The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1878-03-20

barRes from New orleans, ana leII tnlS iuOrIiiHp
with l. The J. B. M. Kehlor, for New Orleans, ga
away with fair trip this morning The Grand
Tower arrived from Vicksburg. Rates south arc
cut heavily: Flour, to Memphis, at IS cents; to
New Orleans, at 20 cents, and is taken freely, it II
at much less. The Ste. Genevieve, fol
James Howard, for New Orleans and
Victory, for St Paul, leave to-day.
The river continued to fall at noon to-day, with
% feet in the channel, leaving for passing steam
ers Is feet space under the Newport Bridge, NJ
feet space under the Suspension Bridge, ana
7OR feet space under the Southern kallroa"
Bridge.
Weather clear and warm.
Business moderate. The upper river packet
were doing good business this morning, but tht
Southern boats were doing very little.
The following steamers were in port at noon;
Fleetwood Potomac Wildwood, City OF Ports
mouth, A. c. Donnally, Vint Shinkle Unitet
States, Louis A Sherley W. P. Thompson, anc
Minnie
Steamboat Movements.
The Golden Crown cleared for New Orleans las1
evening with 80 passengers and 300 tons freight.
The palatal side wheel steamer Potomac will be
the regular packet leaving this evening from tn,
foot OF Broadway for Maysvile, Portsmouth, Iron
ton, Gallipolis and Pomeroy. Capt James KirkeI
master, and Capt Watt Shedd clerk, are her COM
petent and obliging chief officers.
The large, fast and popular side-wheel packet
Fleetwood will leave promptly at 4 p. m. for Hunt
ngton, where she connects with the c. & o. Rail.
road for all Eastern cities. Captain j. T. Campbell
commands, and c. W. Vanderbilt presides in the
office, ably assisted by A. G. HOnshell
The City of Portsmouth came down this morn
ing, and will return to Chilo at p. m, leaving
from the foot of Walnut street.
The Wildwood arrived this morning, and re-
turned to Maysville at noon.
Captain Ii. u. Harris superb new side-wheel
steamer A. c. Donnally commenced loading this
all points on the Lower Mississippi River and New
Orleans. A. A. and Frank Donnally are her eff
cient and gentlemanly clerks,
Captain James KenistOn's fine and favortte
steamer vnt Shinkle will be the only boat leaving
to-day for the South. She departs at p. m: fO1
Evansville, Cairo and Memphis direct, and will be
followed Saturday by the James D. Parker.
The Golden Rule will arrive tomorrow, and re
turn to New Orleans Saturday.
The United States will be the mailboat leaving
this evening for Louisville.
The Robert Mitchell going down, passed Mem
phis yesterday, and the Cons Milar arrived at that
point.
The Mary Elizabeth arrived from Louisville this
morning.
TOWbOat Movements.
The Mount Clare will be down this cveninl
from Kanawha River and proceed to Louisville
with baIgeS coal.
The Lookout from Pittsburg to New Orleans,
passed down at 7:30 O'Clock this morning with
tow of coal boats.
The Cobb Cecil is due down to-day.
The Brilliant arrived from Pumeroy this morn
ng with miscellaneous tow.
hbOatshAuuS' SUSShps
As the Mary Elizabeth was ascending the rivel
last night one of her stretcheTs broke Just above
the Southern Railroad Bridge, which rendered her
helpless, and she foated down against one OF the
piers, striking her arboard side with such force
that she tore her fan-tai off, injured her cylinder
timber badly, and broke hange She swung
around the pier and Hoated stern foremost against
a feet of coal barges which lie on the Kentucky
her wheel to such an extent that she
laid there till O'Clock this morning,
putting in four or six new whcelarms She alsa
broke couple of buckets by colding with the
feet of barges. She will require about one week
to repair. The Elizabeth brought up splendid
trip and came in loaded fiat Her principal items
of freight were l,5O0 SKIS grain, 10000 stayes 2h
pkgs eggs and chickens As brls tallow and so brfs
lime. She went above the city this morning to
discharge some slaves, and will he down to tire
City Wharf this afternoon.
The Vint Shinkle had about Is passengers regis
terod at noon, and considerable freight aboard
with fair prospect of agood trip out this evening
TaylorWells and James Madison W IL be her pi-
lots.
The Potomac this morning reshipped 17s brls oil
on the United States for Louisville, and IS tons
iron OH the Vint Shinkle for the Lower Ohio.
Capt Buck Whipple is again commanding the
Mary Elizabeth.
A man who gave his name as Mason took deck
passage last night on the Potomac at Huntington
for. Maysyille, jumped overheard at Vaneeburg
specimen of humanity, and probably never tray
eled on steamboat before. He went to sleep back
in the deck-room, and it happened that
he got right under the whistle. which,
when it blew the Ii p. alarm frightened him SO
badly that he leaped to his feet and rtn swiftly
forward till he came to the end of the bull rails
and then leaped overheard. Capt. James Kirker
was ON the hurricane deck, and picked up a life.
float which was lying and ran aft arriving at
the boats stern just in time to the unfortunate
man disappear under the wheel.
Capt Jas. Good arrived last night from Evans
vile and will leave on the Potomac this evening
for Mason City to look at the two new barges
being built by John Young for the Mississippi Val
ley Transportation Go.
Col ]. L. Vance, of Gallipolis, and L, j. Horton,
of Pomeroy, were passengers down on the Potomac
this morning.
Louisville CourierJournal to-day:
"We learn that it is the intention of the Louis
vile and Evansville Mail Company to build
large fine wharfboat to be located at Portland
foliage daily to the canal. Why not make it
free canal? 1t is of very little consequence or i'm
portance to this city and its interests anyhow.
During the career of the United States Mail-lne
steamer Gen. Lyte, running between this city and
Cincinnati, she has made 40, $50 miles. This is
equal in distance to nearly nineteen trips around
the world, and she bids fair to run
she retires from the field of labor
and is gone to the sweet bye-and-bye.' In all
probability, judging from the way the United
States of the line, has set in, she will keep
on going around the world lin distance) until
another food comes, and some new Noah will
seize her for ark, to save the beasts and birds
and start another floating menagerie, with CAPT.
Frank Richardson as advance agent"
For POmerOy.
THIS DAY, Goth, at P. NJ, POSITIVELY,
D0fTnA Mac