The star. (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1874-1875, 1875-06-17

mouth of Red River. Was twenty six hours to
n atchez Lost twenty minutes Thirty SIX
at Lake Providence, Vista, Skipinth, Benard's
and Greenvile. Lost twenty minutes. Landed
at Lima, Woodstock and mouth OF White River.
flowed coal fiat at Arkansas City. Was three
days to Friar's Point. LANDED at HelenA
Laid twenty live inmates. Stopped at head
Of Burdeau. Was three days and ten hours
out to Memphis. Laid one hour. was four
dayseut to iSlandS Landed atCoumous @ a. iro ana
| w ent 10 Paducah from Cairo in four hours and
| eight minuIes. Landed at Metropolis, and
towed coal fiat to just below Mound City. Lost
ten minutes at Paducah. Towed wood nat
from Garner,s woodward. Was four days out
| to Rose Glare. Landed at Shawncetown,
Mt Vernon, and Henderson. and went to
Evansville In tive days and ten hours.
Went to Owensboro IRON Evansville in
three hours and fifteen minutes, and landed at
tNewburg and Grissoms Landing. Landed at
| RockporU, Troy and Cannelton. lowed TWO
coal flats. Landed at Alton, LeayenWorth anu
New Albany, and arrived at the foot OF the
canal Wednesday morning, 10th, at 2 O'Clock
tsix days and seven hours out from New
| Orleans. Was detained two hours ana
fifteen minutes by a. towboat IN a,o,dns tne
and fifteen minutes. Landed at Carroliton
i Vevay, Rising sun. Aurora and Lawrencebnre
4 and arrived at Cincinnati wednesday evening
June ~ at oclockuseysn days ana ma tWo taOty nOar.
seven cabin passengers and one hundred anc
FORTY seven deck passengers. The Morgan viii
1 leave Saturday, positively for New Orleans.
Towboat Items-The Tom Farron came II
this morning with miscellaneous tow.
The Lockout passed up for Kanawha rlve'
The Barnard and Ed Hobbs and barges lef
Wheeling for st. Louis Wednesday.
The Hawkeye and Boone have arrived a.
The Simpson Horner was at Louisville
Wednesday, cleaning her boilers, but should
pass here for Pittsburg some time Friday, with
twenty barges and boats.
|. The Fails Pilot is at Evansville, putting q
Inew sheet in her boiler, andwill take tow
4 from Henderson to aducah.
II A towboat, supposed 10 be the Hornbrook
sunk q deck float loaded with Fine in the char y
yards above the Poor-house. The l.. W. Nor
, gan struck it o few hours after it sunk, an
sunk the keel-boat Savage Mountain on i
1.-The keel was loaded with 800 barrels and 2, 10
], sacks cement. The cement was insured. Th
. keel is owned by j.. w. Porter, of Porter
a brick yard. The keel lays und r,the reef, AM
: that as web as the hme boat should be removes
at once. as both ara serious 0bstructione In tn
n channel at that pisce.
.1 The Houston Coombs sunk barge contain
ing 1850 bags OF corn and about 80 tons of mis-
!, 4 cellaneous freight at Spar creek, below Ro
Y chester, in Green river, Tuesday night. TIL
) corn was shipped from Evansville, and is in
a surcd. >.
Capt. Dyas Power and family, who have bee
: visiting old friends and relatives in the Soutr
= came up ON the Charles Morgan. He goes to
day to Vanceburg on the Fleetwood.
j. Col. e. f. GilIem, clerk OF the Red Rive
J, steamer Col. A. 2. Kouns, was also passenge
q here ON the Morgan.
j. &. Vanpelt and family came up on th
!. Morgan from their Bat0n Rouge plantation.
Capt. Charlie Dufour piloted the Charlie
l. Morgan here from Louisville.
G f. Ames Fisher, the high toned purser of th
3 John Means, is here.
: Cantain John Woodburn has named his pey
y boat-belng completed at Pittsburg- Mi
- ler
@ Work of placing the cabin on the IRON dredg
Ting boat at Pittsburg has commenced.
& The Fred. Wilson has gone on the Madiso
l. ways.
, lhe rains along the Illinois and Upper Nil
= sissipi rivers have been the heaviest known fc
!, years.
J, The J. H. johnson was caught in stor
g above Quincy Tuesday, and for a time was
g great danger OF being wrecked. She had {
ls board at the time 4O0 people out picnicking.
r. The Arlington left Memphis for Cincinna
last night with fine Trip.
A letrcr from Pomer0y dated June 14th say
The Parkersburg and Gallipolis Packet Con
m pany are talking of chartering low water boa
.. Chesapeake The Katydid will be out in a fe
. days. She has been heightened 4j feet and h
e. new boilers. four solid bulkheads In her, Gle
lthrough. fve inches thick. Tom Tod, OF +
40 Gibson House, broke his arm this evening.
United States Local inspectors Devenny al
Fisher returned from Ironton, o., and Gree
st UP, KY, after testing and inspecting the toy
ey the ferry steamer Royal at the latter plat
iff | Hydrostatic test steamer John Means, z95 lb
at steam allowed, 100 lbs; hydrostatic test steal
" er Royal, 15U lbs, steam allowed. lU0 lbs.