The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1855-09-18
EotdA Department.
RIVER ITEMS.

The steamer Harrison Bridges was
down from louisville Monday night, light.
She took on large quantity Of freight here,
some hundred, or one hundred and fifty tons
If Capt. Pres wants to do well, he had better
run in the Evansville and Bowling Green trade.
We notice the boats coming down from Louis
Vile for Green River, are nearly Always light
When they reach our wharf, but before they
leave they are generally down to the guards.
go The st. Louis News of Saturday even
ihg, says:
The river here has an upward tendency"
as they say of produce on the Market some
times. The weather on the contrary mas
downward tendency" for we have been bless
ed with incessant rain all day, since early IN
the riior1ing Nothing is doing on the levee,
in consequence The Missouri river packets
report scant four feet on the worst bars; the
Illinois river boats find it scant three feet at
Bardstown Bar; no arrivals from above the
Lower Rapids for several days The last ar
rivals from below report seven feet on the bars
from this to Cairo The Republic got hard
aground on Turkey Island in six feet water,
having missed the channel slightly.
!, - The st. Louis News says:-Capt. Bof-
finger, of the L. M. Kenneth, has gone around
to the Ohio, with the intention, we understand,
of buying a boat for the New Orleans trade
The stern-wheeler Grand Turk arrived
Here Sunday morning from Pittsburgh for st.
Louis; and laid all day at the wharf putting
out freight. She put about $50 tons of merch-
andize.
- The Caledonia was at our wharf early
yesterday morning from Pittsburgh for st.
Louis. She put out alarge quantity of freight
- The stern wheeler J. S. springle, from
st. Louis for Pittsburgh, arrived here Sunday
evening She had full freight, but put out
none here.
- The VIM. Garvin was here Sunday af-
teraoon from Louisville. We are gratiied to
learn that her business is increasing very fast.
After quick trip to Henderson, she started
up the river again.
/. The r. NJ. Patten, from Louisville, for
Tennessee river, made short stoppage at our
wharf Sunday afternoon.
- The Brazil, from Cincinnati for Nash
Vile, crowded in among the boats at our wharf
Sunday afternoon.
- Last Sunday was busy day at our
wharf There were five boats busily engaged
at one time, putting out and receiving freight.
49, TIE HighHyer was here from St. Louis
Sunday morning, instead of Saturday, her regu-
lar day. She was detained one day by burn
ing out a boiler. She will be here this morn
ing thus getting again into her old days.
The Northerner arrived here early yes
.erday morning from st. Louis, bringing dates
of Saturday evening. She will be down again
day after tomorrow, in the morning. We
thank her clerk, Mr.. Bington for papers.
- The Sultana arrived here yesterday
morning from Louisville, bound South. She
was loaded to the guards, yet took on con-
siderable quantity of -four, eggs, tobacco, &C.,
here. She will not try to carry any more than
her present load, we should think.
- The Louisville Courier learns that the
new steamer Republic, Capt. Ned Montgome-
nv, on her first trip from Louisville to N. Or
leans and thence to st. Louis, made $4,000.
- The steamer..White River, which arrived
here Sunday afternoon from Green River, was
yesterday morning sold to Capt Wiley, for
$1,000 cash. She will be at once taken to
Louisville, put in first rate order, and then
put in the Yazoo River trade. We are sorry
to see the White River depart. She has had a
successful season in the Evansville and Green
River trade.
The H. II. Deney, from st. Louis DROP
ped in yesterday, and after short delay started
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