The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1855-12-21
The following rates of freight prevail
ed here Yesterday

Psrk Beef sad Lard q. to SOC ......'...,. 500
Ssrs -: . S.as sSiPsias
hsas. 20 - s5e As 70 10 7se
f:ssi i..... 8 . $: 's .oss y
: - Mr.. P. G. oRiley has just received
from New Orleans and secured his wharf boat
with 7 20 feet of massive iron chain and this
strongest make. He can now defy all winds.
The breeze that would break bow, stern and
midship chains like this, wouldn't leave a
house in Evansville. ao.sa7s ssi q ,s-5s f4eT 4.
81 There was 81 feet water reported in
the Indiana chute oft the Falls last Wednesday.
They are therefore nayigablc again. .,r,9 7s
The Alvin Adams passed down yester
day morning early with good trip. We
thank our friends Of her office, Myers and
Archer, for papers, sss ra.
~. The Louisville Courier Of Wednesday
says: .--.
The boatmen are now daily and hourly put
to great straights to hire hands, or laborers to
work on their boats and mates and captains
are kept half their time hunting crews. The,
packets, especially those at Portland, had
hard time yesterday in getting their freight
handled, and were glad to pay anybody and
everybody, whether able bodied or not thirty
cents per hour to work on their boats to load
and unload cargoes This is equal to three
dollas day and "grub'' thrown in, and we
think Louisville is paying pretty dear for heI
whistle. .-s t-,s...-''..
/ The going rate for deck hands, or frcmen
on boats yesterday was $40 per month, and
no boad to pay, aFa4 - IS
- The fast and excellent steamer Vir-
ginia was to have left Louisville yesterday
evening for New Orleans, and may be expected
here to-day. We have already alluded to the
excellent accommodations OF this boat, but
more particularly to the accommodations"
| in the disposition Of her officers. Cleverer
men ara not to be found On the Ohio river, and
they deserve as we hope they win receive, a
large share Of Evansville patronage. If not
down to-day, the Virginia viii certainly be down
to morrow, Il tsresrsss "a &ftf4BS
| or The Washington correspondent of the
Cincinnati Times says: sE Escszr ra ~ n. e
| A portion of the men employed on the new
capitol buildings were paid off to-day. / had
the curiosity. to observe the nationality of one
from the roll, and there were ftty-sir Irish
men, three An,ertcdnsi 1 am told that upon
the government works in this District the Ia
borers are generally in the ratio of fifteen Irish
men to one American! Nearly all Of the Hiber-
mans are voters, but in spite of their influence
the American sentiment is so strong in Wash
ington that Hunkerism cannot obtain control
of the city government. q 40
/ Certain persons have been almost threaten
ed with lynching for employing Americans
in preference to freigners, but it is all right for
the Government to employ foreigners in pref
erence to Americana! a-sa5a-- $ 5fe ,sass7e 8
y-----T The Empire, Capt. Meekin, arrived
here yesterday morning from New Orleans,
which city she left on the evening of the 18th.
I She had a good trip for this time, and put out
some freight here We thank her clerk for a
package of papers. sssa
- Our wharf-boatmen were busy yester-
day morning. Boats were constantly coming
and going, and some of them transacting .
good deal of business. .'2 ss5' ~ &
- Capt. Barter has arrived at Cincinnati
with the ST. Clair, having on board $50 ton.
Of freight. He has put the st. Clair. on tbs
ways. She struck bank at Saline, ant
sprung some of her timbers.as ssla sf0a
.-- The damages to the Tisholningo,s b.
. the accident to which we have already alluded
is estimated at $500. She will soon be GU
again. 5t4 ! rs Va $50 "a sists 3 si5
- The III. II. Yeatman has been sold a
st. Louis for $4,000, and will be put in tn
Illinois river trade.
9 THEIRS has been heavy rise in the Ar
: kansas river. ,..s s5frsv
Q 49, The Caledonia was here yesterda
morning from Cincinnati for ST. Louis, loade
) to the guards. She put out some freight her
and took more on board. - ss
= 80 The following boats were advertised I
leave New Orleans for the Ohio river o
10 Thursday, the 13th-Robt ] Ward. Indian.
Iowa and Mediator. The Lands, Delta an
Hungarian, were to have left the day pre-
~ vious. The Landis arrived here yesterday.
Il - The river was rising at this point yer
6 fast yesterday, and good deal of drift rur
:. ming. ses 'e9 h',Aa '''
II - The fine looking steamer Adelia Wa
here yesterday. She has just been as mig
up the Missouri as steamboats, generally ge
and is now on her way to Wheeling ST
fcame here light, but departed with good de-
:. Of freight on board
Tho w. A. caves was here from Loul
lay vile yesterday for Green River, with consider
: hla freirhf She mazda q GOOD addition ha,