The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1856-03-04


BRN FRANKLIN. from Louisville to New orlGars.
D. A. GIVEN. from Wabash to Evansville.
MORAY. March 10.
WISFREDE. from Clncinna att to Nashville.
smSGis5, FROM Ccfnburland River to Pitssburg.
GAEL. from Cincinnati to St. Louis.
JoHS J. RcE from Cincinnati to New Orleans,
CRYSTAL PALACE left for New Orl. ans.
DAVID WHITE. left for New Orleans.
- The packet Fashion is going on the
ways at Madison.
- The st. Lonis packet Northerner has
gone to Cincinnati for load of Dry Goods, fc7
St Louis.
- Steamers are cautioned against land
ing between Broadway and Sycamore streets,
at the Cincinnati wharf on account of sunken
boats.
Nearly 1900 tonsl5af freight were taken
from our wharf yesterday by steamers, and
there is still some left, and more coming con-
tinually.
- The long Ben Franklin was here Sun
day night, pretty fully loaded for New Orleans.
She made but short stoppage, not taking
ON much freight.
- The river was rising at Louisville last
Saturday, with about ten feet water on the
Falls. The David White reports no ice of any
account between Louisville and Evansville.
THE river rose eight inches from Sun
day noon to yesterday noon. Very little ice,
and boats experiencing no difficulty in get
ting along Had hard freeze Sunday night,
and yesterday cool.
- The Crystal Palace arrived at this
point last Sunday from New Orleans, having
discharged her freight at points below. She
was engaged Sunday and yesterday taking on
freight here, and obtained her full load at this
point.
- Although the river is still rising here,
and so reported at Louisville and Cincinnati,
we anticipate no injurious flood. The water
has backed up in some of the ravines in the
bottom below but it will require ten or fifteen
feet further rise to affect much injury.
"A portion of the cabins of two steamers
passed st. Louis last Wednesday, supposed to
be of the st. Paul and Kingston. The St.
Paul had been frozen in near Alton. The
Kingston was an old tub tied up above the city.
When her owners went to look for her. they
found her Tines, but the boat had evidently dis
solved.
The D. A. Owens arrived at our wharf
Sunday hight with f1l load of freight from
the Wabash-the first steamer from that river
since the break up. She was engaged yester-
day in putting out her freight preparatory for
returning. She offers fine opportunity
to those having freight to ship to Wabash
towns.
- The splendid and popular steamer
David White arrived here Sunday evening"
and at once commenced taking in freight she
had engaged. She had on board about 500
tons on her arrival and took on here nearly
700 tons, makinga big hole ID the freight on
the wharf, but leaving plenty. We thank Mr..
Mitchell, of the Office, for papers.
- A mammoth new steamer, called the
John J. Roe, was here yesterday afternoon
from Cincinnati, where she was built, on her
way to New Orleans. She has capacity for
fifteen hundred tons. Her dimensions are as
follows: length 275 feet on deck; ESQ feet keel;
40 feet beam; 81 feet floor; feet hold. She
has two cylinders 2411s inches diameter, feet
stroke, working So feet wheel; three 46 inch
boilers SO feet long; with doctor, freight hois-
ter &C. complete. She has but short cabin.
She cost $4,000, and is commanded by Capt.
Mark Leavenworth. She appeared to have
plenty of room for freight when here.
- The ST. Louis News of Thursday even
| ing says:
The river commenced rising rapidly this
morning, and before noon had risen about two
feet. The large piles of ice thrown out the
bank along the wharf when the river broke up
are fast disappearing, and rise of four or five
feet more will clear it entirely away. This
rise will be of great Importance to the dartaged
boats that were swept away and lodged below
the city, they being all aground, and cannot be
removed without rise Of considerable inipOr-
tarce: Many of them are lyiHg on cakes of ice
which were forced under them while on the
way down, and it will require several feet ofs
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