The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1877-06-02

MononEafefa River 4 feet inch and failing.
W ind northeast Thermo.neter. ~, WeatAer
fair. ~ -a H
PIrrsBURd. Pa. Juues-i1:sOA. M-Rfver
foot Sinches and falling. Wind south. Their
m0lneter 80. Weather cloudy. t.....r..-
STEAMBOAT MOVEMENTS.
The hne packet Potomac, Capt Fl. H. Drown
master, Capt. Watt sbedd clelk, will return tO
PomerOy this evening.
The elegant Chas. b. Church will be the only
steamer leaving this evening for New Orleans
direct. Captain j. S, Patterson commands, and
j. Il. Hambleton and ). A. Wrthlin are her
oompatent clerks.
Captain John n. shunk's swift and reliable
packet Mary Miller will leave this evening
without fail for Sc. Louis. She not only gives
through bills lading to all points on the Illi-
nOis Missouri and Upper Mississippi rivers,
but will receipt passengers through to the gold
digglngs Of the Black Hills. and will selrex-
cursion tickets to st. Paul and return, goOG &c
auy time during the season. .....
The favorite packet Vrgie Lee will return to
Kanawha River this evening. Captain D. v.
keynoldBis her worthy commander, and Major
j. II. Stratton IS her social chief clerk. -.
The regular Louisville packet leaving this
evening will be the unsurpassed Gen. Lytie.
Capt. Ben. Merrielees master, Dave Mcclure
clerk -.
The fine and commodious Fleetwood will be
the -apeakc Obl9 Railroad boat, leaving
promptly at4 p. 81. for Huntington from the
foot OF Broadway
Capt j, L. Carter's mammoth freighter U. p.
Schenck will begin loading Monday, and leave
for New Orleans Tuesday.
The Bonanza arrived this morning and re-
turned to Portsmouth at noon. ann ..T.t
the Guy OF Portsmouth will leave at p. NJ.
TO day as usual for Chio.
Capt. w. Z. TichenOr'S popular Lower OHIO
River packet Cons. Millsr will positively leave
this evening for Memphis. Mr. j. Wilson does
the honors or the office.
BoAT-aANDs' GOSSIP.
The Etna Is laid up at Cincinnati, and Cap-
tain Z. q. Knight will make a trip to st. Louis
on the I. w. Means as CLERK with Captain
Win. Krker.
The snagboat e. A. Woodruff is still here. She
will resume operations next Tuesday. The
first work she will do will be to pull out the
barge sunk outside the Big Sandy and Pome-
roy Wharfboat which Is Immediately In the
channel Of all the boats coming to the wharf.
She will also remove all the snags and sunken
boats-three OF which are in the vicinity OF the
Newport Bridge-Within the corporate limits
| Of the city before sailing up the river.
A telegram received here last night from
Vicksburg, Miss, says: ''The suit Of Lainkin
| & Eggieston, of this city, again st the steamer
NatcheZ for refusing to receive freight offered
| for Shipment by them and conslgnments to
them, came up before Judge Hill, Of the United
States Court, jackson, Miss, Wednesday, asd
was concluded yesterday. The jury gave q
| verdict AGAINST the boat for $4,000 and costa.
| Lamkin Il Eggleston sued for S23, ,5U0.'
| Tie barges sunk by the breakup last winter
| are now above water and on the banks in num-
| bers, and are being cleaned Out and raised
and repaired. Many OF them are found in
good condition.
When the A. G. Donnalfy passed Memphis
yesterday, she had / 10 tons freight, including
! l55 head OF stock. Sne added at that peint
| 3UO SKIS oil CAKE and a lot Of sundries -
| The Tnos. W. Means arrived yesterday at
| noon Ell route TO St Louis She had in her tow
| 100 tons OF Center iron, 200 tons OF Iron and
steel Company, 209 tons OF Globe Furnace, and
| ~ ia I'm cd fPO1
| 1O0 tons Of Buckhorn and Howard, and one
barge Of iron from Swift i Co. for st. Louis,
one barge of ore from HuntiD gton for swift IL
Co., Of Coylpgton, KY, 100 tons of vesavlus
| nails lor Nashville, and a barge OF Hanging
Rock coal for Cairo. In addition to the above
she had barge OF staves and one Of bark for
here. E.. Ii. w flliamsun anu Harrison Murray
| were her pilots. The latter will change OF
with George Clark on meetiag the storm No. B..
| Colonel j, Y. Guthrie has been confirmed as
Wharf Registrar.
| hen the John L. Rhoads Iefs st. Lours she
had 100 tons metal, 3Oo bales cotton, 2o bags
| bran and shipstun, etc. q ..... .......l
| st. LOUIS papers don't speak out in meeting
| about the Pool Line dissolution. They draw
1t rather mid. This is the way yesterdays
Republican states less than Vt knows: ''Tha
Pool Line meeting yesterday afternoon was
| well attended. The results accomplished, IL
any, are matter of privacy, and can only be
judged Of by subsequent events. Capt. Thof-
| Wegen sad, after the meeting as lie did pre-
vIously, that the Grand Republic will begin
loading this morning FOR New Orleans, Mem
phis, Vicksburg and all the Intermediate land
ings. Shippers who desire TO know If any
other steamboat will receive freight to-day
the Commonwealth or Yaeger, lor instance
are referred to the advertising column. Ihe
| barge line continues receiving freight. as
| usual. and no change of raDes has been an
nounced to any point on the river below"
For Pittsburg. ~
THIS DAY. 2d, at 8 r. NJ. POSITIVELY,
| ~ AEMMA GRAHAM, }. N. William
| [ 6kkla&kRE son MastAr. Amply on board or To