The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1859-04-16
River Items.
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Fa1nivArs A>n nErsrrF REs-7FRaN 2 s.sisaK THURS
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~ Ng6ilIams sS.-earroltea-t To ExsuHsyiiir.---
S'utlieriuet, E'uissiiie % Memphis. q ssgsEs
- Tishofningu do to Henderson, and back.
caroline, Matsssh t. EVANSVILLE. assi ssff r. 81
Charley Bswen Cairo to do and back 81 nj
Bay City, Cincinnati st. Louis. s-is1s sti i.sl
Council Bluff, ST. Loniste eincinnsti,l's. =lss -s
silver Star raalueah to Evansxflle..,l.sfs IsIs
Btltimo, ~. Bmhsita PittsEurr.
Hiilson, Nashville II Cincinnati
a. i-ets4l,,g, s Inlii'iati 70 Sc Louis. 49, as
Nv Chcqsfaap,stlo to- sdo. -t..is SIS -. -
or the. .ttk. biNer Cincinnati
Ida hSe.ss Louis - Pittshiug sssv--s-s. = e.
- Mex TiionHs, CiHciunatfto New Orleans. 4 p
fine, Louisville to Teih River. e 9 seq
. .Ioin Raine New Orleans. to LOUISVILLE :
Pacific, Louisville IS New orleans. is s,.
Chancellor, 10 20 e do. asaf fea e-
. The river at this point was swelling yes
serdly, with indications of a still further
rsse- Business the wharf tolerabiy active
and freights somewhat on the increase.--
Weather clear and COOL 81 a,a -
The Charley Bowen left for Cairo yester-
day with a splendid trip as L..s .-4s b
+ -Fhe Seioto is the regular packet for Lou
isville to-day Capt Ballard is in command
and Messrs, Duncan and DuvaiI in the office =
She leaves a. ~ clock. = s. -, j, Il
The Nick Thomas lay at the landing yes
terday. She obtained splendid trip from
this port 10 New Orleans 49, Aa&nH
The Crescent besides receiving consider
able other freight, took on board ali the
freight for New Orleans brought out of. the
Wabash by the steamer Caroline, which ar
rived on Thursday night The latter boat
brought a full cargo That portion of her
load going to Cincinnati, was shipped on
the steamer Hudson. rfs5 tssissel s545sss1 q
The following is the memorandum of the
steamer Charley Bowen on her last UP trip
from Cairo al-s -stfax fsesiill as = il.a
Left Cairo Wednesday evening at ten
O'Clock. Previous to departure, the town of
Cairo was visited by a heavy gale of wind,
which done but slight damage The New
Falls City, lying at the wharf-boat at the
time had her lines parted and jackstaff
broken, and fioated some short distance, but
having steam up at the time, she was soon
brought back again The only boat in port
was the New Falls City, for Newa Orleans
Met several steamers between Cairo and Me-
troppiis, name unknown was detained at
Metropolis one hour on account of the wind;
arrived at Padncah at o'clock A. NJ. Thurs
day. Left Paducah at o'clock; met Sill
yer Star in sight of Paducah; passed Coun-
Gil Bluffs under way at Tennessee Island
met Tennessee Belle at Cotton Wood; met
Tigress at Smithland with seven barges in
tow; passed d. A. Given under way at Col
conda; met Eclipse at Rosa Glare; met
Wenona at Cave-in-Rock; passed Hudson 4
under way at Cincinnati bar: met J. H.
Done at Southerlands landing Southerner at
Henderson took barge in tow, and ar
rived in port at o'clock, fill of people and
light freight, making 81 landings. *
ss5s5F 3 T. K. WHEELER, Cl'k.
On recent tripof the Crescent City. from
New Orleans to ST.. Louis, on the. morning
OF the 18th inst, a deck passenger from
New Orleans, and formerly an employee in
the Bulletin office of that place. iumped
overheard, and was not seen afterwards
The yawl was Immediately manned and
sent out in search, but no trace of the ur-
fortunate man could be found. Early in !
the evening previous, he evinced, in a slight
degF symptoms of nania-a-potu, and was
taken in charge and placed ON the boiler
deck, from whence he made his escape. For
some aours prior 10 the accident, he ap-
peared quite settled He leaves a wife and
daughter in New Orleans, besides son.
bright lad of about eleven years, now in
charge of the officers of the boat ysyfo de-
sign taking him back to New Orleans on
their return. Tf1.,lf
The st. Louis Republican furnishes the
following asthe state fittings at that port |
on the l3th:1s '7 : 81
The river here reeeded three inches in
the twenty-four hours ending at dark last
evening, and is still falling slowly. The
upper streams are all falling, and the Mis-.
souri, is becoming low. There is six feet on
the Rapids in the Upper Mississippi
The weathsr is warm and sultry. 1t
rained heavily on Monday night and por-
ton OF yesterday morning. 1t was cloudy
and Appearances indicated more rain last |
evening. We are having genuine April
weather. Business was brisk on the levee
Yesterday, and the mud was soft and deep.
The louisville Democrat of the 14th says:
The river was rising fast last evening, with |
nine feet water in the canal by the mark, !
seven feet iD the pass, and six feet over the I
rocks, which shows rise of twenty inches.
The weather, yesterday, was warm, with in |
dications of rain .s,-rf. !