Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1870-11-20
RIVER AND WEATHER.

The river is about stationary at this
noint. with nineteen inches on Harpeth
Shoals. Weather clear and pleasant.
The lobe Hurt, which had been ex-
nscted all day, had not arrived up to dark,
but she is still looked for.
On Friday last the Nick Longworth col
Iided with the Wild Wagner above Baton
Rouce. and had her guards torn OH and /
was cut to the water line. Damages est
mated at $4,000. A large amount oil
freight was thrown overheard to keep the !
boat afioat no lives lost. The damage TO !
the Wagner is unknown.
White river has four feet to Augusta,
and three feet above.
Arkansas river is declining, with seven
| feet out from Little Rock.
The Memphis .AUGlanehe of yesterday
says:
| The river here is falling six inches per
/ dav. with quarter less twain from CAIRO
| down. and mark twain below this point
The weather yesterday was clear, cool and
| pleasant. with a sharp southern wind all
dav There was frost last night. BUSINESS
was fair. Receipts of cotton were: Per
r p Walt l,O13 bales; st. Francis 2l3;
Frank Forrest PIT; Martine %; and Oil
CITY 81. The departing packets had only
moderate trims. The City of Yicksburg
had not arrived from below at midnight
There was 900 bales of cotton awaiting
, her.
The Madison Courier of Tuesday says:
CAPTAIN r. M. Wade will resign his po-
J sition as captain of the steamer united
States about the 10th of December, ano
' take command Of his new and magnificent
b,at. the Robert Mitchell, in the CiEcin
: natl and New Orleans trade. Applications
) for his position on the States had better bt
made at once. as only about one hundred
+ and fifty have applied up to this time.
4 Captaiu Williams has sold the hull OF th'
old steamer Countess, to Pink Varble, o
Louisville. 1t is now being thoroughly
| overloaded by ]. B. Stuart Co.. at the
4 Madison Marine Rail Ways, IN order &c
q take load of cars and locomotive t.
!. Little Rock, Arkansas.
# The st. Louis Democrat of Wednesday
says;
A slight fall of snow yesterday, bu
weather still pleasant. Decline IN the rlVe
steady. 1t is feared there will be less tina
D. seven feet to Cairo by Saturday evening
J. A rapid rise at st. Paul is reported, an
= swelling as far down as Dubuque and be
= low. Falling at Keokuk and below, wit
= five feet in the channel. The Missouri
- falling and the Illinois stationary. Soutt
- ern tributaries generally in good CONDITION
y Business at this port is quiet. Rates
. freight at all points unchanged, tonnag
being abundant.
The fine steamer Dexter was launcne
g from the Mound City Marine ways La
&c Wednesday. She has been wldened an
is heightened so that her capacity for trelgi
at has been about doubled. She will no
In carry 1, 800 tons, and although twelve Zee
Is wider than before, it is expected from ne
c. improved model, that she viii be as 1ast
ic before the present reconstruction too
b. place, and is now one of the best trelgf
e, boats on the waters.
.. Capt. Chef. Bradley, well-known an
popular river clerk, has quit the water an
associated himself in the steamboat sgene
i'd business with Messrs- Montcalm q Oo.,
- this city.
0. Capt. John H. Triplett, formerly OF tt
II Petrolia No. 2, Norman and other steam
c. ers, has engaged in the steamboat sgene
SIS business at Evansville.