The Evansville daily journal., 1856-07-28

- The Cumberland Valley came up Sat-
urday evening, looking for load for Cairo.
- Next Friday the canal will be closed
at Louisville until October
- Capt. Brckell will repair his New Or
leans packet, Ohio here, as she cannot get up
before the canal is closed.
- The river was forded at Cincinnati on
Thursday, by some enterprising horseman,- =
The ferry boats find low water losing state
of affairs.
- The Kate Sarchetts passed up from
Cairo last Saturday on her way to Louisville,
and anticipating hard time of it at Scuffle-
town.
- The Scufiletown bar is lively place
just now. The Argonaut and Clifton bound
up, and the Yorktown, Violet, Chancellor,
Arkansas Traveller, DR. Robertson, Hickman
and w. H. Denny, are sticking there now, OF
were on Saturday evening.
-"All signs fail in dry weather" No
hope of rain now until goodness knows
when" In the meantime, the bar is rising,
and the river is falling, while draymen do a
good business in supplying the thirsty about
town. Cisterns have " failed''
- Capt. Liter, of the steamer Bowling
Green, was in the city last Saturday. We
are informed by him that the broken shaft Of
his steamer will be repaired in a short time
ho in toy, Aar ~
two weeks. In the mean time he returns his
thanks to old patrons and will soon be in the
field prepared for an active business.
- The river fell about two inches OF
Friday night, and is still falling. The meta
mark at Pttsburg reports twenty inches il
the channel The English of this is that
boat drawing twenty inches of water, would
probably get out from Pittsburg about Novem
Der next. Two feet eight inches water in The
canal at Louisville, and three feet scant on the
bars between that point and Cincinnati Or
Wednesday, at St. Louis, the Mississippi, Hi
nois and Missouri were all low and falling
- The Rock City was sunk near Am
sterdam instead of Belle Vue, as we STATED
the other day. The boat and cargo can b
saved. The little Arkansas Traveller happen
ed along in time to relieve her of 200 barrel!
of whisky, and the Cuba started down to he,
from Louisville, on Wednesday, to save tht
balance Of the cargo. Capt. R. P Smith wen
with her, with apparatus to raise the boat =
She belonged to Capt. Mills, of the Cuba Mr.
r Eager, and others. She was insured il
the Pennsylvania and Delaware agencies il
Louisville for $4,000, equally between each
the portions owned by Capt. Mills and MI
Eager She was also insured for $1,000 NOR
in another Office She is small, light boat
and no doubt will be readily raised, and il
running trim in a few days.
4 - There has not been Green River boa
here for week. Several persons are impa
tlently waiting the arrival. of the Bowlin
Green.
Since writing the above we received the fol
lowing memorandum, from the steamer Ey
ansville. direct from Green River:
MAN1FEsT.--2 box ginseng, l bbl lard,
Smallhouse; 1 piece casting, Sam1 Orr;
small box mdse. Chas. S. Wells; Dbl cas-
ings. Brinkman & Kluseman; Is sacks flou
Hershberger& & Carson; Dbl and l box bacol
IL rolls leather 2 boxes bacon, 3 casks do,
! crate rags, 3 tierces lard, l hid bacon, roll
leather, 16 do, z hid tobacco, 4 do, Howard
: Brown; 1 hid bacon, 4 boxes and l cask d.
e bag feathers, 8 bags rags, l bbl lard and