Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1871-11-10
RIVER News.

We continue to report y inches on Harpeth
Shoals, and river stationary. Weather cloudy,
with light showers of rain.
The Talisman, now lying at the wharf, is look
The |. n. Phillips is still undergoing repairs.
New chimneys were being raised on this craft
yesterday.
FOunt DOdd is now engaged in organizing a
Young Mems Association as an adjunct to the
BOatInen's Association.
STEAMBOAT INvESTMENTs.-W. H. Fulton, of
Little Rock, Ark, is In favor of iron steamers
and barges- He writes: 81 have been a steam
boat clerk, pilot, and captain since the year
1885, and in all that time, from 1886 to 1871, have
never felt like trying to persuade afriend to in
vest his money in a steamboat on account of, |
may say, their short life without an accident
and their still shorter life should an accident Oc
cur. have been perfectly familiar with the
Ohio river, Upper Mississippi, Illinois, and Low
er Mississippi trades from 1913 up to this date,
1871, and do not know Of over five bOatmen and
boat owners out of a hundred in either trade
making any money during that time know
positively OF many very distressing circum-
stances having occurred among NV Steamboat
friends, only two of which will mention: First,
that of the veteran Capt George Taylor, Who
served lifetime in the st, Louis and New Or
leans trade, and died while Captain of the steam
boat Belfast, without means to pay for trans
porting his remains home to st. Louis for inter-
ment. The other case is that OF the lamented
Capt. McCOmas, who, after a steamboat career
of many years, committed suicide on account OF
the many mIshaps he had met with in steamboat
ing with wooden hulls. Had / been able,
would have built an iron boat for the Missouri
river twenty years ago"
The Steamboat Convention at Louisville Is
composed of the following delegations
PITTSBURGH DELEGATION-R G GRAY, j T
Stockdale, G L Brannon, n v Bigley, George
Miller, John McClusky, W Parker, George
bravo, Joseph II Brown, John A Wood, W H
Brown, W j Kountz.
CINCINNATI observation-disclosures Sherlock
B NJ Wade, r S Semple, H U Hart. W G. VOris
A Robinson, Jr, John G Rape, j II Pepper, Jos
Wise, Lew Hates, o Shinkle, j G Reno,
Bachelor, John Skunk, Sam j Hale, I n John
son. r W Wise, Sam Beckenstaf John Patter-
son, John A Williamson, John WOODBURY., David
Gibson, Geo w Neare, j W Bachelor, Z f Bow
ers, r H Maratta, Henry Hartman.
LOUISVILLE DFLEGATION-R II voolfolk, 4
NJ Shirley, George Ainslie, YerhOetf, ,Jr
Frank Carter, Moses Irwin, B c Levi, A 7 GIL
more, 10 Mitchell, / b Durham, Charles G
Schultz, Pink Yarble.
EVANSVILLE DELEGATION-Gus Lempke,
NJ Sweitzer, II 7 Dexter, j DeSOuchet.
NASHVILLE DELEGATION-H II Harrison.
ST. Louis DELEGATION-E W Could William
Rhodes, John McCloy, G NJ Mason, II c Hortsie,
David Hiner, G II Belts, James Romans, j n
BOfnger, w II Green, NJ A BrysOn, George A
Hynes, james i Huse, T McCord, II W Bro
laski.
CAIRO DHLRGATIoS-J NJ Phillips.
MEMPHIS DELEG ATION-James Lee, Jr, John
D Elliott, Joseph Elliott, o + Prescott
NEW ALBANY DELEGATION-Samuel Mont
gOmery, Hicks King, II Reamer.
MADISON DELEGATGoN-J r Stewart, II j
Billing, n Williams.
NEW ORLEANS DELEGATION-E Perry C W
Stinde, H j Brinker, c Thorn, j Mccullough,
Sam Lawson.
FRANKLIN (LA.) DELEGATIoS-E B Trina
dad.
JEPFERsOSvILLE DELEGATION-D S Barmore
D NJ Dryden, James Howard, John Montgor-
cry
GALVESTON (TExAs) DELEGAT1oS-D Barns,
j Stafford.
YICKsBURG DELEGATIoN-D W FlOwery
DETROIT (MICmGAN) DELEGATION-JOhn S
Newberry, Eber Ward, Stephen Kirby, james NJ
Balentine.
BUFFALO CNEw York; DELEeAr1ox-J F
Whiting.
MOBILE DELEGATION-D j Blakesley.
New YORK observation-disclosures P Smith. II /
L Livingston, NJ Clyde, II Delamater, W I
COOland, G II Reynolds, Richard Peck, Dunning /
Smite, A p st John.
BALTIMORE MARYLAND DELEGATIONS S /
Brown. Joseph Craig.
The New Orleans Bulletin Of the eth inst. con-
tains the following:
The weather yesterday continued pleasant and /
good, without much change, except the sun at
midday was attempting to assert his SWAY again
and give us another touch of his power; but the
few efforts Old Sol made only made matters more
pleasant than otherwise. The evening closed
with clear, blue transparent sky.
The business of yesterday, like all Of our blue
Mondays, didn't amount to much, and nothing
but the local packets, and the Tahlequah for
0pelOusas, obtained enough to venture a start |
All the local packets go generally, rain or shine
Dad or no load; consequently their movements !
are not particularly noticed, unless for an extra
ordinary "Trip, then we viii give the boat or boats