The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1859-10-24

V DEPARTuD.
Cheeseman, st Louis Chancellor NO
Charley Bowen, Cairo Quincy, St Louis
Kate Sarchet, HendersonSciUto, ALBANY
Lue EaVes, CarroltOn Greenyille, Green
Ba~ The weather on Saturday was very
fine, tie sun shining beautifully all day
Business on the wharf was very brisk, and
freightS plenty, and prices frmer at former
quotations. The river is about stationery at
this point, with about five feet in the chan
mel to Cairo, and four feet scant to Louis
vile. The upper Mississippi is falling from
ST. Paul down, with three and half feet
on the UPPER and thirty inches on the low
er rapids there is four feet in the channel
below KeOkuk The Missouri is said TO
be in exceedingly bad condition, with three
and half feet from st. Joseph to the
mouth
Bay-The Silver Star, regular u. S. mail
and passenger packet for Paducah, leaves
our landing to-day, on arrival of the cars.
eS-The reliable little packet Aida, in
charge of Capt. WOrthington, leaves to-day
for Cannelton, and all way places. Be sure
and go on board by ten o'clock, AN.
BaFCapt. Hicks King has laid up his
boat, the John Temp kins, at New Albany,
where she will remain until business I'M
proves
Berthe John RGine is still high and dry
on the sand of French Island The Chan
eslIor was fortunate enough to get over
Scuffletown, and she arrived here late FRI
day night
DS-The punctual packet, Kate French,
Is the regular boat this morning for New
Albany. She is in command of the most
popular men on the river, and is the fastest
stern-wheeler thatpeaves New Albany. Capt
Catirey has no superior on the river, while
Clerk Howes' experience is acknowledged by
every one. Passengers going up the river
should, by all means, take the hdte.
By The favOrite packet lac Fares, will
he here to-day, ready TO leave ut her usual
hour tomorrow. She is good boat to trav
el on, and her capacity for carrying freight
is not excelled by any boat that leaves this
point.
toy The Charley BoWen left on Saturday
with an excellent trip OF freight and SUI
perb passenger LIST.
g1y-We are glad TO see that there is again
a regular packet established between New
Albany and st. Louis. The fine steamer
Quincy, which went down Saturday mora
ing, has established her elf permanently in
the trade
Eas~ The hull of tue Nashville still lies
hard aground Just opposite New Albany, par
allel with the river, bow up, and The
river is now falling. il will he some time be-
fore she viii get away.
Bay The GrcEUiiie left for Green river
Saturday, with Il fair trip at freight.
E<zy The Henry Clay encountered n snag
ON Wednesday night, near the mouth of the
Illinois river, which knocked overheard
nearly two hundred sacks of grain from one
OF her barges, but did no damage to the
boat
Sz5- The BeLtast, on late trip, had the
misfortune TO sink n lighter, loaded with
grain, on the Lower Rapids of the Mississip-
ri. The lighter was raised, and the freighis
saved in a damaged condition
GS- The steamer NHeRgo, lately sunk
at ROGERS Landing, has been raised, and
was to arrive at st. Louis on Saturday. She
will go on the Ways for repairs. No diff
Guilty was experienced in raising her. The
work was performed by her own pumps
The boat is not badly damaged. Nearly all
her freights suffered By being submerged.
Deg We learn that arrangements have
been completed for placing the james Mont
.gOmery in the Memphis and New Albany
trade, to run in connection with the Repub-
iic and ChOctao.
sds- The new boat, Masonic Gem, build
ing at this place by MesSrs. PillSbury & Cos
lin, is fast approaching completion. She
will be one OF the best stern w heelerS ailOat,
and is intended to ply between Terro
Haute and Lafayette. We wish her pros
porous life She is boat we can commend
To our upper Wabash friends, rs we'll
adapted to their wants The following are
her Dimensions: l25 feet long, 20 feet
beam, and four feet depth of hold. She will
carry about ESQ tons, and will acc ommodale
from 40 to so passengers.
: Bas The Ida May lately sunk large
charge loaded with produce At the Rock Is
land bridge.
gone on the docks preparatory to entering
the St. Louis and New Orleans trade
eHS-The Harmonic reports the Canada
bound up in the Illinois river, at Grafton,
with her rudder broken, and IA barge sunk.
The barge was not in deep waller. A pos-
ton of the freight had been removed to abe
shore.
gess-The st. Louis Republican, of Friday,
has the following in relation to the death
of Capt. Wineiand:
We are panied 10 record the Death OF
Captain Andrew Wineland, late commander
OF the Missouri river steamer, Omaha, which
event took place at his residence, in this
city, ut 10 O'Clock, on Tuesday evening.
The news of his death created Il profound
) sensation on the Levee. Captain Wineland
was one of the oldest, best known, and mosi
highly respected of our steamboatmen, aad
his decease has caused vacancy in that
Brotherhood, which will not soon be filed
lie was 10y profession an engineer, and hat
followed the fortunes of the river during hi:
whole life. At his death lac was not ia
from sixty years OF age, but his appearance,
indicated fewer winters. He is best known
as the commander of the steamers Eg Iaso
James H. Lucas, and the Omaha, nil Mis-
souri, river packets. He was, emFbatically
a Missouri river man, having been one o
the first nayigators of that river, and Inc ha,
established an unsullied reputation in all hi
business relations, and in the social walks o
life. Ills disease was typhoid fever, wit
which L. fingered three or four weeks, sui
fering great bodily pain, which he bore wit