The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1878-04-26

The river was falling slowly at noon to-day, with
II feet in the channel. g..
Weather cloudy and raining at noon.
Business fair.
The following steamers were in port at noon:
Chas Morgan, c. b. Church, Bostona, Telegraph
Wildwood, City OF Portsmouth, Florence Meyer
Mary Miller, JAS. W. Gaff Virgie Lee, Louis A
Sherley, Gen. Pike.
Steamboat Movements.
The A. c. Donnaly left New Orleans last even,
ing for this city.
The Andy Baum, coming is due at Louisville
to-day.
The U. P. schenck left this morning for New
Orleans with moderate start. She will get lo
of hay at Vevay.
The magnificent new sidewheel floating palace
Charles Morgan will positively depart tomorrow
foral points on the Lower Mississippi River ane
New Orleans. Captain Albert Stein commands
and Harry w. Stein presides in the office.
The Ben. Franklin left last evening for Memphis
with 200 tons of freight
The pride Of the fleet, the James w. Gaff arrived
and will return to Memphis to-merrow without
fail. Captain r. W. Wise commands and Col. J.
d. Moore holds forth in the Office 'F+ n -f-f
The fine and fast new sidewheel packet Tele
graph came down this morning, and will be the
regular packet leaving this evening for Maysviie
Portsmouth, Ironton, Big Sandy River, Ga1lipolis
and Pomeroy direct.
The speedy and popular Bostena will be the
only regular C. d O. 4. L. boat leaving at p. In.
for Huntington.
The Wildwood arrived this morning and re.
turned to MaySvlle at noon.
The Thomas Sherlock and James D. Parker
going down, will pass Cairo to-day
The City OF Portsmouth will return to Chilo at
4p.m
The Golden Rule is above Vicksburg and the
Golden City is below Memphis.
The Gen Lytle will be the mailboat leaving to-
day for Louisville.
The Mary Miller arrived this morning from st.
Louis, and will positively return this evening
Captain ]. H. Skunk commands and J. II, Grifitb
has charge of the Office
T0wbOat Movements.
The Condor arrived this morning from Pomeroy
with a tow of salt and coal.
The Roben, en- route from Pomeroy to St. Louis,
Will pass down this afternoon with one barge oi
stone for this city, and three barges, containing
1900 brls salt the bulk of which is for St. Louis
Boat-hands' Gossip.
John Emrie and Oscar Whitten were the u P.
Schenck's pilots to New Orleans.
Captain l. G. Baker and Captain c. 7. Dumont
fixed things up again yesterday afternoon and the
papers have been signed
Byron and George Clark will pilot the Mary Mil
Ter to st. Louis.
Capt John Kyle returned this morning from
Ironton, accompanied by Capt Thos. W. Means.
Mr.. Harry Harvey and bride, of Huntington
were passengers down on the Bostona this morn.
Diver AL Burriss returned last night from
Rochester.
Pilot Win. Hall, of the Andes, reports that
towboat sunk barge Tuesday night directly in
Jne cnannel az tne NOUN OF Big GraYeS Creek.
Pilots should look out for it.
The officers of the packets which, arrived this
morning report all the local streams running out
above.
Captain E. C, Harpole, of the Roben, came down
this morning on the Bostona in advance Of his
boat and engaged pilot James MeDonough to stand
watch around to st. Louis with Captain Dan Dc
Wolf.
w. E. Newson, an old river man and formerly
clerk on the Ohio No. A. is in the city, route to
Oregon.
The Telegraph brought down a good trip this
morning, including 100 kegs nails, and reshipped
10 tons ron 1876 kegs spikes $50 kegs soda and $50
pkgs glassware the General Lytle for Louisville
100 kegs nails on the James W. Gaff for Memphis,
and 100 boxes glassware on the Charles Morgan for
New Orleans W. F. Gaylord, of the Gaylord Roll
ing-mills; W. H. Sly, of the Ripley Piano Compa-
ny, and John Collins, prominent and rising at
torney of Manchester, were among her passen-
gers.
Capt. E. W. Gould will contract here for new
boat out and out, to be a duplicate of the splen-
did Gold Dust Barmore built for him. The new
boat will probably be little larger than the Gold
Dust.
For Wheeling.
THIS DAY, Goth, at P. NJ, POSITIVELY,