Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1870-01-28
RIVER AND WEATHER.
ARRIVED.
Glasgow, Pittsburg.
Talisman, Cairo.
DEPARTED.
Huntsville, Upper Cumberland.
LEAVING TO-DAY.
Glasgow, Pittsburg, Il II.
Talisman, Caire, P. NJ.

The river declined upwards of ten inches
\ at this point on Wednesday night, but
rose about that amount yesterday, and
was still rising slowly up to dark The
weather opened raw and cloudy, but to-
/ wards evening the clouds disappeared,
and became more pleasant.
The Glasgow arrived from Pittsburg with
( a large assorted cargo, including nails,
| glassware, etc.
The Talisman came into port from Cairo
/ loaded down to the guards. In addition
| to very considerable amount of other
| freight, she had two hundred hogsheads Of
sugar.
The BurksviIle cleared for the head of
the river with light cargo.
The Glasgow, in Capt. Andy Robinson,
| jr., clears for Pittsburg direct at u o'clock
| to-day.
The Talisman is the regular packet for
Cairo at o'clock this evening, and her ac-
| commodations are in every way first class.
She is commanded by the experienced
Capt Strong, with Johnny Harper in the
! office
President Byrne, of GAINESVILLE, a former
well known steamboat agent, embarked on
| the sea matrimonial Oh the goth inst
Capt. A. B. Shaw has sold the Arkansas
| to the New Orleans and White River
Packet Company for $50, 600 She is to
run in connection with the Seminole, ard
form a through line from White river to
New Orleans.
Charles F. Geater, former well known
clerk in the VicksburG and New Orleans
trade, has been missing since the LIST of
| January. Fears are entertained for his
| safety, as he had considerable money about
| his person when last seen by his friends
Samuel Huntington, the Ouchita pilot,
whose death was mentioned a few days
| since. was born in 1929. in Adams county.
| Mississippi, and was lineal descendant of
| one Of the original signsrs of Independ-
| ence. His mother was Miss Helen Dun
| bar, daughter of a Scotch baronet. He
was educated at Hartford. Connecticut
Went on the river in 1880, and run respeo =
lively, on the Francis Jones. AmaDda
1 Fulton and SydOnia, first stapSiuy a w tcb
| as pilot on the latter steamer. in 1853
In 1861 he joined the Fth Louisiana. rspi-
ment, Col. TheO. Hunt. made the cam
paign of the Peninsula, under Gen.
Magruder. II the spring of 1862 he
joined the 9th Louisiana regiment. and
partlclpaps in the battle of Shiloh In
May 1872, he joined the Orleans Light
Horse and served ont the remainder Of the
cap 4paign of Kentucky under Bragg, at the
! rattles of Perryville, Murfreesboro, Mis-
sionary Ridge, the retreat to Atlanta and
Hoods march on Nashville. After the
close Of the war he resumed his former &C.
cupation as pilot on the Ouachita river.
During his career he was on the Sydonia
when she burned, on the Lincoln when she
sunk in 1856, on the Sun Beam when she
sunk in 1853. He was the principal agent
in the founding of the Ouachita Pilots Be
nevolent Association, and as @ pilot had
few, II any, sUperiors.
The Memphis Appeal of Wednesday
says
The swell at this point goes on rapidly,
very rapidly indeed for the stage Of water.
and We think it viii go up to within about
II or Is inches of high-water mark. This
will overflow many places in the bends,
both above and below this city. The Ar
kansas is rising steadily at Fort Smith,
with good steamboat water to Little Rock
White river is swelling steadily. The late
rains have been very general all over the
country, and the rise now going on will
be apt to continue for some days to
come.
[By Telegraph
LOUISVILLE, Jan. ~. - River falling
steadily.