The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1858-12-20
River Items.

ARRIVALS AND DEPARTURES-FRoM O'CLOCK fki-
DAY TILL O'clock sATURpAY--FRos q. o'RILEY
co. 3 REGISTER. - p
Tempest, Louisville to Nash VILE
Lehigh, St. Louis to Cincinnati
Glenwood, Nashville to Pittsburg.
Memphis, Cincinnati to Memphis.
VIM. Baird, st. Louis to Cincinnati.
Glendale, Memphis to Cincinnati.
i Melnotte, New Orleans to Pittsburg.
Alvin Adams, Louisville to Memphis.
We had another beautiful day Saturday.
The sun shone warm, the sky was clear, the
air was balmy, and everything conspired to
create the impression that Spring had come.
The present warm spell is ominous, however,
for more failing weather, and we should not
be surprised to beheld the rain pouring down
again in e few days. The weather, we no.
tice, is mild and pleasant at Cincinnati
The same is said of the weather at Louisville
and st. Louis. ..
The River continued to rise slowly at Gin
cinnati on Saturday, and rapidly at Louis
vile. The water is within few feet of the
pavement at the foot of Main Street in the
former city, yet the citizens seem TO think
it will not cover the pavement or enter the
first floors of the houses bordering on the
levee in that vicinity. The water was ten
feet in the Kanawha and rising Thursday.
The river at this point was rising a little
on Saturday, but we should judge was near
ly at stand. Scarcely any business was
done on the landing, and but little freight
is on hand for shipment. We noticed only
a small quantity of -four. The following
seem to be the prevailing freights to New
Orleans On flour, 25c.; on pork, 40c.; on
whisky, SOC.
The Great Western was still at the land
ing on Saturday evening. The Green river
packets failed to make their appearance at
dark on Saturday. The Great Western is
waiting on them.
The splendid steamer, John Walsh, left
Cincinnati yesterday morning, and will be
down sometime during the day. The way
the Cincinnati papers brag on this boat it
must be something little extra.
The Silver Star will be found at our land
ing this morning, ready to receive passen-
gers and freight for Southern points. She
leaves at two o'clock
The Charley Bowen will also be up this
merning. She leaves tomorrow.
MIseELLANEoUs.-The boilers of the Grand
Duke were put on board on Thursday.
The Diana was forced to put back to New
Orleans for repairs, having met with an &C
cident which damaged her cargo to the
amount of SIS, 600. .... Last Monday couple
of men who were crossing Green River in a
skift,at Paradise discovered a bundle on the
water. Their curiosity being excited, they
pulled to it, and took it in the boat for ex-
animation, thinking they had found prize
1t appeared to be comfort" or steamboat
qnilt, in which was closely bundled an in
FAINT, apparently still born. 1t had not
been in the water long enough for the water
to penetrate the covering. They took the
little waif and buried it on the river bank,
turning up the sand with their oars. A
steamboat had passed the men few mo-
ments before they found the child.
The Daniel Boone was sold at Sheriff 8
sale, at Memphis, and was purchased by John
A. Hoffman for $4,000 cash. She is to be
put again in the trade between that city
and Vicksburg, under the command of Capt.
Marsh Miller. The Judge Terrence, while
backing out from her berth at the foot of
Sycamore street, Cincinnati, Thursday
night, came in collision witt, the Bay City
coming up. The larboard guard of the lat
! ter was badly broken, and several staunch-
cons swept away The following are the
quotations of freight from Cincinnati to
st. Louis:
Heavy Pound Freights, zoe per 100 4;
Whisky and oil, SO cents per barrel; Stoves
35c; Ale, 4oc per Dbl. To Evansville
Whisky and Oil, 40. For Cairo-Whisky
and Oil, 40; Pound Freights, 2O@25c. To
New Orleans-W Whisky and Oil, 40c; Flour
3Oc; Pork 32c, Bacon, 18c per 100; and
Butter, Cheese, &c, zoe u 100; Horses $40
per head; Keg Lard, 12c; Empty Barrels,
2Oc...... The Alton, Jr, sunk at the foot OF
Prophets Island, in the Mississippi, on the
9th inst. She was bound for Yazoo River
with full cargo.