The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1860-06-21
RIVER ITEMS

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81 RIVER ITENIS-
STEAMBOAT REGISTER.
= ARRIVED.
'aty oodford, N O.. D. &. Campbell, B .Green,
Ia Union, Lou, Greenville Green river.
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VNoOjford, Lou, w. V. Gillum, B. Green,
Union, B. Green, d. B. Campbell, B. Green /
81 1.-The Weather was clear and oppres-
fsively warm daring the day, and cloudy and
Tohazy during the evening, with an old fashion,
FED thunderstorm at night.
% Business was dull and freights scarce.
THE Green river boats, however, still bring
in considerable tobacco, the most of which
is re-shipped by railroad.
1.-The River Opposite this place was
slowly falling last evening.
Capt Caffreys steamer, the Bracelet,
is the regular packet for Louisville, leaving
at o'clock this evening. Her agent is
I. Mr. John B. Hall, at No. Water street,
Hwho will take pleasure in receiving freight
for her.
, 1.-The Dunbar was delayed at the
wharf until 4 o'clock yesterday evening,
a taking on freight. She went out with her
Il guards dragging in the water, and was said
to have had the heaviest trip ever taken by
any of our packets from this place.
1.-THE d. b. Campbell was in again
yesterday with a load of tobacco, and
turned to Bowling Green ir the evening.
I She met the Masonic Gem at Rochester,
fully up to her time and taking it leisurey.
49,. The Battle has been laid up for the
season at New Albany.
The 4. o. 7ylOr and Fred Iron
were advertised to leave Cincinnati last
night, the former for New Orleans the lat
ter for st. Louis.
.-.-- The Diana was advertised to leave
Louisville for New Orleans yesterday even.
ing.
The John 4. Fisher broke her shaft
at GAINESVILLE on Friday afternoon.
1.-THE steamer Union, in ascending the
falls at Louisville last Tuesday evening, run
aground on the bar, on the point, at the
turn, and stuck there several hours. She
lodged at the same place on her last trip
An eddy which forms close under the bar,
swung the boat round and bore her into
the shoals. The Union came in from Lou
. isville, and left last night for Bowling
Green.
1.-THE GEN Pike left Memphis for Louis
. vile Tuesday evening.
1.-The Atlantic passed Memphis on
Tuesday evening, bound up.
THE Messenger, which passed up Tues
day evening, is to be laid up at Cincinnati.
1900 At St. Louis yesterday morning the
river was rising at the rate of inches in
"a hours. The drift and white foam indi-
Gated that the rise was from the Missouri.
1.-The Prairie Rose left ST. Louis last
evening for Cincinnati.
500. At Cincinnati the river was reced-
ing steadily, with 8 feet of water in the
channel, thence to Louisville.
..... The Convention of steamboat cap
tains which is to assemble at Louisville on
the 9th of July, will be held in the Inspec-
tors Room in the Custom House. A very
large meeting is anticipated.
1.-The work on the new canal ut Louis
Vile is to be commenced in few days
1t is said that the actual cost of doing the
work will reach $4,000
.....On the trip of the GREY Eagle, from
Henderson, a bold thief entered the state
room of Charley White, young man OF
this city, and stole $40 in money and fine
pair of pants. He occupied state-room No
2, and was on his way home from Hender-
son. A gang of professional thieves and
blacklegs infest the boats leaving Cincinnati
and it now appears that they extending
their operations below the falls.-Lou. Cour
THE CAPTAINs' AssOcIATIoN.-It will b.
seen by the following from the New Orleans
Picdyune of Saturday, that Capt. Shute, o
the Magnolia, has been elected President o
the Association:
''Capt T. Shu te was elected President o
the Steamboat Captains Benevolent Associ
alton, in place of Capt. J. H. Freligh, wht
has resigned. Capt. Freligh left last Thurs
day for Memphis, and will probably remail
away all the summer"
The FASTEST STEAMER IN TIE WORLD
The Cleveland and Buffalo steamer, WesterI
Metropolis, made another brag trip las
night, rcithOut meaning 1t. She left Buffal,
time and arrived here before oclocl
this morning, doing the distance in 8 hour
and 80 minutes Her average rate wa
therefore about twenty-one miles an hour
Capt. GOLDSMITH says there was no attemp
to make extra fast time but the boat seemed
to run away from her engines. The Vest
sYR Metropolis has already, within year
made the fastest steamboat time in tn
world and all her officers concur in sayins
that they have not yet had occasion to SCI
how fast she could if she was tried
CLepeLdnd Herald.
CMcINNATI, JUNE 20, M.-The river ha
fallen inches in the last "A hours. Nov
100 feet in the channel. Weather clear an
warm.
PIrTsBURGH, June 20, M.-River fee
large by the metal mark Weather clen
md