The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1859-04-13

River Items.

R. B. Hamilton, Nasty. to do.
Moses Mcclellan, Louisville to Memphis
Charley Bowen, Evansville to Cairo.
Alma, Pittsburg to New Orleans.
Tennessee Belle, Cincinnati TO st. Louis
e. II. Fairchild, Louisville to New Orleans,
The weather, yesterday, was pleasant.
In the afternoon a shower of .ain fell, moist
ening the shrubbery and laying the dust
Business on the landing had very dull
appearance. Few shipments were being
made.
Tie Charley Bowen left for Cairo at her
usual time.
The w. V. Gillum departed for South
Carrolton in the evening.
The Alma took on board quantity of
flour, in addition to very good trip with
which she came down the river.
The Silver Star is the regular Paducah
packet TO- day at 2 o'clock.
The Cincinnati Gazette furnishes the fol-
lowing as the state of the river and weather
at that port:
The weather, yesterday, was cloudy, with
occasional showers of rain. The river OPP
posite this port is receding rapidly, with
only sixteen feet of water in the channel
hence TO Louisville, and six feet of water
scant on the falls for steamboats,, and nine
feet in the canal. On the levee, Saturday,
there was only an ordinary amount of busi-
ness transacted, with no change in the fg-
ures eff the following:
The Louisville Democrat of Monday,
says
The weather yesterday was cloudy, with
light sprinkle of RAIN.
The river was falling last evening, with
eight feet six inches water in the canal by
the mark, six and a half feet in the pass
and five feet six inches over the rocks on
the falls, which shows fall of nine inches
since our last report.
The St. Louis Republican OF Monday,
contains the following:
The river continues to fall slowly. In
the "a hours ending at dark last evening it
receded 4 inches. The upper rivers are all
falling and the Missouri is becoming low
The last arrivals from Reeds Landing re
port Lake Pepin still closed with ice
Stormy weather in the North is the report.
The weather in this vicinity is singular
mixture of heat and cold, rain and sunshine,
wind and rain, mud ami dust.
The Southern papers continue to give ac-
counts of high waters A Memphis paper
gives the following condition of thing at
some points along the banks Of the Missis-
sippi E-
Saturday, the wind, in conjunction with
the high water, produced much consterna-
ton on the coast above this city, on the
left bank as well as on the right bank, in
the neighborhood of the Bell plantation.
At Snayes, the new levee directly in
front of the family residence suddenly sunk
four feet. The alarm was spread, and soon
the laborers on the adjoining plantations were
brought to the spot endangered. Under the
| supervision of the neighboring planters,
three hun dred hands were put to work to
! build a new levee This morning, we have
| the qualification to state that new levee,
90 feet broad and 100 feet long, has been
constructed. The levee at Suaves is now
regarded for the present safe.
Some of the levees now exhibit the effects
of the dashing of the river waves against
| them, being cut and honeycombed in several
| places.
The 0pelousas Railroad Company have
watchmen constantly on the levees of the
right bank. from Algiers for forty miles up
The John A. Bell plantation is still safe
with no probability of break occurring, as
many hands were engaged in strengthening
! the works. + SKA
The Kate Sarehet is again at our wharf
and leaves to-day. She is become regu-
lar institution to the city, and Is looked tol
anxiously when her time for being here
! ought to arrive. She seems to identify her
self with all classes and interests in the
city, and every week leaves a pretty little
sum to be disbursed among the workers a
the mines. There is no doubt but that die
all the other packets now plying here dc
the like, they would find it greatly to their
advantage, in pecunary point of view,
The Silver Star leaves to-day for Paducah
A friend who travelled on her last week, ant
who has always been accustomed to tn
very best description of boats, assures It
positively that a more attentive set of Off
GERS, or a better managed craft, he neve
travelled on. Mr.. Fowler is a most attentiv
Captain, and Messrs Dusouchet and Thylo
are all that could be expected in the mos
polite of Clerks. We understand that J.
the fall, Capt. Fowler will also have hand
some side-wheeler i'll the line, and with hi
, two boats viii run daily packet line. Sue
enterprise must increase our trade vastly
and ought to be most literally patronized.
NEUSTC.-.uR. y. q. CEOSS WILL