Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1869-05-22
RIVER AND WEATHER

The river is declining slowly, with Eve
feet scant on the Shoals. Weather cloudy
and rainy. 5,a
The Romeo, from Evansville, brought
up 1920 sacks corn, and the LIewellin,
from Paducah, 1870 sacks.
The Fanny Brandeis is The regular
packet for Evansville tosday at ~ O'Clock,
Capt. Henry Miller commanding.
The locomotive Talisman, with No. /
accommodations, departs for Cairo at A P.
NJ, in charge of the popular and expert
enced Capt. Strong. Billy Wood is in the
Office.
Cot made trip on the r. E Lee from
Cairo to Padncah He is enthusiastic in
praise Of that peerless craft.
Admiral Lees Red Revenger, of the
Cumberland main, arrived from the State
of McCracken.
Capt. Ben F. Egan was the one solitary
passenger on the Romeo.
The Pink Varble was being beautifully
decorated with eyergreens yesterday. She
| will leave the wharf at 8 o'clock A. NJ
positively.
There is a project on foot among the
steamboat men 10 withdraw entirely, fol
ak months, from the navigation Of all The
Western rivers, and give shippers ful
benefit of railroad transportation.
| The Alpha departed for Evansville, Il
be well and thoroughly repaired.
Admiral Lee, of the McCracken navy, il
in the city, experimenting his steamer
Milbrey and Lou Ellen.
For the safety and better protection o
boats passing through the Clarksvill'
railroad bridge at night, we would sugges
the placing Of signal lights on the insid'
of each pier, abont six feet above tn
waters edge.
/ Capt. Henry Switzer, now commanding
the Sally, is The Oldest steambostman il
the world. He went from Louisville Il
New Orleans on steamboat in. 1927, an'
has been steamboating ever since.
| This paragraph, going the rounds of tn
papers, is incorrect. There are many per
sons living now who were engaged il
steamboating before 1927. Capt. Johl
Wilson, U. S. Inspector of steamers 70
this district, was engineer on the steame
Rifeman in 1923; on the Rambler ii
| 1924, and on the Eclipse in 1927.
| The CUMBERLAND RIVER TRAEE.-l
gentleman connected with one of our gro
| Gerry houses, has just returned from a trip il
the Cumberland river country. He say
| that the merchants in that region are anx
ious to trade in Evansville, but they com
| plain that no houses in Evansville hay
| ever sought their custom. The gentleman
| referred TO took orders for goods beyon,
Nashville, and Ia the region from Oh
| mouth of the Cumberland river up. Al
that is necessary TO secure large trad
from that section is to work for it, but
cannot be had if our merchants do no
work for it. Let our dry goods, boot AM
shoe, hardware and other dealers profit B,
the experience of the Young gentlemaI
who met with such success in that region
There is no good reason that Evansville
merchants should not sell all the goods l.
the merchants in the Cumberland rive
country. Attention is called TO this matter
because it is in the highest degree impor
tant. Let that trade be looked after, ant
it can be secured to Evansville.
The above, from the Evansville COlsrieT
shows how Nashville is losing the trad
that ought to belong to her. The Romef
delivered here yesterday two considerable
lots Of groceries that had been bought il
Evansville for A. Pike, and Green 4
Payne, merchants in Springfield, Tennes
see. This shipment would CHOW tina
Evansville can pay river freight, % cent
per 100, and all the expenses from on
wharf TO Edgefeld and Kentucky depot
and then command the Springfield trad'
| over our merchants.