The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1859-05-26
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ARRIVALS COMMUNICATION O'cInCR TUESDAY
TILL o'clocE WEDNESDAY. -...
Moses Nc Lelan, Louisville to Memphis
lands, New Orleans to Cincinnati. ..I.
Chancellor, Louisville TO New Orleans
Silver Star, Psducah 10 Evansville and back
Tishomingo, Louisville to Henderson and back
L. IL. fairchid, New Orleans to Louisville
Diana, Louisville 60 New Orleans.
South America, 81. Louis TO Pftsburg
Gienwoed, Nashville to Pittsburg
Steamboat freight at this point has become
cheaper. The price of coal for steamers has
been reduced by the Bodiam Company to
6 cents per bushel. 1t can cow be had at
the wharf at all times
Among the freights shipped Oh the fish
omingo yesterday, were SO bales of cotton
and 20 heads of premium tobacco, from
Tennessee, brought up by the Silver Star
last Sunday.
The steamer Great Western was sold by
the Sheriff at Cincinnati, few days since,
for $4,000. A Mr.. Getty, of Keokuk, was
the purchaser.
The hull of the late steamer Jacob Stra-
der was sold at Cincinnati for S425.
The f. II. Fairchild arrived from New
Orleans yesterday morning Among her
freights discharged AT this place was 1000
sacks of Turks Island salt.
The tow-boat Raven arrived Yesterday
from the Cannelton stone-quarries, with two
fats loaded with stone
The nonpareil iow-pressure steamer
Southerner will be along to-day about noon
fer Memphis. She is speedy, safe and COM
Portable, and her fare is of the very best
Capt Archer will be found aboard to attend
to the interests Of passengers and shippers
in the manner and style Of which any
Archer is capable. Is
The Gillum arrived yesterday from Green
river, with full cargo of tobacco.
| The Diana arrived here yesterday from
Louisville. and took on considerable freight
The Caroline is reported aground in the
| Wabash. near Terre Haute.
! The Tishomingo arrived yerterday morn.
! ing. and after a flying trip to Henderson
returned to Louisville. She took on con.
siderable freight for Louisville at this port
! We are indebted to g p d., Jr, the tel
| egraphic river reporter of the Cincinnati
Commercial at this point for recent rive
favors.
The river opposite the city was at stan(
yesterday. Business on the wharf was no
very plentiful. ....s tsf go q
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water, and there ought to be fully nine fec
water on the bars below the falls, but a
Portland, and just below the canal, owinl
to the unusual accumulation of sand. Their
are but about five feet water, and the boat
men are encountering the utmost dificultie
in getting along, finding it almost impossi
bic to reach the Portland wharf
The Alvin Adams is hard aground OF
Portland bar.
The steamer Telegraph, on late tril
from Louisville to Cincinnati, had four hun
dred aud sixty cabin passengers.
At last accounts the river was falling a
Cincinnati and Pittsburg.
The New Albany Ledger says that tn
Martha Putnam has been raised, and is nov
at Portland discharging her load and ar
ranging il for Identification and reshippine
Most of the goods, particularly the paper, j
in very bad condition. Capt Jewell is doin
everything in his power to accommodate
the Underwriters and owners of the goods
who all speak in terms of praise of his hon
orable dealings and business like deport
ment. We trust it will be many long da
before he again meets with such a misfor
tune.
i The MisSissippi at St Louis is falling