The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1859-12-17
LARGEST CIRCULATION IN
THE STATE!
RIVER ITENAS-

Charley Bowen Cairo Lebauan Nashville
Silver Star, Paducah Wave, CanneIton
DEPARrED
W Maclay, Cin'ti Fred TIon, o
Monarch, do Uudine, Cincinnati
Silver Star, Paducah Lue Eaves, Pond
1.-The weather, yesterday, was mild and
pleasant, with indications of rain in the
evening. Business OIL the landing was per-
fectly stagnant, with few freights Offering.
The river has fallen two feet at this poiut in
the past twenty-four hours. The upper Ohio
is falling al t. c way from Pittsburg down.
The Wabash, Cumberland, and Tennessee
are reported falling fast. There is four and
a half feet water in the channel from St.
Louis to Cairo. We have no change to note
in freights, and give the following as the
PRESENT rates:
To New OrIeans-Apples, 4Oc q Dbl Tobacco, 81
D hid; Flour, 40c u Dbl, whisky, G0e D Dbl; beef
and pork, Coo 9 Dbl; pound freghts, 25c e 100 lbs
St Louis-Pound Freisht 20c q 100 lbs. To Gin
cinnati-Pound freights Cheavy), I5c % 100 lbs !;
shipstuhs and wheat, q sack, l5c.
.-..-Capt ZACH Taylor, of the .SiEUer
Star, and !Mr. Jacob Half, book keeper Of
the house of Sorenson & Co., have our
thanks for divers favors.
1.-The Lus EaUes left yesterday for
Pond river wi tn fair trip. She will be in
port again Monday morning.
1.-The Maid Of the MIST, in charge OF
Capt. Cupples leaves for Henderson at II
o'clock this morning. She is punctual to
the hour, and will do all business promptly
that may be entrusted to her care.
1.-The Union from Bowling Green will
be in port this morning. She has consider
able freight for this place, after discharging
which, she will go to Louisville. Passeni
gers who wish to be well cared for would
do well to take the Union, as she is good
passenger boat, and under the charge of
gentlemanly officers.
49,. The GreeHpaie is also due from
Green river and will be in port during the
day.
,-...'The Scioto goes to Louisville this
morning. She is good boat to travel on.
--'--Tbe ST LOUIS RcpaJLican of yester-
day, contains the following obstructive
information
owe nave gone to some pains to ascertain
tine number of boats lost by smuggling, flood,
aud fire, between this port and Alton, for
several years past. ......
Capt. Tom. Tay Tor, m old Mississippi
river pilot, named the following boats lost
within this fatal twenty five miles of river,
within his recollection. All the Alton Co. S
boats have been suddenly stopped in their
career by violence, somewhere within their
range of twenty five miles. The following
is the list We refer to: Mnngo Park, Fay
cite, Missouri, New Haven, Fulton, Geneva
Hancock, Falcon, Big Dove, Little Pike,
FURY, Exact. Peoria, ReIicf, SyIph, Come
liza, Altoona Reindeer, York State, Baltimore
Star OF tile West, keokuk, Morning Star,
Ocean Spray, Guba, Young America, Navi-
gator, Edwin Manning, J. d. EARLY, and J
Il. Carson. The list is long one, and
fools up thirty steamboats,, which, ut An av-
cra9c value Of $4,000 each, would make
he destruction of steamboat property $500,
- % within period OF about twenty years
rrt = is = fair destructive business for tween.
1--WE miles Of the Mississippi river w,
,iu,It'' if any other portion of twice tht
leng,h gan boast Of so long ~ list Of victims
II the Rack Island bridge lasts ten or iiftcer
years, it will be the only competitor for tn
glory of destroying steamboat property"
The following despatch was received from
Henderson, yesterday, at one o'clock:
" HENDERSON, Dec. l6.
JOURNAL REPoRTER.-PassedS Star ut Lock
harris Point Excitement intense. Tim'
to Henderson, 81 minutes.
Yours, MARKELL"
Our VIncennes Correspondence.
VNCENNEs, Dec. 1G, 10 A. NJ.
JOURNAL REPoRTER.-Wabash river fel
one foot in past "a hours. River full o
thin ice The Mary Cook passed down las
evening, with the best load Of the season.
W. Il. W.
Our Special River Despntch
PlTTsBURG, Dec. I6, M-River 5 feet II
inches by the pier mark, and falling. Wealth