The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-01-16
RIVER INTELLIGENCE.
Special dispatches to the star.

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Special DISPATCHES TO the star.I
RAINING AT OIL CITY.
OIL Cry, Pa, Jan. 16--9:I7 A. M.-AllegheBy
River feet and stationary. Weather cloudy
ana raining. Thermometer 2So. Wind south.
RAINING UP THE MoEoNGAHELA.
| BROWNSVILLE, Pa, Jan. 16-10:3qA. M.-Monon-
breakup are very favorable. Weather cloudy and
raining. Wind southeast.
HEAVY SNOW AND RAIN AT PITTsBURG.
PTTTsBURG, Jan. 16-Noon.-The marks show
feet 9 inches and rising. Weather cloudy with
heavy snow and ram lust night Ste,rmuuatmen
and coal men are in t1utLer OF excitement and
anticipate breakup ana an early resumption
OF navigation. Rain reported at all points ABOVE
GORGE BROKE AT cHARLEsToN-RAiKING.
CHARLESTON, W. Va, Jan. l6-lO A. M
kanawha River Is feet and rising slowly. Wealth,
er cloudy and raining. The ice gorge broke and
ssS. s river ID 10" nearly clear Oh lce thermometer
FALLING AT HUNTINGTON.
HUNTTN6ToS, W. Va, Jan. 16-9 A. M-River
II feet and falling here and clear of ice.
RIVER FALLING AND VERY LITTLE ICE.
IRoEToN, O.. Jan l0-9 A. M.-Riyer falling and
very little ice floating in.
FALLING AT PORTSMOUTH.
PORTSMOUTH. O., Jan 16-9A. M.-River fall
ing. Heavy ice fluated past the city for five hours
yesterday, but there is not much i'll to-day.
ACCIDENT TO THE TExAs-oTHER INTERESTING
GOSSIP.
NEW ORLEANS, Jan. 16-weather clear and
pleasant. River II feet inches below h gh water
mark. No arrivals. Departures for to-day: Henry
Frank, for Memphis. The following telegram
l5-The steamer Texas struck a snag just
below s. r. Landing. and went down.
she lies straight in nine feet water aft head out
The Texas belongs to the New leans Red
Trln tnti. T1p,
Slo,OO1, and insured for $40 900 in Western offices
Her cargo consisted of 1,349 bales cotton, 1000
sacks oil cake, l65 barrels oil, ITO head cattle,
nineteen hogs and lot of slaves. The Danube
VIII bring her passengers and all of her cotton
that she can get. Capt John W. Cannon expects
to leave by rail this evening for Louisville, Ken.
lucky, to bring out the L. D. Richardson.
SIeu mDont Movements.
Capt. James Kirker's large and commodious
side-wheel steamer Potomac is receiving people
and freight at the Big Sandy Wharfboat, prepara-
tory to starting up the river this evening for Gal
lpolis. Travellers and shippers can depend on her
going safely through without detention.
The elegant and speedy C. & o. Railroad packet
Bostona will leave from the foot of Broadway this
evening for Huntington, and connects with the
trains at that point for all Eastern cities. Capt
Isaac BrysOn is her venerable master and will see
to the wants OF passengers and shippers
Commodore James s. Wise, the popular and
energetic Superintendent of the Mem phis Il Lower
Ohio River Packet Company, comes to the front
day tor Evansville, Cairo and Memphis direct. She
is fine steamer and her officers are worthy and
clever gentlemen. Capt. Sterling G, Mcintyre
commands, and Mr.. j. A. Lindsay holds forth in
the office.
Capt Dan. Moores large and elegant side-wheel
steamer Robert Mitchell will positively depart this
evening for Greenville. Vicksburg, Natchez and
New Orleans Capt. Frank Stein is her aifable
chief clerk
The Chas Morgan will follow the Robert Mitch
ell, and leave for New Orleans Saturday, with
Capt Albert Stein in command, and Harry w.
stein in the office.
The Fleetwood will be down in the morning.
ana return to Huntington at 4 p. m
lsOaL-hands' Gossip.
Haul your freight down.
For several weeks business in the bottoms has
been dead, as it were, but now everything is bus
tie and excitement
Business on the levee to-day is active and the
packets going up the river will take out good
trips. The Robert Mitchell leaving for New Or
leans this evening, will have good start.
The U. 2. Schenck had to refuse freight at New
Orleans, and had enough freight engaged along
the coast to fill out. The New Mary Houston,
leaving New Orleans for this city Saturday, will
also have big trip.
A well-known steamboatman, while on Fourth
street yesterday, remarked to an acquaintance
that the STAR was the best paper i'll the city,
and the only paper that had good account OF
what news there was in st. Louis. The same gen
eman spoke in the same manner OF the st. Louis
Post and said it was the only journal in that city
lhat receives special river telegram from Cincin-
nati. Thanks, Captain.
Rain began u fall last evening about dark, and
continued to rain steadily all night until nearly
daylight, washing the snow from the sidewalks
and iooding the streets.
Capt, r. W. Wise leaves to-day for Cairo to look
afte his boat the jus w. Gaff.
Pilots Alex. Frazier and Sam. Mcbride leave to-
day for Cairo to join the John l.. Rhoads.
The sunken Ed. Hobbs is lying in about the
same condition, badly careened, but it is thought
she will be saved.
T
Yesterday was rough on coal men, but not as dis
istrous as 1t might have been. Steamers, W tb
he exception of the james Hobson escaped dam
ige.
The Nashville, which has been laid I'D here for
several weeks, expects to Leave tomorrow for
Tenn. She has small amount of
relght here, and good deal engaged at Louis
lille. VIM: Gupton and Harvey Thompson will
DC her pilots.
Capt. Perry Tharp, Capt. Paris C. Brown and
Japt. Elias Ehler returned this morning from New
)rleans where Capt Tnarp closed contract with
Japt. Leathers to build new hull for Natchez
as before stated. Capt. Tharp is ne
;otiating with Capt Ruiz to build new boat for
he Mary Adas machinery, and TO take that
teamers place in the coast trade.
The L. b. Stahlman, sunk by the ice in the
River, cost $4,000, and was not III
ured.
The Guiding Star has several timbers broken
md her cuimneys knocked down in the ice A
,arge got under her, making it necessary 10 cuI
way portion of her guards to get it out. 1t will
probably cost $500 or $500 to repair her.
The Andy Baum will come up from the Ken
ucky River and leave next Wednesday for Mem
,his.
Captain R. c. NJ Lovel received telegram this
morning from Huntington from w. 5. Maddy
aging one of the Enterprises barges, NO. 6, whicll
,roke loose up the Kanawha, was caught at Hunt.
ngton and is all right.
Capt John N. Skunk will start the Mary Miller
or st. Louis next week on her regular day-Fri
ay.
Can't r. w, Wise defers his departure and will
ot leave for Cairo until tomorrow.
Clerk Adam Wayland and Lew. Brennan will
e up tonight from Louisville, and resume their
uties receiving freight for the Chas Morgan TO-
borrow.
For GallipOlis.
THIS DAY 10th, at P. NJ, POSITIVELY,
IT. n POTOMAC James Kirker Mas
!, ter. Freight received on Wharfbout
:z7sat zs1szA foot of Broadway. w. Honshell, Supt
For Huntington.
THURSDAY, l6th at P. NJ, POSITIVELY,
IT, h the C. Il .. r K. Packet BOSTONA