The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1856-05-16

- The river was falling at Pittsburg, and
rising at Cincinnati and Louisville, day before
yesterday. Rising here yesterday.
The Statesman was to have left st.
Louis for Cincinnati last evening, and may be
expected here tomorrow morning.
- New Orleans papers of the 9th say
Red river, White river, Arkansas and Ouachit-
ia are all rising with plenty of water.
- The new Chancellor passed up night
before last on her return first trip with a
slim freight, from New Orleans.
- This is the day of the week when no
regular packet is due from either St. Louis or
Louisville, in the Louisville and st. Louis
packet line.
by dispatch from Cairo, it will be per-
ceiyed that the steamer Jas. Park and two
barges were destroyed by fire in the MisSis-
sppi few days ago.
- By advertisement it will be perceived
that the steamer Wenona will leave this city
for Lafayette next Tuesday. She is good
craft, and Capt Skunk is a careful officer.
- The steamer Pennsylvania arrived at
st. Louis last Tuesday morning only five days
and fifteen hours from New Orleans, bringing
nearly 500 tons of freight. This was quick
trip.
- Messrs. Howard & Brown unloaded
three fiatboats day before yesterday, the loads,
of which were consigned to them. Two of the
boats were loaded with tobacco, and the third
with wheat and corn-all from Green River
- The Rob't J. Ward arrived last even
ing at 4 y O'Clock from New Orleans with
fair trip of freight, and big crowd of passen-
gors. She was little less than five days to
this point, running againt heavy rise in the
Mississippi. She did not lay here very long.
- Mr.. Clark, of the Fashion, dropped US
"a line yesterday morning, stating that when
he passed Paducah it was reported that the
Helen Mar had been destroyed by fire on
Tuesday below that town. Mr.. G. could learn
no particulars. We trust this may prove an
error.
- The bell boat Sub Marine No. z, was
here night before last on her way to the wreck
Of the Henry Lewis. She has given up the
David White for the present, as the river con-
tinues rising, and nothing can be done to that
sunken steamer till the river falls good deal.
- The Monarch was here yesterday af-
ternoon for Cincinnati with barge in tow.
When out in the middle of the river, going
away, it was discovered that two passengers
had been left ashore. The captain lost about
| fifteen minutes in coming back to shore, and
taking them ON. He is certainly an accom-
modating man.
- The Jacob D. Early arrived evening
before last from New Orleans, with a full
freight for the Wabash. She went up that
river few miles and found it too low to pro-
coed farther, and came here to lay up for
rise. But understanding rise was reported
in the upper Wabash, she started for that
stream early yesterday morning She will
find it hard road to travel.
| - The fast Ben Franklin arrived from
New Orleans evening before last, under COM
mand of Capt. McGill, of the David White.
| We understand by note from our friend Capt.
RUSSELL of the Office that the Ben was only
4 days and % hours out, against the heaviest
rise ever known in the Mississippi river She
brought 200 tons of freight and the Cairo mail
We thank our friends on board for papers.
- The st. Louis Republican of last Tues
day says
The river at this point continued falling
SLOWLY yesterday. We have no news of i'm
Iportance from any of the upper rivers. The
Upper Mississippi is still reported rising. Ar
rivals from the Missouri report that river ris-
ing very fast from st. Joseph down. This
rise has not yet materially effected this river.
The weather was fine and warm yesterday,
! and business was tolerably brisk on the
+ LeVee.
- The Louisville Courier Of Wednesday
says:
The rates of freight to the South have had a
downward tendency for some time past, and
q large shipment of pounn freights baggng and
rope and aacon were made yesterday, on the
Eclipse, at about &c per hundred pounds
from Portland. Way freights were 25c. 9th
or freights were taken in due proportion. En-
tSdSCluOHIo AoA CoodOOO, dI POlhSo oiOhS IHe
Lower Ohio, were made at 81 90 per hid
Corn per sack 25c.
- We thank Mr.. John w. Clark of the
Fashion, for a big package of St. Louis papers
of Tuesday left us early yesterday morning
: This fast packet will be here Sunday morning
/ for ST. Louis We learn by note from Mr.
Clark that the Fashion was only % hours from
- St. Louis to this point, and lost two hours BY
fog Tuesday matchmaking twenty landing