The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1859-09-10
"a T-E- River Items.
ARRIVALS AND pEpAaIuREs-rRoN = O'clock THURS
DAY TILL 5o'CLocK FRIDAY.

TILL 5o'cLock FRIDAY.
Kate French, Louisville TO Hehderscn and back
Charley Bowen, Cairo TO Evansville.
Silver star, Paducah to Evansville.
Aida, Evansville to Connection.
Castle Garden. Cincinnati to Evansville. p p
Maid Of the Mist, Evansville to Henderson
Silver Star, Evansville TO Paducah.
Charley Bowen, Evansville TO Cairo.
The weather yesterday was warm with
indications of rain. Business on the wharf
was unusually lively and our packets re-
ceived good freights and their passenger lists
were large. The river has fallen 4 inches
in the last % hours and is still receding
slowly. .t .s-r..
We learn that Messrs. Eads l. Nelson of
the submarine No. 8, intend raising the
steamer Duncan s. Carter, which snagged
and SINK last Sunday week, in Augusta
Bend, in Missouri river.
The new steamboat built at Wheeling by
Capt Wilson for Messrs. Reed & Mitchell,
of this place, is now about completed, and
will leave that place in day or two. She
is one hundred and ten feet long and six
teen and half feet beam. Her owners
have inaugurated q new idea in steamboat
building, having put into her an upright
locomotives and an immense deal is thus
saved in weight, space and expense. With
about ten tons OF freight TO give her even
keel she will only draw about eight inches
water. Steamboatmen who have seen her,
say that il the tubular boiler works, it will
introduce II novel idea i'm boat building,
and her coming out is, therefore, looked 10
with considerable interest. As an en-
bem of her extraordinary light draught
her owners have placed upon the top of her
jack-staff a large water-sprinkler.
We learn by II dispatch from Memphis
that the Adridtic, bound from st. Louis to
New Orleans, ran into the bank at Presi-
dents Island, on the 9th inst, and shipped
two feet water i'm her hold. She was kept
aHoat by working all the pumps, and her
freight was discharged on the bank, good
deal of which will be much damaged.
The s. p. HibJtrd passed down last night
for Cairo, with good trip. She is in COM
manG of Mr. j. B. Archer, late of the
Southerner. She will go up again on Tues
day morning.
At meeting of the st. Louis and Circin-
nati,Express line held on last Monday eve
ming it was decided to run two boats per
week between Cincinnati and ST. Louis
The T. c. TrieheH is loading ut Paducah
for New Orleans.
Capt. j. b. Archer has been appointed TO
the command of the James Montgomery. He
10 very popular and attentive boatman and
will win new honors with her. She is at
Mound City and will start for New Orleans
i'm week or so. The Clerk will be John
A Lowrey, as Of yore.
The Tempest is due this evening from
Louisville. She is the mail packet for
Cairo to-day.
The Memphis and Louisville packet line
will soon commence operations. 1t will be
Ne Lelt,m, Capt. Erwin; SOufhernsr, Capt.
Triplett; and the kentucky, Capt. Lamb.
The well known and reliable boats, Glen
dale, Capt. JAS. Bugher, and Memphis, Capt.
John Bugher, will soon resume their week
ly trips between Cincinnati and Memphis.
We see that the steamers Eclipse, Impe-
rial and Chocta,c are to commence running
as an independent line between Memphis
aud New Orleans.
The fleet and punctual packet Aida lef,
yesterday at 10 clock, with fair trip OF
freight and passengers.
Passengers going to Louisville this morn
| ing will be sure and take the Hazel Dell
She is one of the best boats on the river, and
her officers are highly esteemed as gentle.
| men. The boat has an enyiable reputation
Passengers should bear this in mind, for il
they miss the Hazel Dell. the only alterna.
tive will be to so on the Poland, which
would not be very advisable, so long as they
| can do better. .. n
The Charley Bowen came in Yesterday
morning, literally swarming with passengers
/ Her cabin floor was crowded, her state-r room;
having all been engaged at Cairo. Much
disappointment was felt on account of the
Kate French leaving before her time, as the
Charley had some twenty-five or thirty pas
sengers for Louisville. Capt. Caffrey should
look out for this, As it is of great Importance
to both boats that they should make Close
connections. This would give the Kate AT
advantage over all other boats that may
! hereafter come into the trade.