Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1871-03-30
RIVER AND WEATHER.

The river was rising fast at this point
yesterday with 10 feet water on Harpesh
Shoals. Weather rainy and disagreeable.
There were no arrivals up to dark.
The John Lumsden departed for Cairo.
The only bright thing on the wharf yes
terday was a flaming poster Of the old
Lsni Leoti, on Mi Lords bulletin board.
Cotton is going Up-by the Balloon
line.
Stanton Pierce MeGuire's EddyyiIle
will be in port to-day with big trip.
( The Banny Frsndies, like the Commo-
dores engagement, has we believe flick
cred, and abandoned her raid to Hurry
county.
A Shanghai rooster stuffed with pea:
nuts will grace the head of the table ON
the occasion of the next marine entertain
ment We won't be thar. .r-
'CeStic promises us q number of sketch
es Of our prominent boat-men, and begins
with the following Capt ]. s Dashiell--
OLD BRAsH-s gallant old mariner, came
to this city, fresh from the sea, in April,
1928, shipped on the De Witt Clinton, and
remained on her during that season The
next year be was master Of the forecastls
on the Pocahontas- Z. Stewart, ST., Of
Edgeield, was bsr-keeper on this
craft 1880 and 1881, he was mate
Of The Nashville. His next position
was pilot of the Tom Isstman, the
first boat that ever arrived at Burks-
vile. In 1888, he was promoted
to the command Of the Bolivar. He then
returned to the lower deck, and was mate
on the Pacific and Tennessee. His next
adventure was with the Gladiator, when he
made one voyage as Captain, Clerk and
Pilot, stood at the wheel from Smithland
to this city, and made the run in q hours
In 1887 be was clerk Of the Rocky Noun
tain. He then retired from the river until
1858, when he took charge of the glorious
old Ella. Since then his nautical career
has been familiar to Us all. With the Min
netonka, as a semi-weekly Psdueah and
Nashville packet, he won his most popular
reputation. The Gen. Anderson was also
commanded by Capt. d. His last steam
boating was on the Imperial BE viii,
probably, soon sppear on the root Of the
new Geo. s. Kinney.
At Vicksburg on Tuesday the river Was
rising, and 20 inches below the high water
mark of 1862.
The r. Z. Lee made the run from Ellis
Cliffs to Natchez, a distance Of eighteen
miles, last Wednesday afternoon, in one
hour and one minute, although not run
ming against time nor making any extra
efforts ct speed. The Lee was never in
better running condition than at present,
and her owners are willing to let the Katie
or anything on the river try how the cid
craft works, provided they put up enough
to make it an object to crafty their curl
osity.
The Memphis AgdldHche of yesterday
says: ''Ths river fell five inches during
the past twenty-four hours and has de-
clined eighteen inches in all. The fall
will be likely TO increase from this time
forward. The Arkansas is rising at Little
Rock, with seven feet in the channel.
White ii yer is high but falling at its upper
end. The weather yesterday was cloudy
and cool, with fresh, chilly wind from the
southeast. Business at the wharf was toll
cradle"
An Evansville dispatch has the following
in regard to the big run of the IGlewild:
The Idlewild left Cairo at 1:48 this morn
ing for a run against time to Evansville,
and arrived at BIS P. NJ, without having
stopped her engines for a moment, and
without mourning the slightest disarraDge-
ment of her machinery. Making the en-
tire distance in fifteen hours and twenty
nine minutes. She encountered q very
heavy head-wind from Weston up. The
following is her time to the following
nOints.