses $50 bbls rice, 400
Texas cattle, and large quantity of hides
and assorted fOcight.
The wharfboats controlled by our energetic
fellow citizens, Charles T. Hinde, L. b. Hen
bricks & Co., and the forwarding house Of Hal
liday Brothers, have all done large business
during the same time, by both river and rail,
exclusive Of that mentioned above as being
done by the l. c. Il. II.
We daily see evidence Of the truth Of our
prophecy made three years ago, that the
wrathful threatenings of southerners to the
effect that they would hereafter raise their
own corn and provisions generally, and never
patronize the North again, would soon evap-
crate when their passions had time to cool,
and the fact became apparent that they make
five times Us much money by laying aside
their prcjudiees as they could by nursing
their wrath. While an acre IF cotton will
produce from eighty 10 one hundred and
twenty dollars, and an acre of corn only from
twenty to thirty dollars, they will not very
long continue to rase corn, when hands
are so scarce u at present. II every planter
could command n many laborers as before
the war, he might possibly be willing to sac
rihce the labor of "A dozen or two In the effort
10 raise corn for the remainder, but labor is
now 50 scarce that it must be employed To
the very best advantage. Tho passions and
prcjudices of the war are cooling down, both
by the influence of time and the appeals of
self-intcrest and we shall soon see return
20 the ante-war states, and find all the sup
plies Of the South furnished by the North.
A more kindly and magnanimous policy of
the North toward the South will hasten this
result. God grant that 1t may be speedily
adopted, for while the South is suffering
from poverty, the North has not much extra
money to boast Of
The st. Louis marine charitable associa-
tion has requested congress to ingraft into the
new steamboat law the following amendment;
That when boats are meeting in the night
say from shutdown to sun-rse-it shall be
the duty OF the pilot of the upstream boat
as soon us he discovers the approaching boat,
II, in his opinion. she shall be within 300
yards, TO stop his engines, and the pilot of
down stream boat to work his engines slow.
If not within that distance, as soon they
come in that distance, when the descending
boat shall Immediately signify which side she
desires To- pass, and shall continue to blow his
whistle at proper Intervals until the ascend
ing boat recognizes the signal and makes the
corresponding one, when both boats may re-
sumo ther Roadway If satisfied there is no
danger of II collision.
The fine steamer Nashville RETURNS to
Nashville and all way landings on Cumber-
land river, this evening. BE Oh board in