The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1858-12-21
River Items.

ARRIVALS AND pEPARTUREs-FRoN 8 O'clock SAT-
URDAY TILL5 O'CLOCK MoNDAY-FRoM p G. o'RILEY
4 col REGISTER.
Judge Terrence, Cincinnati to New Orleans
Meteor, New Orleans to Louisville.
Moses Mcclellan, Memphis to Louisville
L. III. Farchild. Louisville to New Orleans
Bowling Green, Bowling Green and back
Fred Iron, Cincinnati to New Orleans
Hickman, Cincinnati to Memphis
Shenango, Pittsburg to st. Louis i-
w Mailman, St Louis to Pittsburg
Silver Star, Paducah and back
Delegate, Nashville to Pittsburg.
Quaker City, do do.
J III Conn, Cincinnati to st Louis
Union, Bowling Green and back
Jas Wood, st Louis to Pittsburp
SPringle, New Orleans to. Pittsburg
LandIs Cincinnati to New Orleans
Jesse X Bell, New Orleans to Cincinnati
Lightfoot, Arkansas River to Cincinnati
Charley Bowen, Cairo and back ---
q Diamond, Nashville TO Louisville
/ Nat Holmes, Pittsburg to St Louis
I'll Bridges, Louisville to Bowling Green
ii Wayne, Cincinnati to New Orleans
Die Vernon, Louisville to st Louis
Commerce, st Louis to Pittsburg
Universe, Cincinnati to New Orleans
The weather, yesterday, was miserablv
drizzly and gloomy. In the evening
heavy fog had settled ever the river, rem
dering it next to impossible for boats to run.
There was drilling rain at Cincinnati on
Saturday.
The river continued to rise slowly all day
yesterday, and much anxiety is manifested
by the owners of the bottom farms. Eipbt
feet more Of rise will overflow nearly
every bottom farm and do immense DAMAGE
to fencing and ungathered grain. The re-
ports above are favorable however. and I'M
less this last rain has had bad effect. we
may look for the river to fall here. soon
At all the points above it is reported to be
falling.
3 Green river has swelIed to proportions
immense, so the Clerk OF the Union in
forms u.s.
Business has been more lively in the last
two days. The long looked for Green river
packets, Union and Bowling Green, arrived
with fine trips. Their cargoes were trans
ferred TO the Great Western in iiffy. and
she went down the river rejoicing.
The Bowling Green and Union both left
for Green river last evening. The Silver
Star left at two o'clock with a fair trim
The Tishimingo is chartered, it is said, for
the Louisville and Henderson trade.
The John Walsh has been announced to
leave Cincinnati positively, several times
The Commercial says that she would leave
yesterday. She viii probably be down here
tonight or in the morning t-
The telegraph office recently bestowed by
fire in Cairo, was put in full blast again YES
terday.
The Charley Bowen has been having her
paddles enlarged, and expects to get along,
hereafter in way that will astonisb the
natives. She leaves to-day at O'clock
We bespeak for her a good load
The Time is at our landing undergoing re-
pairs.
The splendid Southerner is due here to-
day for Louisville. Passengers for that city
will find the Southerner all that is necessary
for, comfort and pleasure. z.5 .-.s ---... 81
The Scioto No 2, will be down this even
ing and return to Louisville. The Scioto is
deservedly popular as passenger and freight
steamer.
The Kate Sarchet, We are informed by a
gentlemen from Vincennes, ran into the
bridge at that point and nearly knocked il
over. One of the piers was moved clear
out of its position, and the house looks
as though it would fall into the river The
Kate must have been considerably damaged
One of her shafts was said to have been
| broken, and it is presumabie that she wa,
otherwise injured. a4zs.,
While the Planet was loading at Mem.
phis, on Saturday, with cotton, her star,
board guard gave way, precipitating mum
Der of bales in the river. Five hundred
bales were lost.