The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1859-09-19
River items.

ARRIVALS AND EPARruREs-fEoA O'CLOCK fhpAf
VIII 5o'cLocS SATURDAY. 1870
Poland. louisville 10 Henderson. a't F-+- .i
Haz-l Dell, Cairo Ia louisville. = 80
late Sarchet, Evansville to Louisville
Poland, HENDERSON to do. --t-
Melora. Cincinnati to New Orleans
DIR. Kane, Pittsburg TO 81. Louis -
The weather was very warm Yesterday,
with indications of rain. The river Is get
ting very low, and at this point is still FALL
inc slowly. IL was also falling on Friday
nj Pittsbnrg, with eleven inches water at
Glass House; fifteen inches ut Marietta |;
thirteen inches mt Burlington, and twenty
nine inches from Portsmouth TO Cincinnati.
Hence 10 Cincinnati there are very little
over I'll rec feet water on the shoalest bars.
There are from three to four feet water in
the lower Ohio, and FIVE fee: in the Missis-
sippi from ST. Louis to Cairo.
The Sirer Star. is the regular mail and
passenger packet for Paducah to-day. She
leaves Immediately on arrival of the cars
Mr.. Taylor, her popular and Efficient clerk,
places US under obligations for files oil late
papers. Do il all the time Zaek.
The Kafe French, in charge of our clever
friend, Capt Caffrey, takes her departure
at IL O'Clock tonight from the city whnri.
Passengers will find the Kate, under the
guidance of Capt: Cafirey, to I've a safe and
comfortable craft to travel on, as he never
fails 10 give satisfaction. Passengers tor
Louisville aud way places, can be accom-
modated by the kate. 80 -.ss.srst-
The Castle Garden in charge of Captain
Thad. Conant, n clever gentleman and an
experienced officer, will be at our wharf
this morning and will leave for Cincinnati
as the regular passenger packet this evening
at o'clock The Castle Garden is in tip
top running order, and persons who wish a
speedy and pleasant trip could not do better
than 10 take passage on her Today. ..s
The Hazel Dell passed up Saturday morn
ing, with a big trip OF passengers and
freight. Her gentlemanly officers viii
please accept our thanks for the following
memorandum
Left Cairo on Thursday, the 18th; boats
in port for New Orleans, T.. 4. Gdy and
Maria Denning; Platte Valley, Tor Mem
phis; CoRerdgo, for Louisville; met John
GauH and Mcclellan below Caseyville; X
f. Sass aground ut Caseyyille; Charley
Bowea at Shawneetown .Siiper Star aground
at Shawneetown Bend; three and a half
ieet scint on the worst bars. -'Is =
The GreenriLse having been detained "un-
avoidably we suppose, aud did not get OH
until Saturday She will be due again To-
morrow.
IL is asserted that since the how stage of
water has lefi the wreck Of the i'll. starred
Princess exposed, several thousand dollars
worth Of gold, silver, jewelry, and various
other articles have been discovered on her,
and carried Off Mr.. W. d. Salvas, of Baton
Rouge, has full upper set of gold laid false
teeth, which he had recovered from the
wreck. IL must have belonged to female,
and was stamped with the makers name,
" C. H. Dubs.' -s GO. .i 90
Captain Bolton. hate of the F1orildd, has
contracted with Mr.. Nadal for new Mis-
souri, river packet. She Is to be 10 feet
long, thirty-three feet beam, and six feet
hold. Hawlcy, Billings 4 Co, have the
Contract for the machinery. Her cylinders
will he twenty. six inches in diameter, with
six feet stroke, and two boilers twenty-six
feet long aud forty-six inches diameter.
Capt JAS. II. Pepper, well known as an
old aud faithful clerk and commander in
the Cincinnati and Memphis Packet Com
pany, has left the river and taken up his
residence in Memphis, having become con-
nected with the Gas Company Of that flour
ishing city.
The Pittsburg Gazette notices the arrival
of two new boats from the Monongahela-
One of them is named the M,lnnsrlyn, to run
between Apalachicola, Florida, and Albany,
Ca, on the Flint river. She is l22 feet in
length, % feet beam, and feet hold.
The other is the John C. Calhoun, n side
wheeler, to run on the Chatahooche river,
between Apalachicolo, Fla, and Columbus,
Ga. She is 1875 feet long on deck, "a feet
beam, and 5 feet hold. ....t
We understand that the Gen. ID. NJ
White has been sold TO the Harrington
brothers, who intend to take her South. 90
The John GGuH passes this point this
morning for Louisville. She left Cairo on
Saturday evening.
Capt. McDonalds new boat viii leave for
Green river Tomorrow. She is neat little
craft, and her commander is ~ true gentle
man. We wish him The success he So Justly
merits rE .--E. -re.Il-
The Maid Of The Hist lsaves for Hender-
son to-day at Il O'Clock Capt Lancaster
will be found on the roof.
The Cincinnati Commercial, OF 18th, has
the following t.E
Capt. q. e.. Williamson's new packet,
Emeraid, designed for the Cincinnati aud
New Orleans trade, Was launched from Ham
bleton's yard yesterday. itffE
The Boston was towed 90 the bone yard
yesterday. ..-r ..l.sf -
The Msdord, a snug little stern wheeler,
passed down Yesterday. She was drawing
rather too much water to guarantee a sure
voyage out of the Ohio. 4EaAE
Ii is reported that parties from Louisville
and Memphis are about to establish Marine
Ways at Columbus, ny. rr aI,ss-...1is 81
A YANKEE GIRL IN TExAs.-A CORES
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