The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1858-12-07
River Items.

The river is now at good stage for boat
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aground for some time are at last afoat and
on their way rejoicing. The heavy rain of
Saturday and Saturday night, will, doubt
less, occasion further rise, as it appears to
have been general. 1t gives our city much
more of a business appearance, to have nu-
merous large side-wheel steamboats, lying at
the wharf receiving freight, and adds large
ly to its prosperity. $ ~
The Green river packets can now ascend
that stream without much inconvenience
the Wabash is fast rising to a good boating
stage; and we may now expect our wharf
to be covered with the products raised in
the vallies of those rivers.
Our commission men have shaken off the
inactivity of the summer, and are busting
around anxious to receive and prompt to at
tend to all consignments with which they
may be favored. We may here add, a more
efficient aud reliable set of Commission
men will be hard to find, than those whose
business rooms line our wharf.
The Union reports Green River to be ris-
ing all the way up. She left the Bowling
Green, Bracelet, and Greenville, loading
up the river. The Union returns to Bowl
ing Green this morning.
We learn by a special dispatch from Capt.
J. B. Archer that the Southerner will leave
Louisville for Memphis tomorrow, and be
here Thursday
The Wabash River is out of its banks
above Vincennes, and White is pouring out
a food, and is over its bottoms in many
places.
The Antelope, after being on Cumberland
bar for time, succeeded in getting afoat
and was at our landing, receiving freight
yesterday morning. She left for Louisville
in the morning.
The steamer Woodford, from Louisville,
arrived yesterday forenoon, on her way to
New Orleans. She took on considerable
freight at this point
The steamer Union came down Yesterday
morning with good trip. We have been
favored with her manifest through the po-
likeness of Mr.. Murrell, her clerk, as fol-
lows:
100 SKIS -four, 3 bxs mdse, 400 pork, Mitch
ell & Co.. % bbls beef % bbIs tongues l.
A. Crane; 10 coops chickens, 1876 SKIS corn,
Slaughters & Hodge; 20 bgs wheat, Bement
& Viele; 2 cast wheels, Reitz & Haney.
The Greenville arrived from Bowling
Green last evening with a big load mostly all
pork. She returns to Bowling Green to-
day or tomorrow.
The John Tompkins arrived from below
yesterday evening. Wei learn she will leave
for the upper Wabash this morning. Capt
Geo Sutton is in command
The popular packet, Charley Bowen, the
peoples favorite, starts to all landings as far
down as Cairo this afternoon, on the arri-
val of the cars (half-past one o'clock), from
the foot of Main street. Capt Dexter is
clever and thorough boatman, and Mr. Les
lie, the clerk, spares no effort to please and
accommodate all on the route, maintaining
fair and prominent rates, which makes the
Bowen a reliable packet anda general favor
lite.
The Kate Sarchet arrived from Cincin-
natl on Friday last, and left for the Wabash
early yesterday morning, with a good trip
of freight. She re-shipped all herSt. Louis
freight on the Eolian, and her New Orleans
freight on the Stephen Decatur on Satur-
day last