The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1856-04-01
The Kate Sarchet arrived


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1 - The Kate Sarchet arrived here night
before last from the Wabash with good trip.
She reports the Wabash in u good boating
stage and on stand when she came out. We
thank Mr.. Du Souchet, clerk, for the follow
ing manifest. To Mt. Vernon, OBI sacks
corn, 112 bbls pork, 81 casks do, 4 casks
carcklings, 20 SKIS grass seed To mouth Wa
bash ,527 saks corn. To Evansville, 42O
SKIS wheat, 232 do rye 8 do barley, 4 bbls but
ter, 6 kgs do, 8 bbls eggs, 2 bdls empty sacks,
II bbls crackhngs, 35 dry hides, 15e bbls -four,
40 do lard, IL ties do, 2 kgs do 8 bdls rags. 8
corn planters, 3 bales deer skins, l do fnrs, 10
ven hams, 100 doz brooms.
MIR Jno S. Mitchelrs new and ire
mendous whaaf-boat is now lying at the wharf,
below the other wharf boats. 1t draws but
little water, being fat-bottomed, yet can &C
commodate over thousand tons of freight
Mr.. Mitchell will have able assistance in tax
ing care of freights, &C., consigned to his care
Messrs. Henry L. Mitchell & Co., our go-ahead
friend Sy. McCrackin being the Company, will
have a splendid store-room on the boat, which
they will take care to keep well filled with
everything demanded by the wants of steam
boats. We have already given the dimensions
of this boat. =
The good people of Lafayette are quite
excited at the steamboat life at their levee.-
The Journal of last Saturday says ''the Au-
rilla Wood and Black Hawk, Terrc Haute
packets, were at the landing the greater por-
ton of the forenoon, whistling and putting,
backing and going ahead again, to the no small
amusement of the little boys and some chill
dren of larger growth from the rural dis
tricts." The Black Hawk left about 10 O'Clock
and the Wood soon after. Probably they had
small brush between this and Terre Haute"
The river was at a stand with 10 feet water in
channel.
-Benj. Spencer, of Newport, mate of the
David Gibson, met with his death in singu-
lar manner at New Orleans during the boats
last trip there. His berth was found empty
one morning, his clothing lay in it, and he has
not since been heard of He had probably
walked out when asleep and fallen into the
river, where he was drowned.
- The Southerner arrived yesterday
from ST. Louis. She came up in tow of the
Moses Mcclellan, having broken out cylinder
head when some little distance this side of
Paducah She laid here an hour or two for
repairs. We thank Mr.. Archer, of the office,
for package OF St. Louis papers.
- The ST. Louis Republican of Saturday
says:
The river at this point is rising slowly
There is plenty Of water to Cairo for the largest
draught boats to go out fully loaded for New
Orleans. All the upper rivers are reported
rising. There is five feet scant in the Missouri
to st. Joseph.
- The D. A. Given arrived yesterday
from the Wabash, with fair load, and was
preparing to leave last evening for Cincinnati.
We presume she will there take load for the
Wabash-if she can get it.
- The Stockwell is probably out of the
Wabash by this time, on her way South. She
got full loa /, and we presume at good pri-
ces.
a large steam ferry boat, called Nash
vile, was here yesterday freighted for Nash
vile, Tenn, where she will run as ferry
boat.
The sternwheeler Iowa was here yes
terday afternoon loaded to the guard, for st.
Louis
Mr.. ORiley's boat is again afoat, and
in perfect order. Last week it was high and
dry.
Explosion Of the New Steamer Metropolis.
CAPT. E. C. HAZLETT KILLED.