The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1858-12-17
River Items.

The weather yesterday was clear ana
pleasant The river continues to rise very
rapidly. 1t rose about 5feet in the "a hours
ending 5 o'clock last evening. Our Com
mission men were kept busy at work moT-
ing freight up the landing to prevent its
getting wet. Further than this, but little
was done-no boats landing and discharg-
ing any freight of consequence.
The Greenville and John Tompkins failed
to get off yesterday. The Greenville will
leave early this morning. The John Tomp-
kns was taking on freight yesterday, and
will leave to-day, without fail, for the
Wabash.
The Great Western landed yesterday and
lay at the levee awaiting the arrival of some
of the Green River packets. The Great
Western is capable of taking much more
freight than she has yet received. She
leaves to-day.
The Bowling Green is due from Green
River this morning. The Union, also, will
be down some time during the day.
The Raven took on board a lot of wheat
for Rockport, late in the evening, just in
time to keep it out of the water.
The rain at Louisville is reported to be
one of the heaviest on record. 1t was so
oNOP 0NNA
ness. The river, at that point, was at a
stand, with nine feet three inches water in
the canal. They were expecting, however,
flood. The Kentucky river at Frankfort
rose eight feet at that place in course of one
day.
The Fanny Bullet passed down last even
ing, or will be at our landing to-day. She
left Louisville on Wednesday.
bo rivar OF CT ouic MO, faIIinnr rapid
ly-at over half an inch per hour. The
weather was cool and damp.
Our own splendid packets, the Silver Star
and Charley Bowen, will be up to-day
They are due and are always up to time.
Shippers will bear in mind that the Silver
Star leaves at o'clock. Being the U. S.
mail packet, her time of starting is certain,
and being fast and reliable, her time for
arriving at her destination is equally SO.
Capt. Dexter, of the Charley Bowen, did
intend running a trial trip from Cairo the
next time, in case the river was at the right
stage. We presume, however, that owing
| to the high water and the amount of drift
wood floating down, it will be postponed
| for the present We are anxious to see
| what the Charley can do when everything
| is right for the effort. We dare say the
| time from Cairo will be much shorter than
many believe. Trial trip or no taial trip
the Bowen will leave for Cairo to-day and
everybody should be on hand with their
freight
| MIscELLANEoUs.--The mate OF the John
J. Roe was stabbed by deck hand on the
boat, above Chester, and is now lying al
Louisville, supposed to be fatally injured
1.-THE steamer Americas, on recent
trip from Peoria to st. Louis, became fast il
a gorge of ice which mashed in her star
board side for twenty or thirty feet, anC
caused her to take about two feet of water
1.-THE upper deck OF the Buckeye Belle
which sunk at Mound City some time ago
floated down by Cairo on the l4th, but wa
caught and made fast to the Missouri shore
1.-THE Fanny Bullitt took on board Isl
mules for the south at $5 per head.........
The Memphis packet, H. R. W. Hill, re
Gently came in contact with snag near Co
lumbia. 1t knocked down the chimneys
and tore up the guards and deck at a ter
rible rate.