The Cairo evening bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1868-1870, 1869-02-16

The weather Is again clear and beautiful.
although somewhat cool in the morning.
The Mississippi is stationary at ~. Louis
but Will be rising to-day, u IA rise Of several
t"rti now reported in the Missouri, AID
boat are departing for that stream from St.
Louis The ice In the upper Mississippi 70
manned firm at Davenport and Rock Island
until sunday last, whom it broke mp. A rise
may therefore be expected from that river,
but neither rise viii make much difference at
Cairo, as the Ohio is SO much higher than The
Mississippi that II would require twelve or
fifteen feet of rise in the latter 10 make n
show here.
The Ohio is rising steadily at Pittsburg
Cincinnati audi Louisville, with feet in the
channel ut Pttsburg and nearly feet in the
chute over the fall, at Louisville
Here the river hss risen fourteen inches
since last report, aud is still rising steadily
NJ the came rate.
business continues good.
The Thompson Dean has been receiving
freight ever since she arrived yesterday az
ternoon, and will take over 1000 tons from
this port.
The WIN. White brought hhds tobacco, c
head cattle for Cairo; 20 hhds tobacco for re-
shipment east from Cairo per 'Bluc Line"
mas tobacco, % boxes axe handles for ST.
Louis, and II hhds tobacco for New Orleans
Total, 40 hhds tobacco.
The Magenta discharged "a bales cotton for
reshipmcnt 70 Evansville, 60 head cattle for
Ch!cHgo and bbl, molasses, 3 hhds sugar
for Caro-. She leaves here and returns 10
New orleans tomorrow evening.
The Continental discharged here 80 bbls
nloiasses and lot sundries for Nashville
Tenn, aud 200 cattle, 1875 hhds and sos bxs
sugar, 90 bbl' molasses Is bags coffee, 40 tons
scrap IRON and sundries for Chicago and
northern cities aud towns
khe Qulckstep, Capt. Dexter, clerks, Gram
man ana Pennington, is the regular Cairo and
Evansville packet, carrying passengers and
irel ght to all intermediate landings She de-
darts this evening
The VIM, White Captain Northern, clerk
Jimmy beverly, is the regular pack ct for
rad9cah ana way landings this evening.
The Belle st. Louis Captain Aleck
Zegler, clerk Mr.. Baskctti will leave for
Memphis this evening.
The Nollie Ilambleton, Captain Hampton,
IS due here this evening for Memphis and
way landings
The Pauline Carroll is advertised to leave
Tor New Orleans, from this city, Tomorrow
evening captain Thompson commands her,
Among the new rules lately made by steam
boat inspectors IN regard to steamboatng is
one winch engineers have for many years
p,N" cHuo0Norlhg TO have established, and
which they will hail with gladness. 1t is to
the erect that IN storing a cargo, good and
sduicient gugway shall be left open for the
engineers to pass easily back and forth be-
tween the engines and boilers, We have seen
steamers 50 stored with freight that it was
necessary for the engineer to eSpend consido-
rabIe time IN going to the boilers to ascertain
the quantity Of water in them, and sometimes
the only gangway left him was a narrow one
along tue extreme edge of the guard, on stern
wheel boats, whore single false or careless
step would have thrown him into the river.
Under such circumstances an engineer is com