The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1859-10-04
RIVER ITEMS.

The weather, yesterday, was very pleas
ant and business on the levee was rather
brisk. The river has fallen two and half
feet since Saturday night, and is still reced-
ing slowly, with considerable freight to ship.
Wequote the following as the current rates:
To Nsw.orIeans-Apples, 4oc q Dbl; Tobacco, IS
y hid; Flour, soc 2 bbli pound freights, soc .
100 ne; Eggs and Whisky, CSC q Dbl. To st. Louis
Pound frsights, 2oc o 100 lbs. To Cincinnai -
Pound freigbts (heayy), l6c q 100 lbs; shipstun
and wheat, . sack, l5c.
The steamer Aida, during the Fair week,
will make daily trips to Cannelton. Leav-
ing there at an early hour in the morning,
and taking visitors to the Fair from the in
termediate points, and going up at night
By this arrangement, people from all the
towns on the river between the two points
can visit the Fair without losing more than
a day.
The Maid of the MIST the regular Evans
vile and Henderson packet, is running
daily between the two places. During the
Fair she will go down in the evening and
come up in the morning, to bring visitors
to the Fair, aud allow them to return at
night. d,
The Gen. d. N. White took her departure
yesterday for Wabash.
The SciOto will be down this evening FROM
Louisville and after flying trip to Hender-
son return on her trip.
The GreeaUiLLe with big trip OF freight
left yesterday evening for Green river
The John A. Fisher left yesterday with u
fair trip Of freight and passengers.
The Gitlsrm came down from Louisville
yesterday morning, and proceeded immedl-
ately for Green river
A neat little side-wheel steamer called the
Charm, lately purchased at Louisville for
the mail trade in White river was AT oI r
wharf yesterday morning.
Capt. Bob Ferguson, n well known Cum
berland river boatman, has laid out a town
in Illinois, just above Pull Tight, and op-
posite Cumberland island IL looks well on
paper, and glories in the maine OF '.lslan,I
City Its future prosperity is b,sed upon
the downfall of Smithlsnd, Ks.
Capt. Latimer, of the Columbus packet
". A. Fares, has contracted at in;innati
for new boat to run in connection with the
and Z. Railroad, in place of the EaUes.
She will be large and fast boat, specially
adapted TO the trade.
The following are the dimensions of the
new steamer Parallel, which was launched
from the ways az CINCINNATI on Thursday
last: 220 feet on deck, 80 feet floor, IS feet
beam, and feet depth of hold. The ma
chinery consists of three five feet boilers, 46
feet in diameter, 20 feet long: the cylinders
being FL feet in diameter, feet stroke, and
works a couple of beautiful water wheels
The mail packet Irene, sunk in Arkansas
river, on the 24th ult, is a total loss. She
struck a root or stump, three half feet
under water, while the passengers were at
breakfast, and went down inside of one
minute, in sixteen feet water. Her machin
cry cannot be recovered without the aid Of
wrecking boat. She was bound down.
and had on board two hundred and twenty.
seven bales of cotton, thirty-two o: which
were saved by the Conroy at last accounts
The Fanny Built has been laid up Al
Louisville to undergo some repairs. Sh,
leaves there next Thursday.