The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1859-04-06


on board.
The following is the memorandum OF
the. Charley Bowen
The steamer Charley Bowen eft Cairo at
81 O'Clock, April I'd; no boats iL port for
New Orleans. Philadelphia and Glendale,
for Memphis, passed Crescent at Mound
CITY with cylinder head bursted, reported
that the Crescent is destined for Wabash
river, with full cargo Met Thomas Scott
at Caledonia, Jacob Trader and Lehigh at
Paducsh. Sd, met John Tompkins at Col
eonda, John Raine at Weston, Tigress at
Treadwater, Florida at UniontoEn; made
80 landings, arrived in port of Evansville,
at 8 o'clock, Monday morning.
THOMAS Z. WHEELER.
Ed. Murray, formerly of Louisville, now
located at the Marine Ways, at Paducah,
has received the contract to baild the hull
of new boat for Captains Scott and Green.
1t is to be first rate boat, of the following
Dimensions: Length of hull 265 feet, with
39a feet beam, and u feet hold. The en-
gines of the Southern Belle are to go in the
new boat. By the following from the Pa
ducah Herald, it will be seen that two more
boats are in course of construction at that
point: % 'tae .@aA @'
The st. Louis Republican of the 4th inst.
contains the following: ~ &
The river here was about stationary yes
terday. We have no news of import
ance from any of the upper rivers. Lake
st. Croix is open, but Lake Pepin is not
The Illinois river is rising rapidly from Pc
oria down, and the Missouri is reported fall
ing from st. Joseph to the mouth. The
weather yesterday was fne, bnt rather cool.
Ice an eighth of an inch thick froze on Sat
urday night lLs1aa.
"a The Cincinnati Gazette says 2@Ta =
The evidence and decision in the Gibson
and Holmes collision case will be rendered
by the Local Inspectors, the latter part OF
this week. $3.50 "a - ',.l q
n Our New Orleans steamers find it difficult
to obtain crews. The Tylor went out with
less than half a crew, and the Monarch
with only about two-thirds the required
number. @ n s.
The Kentucky brought up from the wreck
of the Holmes, yesterday, 304 packages saved
ed from the wreck The bodies of the fol
lowing persons, nine in number, have been
got out of the wreck, viz: VIM. Griffith,
Chas. Logan, John Want, j. Lassiers two
children, Samuel OwartA, son of Jacob Cur
lock, -- Siggett, and G. Sickles. The
bodies have been buried just below Belle
view
The New Orleans Delta of Wednesday
last, says: s9 $50 sa
We do not wish to be called alarmests
but the condition of the river compels lis
again to advert to it, especially to that por-
ton south of Memphis. All the coast pa
pers we have received for tie last few days
bring the most unsatisfactory accounts re-
garding the river. The breaks along the
Mississippi have multiplied rapidly, and
many planters will be greatly retarded, il
not prevented, in making a crop this season
We are informed that Bayou Macon is ris
ing rapidly, from the crevasse in the Missis-
sippi near Grand Lake, Arkansas, and tha
the swamps west of this are fast filing up
1t is apprehended, unless the river falls, that
much damage will ensue to the plantation!
in the vicinity of the Macon
The Vicksburg Sun says:
1t would seem from the continual rise il
the river that there is to be a regular flood
At this point it is two and a half inches
higher than it was last year, and one incl
higher than it was in 1850, which was the
| largest rise ever known. ass s. =.
The Memphis appeal of Saturday the I'd
says: = -l5.-., = g
| The river at sunset last night measured
nine and a half inches below high-wate
| mark, precisely the same as the night be
fore; the rise is evidently coming alon.
very slowly, and is by no means of til,
huge proportions some of the willing proph
esiers of evil foreto.d week ago On Fri
day last the hight was thirteen and quar-
ter inches below high-water mark; the wa
ter has, therefore, risen, four inches during
the week. The weather yesterday wa
warmer than on the two previous days, bu
was cloudy and hazy. At nine O'Clock a
night a smart storm of wind and rain bles
up. 4 - 4s