Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1870-04-20
RIVER AND WEATHER.

The river is still declining at this point,
with feet on Harpeth Shoals. W Gather
cloudy, and considerably warmer.
The Lawrence came into port on Mon
day night, and discharged her cargo yester-
day. She clears for Cincinnati this morn
ing at 10 o'clock, with the veteran boat
man, Capt. Pearce, in command
The l. n. Phillips returned from Evans
vile yesterday in complete repair, and de-
parted again for the coal mines in the eve
ming.
The John Lumsden arrived from Cairo
with $50 tons of freight, mostly corn.
The Umpire, with a fine cargo, cleared
for Bakerton on the upper Cumberland.
The Lewellen had not arrived up to dark,
but was hourly expected
The John Lumsden is the regular packet
for Cairo to-day at P. NJ, with Capt.
Owen Davis in command and Bruce Hunter
in the Office.
The Board of Supervisors, by recent
enactment, require that boats shall have
one float for each deck passenger, and the
Cumberland river crafts are equipping
themselves in accordance with the law.
Col E. S. Jones, local inspector of bulls
and Capt. s. NJ. Harrison, local inspector
of boilers for the sixth district, this city,
make the following return of licenses
issued for the quarter ending March so:
Pilots-F e Hughes, VIM H Edwards,
Harvey V Thompson, John f Green, Ben
iamin F Lowell, James W Lowell, John
Fritts, John Bean, VIM S Ferguson, James
Is. Looney, Daniel B Mckinley, James
Ford, James E Dean, Fred N Mitchell,
Francis NJ Reeves, Lafayette Spillers,
James Matheney, VIM G Shaw, James L
johnson, Collin C Spillers, Sol @ Capehart,
John l. Doss, G Standifer Peak, John H
Jackson, Henry Nicholson, John Henson,
Charles Lamb, John Coleman, Fountain E
Spillers, Calvin Brown and Clemmon G
Chisham.
Engineers-Henry Leach, VIM. Duck
worth, Eli Armstrong, Alex G Stalls, Jo-
seph Wolfe, David G Orion, Hugh L Hard,
G W Alexander, Uriah S Allison, Charles
A Ruoff, Fred d Wyatt, VIM W Myers, A
G Guthrie, Lewis Lombo, VIM 7 Jordan,
James L Edmonds, Hugh L Ballou, r NJ
Kirkpatrick, Rufus E Allison, Sam Court
ney, VIM L Digger, Robert N Allison,
VIM Allison, Hugh III Nicholson, II P. Nc
Call, James N Digger, VIM Miller.
The total amount received from these L.
cenees is $3.50, the amount for the quarter
being $50 more than the entire receipts
for 1869.
The G. B. Church bursted a steam-pipe
Sunday night about twelve miles above
Memphis She was on her way 70 st.
Louis, but towed back to Memphis by a
tug for repairs.
On Friday morning last it was believed
that a rise of two feet more in the MISSISSIPPI
pi would cover the iron pile at Carondelst.
The Mary Ellen, bound for Carolina
Bluffs, on Red River, sunk few days ago
at the landing above Gilmer Place, a few
miles above Shreveport; boat and cargo re-
ported a total loss.
The Great Republic was seized by the
United States Marshal at st. Louis, Friday,
for seamen's wages, but was soon released
on giving bond.
The twelve suits in which the Mail Line
Company sue to recover for the loss of the
steamer America, on the 4th of December,
1868, were called before Judge Taft Satur-
day, and Judgment for $50, 1874 was con-
fessed by counsel 1t is the intention of
the parties, as before stated, to take one of
the cases to the Supreme Court as a test
case, upon the result of which the payment
of the insurance shall depend in all the
other cases.
1t is predicted that there will be this
spring rise in the upper Mississippi and
tributaries unprecedented within the memo
ry of the oldest inhabitant- The Dubuque
Times of the 18th saws: The waters are
still gathering their forces, and have COM
menced the work of destruction. In Dun
leith they are invading the houses on the
flats, and driving out the inmates. The
lately constructed ice breakers above the
bridge, it would seem, are not proof against
them, and one, it has b. en- reported, has
been partly destroyed by TIE flood. Among
the lumber piles there is much floating
about, but being protected by booms, there
will not be much carried off. The gain for
the last twenty-four hours was six inches,
and last springs high water mark is al
ready passed. The La Crosse LeHdeF re-
ports the Chippewa rising at the rate of an
inch and half an hour; also, that large
log jam exists on the Eau Claire.
By Telegraph.
MEMPHIS AnYll Ig-Weather clear the