Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1871-07-30
RIVER AND WEATHER.

The river continues to rseede ct this
point with p inches on the shoals. Wsa-
Their Opprsssively warm.
No arrivals or departures yesterday.
The Burksville from Cairo IS looked for
to-day.
The VIII s. Hays Is to be sold at publioI
auction &c st. Louis next Monday.
The Mississippi is lower at Sc. PAM than|
it has been for i've years past. All thel
streams, lakes and ponds in the vicinity
are very low. -
The Armada, q side wheel steamer I75l
feet long, and 80 feet beam with 20 inchI
cylinder, feet stroke, is to be sold at
public auction at Cincinnati on the It'll of
next month
The upper Nashita has fallen so Low
that navigation to Camden has ceased /
Three Government snag boats are at work
trying to Gear the n7er between OamdeuI
and Arkadelphis.
The Calumet sunk at VicksburQ last
Wednesday. The Herald says she had
been lying up at Vieksburg since last win
ter, and getting aground 1t her bow, the
water ran into her seams and she filed,
sinking in deep water, oareening to the
laSbosrd, 50 that she will likely prove a to-
tai loss. The Calumet was built during the
war. and since 1866 has been running in l
the YAzoo trade. She baionesd to Capt.
). d. Parisot, Was valued at S10,O 900, and
was not insured Her cabin furniture was
saved.
The wreck Of the gunbOat Ponehartrain,
which hes opposite Little Rock, on the
Arkansas river, was partially bare the
other day. The Ponchartrain was formerly
the Wsshita river packet Lizzie Simmons,
a very fine steamer built at Louisville, in
1856, at cost Of nearly $780, coo.
The Memphis AUGIGBehs Of yesterday 4
says:
The river is declining slowly with 8 feet
scant hence to Cairo and less than Z feet
through to ST. Louis The Ohio has A.
feet from Louisville. White river has 5 I
feet scant below Jacksonport, and Arkan-
sas the same below Little Rock. Extreme
low water is expected in all rivers.
FEeights are advancing and have already
reached so cents for -four from Sc. Louia.
All light drsught steamers will be in de-
mand and will not be adequate to the
work. Already over 8, 600 tons await ship
ment southwark from Cairo. Grain, pro-
duce and merchandise is accommodating as
all up river landings.
airy Department was received Yesterday BY
the local inspectors of this city, which viii
be Of interest to steamboatmen generally
Treasury DEPARTMzST, WAsEINoroN,
July IL, IS71.-To Collectors of Customs
and others: The following rules, prescrib-
ing certain fog signals to be sounded by
sailing vessels, steamers and other cram,
during fog or thick weather, adopted bY
the Board OF Supervising Inspectors :
Steam Vessels, having been approved. byE
this department are hereby pFOmF..gated
for the information Of all concernPd A.
Every steamer, when under way, shall
use steam whistle. Sailing vessels and
all other craft propelled BY sail shall use =
fog-horn-
Sailing vessels, and every craft propelled
by sails upon the Ocsan, lakes and rivers
shall, when on their starboard tack. sound
one blast Of their fog horn; when on their
port tack they shall sound two blasts Of
their fog horn; whsfi with the wind free on
running large, they shall sound three
blasts Of their fog-horn; when lying to on
at anchor they shall sound general alarm
In each instance the above signals shall b
sounded at intervals Of not more than swu
minutes
Sailing vessels, when not under way an;
anchored or moored in the channel or e. -
way Of commerce shall sound the ee, ,ara
alarm signal at intervals of not MOI tba-
two minutes, and all steamers D>,vioa,i-,1
in q fog or thick weather shall, Nv the -
governing pilots, sound their steam ,vbis
tie at intervals CT not mOrp. than one min
ute. "----
Sailing vessels shall at all times. On tbs
approach af any steiner, during the niob
time, show Lighted torch upon that nom
or quarter to which such steamer shall 10
approaching. And upon any craft nayiest-
ing rivers without being in tow Of a stssgr-
81, sucb as RATS, hstboats, woodboats. and
othe. IKE craft, they shall sound q feo-
horn at intervals Of not more than two
1t shall at all times be the duty of steam
ers to give to the sailing vessel, or other
craft propelled by sails, every advantage.
and keeJ out of her way.
GEO. 8. boutwell,,
Secretary Of the Treasury.
Flat boats and RATS viii be allowed 10
slide along without horns except in \ liquid
tate, to be bowed as often as convenient IS