The Evansville daily journal., 1859-10-07
RIVER ITEMS

The weather yesterday was very pleasant.
Business on the levee extremely lively. The
river was falling slowly at this point, as well
as at all points above. There is considerable
New Orleans freight arriving, but there is
no accumulation.
The celebrated Lue EdUes will be Mt our
wharf this morning, and leave this eve
ming, punctually at o'clock, for Green
river. To say that Capt. Mcdonald will be
on deck, in command of her, is enough to
shippers at this port. In command of the
Trader he won a reputation for punctuality
and correctness in business, that will secure
him full freight for his little Lue, whenev-
er there is any freight for Green or Pend
rivers Long may she wave.
The new steam trading boat, building
here for Messrs. Oakly, Sherwood & Walker,
is fast approaching completion. She is a
very pretty craft, and is receiving n hand
some finish. The store room will compare
favorably with any on land. The following
are her dimensions: 100 feet in length, L
feet beam, 27 feet floor, 3 feet hold. She is
to have one boiler IL feet long and "a inches
in diameter, containing 5 fiues; 10 inch
cylinder, with sc inch stroke
day night, with the hull of the new boat,
which is to receive the machinery of the
Karen, built at Mound City, by Hamilton,
Collier & Co., for MeSsrs. GoSin & Pillsbury.
The hull is one which does great credit to
its builders The Denmark also brought
the mails, which were due by the John A.
Fisher, the latter boat having laid up at Pa
ducah.
The j. H. Done left yesterday. with n
large trip. She was loaded to the guards,
and had considerable freight on her barge
The steamer Hidrdthd bound from St.
Louis to New Orleans, burst connection
pipe near Conrad Bend, sixty miles below
Memphis, on Tuesday last. One passenger
was killed by the escaped steam.
Capt. p. G. O'Riley of this city, is still in
Louisville negotiating for the hull and cabin
of the steamer NdshviLle, for wharf-boat and
hotel purposes.
The r. E. Niles, a light craft, built iy
Capt. Merrick, for the Green river trade, lett
Louisville on Wednesday, for that stream.
The JdeoJ Strdder has again retired irom
the mail trade between Louisville and Gin
cinnati. She is at present laying up at the
latter place. The Boston took her place
Lancaster, was sold on Tuesday last. by Dat
vid Gibson, to Strader Il kitc, of Madison,
and s. Bell & Co., of Louisville, tor the
snug sum of Sic, 900, for the Louisville and
CarrOlton trade, to take the place OF the
steamer EodRsFiHc. The late owner OF the
Lancaster have purchased the Ueirose, to
run in the Maysvilie trade.
The Mcclellan passed this point yesterday,
bound for Memphis, fun of freight and pas
Sengers.
The Cambridge, from Cincinnati, for St.
Louis, went down yesterday with a good
trip.
The last report we have of the hull of the
new Southern Bell she was at the foot of
Hurricane Island, on her way up. She was
in tow of the Emma Dean; which boat had
four or Eve fat boat besides.
We take the following from the New Al
bany Ledger of the 9Th: Capt. Ford's new
Henderson packet, at Hill & Paynes yard,
will soon be ready TO launch. She will be
the best boat that ever turned wheel In
this trade. By outsiders she has been named
.Strdu Gutter, and will be known 10y thai
name until a better one is selected by her
owner, although we think The present name
good one.
The Rate French arrived last evening.
We are under obligations to her gentleman
ly officers for the following memorandum
Steamer Kate French left Portland Oct.
8, at 6 o'clock p. m. Boats in port, Baltic
for New Orleans, Join To1ap kins for St.
Louis. Net Sciofo ut Kings landing. Oct
6, 10 o'clock, a. M, met Henry FTtzbHgh al
Lewisport with a fair trip; Denmork at
CanneliOn. River falling all the way down
30 feet water on the bars.
THE LAKE AND OCEAN DIRECT TRADE
We learn from the Cleveland Herald that
the schooner X. IL. Harmon, which arrived
at that port on Wednesday morning from
Liverpool, brought as cargo 220 tons pi,
iron ore, 10 tons sal-soda, 100 crates o
crockery, 10 tons steel, 10 casks ale, and II
cases of hardware. part of the crockery
goes to Cincinnati, and a peculiar circum
. stance connected with it is that there is n,
drayage on it between the English potterie
and the Cincinnati warehouse. At the pot
teries it was loaded directly into cana
barge, which delivered it to the side Of tn
schooner. Thence il came without tran
shipment to Cleveland, where it will
loaded from the ships side into the car:
which will take it direct to CINCINNATI
This absence of drayage is no trifling iter
in the items of transportation, expense an