Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1870-04-09
RIVER AND WEATHER.
ARRIVED.
In. Philips, Cumberland City.
Armada. Paducah.
Taiisnlan, Cairo.
ia LEAVING THIS DAY.
Mallie Ragon, Evansville, II NJ.
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The river was falling yesterday, with
twelve feet on Harpeth Shoals. Weather
cloudy and rainy. rEa
The L N. Phillips arrived from Cumber-
land City with five barges, containing 25,-
900 bushels of coal
The Armada cleared for Padueah and
the Talisman for Cairo.
The Mallie Ragon viii depart at II
o'clock N. to-day for Evansville. This new
and beautiful packet is establishing for
herself popular reputation. We COM
mend the bonnie Mallie, her veteran com.
mander Jay Wee, and his gallant young
sons, George and John to the public.
Capt. Bob. Culley, the superintendent of
repairs on the upper Cumberland feet, is
overhauling the Alpha
The Towards of Jeffersonville are IN
correspondence with several parties, re-
| presented by one of our steamboat captains,
in regard to the building asidewheel packet
expressly adapted to the Cumberland river
| trade.
The Milbrey, Staunton Pierce McGuire's
flagship last summer, is advertised to be
sold at pablic auction at Paducah on the
| 18th inst. Admiral Lee thus affords an
| opportunity to some adventurous lands
| man 10 60 DOdSnB.
SCOT, popular spiritual adviser Of the
marine persuasion, is proprietor Of the gin
temple on the A Baker.
The l. N. Phillips departs this morning
for Evansville to go on the docks.
The Newsboy was yesterday sold to
Messrs. Dozier 4 Keiber for the sum Of
So, 200,
| The Alpha clears for the Upper Cumber-
land this evening at 4 o'clock.
The Umpire, from the Upper Cumber-
land, IS expected to- day.
The Spray, from Cincinnati, is due OF
Sunday night
| The Chattanooga Times of yesterday ha
the following items:
) Nineteen RATS of logs, from the up
! country, came to the. levee, yesterday, an,
! | were sold to the mills. The logs wer
3 mostly poplar, and some of them were a
! fine as ever brought to this market. The,
sold at $500 per thousand.
Five or six more fiat boats came in yes
terday from the Ciinch and Holston rivers
The levee presents very busy appearance
now 1t is lined with barges, two an
three deep, from above the bluff to beloV
the old arsenal building, distance Q
' nearly / 800 feet All day yesterday dray
- NOAC DuoAAl IL OOln3 CtC-
10 the ware houses, without making an
perceptible reduction in the amount at th
i levee. We have no means of making a
exact statement of the amount of grain n
ceived this week; it certainly is not IA
s short of 100, 600 bushels.
It The Knoxville Wig of Thursday says
d The Holston has receded to its usu,
t spring tide. Two keel-boats from th
s French Broad discharged cargoes of cor
at 1908 cents per bushel. The last on
of the large fleet of barges was dischargin
II her cargo Of corn and wheat this afternoon
l. By tomorrow tho busy scenes that hay
= characterized the levee for a few days pa
b will subside. There will be no flat-boa
+ down until the next rise in the river.
r The Pittsburg Gazette says:
" 1t is said that proposals have been issue
g here for the building of a hull for a ne
; steamboat $50 feet long, 35 feet beam, an
81 feet depth of hold A few of the pee
llarities in connection Herewith may
C mentioned. The design is to have as fine
C a finished and furnished boat as the presel
taste of the times requires. Also to ha'
as much if not more speed than has eve
IS before been attained on these waters, al
1r the draught of water, it is said, will not e
re coed 81 inches. The hull is to be built
le the best quality of wrought iron.