Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1870-01-01
RIVER AND WEATHER.

DEPARTED.
TaIisman, Cairo.
Ella Hughes, Upper Cumberland.
The river was still falling yesterday with
81 feet on the Shoals. Weather clear and
mild.
There were no arrivals up to dark.
The Talisman cleared for Cairo with a
fair packet trip.
The Ella Hughes departed for the upper
Cumberland. This craft was packed full
of coalboatmen, on their way home.
The Tyrone Is due tomorrow, and Is the
regular packet for Cairo on Monday at 4
p. M.
The Burksville is still in port, and viii
leave for the Upper Cumberland to-day.
The BelfOnt Iron Company, of Ironton,
has contracted with the Pomeroy Salt and
Transportation Company to deliver 5000
tons Of iron ore from Iron Mountain Land
ing, in Missouri, for 81 80 per ton.
The Pennsylvania Railroad Company
has conceded pro rata rates to Pittsburg
| on freights from the South and West
This will probably tend to stimulate ship
ments IN this direction by river as well as
rail
| The Tennessee river packets from Pa
| ducah have agreed not to carry any freight
after the LIST of January, 1870, the bills Of
lading of which have purchase bills at
tached as charges. This is not to prohibit
any of the boats from purchasing any hea-
Wy articles Of commerce, such as salt, lum-
Der, etc, for the purpose of selling to make
freight.
Saturday afternoon, as the steamer Com
ct was passing through the draw of the
railroad bridge at Terre Haute. barge
attached to the side of the boat struck one
of the piers and sunk. It was loaded with
pork and lard belonging to Keith & Rus
sell. The pork will all be saved. Much
of the lard foated away, but has nearly all
been recovered
The Pittsburg Commercial, of Tuesday,
| has the following coal news:
| The stage of water continues favorable
for small boats taking ont light draught
| tows. From present indications we con
| slider it probable that there will be plenty
/ of water for the big boats before the close
of the week. We notice the following as
departed;
The st. Louis Democrat Of yesterday,
says Our dispatches from New Orleans
announce the burning OF the steamer Tenn
| pest, with 300 bales of cotton, on the 9th,
| near Trinity river. This steamer took a
full cargo from this port up the Oqachitta,
and was on her way from Camden to New
! Orleans The Tempest was a stern-wheel-
er, built at Pittsburg July, 1862. Her
| tonnage, was 253, but she carried about
| 500 tons, having been subsequently en-
| larged Her length was 1872 feet, beam 80
feet, hold feet , inches. Her value was
estimated by insurance men at SIS, 600. and
she was insured in st. Louis and Pittsburg
| Offices-HOwe's agencies-fOr eight or nine
| thousand dollars. There was no insurance
here on her ''freight list but it is very
likely her CARGO was insured in open poll
cies in New Orleans Offices The Tempest,
just previous 10 leaving this port, a short
time ago, was extensively repaired, at a cost
| Of 81, 900.
The New Orleans Bulletin, of Monday
| lays;
Freight in all trades is, since the general
/ rise in our tributaries, becoming abundant.
| Among the shipments made Saturday were
| 1000 long tons iron, per Antelope to
| Louisville, and !, 900 short tons iron, per
Atlantic and barges to st. Louis.
| The arrivals embraced the Gladiola, from
| Shreveport, with 1,0G9 bales cotton; the
Salado, from BGuf river, with POI bales
cotton and $50 sacks seed the Bismarck,
from st. Louis, with l. 332 barrels potatoes,
952 barrels pork. 1850 sacks corn, /, 24g
barrels apples, 1876 barrels flour and meal,
and other freight-in all 14.3S5 packages
the Wild Wagner, from Natchez, with 627
bales cotton and 1,133 sacks seed, and
Richmond, from Evansville, with II, 500
packages, including 1850 sacks corn, p
| 739 barrels flour, 1881 sacks oats, 32I bar
| rels pork and 1S7 bales cotton.
IBy Telegraph
LOUISVILLE, Dec. 3l.-River falling, 10
| feet inches in the canal.
ST.. LOUIS, Dec. S1.-River rising, six
| feet to Cairo