Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1870-04-03


The river was still falling yesterday, with
16 feet on Harpeth Shoals. Weather rainy
and unpleasant.
The Newsboy arrived last evening from
Oaney Fork, with cargo consisting of 700
sacks of wheat, 400 bags of corn and 5000
lbs of bacon.
The j. r. Gilmore arrived from the Hi
nois river, with two barges of ice in tow.
She departed again in the evening.
The AIallie Ragon was expected last night
from Evansville, and viii probably return
to-day.
The Lawrence, from Cincinnati, is due
to-day.
A fleet of sevon coal boats from the up
per Cumberland mines viii arrive to-day.
The Umpire cleared for the upper Cum
berland last evening, with good trip Of
groceries and salt
The Newsboy, which arrived last evening
from the Caney Fork, established her rep
utation as fast craft.
The Tyrone is due to-day, and is the
regular packet for Cairo on Monday at
p. N.
The Armada comes in tonight, and is
the regular Paducah packet tomorrow
morning at 10 o'clock.
At Evansville, the other day, Capt. John
Carroll sold the steamer A. j. Baker to
Col d. A. Brooks, of Uniontown, for
| 9, 5000.
| The Tennessee river is higher than it has
been during the season. 1t is already out
Of the banks in many places.
| The New York correspondent Of the
Boston Journal describes new invention
for displacing steam by electricity, and
says that lathes, planning machines and
other mechanical arrangements are driven
by this power. To run an engine of twenty
horse power by this invention would re-
/ quire only a space of three feet long, two
| feet wide and two high The cost per day
would be thirty-fve cents. On a steam
ship no coal would be required, and the
space now used for coal and machinery
could be used for cargo. The stubborn re-
sistance of electricity to mechanical use
heretofore has, it is believed, been over
come. A continuous battery has been Sc
cured and other difficulties removed, prin-
cipally through the coil Of the magnet. II
the invention works as well on the large
scale as it does on the machinery to which
it is now applied, steamships will soon ply
the ocean under the new propelling power.
A machine of great capacity is being con-
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New York. The whole thing, mighty
enough to carry Cunarder to Liverpool,
can be secured in a small trunk.
The following is from the Cincinnati Co.
sette of Friday:
| Commodore John James, ST., went to
Madison on Wednesday, and there pur-
chased, for Capt. Sam. T. James the steam
er Bermuda, for SIS, 900. He proposes to
put couple of thousand dollars more on
her In the way of improvements and then
put her in the Cincinnati and Evansville
trade as regular weekly packet. The
Commodore says he has yoke of oxen on
Corn Island, and when the river gets so
low that the Bermuda can't carry tobacco
and corn to Cincinnati, he will hitch up
his oxen and still bring trade to the city. =
The Pittsburg Commercial Of Wednes-
day says:
The present fine stage of water has en-,
abled the coal men to get ready another
small feet. The principal portion of them
viii leave tomorrow. Among the number
is the mammoth Argosy with $50, 900 bush
els, $50, 900 bushels of which was reported
on the last rise. The water on that occa
sion fell too fast, and she remained in port.
The Memphis Appeal, of Friday, says :,
The river yesterday rose two and a hall
inches, instead of falling that much, as sci
up by the printer. 1t is now swelling
rapidly at this point, and bids fair to go on
swelling until a big stage is reached. The
upper streams are all rising rapidly, as vii
be seen by our dispatches, which give tn;
latest news from all quarters. The Arkan
sas is low, dead low, with fifteen inches
above Little Rock, and not more thar
double that depth to the mouth. White i
also falling slowly. Yesterday was cold
raw and blustery day. Business on tn
levee was light.
To the Editors of the Union and American:
GAINESVILLE, April 2.-The steamer Ty.
rome passed up at P. N. with Paducal
pleasure party, composed of forty couples
with fine brass band on board. 1t is thu
eayest and largest trip of the season. Or
their return trip they will visit the Confed
crate Orphans Home at this place.