Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1858-04-24
River News.

River News.
+ HHAvY RDE.-The river is again rising Ut this
point. The steamer Pembinaw. which left St. Paul
last Monday, reports heavy rise there.
OTHER RIvERs.-The Ohio was RISING rapidly at
last accounts. At Louisville there were i've and a
half feet Ct steamboat water and still rising. The
Missouri continues in excellent boating stage. The
Illinois at present, in some places resembles vas
lak,; being over its banks for many miles.
Lower MIssIsIrPI.-Accounts from New Orleans
and ports above, tend to show that general over
flow was expected. All along the river crevassss in
the levees had been made by the high waters, thro'
which the unrestrained stream poured with fearful
force, carrying away buildings and drowning cat
tie. Below Greenville the planters were making
the most active excrtions to strength their levses.
Below the mouth OF White river the Mississippi is
said to be higher than it has been for thirty years
In Bolivar county, Miss the water is said to be
higher than it ever has been known. The Delts,
(Niss) Citizen says I'VE sit at our sanctum win
levee protecting the back country just in the
of the town and the Mississippi is ,oursng her way
through our streets. Land craft, such a. buggies,
carts, &C., are of little use. Now and chen bold
navigator ventures to the food upon the 'hur-
ricane deck' Of q mule" I'll. -
The PAcKErs--CHAxes OF T1xE-By the card Of
the z. okuk and Rock Island Packet Company it
Monday in the time for the arrivals and departures
.f their bosts. They will leave Rock Island in the
morning, arriving at Muscatine at about ten O'Clock
Returning they will leave Montrose also in the
morning, arriving here at about 8 O'Clock in the
evening. By this arrangement there will be no de
lay in making connections at Keokuk with the St.
Louis packets, and the trip between Rock Island
and Montrose will b, made in the day time instead
Of the night as heretofore.
ExcuRsIoN-The Ben Campbell came down last
night with band of music and o very small excur-
The times are too hard for excursion parties.Dai-
ly, 18th.
SrKAHER BEN CAxPIELL.-The editor Of the Rick
Island "Argus," who was aboard of this gallant
steamer on her recent pleasure excursion, gives .
glowing account of the affair. A card highly COM
plimentsry to Capt. Geo. H. Myers and other officers
Of the boat signed by the passengers is published
TEE UNION LlxE.--We learn from the Davenport
Democrat that the St. Louis and St. Paul Union
Line of steamers has received he contract for
ing the river mail and OBTAINS the snug sum of
ninety thousand dollars from the government.
A MAGNIFICENT 6fsANBoAr.-The St. Louis Re-
publicsa speaking of new boat called the Impe-
rial, which had just arrived there and which was
built for the New Orleans trade says that the whole
effect of walking through her cabin is tina, Of an
enchanted palace, With an unlimited amount of
rooms, and an innumerable number of apartments,
all Of the most gorgeous description. The Impe-
rial is 800 feet long ~ feet beam; 81 feet hold.
Her cylinders "a inches in diameter, and feet
stroke. Her mac .inery is driven by boilers, 80
feet in length. and 46 inches in Diameter. Her
wheels 40 feet in diameter, and IA feet buckets
She bus patent freight holster, capstan and pumpe
all worked by steam and throughout all the most
approved modern improvements in machinery. The
extreme length Of her cabin is $50 feet 1t contains
8 state rooms, large, we'll ventilated and furnished
with all requisite toilet articles, wash stand basin
and pitcher clothes press etc. She is said to eclipse
everything ever before launched on the Mis-.
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