The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1854-02-27
DAILY JOURNAL.
Local and River Brevities.


.ceived by gentleman of this city, from Mr.
Crane, one ofthe owners Of the ]. NJ. Stock
well, and on board, stating That the steamer
arrived at Memphis safely, and having made
good time. The report we received from the
officers of the Sultana, that the Stockwell
had sprung leak near New Madrid, is there
fore doubtless a mistake. She is not the
boat to spring a leak under any ordinary cir
cumstances.
- Capt. Ned. Montgomery's new and
beautiful boat, Belle Sheridan, was at Evans
Vile on her first trip last Friday night. She
is a superbly finished boat throughout, and
richly furnished. Her dimensions are, length
at feet; breadth Of beam, 80 feet inches;
depth of hull 81 feet. She has two splendid
engines of 9 feet stroke and "a inches dia-
meter; 5 boilers SO feet long, AZ inches dia-
meter; also, doctor and doctor boiler. Her
wheels are 81 feet in diameter. We thank
Capt. Ned, and Dir. Tom. Brannon, first
clerk, for a large package of papers. We
wish them and theirs success.
-O Our wharfboats are crowded with
freight, and the wharf is lined almost from
end to end with produce. Instead of being
diminished in quantity it is increasing.
- The Ben Franklin, formerly Of the
Cincinnati and Louisville packet line, and
boat OF great reputation, has entered the
Louisville and St. L,uis trade. She passed
here early Saturday morning under charge
of Capt. Remelin, formerly of the Lady Pike.
We perceive by the receipt of package OF
papers that our old friend, Mr. Cam, is off,
ciating as clerk. With these gentlemen OH
board. the Ben will he choice boat in the
trade.
- The Madona arrived here early on
Saturday morning from Green River, with
the following freight: &c hhds tobacco, 9 bbls
flour, l lot of leather, 500 lbs dried fruit, 3
bis skins, 40 csks bacon, Z hhds do, 324 SKIS
corn, 700 lbs hides, 1870 bbls pork and lard, .
hhds shoulders, hot of marbe-consigned
to Lewis g. Gray and Adams g. Cook.
- We put lsh to- day few items from
"Mose," our itemical phenomenon OF Cairo,
and are sorry he didn't add few more. The
Cairoites had grand ball on the night OF the
22d. We learn that the rain was saturating
and the mud almost unfathomable, bat the
girls and boys gathered in, and the dance
went on bravely. They take more trouble at
Cairo to have fun than at most other places,
and there is always plenty of it going Oh.
The Justice arrived here early on
Saturday morning from Mt. Carmel, on Wa
bash river, with 45l sacks corn, llOrnbrook
g. Churchill; 363 SKIS corn, 100 bbls.potatoes.
] 2 bbls castor oil, bbIs eggs, Lewis g. Gray;
60 bills whisky, Allis & Howes.
- The Wabash and Evansville packet
Bee arrived here on Saturday with large
freight consisting of AZ bbis pork, l3 tics
lard, 80 kegs do, Is SKIS oats, 30 SKIS corn
is bbls cloverseed--Tay lor & Harvey; l44o
sks corn, $40 bbls lard, 80 tierces do. II.
Maghee g. Co; 80 bbls lard, 81 tics do, $50
SKIS oats, 255 SKIS corn. S. Mitchell & Son;
IA hides. Fleming.
The R. II. Winslow was at our wharf
on Saturday, and took on board a large guam
tity of corn and other freight for New Or
leans. Freights are being shipped in large
lots at slightly advanced rates.
"A deck hand fell off the Charleston
on Saturday morning near French Island,
and sunk Immediately. The boat was step.
ped as soon as possible, and the man was
heard struggling in the water several hun
dred yards below. A boat was lowered and
put off in the direction OF the man, caught
him quite exhausted and saved his lie. The
man had suffered severely from strangulation,
but was in fair way of recovery when the
boat passed this place.
- The Logan arrived here on Saturday
from Bowling Green with ITO hhds tobacco
for Adams g. Cock; Is hhds tobacco, l44
bbls pork and lard, 10 tics lard, Lewis g.
Gray; "a hhds pork, bbs lard, 10 bxs to-
bacco, do skins, j. s. Mitchell g. Son;
box axes. bbls eggs, s. e. Gilbert g. Co;
la6 bbls lard, II slaughtered sheep, Thomas
Carson; bbls lard, 5 bgs feathers, Bement
g. Viele; large lot sundries, J. NJ. Hami-
ton; 2 bgs feathers, do rags, ]. II. Maghee
g. Co; bbls lard, Foster g. Brown.
The fast Pike arrived here from St.
Louis Saturday morning, in good time. We
thank her clerk for papers. The Pike will be
down tomorrow morning. Those wanting
to go to st. Louis or to intermediate points,
would do well to take her.
The Wenona arrived at st. Louis la 8,
Thursday morning, from the Missouri, the
first arrival from that river since it opened.