The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1855-11-02
RIVER ITEMS.

- 1he ALVIN Adams passed up very early
yesterday morning We thank Mr.. Archer
for a big package of ST. Louis papers The
Adams Will return next Sunday for st. Louis.
- The St. Louis News says there is
more business doing there at present at the
wharf, than there has been doing the whole
season before Boats bound for the Ohio and
up rivers, have no difficulty in getting freight
at remunerative prices. but freights to New
Orleans scarce A great deal of produce is
coming in from the upper rivers
THE Missouri river is in very bad
stage, with no prospect of a rise.
- River on a stand at st. Louis last Tues
day, with ten feet water to Cairo.
- The Fanny Bullitt left New Orleans
on Tuesday last for Louisville.
- The R. J. Ward has given up her trip
on account of the low water.
- The splendid packet Thos. Swami
will be down early this morning, unless she
gets lodged on sand BAR for st. Louis. She
is one of the best packets, and unexcelled in
speed and accommodations.
- The John Tomkins was to have left
Louisville last evening for Tennessee River,
and may be expected here to-day. Travellers
bound that direction will find the Tomkins a
first rate craft. Ned Voolfolk, of the clerk s
office, will do the agreeable all around
- The Memphis Eagle of the oath ult.,
says:
The Empire" which passed down on Mon
day night, refused to stop and land her Mem
phis passengers at the wharfboat but passed
on and put them ashore, in the rain, at Fort
Pickering. The clerk of the boat had come
ashore at Memphis in yawl and took some
carriages down to Fort Pickering to bring up
the passengers. There were two ladies among
the passengers-Mrs Provost Adams, the eel
ebrated actress, being one.
We understand by a communication from
Mrs. Adams in the following days Eagle, that
Capt. Meekin had been compelled to promise
his passengers not to land at Memphis He
tried to get their consent to land, but they
made him abide by his promise.
- The David White after Lying aground
several days at French Island, was pulled off by
the Rainbow last Wednesday. She arrived
here Wednesday, and laid all Wednesday
night, leaving early yesterday morning. We
don't thank Willy Mitchell for late papers this
time, sure. We hope the David will get out
safely. Capt McGill would not take on any
freight here.
- The Fashion did not get down till yes
to-day afternoon. She stopped at Newburg
and took on a large lot of stock for st. Louis
We thank Mr.. Clark and Cy Drew, Jr., for a
big package of papers
- There is no change for the better re-
portedin the river above. Nothing new from
the Crimea." The big boats are having hare
time of it.
- The j. NJ. Stockwell has come on
again after long rest She may be expected
down from Louisville to-day for New Orleans
if she has not already arrived ere this appears
HARMONIOUS DEMocRAcY..-The New Yorl
papers give an account of Pierce meeting a
Tammany Hall, which indicates that all the
time honored observances ofthe party exist il
full force yet. There was rather more thai
the usual amount of yelling and quite as mucl
as usual of fighting. Here are couple 0
paragraphs:
Fists flew, hats lodged blows, and mel
stamped about, shaking their paws and crying
Howard
x
Several men were considerably bruised b.
knuckles enthusiastic for Harry Howard, ant
one man was pulled off the platform and seri
ously pounded. Altogether the meeting wa
more than usually lively.