The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1877-12-12
Thermometer 90. Light easterly wind, and
weather clear.

The river was about stationary here at moon
to-day. with % feet In the channel.
Weather clear and mild.
Business brisk.
The 70 lowing steamers were in port at noon:
BostOna, Potomac, ildwood, City OF Ports
IN nth, Virgie Lee, LUIS A. Sherev, Ben.
FranKlin, GeneI al Lytle, Marv Miller. James
ID. Parker, W. Z. Thompson, Cherokee, Thomas
Sherlock, q. b. Church and new Mary AOus-
ton.
STEAMBOAT MOVEMENTS
The Chas. Morgan left last evening for New
Orle ans with about 70 passengers and 6V0 tons
freight.
The popular and reliable steamer Cherokee
Will be the next packet leaving for New Or
leans. She IS now loading, and wlll depart TO-
morrow, sure Can't. George WOlf commands
an Capt A. Beyers has charge of the office.
The new Mary Houston will follow tile Cher
okee and leave for New Orleans Saturday.
Inc line packet Potomac came down this
morning, ana Will leave this evening for CAL
| lpOils and T. merov, with Capt Jas. Kirker in
colnm1nd and Capt. Watt Shedd in the Office.
The fast Flcetn ood will he the regular Z. 81
| o. Railroad packet Leaving this evening for
Huntington. capt. j. I. Campbell is her Wor-
| thN commander, and I. W. Vanderbilt and A.
| q. HJnshell are her clever clerks.
capt w. IL. Kirby's fast and popular Virgie
| Lee came up from Madison ,his morning. aud
will return at O'Clock tuis afternoon. A. j.
Harrigan presldes in the office.
| Capt Chas Is. RussePs fayorite James u.
| Parker arrived from Memphis yesterday az
| teIn0ol, anu Will positively return this even
Ing.
The City of Portsmouth leaves for chilo at 4
z. NJ.
The Andy Baum left last evening for Cairo
| with N Jderate "trip.
The " IldWo0d arrived this morning and re-
| turned to Maysvll c at noon.
T0wBoAT MOVEMENTS.
| The Is. ID. Wood, onward, Jas Walton and
| Bengal Tiger pass u down this morning from
Plttsburg for Louisville with tows Of coal.
The RoOert Pcebies returns to Pomeroy to-
uay Win an empty tow.
| The sam. Brown and Coal City arrived from
PltLsburg this morning with coal.
| THE NEW MARY HOUSTON
is beauty, aud i'll WIN an e.vlable reputa-
tion under the skIlIfui guidance of Capt Chas.
| Miller. cap. M Her run the Old Mary Hpus-
ton in the cincinnati and New orleans trade.
He " o cher cut, Uut he rotaIn ed h1r reputation
and will cherish 1t 10 have brighter iaurels
adHed 10 the VIZ ath OF fame his noble craft
won for herself during her successful aud
lengthy Cal eer. When the old boat was tied
!. up III The ''boueyaId" TO be sold for what she
would Urlng, a few OF the former owners met
to ether and reso we'd to ''cl ng to her still"
So ey bought her and resolved TO build sue
cessor for her and put her into the hands of the
same successful aptain, officers ank crew that
, had run The old mary houston To the cnt Of her
4 existence The contract Tor building the new
boat was gwen to David S. arm re, OF Jeffer-
sonViIle. just about The lime Barm0re COM
1 menceu his work upon the hull, misfortune
came, anu his entire mil AMI ali the machln-
\ by fire. Barmore went to work, and
out of the ashes, Pho mix ike. he
sprang into new business existence which
was remarkable to behold. his and other
boats which he mad contracted for were buIlt
) and since the nre ne has not only built an en-
e lire new mil, but built larger one. Since his
mil burned down. only d few months ago, he
!, has bu 1t six steamboats,, the last one of which
Z was the new Mary Houston, and she seems to
have been his croWning effort. The new Hous-
: ton Is a side-wheel steamer, built for the Gin
, cinnat and New Orleans trade, There are Ss
staterooms in the cabin, feet square, which
; are ali furnished with the best Of bedding. The
sllvetware and general outfit is also of the
o best. Back OF the cabin is IL large and roemy
Y nursery with ezra stateroonls, comfortabi,
1 fitted. The null is 2S7 feet long, Al feet bean
l. and feel inches depth Of holu, with a carry
I Ing capacity Of about 1,50O tons. She has
engines with 22k inches cylinder and fee
n stroke, and boilers AZ inches in diameter an
81 teet long, with TWO l6-incn flues. uer OFF
d GERS will be as follows: Charles Miller, Cap
d tain; A. Elliott Miller, Lewis Branham, Fred
l Koehler, clerks: James Peli, John Maldridge
/; pilots: E. Cunning, VIM. Aiken, engineers
8 Pete Brown, mate; VIM. Bryant, steward.