The Cairo evening bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1868-1870, 1869-01-04
sions of food which would give us any in

slons OF IL hooo which would give us any in
convenience. &
Business continues good, and large amounts
Of freight are being constantly received and re-
shipped by both rail and river.
The Continental received over 500 tons at
this port and cleared for New Orleans last
night with 1900 tons.
The McGill brought out 300 tons for re-
shipment south on the Continental, and re-
ceived here about the same weight of sugar
and other groceries for her return trip to st.
Louis.
The Peter Baien brought out about $50 tons
stock and produce for re-shipment hence to
New Orleans, and way points, and received
here about 200 tons metal and sundres for
st. Louis.
The Evansville and Nashville packets con-
tinuc to bring out considerable quantities of
produce for reshipment to st. Louis and points
south of Cairo, and since the efforts of the st.
Louis steamboatmen to fix rates from St.
Louis and Cairo, for southern bound freight
have been abandoned, we shall look for con-
siderable increase in the reshipping business
from the Ohio, Cumberland and Tennessee.
Before the efforts above alluded to were
made the rate on flour from Clarksvillc and
other points on the Cumberland river, Access
sible to railroads, was sxty-fve cents per bar
rel TO New Orleans, by rail, and sixty cents
per barrel by river. Steamers could then re-
ship at Cairo for thirty-fvc to forty cents
and a brisk trade was carried on When the
rates from Cairo were advanced to sixty cents
to New Orleans, il Of course threw all of the
Cumberland river trade into the hands of the
railroads, for all other kinds Of freight had
proportionate rates. Ohio river fregh,s were
Immediately turned eastward over the rail-
roads, and thousands Of sacks of corn and
barrels of -four and other freghts have been
sent to New York by that route. The steam
boatmcn at last began to see what they should
have seen nj first, and now there is no attempt
to fix rates from either st. Louis or Cairo, and
We may expect very large increase Of re-
shipping business from both the Cumberland
and Ohio rivers.
The st. Louis Republican has compiled
list of steamboat disasters during the past
year which is considered accurate and aggro-
gates $50 accidents, of which log resulted in
a total loss, viz: 81 by fire, by collision,
by explosion and "a by sinking. 1t is mat
ter of impcssiblity to arrive at the number
Of lives lost by these accidents, so we forbear
making any estimate. The amount Of prop
erty will amount TO at least 81, 500, 900 for the
boats, and as much more for the Cargo. and
baggage, footing up a total Of $4,000, 900.
The steamers New State and Ingomar have
been sunk during the past few days, above
Cincinnati, and are not included in the above
list They will probably be totally Loot on
account Of the rapid rise in the river They
were worth about Sc 900 each. No lives lost
Capt. o. w. Davis new packet John Lums-
den, built at Louisville for the Nashville and
Cincinnati trade was advertised 20 leave Lou.
isville yesterday Tor Nashville. She draw,
Is inches light, and il lsi feet long, with 30
fee, beam and feet depth Of hold. Her en-
gines are ave feet stroke, thirteen and a
quarter inches in diameter, and supplied with
steam by two boilers IL feet long, 30 inches
in diameter, and having four luc. ten inches
in diameter.