The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1877-03-03
RIVER INTELLIGENCE.


daf, with 10 feet inches in the channel,
leaving for passing steamers 9th feet space
under the Suspension Bridge, and 80 feet
space under the Newport Bridge.
The following steamers were in port at noon:
Chas. Is. Church, Chas. Morgan, Mary HoUs-
ton, Bostona, Potomac, FirgIe Lee, Bonanza,
Jas. w. Gan, Cons. Miilar, City OF fI'ortsmouth,
United States and Ben. Franklin.
dispatches to the Merchants Exchanged
OIL CITY, PA, March 3--g:35 A. M.-Alle-
gheny River feet inches and rising.
Wind south. Thermometer 80. Weather cloudy
BROWNSVILLE. PA. March BIO A. M
Monongahela River feet inches and ris-
ing. Weather cloudy. Thermometer 43.
Wind northeast
PIrTsBURa. March a-la:la P. M-Rlver s
feet inches and rising Weather cloudy.
Wind west. Thermome er A.
CHARLESTON, w. VA, March 3-1O:06 A. NJ
Kanawha River feet inches. Thermometer
al. Weather cloudy. Wind southeast.
specials to the Star.I
PTTTsBURG, Pa, March 3-S A. M.-River 4
feet ii inches and rising. Weather cloudy anu
cool.
STEAMBOAT MOVEMENTS.
The elegant steamer Chas. B. Church will
positively leave this evening for New Orleans.
She is fine steamer, with large cabin, COM
Portable state-rooms, and commanded by efi-
ctent officers Captain ]. s. Patterson is her
agreeable master. j. Il. Hambieton her oblig-
ing chief clerk, and j. A. W irthlin is her COM
petent receiving clerk.
The Potomac arrived from Pomeroy this
morning, and will return this evening. Capt.
IL. Ii. Drown commands, and Capt Watt
Shedd has charge of the office.
The Courier left last evening for Wheeling
with fair trip.
The City OF Portsmouth will ieave at her
regular hour this afternoon for Chilo.
Ih6 A. &, DOnualiE passed Cairo VesterdaV
coming up. .... ~
The Mary Miller and Laura L. Davis ar
rived at st. Louis yesterday.
The Cherokee is below Memphis.
The Gold Dust left New Orleans for Cincin-
matt yesterday. ...
The Robt Mitchell, going down, passed
Vlcksburg yesterday.
The pride OF the Memphis feet, Jas. w. Gaf,
VIII leave this evening Tor Evansville, Cairo
and Memphis Capt L. w. Wise commands and
Col. j. ID. Moore holds forth in the Office.
Capt }; Y. Rayno!ds' favorite Kanawha
River packet, Virgie Lee will leave this even
ing. Major j. IL. Stratton presides IN the
office.
The Bonanza arrived this morning and re-
turned to Portsmouth at noon.
The Mary Houston will follow the Chas B,
Church and leave for New Orleans Tuesday.
The United states arrived this morning and
will return to Louisville this evening.
The Ben. Franklin arrived from Madison
this morning and will return this afternoon.
The fine steamer BOstona arrived this morn
ing and will return to Huntington promptly at
o'clock.
The Charles Morgan arrived from New Or
leans at IL O'Clock last night, with 45O tons
freight, including some reshipping for Pitts
burg, and intermediate points. She registered
on the round trip 240 cabin and 1877 deck
passengers, and made the run from Louisville
TO Cincinnati in fourteen hours, including four
landings and strong wind. She will return
next Tuesday.
The Cons. Millar arrived from Memphis at
nd N+i11
week. She reshlpped l hhd tobacco and l62
bales cotton on the Y. Il y. Railroad packet
Bostona.
The Emma Graham had not put in her ap-
pearance ut noon. She is advertised 10 return
to PIttsburg this evening
T0WB0AT MOVEMENTS.
The Condor passed down this morning with
tow Of salt.
BoAT-HANDs' GOSSIP.
The st. Louis Times of yesterday says: "Cot-
ton carryin rates from Shreveport down Red
River have dec .ined to 70 cents per bale. This
is the result OF contention between two rival
lines-the 'PooP and the REFORM combina-
lions"
The Gold Dust leaving New Orleans for
Cincinnati last evening, had 24S tons old rail-
road iron for New Albany, Indiana, 81 hhds
sugar, 2OD brls Oil, 49, hrs resin, 81 boxes paste,
3easks bananas, 20 tons scrap p-iron, ana 25 tons
assorted freight, and far passenger trip.
The Potomac this morning reshipped 400 kegs
of nails on the james W. Gaf TO Memphis.
George Aielona and John Clay Will pilot the
Chas. Is. Church 10 New Orleans.
Pilot VIM. Underwood came in from Mo0res
Hill, Ind, this morning, and is ready fJr a
berth to New Orleans
Lew. Young, formerly second clerk on the
Andes, now holds similar position on the
Pomeroy packet Potomac.
The Bostona reshIpped one carload of slate
on the United States TO Louisville this morn
ing, and she had so tons of pig iron for Coying-
ton.
Consignees will bear in mind that il freight
is not removed from the city wharf within
twenty -four hours after being delivered, it will
be removed and stored at their expense. Wharf
Registrar John q. Jones Is determinedto keep
the wharf clear Of freight.
Capt. A. J. Branch is still in the city. He
will leave to night for Middleport.
Capt. A. Z. Donnally is in the city.