The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1875-09-15

SLOWLY WluH 43a loeI III luc Ciitilnel do hooh'
Boats Leaving To-day-Pomeroy., Ashland
and KiItie Hegler; Galipolis, Fleetwing;
Louisville, Ben Franklin; Cairo, Fawn and 4.
II. liillman, and New Orleans, St. Francis
Belle.
STAGE OF THE RIVERS.
Special to the slss.
PlTTsBURG, Sept. 15.-Rlver 1 foot inches
and failing. Clear Thermometer ".
Oil City, inches and falling.
Parkers Landing-I0 inches and falling.
Brown sville-4 feet inches anu falling.
Rices Landings feet inches aud falling.
Wheeling-3 feet inches and rising.
Marlettu-Rver rising, with feet inches
in the channeI.
Charleston-21. feet and falling.
Huntington-2i inches and stationary.
Gaiiipols-l'iycr stationary.
Louisyille-Iyer fallIlg, with 3feet inches
at the head OF The canal anu 50 inches over
Portland bar
Nashvilie--22 inches and faling.
Shawneetown-Isyer still falling, with scant
AZ feet on tile bar.
Lairo-lb1a feet and rising.
ST. LOuls-R yer stea liy rising, WIN l91a
feet in the channel by the gauge.
Memphls--iiIvcr slowly rising.
The ella Hughes leaves for Arkansas river
Tne jas. b. Parker will depart for Memphis
on Saturday, and will receive all Offering
freishts fvr Vicksburg, Natchez and New Or
leans.
Racket pilots report feet on Kinnikinnick,
Inc Exchan &c goes on the Marine Rail Ways
to-day, for thorough repairs. She Will be
ready to return to Huntington by Friday.
Nicholas Theodore, and others, on me Sth
instant, at New orleans, purchased inc iaihter
no. 2 ior ", $50
Capt. Chas. NJ. Holloway, late commander OF
the Fleetwood and other steamers, was re-
elected Yesterday as President OF the Cncln-
NJ u
opponent was Geo. W. Jones, Esq, President
OF the Miami Valley Insurance 20. captain
Holloway's majority was III.
To-day. ut Pringle's boat-yard, Brownsville,
Pa, the new Steubenyllie ana wheeling
packet, For, st City, is 10 be launched.
The Julia No.2 is reported aground atGuyan.
Size Molnng star has lad up at New AL
bany
Ihe prQspe cts for raising the Tarascon are IRE
very far. A tight bulkhead has been built
around the hole in her hull.
The Siverthorn broke wrist above Shaw
neetown, anu is en- route 10 Eyahsylile on one
wheel.
The Robert PEBBLES came in with miscel-
laneous low, and has Lad NJ.
STEAMER INDIANA SUNK.
Captain John Kyle, President OF the Eureka
insurance Company, this morning received the
following dispatch from Capt. John l.. Shall
cross;
NlCkSBUkG, ptpu lf--oslo L
sunk. Nowater on one side, and ON the guard
OF the ther the sand is washing out, and if it
continues she will be lost. If it stops washing
she can be saved. You had better send Dugan
to look after her, as her cargo, which Is bad
ly damaged, Will taAe all my time.
Inc Palag IL has part OF her cargo and have
sent fJr u barge TO get the balance"
The Indiana left here Ior New Orleans Sat
urday, August 25, with the following cargo:
..f1 nV al hltl
ware lOll haIf bris. macker |, Az hhds. ana 45
boxes bacon II Jcs. hams, SOL boxes candles,
6Ua boxes cneese, 80 brls. coal oil, 532 ilrkins
aad Is hhas. butter, IA boxes btters, IL horses,
3i2 bundles iron, 1873 trunks merchandise, 3J9
boxes soap, s36 boxes starch, III tes. and Az
half brls. lard. l urls. mess PORK, III buggles
% wagons, 10 sacks oats, ~ bales may, Hoo pkgs.
furniture and 1851 pkgs merchandise.
she experienced considerable trouble in get
ting ouJ Of the ONO river, owing 20 her heavy
cargo and low water. On FRIDAY, september
10, She grounued at Choctaw Bend, place
situated KS Ihiies below Memphis, anl mas
been there ever slnce-the UhuerW tiers ana
owners doing all they could to save her. Noti-
ing otherwise than the above aispatcn has been
received mere to-day, but, owing to The present
stage OF the rivers below, we fear she may
prove a total loss.
Tn. Cincinnati Board Of Underwriters held a
meeting this morning, and will, we learn, dis
patch some representative to look after their
interests at the wreck.
The Ind iana was DGllt at Madison, Indiana.
i, necemher. 1854. bnt at the same place was
almost entirely rebuilt in July, 1871. She is
g60 feet long, IL fee5 beam and ~ feet hold,
having a carrying capacity of 10 o tons,
T Her machinery CONSISTS Of 1--we boilers 40
inches in ulameter aud KS feet long, with two
tinet She has two lever engines, Is inches and
leaf stroke. The Indiana is owned and conf
manded by Capt. VIM. j. Rusk, OF Covington.
KY, is valued at $4,000 and insured for $4,000
IN cincinnati offices. Her pilots on this trim
~, ,vere Isaac Cauvh and Israel Woodruff two
eynerienced and reliable boatmen,
iibe r. Il. HIilman. Ashland. Aggie. Citv Of
Portsmouth,. or the Huntington AMI Louisville
nackets mad not arrly ed when we left the land
lna at halfNnast eleven O'Clock this morninr
rbsre was q dense fou all along the river Iast
nIght ami until late this morning and this NAV
haSSa daIayen them.
Tho i,ttie i M. Macarthur came with n
sne Dn t,in and crowded with peope.
ThereP were more Expositlon visitors on the
arriving packets this morning than any day
Inns faT this season,
succeeded N loosening tne stone 70 boat on the