The star. (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1874-1875, 1875-04-16

Helena ....... .ll:oo NJ Chnai .:...x 'iv n'M'
Time lost, 10 hours. viz: One boar by storm
to Eaton Rouge; 3 hours by fog at Fairthi,d's
Islands; az hours at Bells plantation, putting
on si,ul0 feet lumber in storm: hour taking
tanned 2ts hours IN the canal at Louisville.
Left Louisville Ap /, Ii, at $500 A. NJ, arriving
at Cincinnati at $3.50 Z. NJ Total detention, 10
hours, .uarely told, including rs landings,
having also landed at Aurora, making the run
from port 10 port in three hours and twenty
minutes less fine than the Chas. Morgan.
STEAMER cIAs MonGAN's TINE.
The following lo9 Of the Chas Morgan is giv-
Wednesday, .Apri. 7, at Q 7. NJ, ana arr!yed g
Cincinnati Wednesday, April II, at 10 p. NJ.
e days and hours out from port t. port; had
$50 tons OF freight, and registered on the up
Il p 100 cabin aud 156 deck passengers; made
10 freight and passenger landings on the trip,
and the following runs:
New Orleans to NatcheZ 27 hours.
New Orleans to Vicksburg, 3S hours.
New Orleans to Memphis, days and ID
hours.
New Orleans to Cairo, days and l3 hours.
New Orleans to Evansville, days and 10
hours. 49,
New Orleans to Louisville, 6 days and
hours.
New Orleans to Cincinnati, days and 4
hours
Made the run from Louisville to Madison in
hours and ~ minutes, and to Nevay in hours
and 20 minutes, and to Cincinnati from Louis
vile in 10 hours Met with the following de-
tenti0ns on the trip. Laid ~ hours at
| vicksburg; hours aground at Catfish Point;
laid u lou' at Helena for a theatrical troupe;
laid at Memphis hour; detained z hours in
the Louisville canal and discharging freight
at Louisville. Total detention, IA hours, not
enumeratlng the detentions or heavy way
business OF ~ landings. Total running time
from New Orleans to Cincinnati, SIX days anu
| fourteen hours.
! THE STAR readers can form their own con
i clusions as to which steamer is entitled to
| weat the laurels. We propose to De neutral on
| the subject until we are certain which boat Is
| the best in time and then shall take pleasure in
recording it.
Boats Leaving Io-day-For Pittsburg. Ex-
| chan se and Andes.
Leaving Saturday-For st. Louis, Kanawha
| New Orleans, Chas. Morgan.
| Arrivals and Departures - Andes, from
Wheeling, j. ID. Parker, from Memphis, Kittie
Hegler. from Arkansas river, z. B. Church
and Thomas Sherlock, from New Orleans, ar
i rived. The Andy Baum, for Memphis, Nash
vile, for Tennessee river, departed, all with
| fair trips.
Towboat Movements-The Liberty No. T.
Ironsides anu Alex. Swift, laden with iron ore
| from st. Louis to Plttsburg, passed up. The
| Tom Dodsworth, Sam Parker and Nellie SpeeI
have arrived at Piutsburg. The following boats
were gathering their tows preparatory to leav;
l
Tiger, Panther, Dick Fulton No. 8, Mary Ann
and Joseph Fl. Bigley. The Ed. Hobbs anc
barges lett Wheeling last night for ST. Louis
The Nail City left Pomer0y last night
with tow of salt for st. Louis. The Charlie
Bowen also left there last night, with tow o.
coal and salt for Cincinnati. The u. L. Lant
left Charleston last night, with a tow OF Ka.
nawhacoal for Cincinnati. The Thos. Means
and barges passed Shawneetown yesterday
poon, bound north. The A. j. Baker passed
Cairo yesterday, bound up.
The Future City and barges leave ST. Louis
tomorrow evening with S,OUU tons, Including
600 tons ice.
The arner and barges, bound north, passet
| Memphis yesterday.
The Kittic Hegler made the round trip from
Cincinnati to Fort Smith and return within p
days. she discharged ut Aurora 100000 feet O
yellow pine.
STAGE OF THE RIVERS TODAY.
PITTsBURG, April l6--River o feet 8 inche
and falling. Thermometer 80. Wind, west.
Oil City4 feet and rising.
Parkers Landing-5 feet inches and rising
Blownsville-i4 feet and rising.
l Wheeling-14 feet and rising.
Marietta-12 feet and rising. River rose ;
inches during last night.
Pomeroy-Kiver rising.
Charleston-S feet inchesin Kanawha and
| stationary. New river again reported rising
Gallipolis-River slowly falling.
Portsmouth--River falling.
Frankforp-7H feet and stationary.
Louisvlie-Kiver falling, with feet at tn,
head OF the Canal, Z feet in the Pass and A.
feet over the rocks.
, Evansvillc-19 feet and falling rapidly.
Shawneetown-Riverf falling fast.
il Nashville 81 feet and falling.
4 CairO--y6 feet and falling.
4 ST. Louis-River 25 feet above lowwatel
mark and swelling slowly.
Little Kock-S1a feet and falling.