Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1872-02-02
RIVER News.

The river was stationary at this point
| yesterday, with two feet on HaTpeth Shoals.
| The ice was running all day, and at several
| points near the city the river was blocked,
| but in the afternoon the channel was free
| from impediments Of this characters
Weather cool and moderating. Last night
\ cloudy with indications of snow.
We hear that the Cumberland river is
frozen thick and fast all the way from
Smithland to Dyersburg.
Col. Billy Mcclure, of rat-prOOf nOtOri-
ETY., was in the city yesterday. UnfOrtu-
nately his art gallery at GAINESVILLE has
been destroyed, and the Grand Duke was
not persuaded to tarry in that place.
Mi Lord returned yesterday morning on
the train from GAINESVILLE, and immedi-
ately went for his wardrobe. He don't in
tend leaving suddenly again during freezing
weather without his carpet bag.
From passengers who arrived on the
train last evening we learn that the steam
ers Great Republic, Chas. Bodman, Nick
LOngwOrth and Illinois are ice bound at
Mitchell and Belle st. Louis, are at Bell
mont in the same condition. Apprehen-
sions are entertained that all the above
LldiItu DOdtS VIII Dt ucStIU1Gus
At Louisville, the situation is summed
up as follows by the Ledger:
With reference to the port of Louisville
it is only necessary to say that the ice king
has obtained full possession of the harbor,
of the Ohio river and all of its tributaries,
of the Mississippi as far down as Memphis,
Of the upper Mississippi to its source, and
the same of the Missouri. He is absolute
as the autOcTat Of all the Russias. How
long he will be permitted to sway his ice
scepter there is no telling. He has our per-
mission to abdicate forthwith.
Under these circumstances there is no
use in telling how much water there is in
the channel, at the head Of the canal, or the
Indiana chute; for, more or less, it is Of no
use to steambOatmen that we know of. If
the present cold snap is not luxury for
Alexis, then we are not able to determine
its value. We hear that his HighnesS
speaks in the highest terms of our climate,
and relishes Kentucky snOwballs and ieicles
highly, prOnouncing them equal to the best
varieties imported from Siberia.
They have had little of that ice in thSirn
at Evansville. Hear what the Courier has
to say on the situation at that point:
On the wharf yesterday there were no
freight piles, no rafting Of dTays, no clat-
tering express wagons, no rumbling hacks;
but there was a long reach of cold-enOHgh
to freeze the marrow in the bones ola del
icate business man, or bring the hectic
flush to the pale cheek Of the eOnsUmptive,
who were so unfortunate Cor Fortunately as
to have business to transact on the frozen
banks ofthe icy Ohio. In addition to the
bitter cOld-which was enough to cause the
teeth to chatter in the jaws of an Egyptian
munmY-business was so dull thatsthe face
of the rough white stone pavement was ex-
posed TO view, and only sOled here and
there with a few Sskids," and some small
and broken lots of freight, which reminded
one of the ghosts we read of in Ossian-so
very terrible was the dullness. The wharf
boats and floating palaces lay silent at their
''the silent tomb" the ice
locks the fountains, and the EsWaters refuse
to cOme;" and the mighty steamboats,, once !
the life and pride of that beautiful mean
1eriDg stream, are forced to 90 to the bank |
and choke ring-bolts. This blockade to |
which is now complete, hap |
Dened once before, in the months Of De- |
,ember and January, 1855 and SO.
The Evansville Courier says that the |
steamer Eddyville commenced unloading |
ler cargo on Monday morning. Says that |
PAPER: ''This is a sensible idea on the part |
If Capt. Tom Ryman. His boat being in /
juch critical position, in the event of dan
ger, he would be unable to extricate him /
elf from the position he is now placed in.
When navigation is resumed his freight will /
De reshipped on some other boat.
ANTEDELUVIAN STEABIBOATING.-T
Pittsburgh Leader Almanac, just issued,
contains the following item:
In 1894 there was started line Of boats I
,etween Cincinnati aud Pittsburgh, in re-