The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1860-03-13


Dunbar, Paducah, Greenville B. Green.
Prairie Rose, Cincinnati, Lue Eaves, 5. CarroIton,
Bracelet, Ark. River, Fl Wayne, Cincinnati,
Southerner, Louisville.
1900 The Weather, yesterday, was cold
and windy. The dust was flying at most
dis0greeable rate, and the navigation of our
streets was a perilous undertaking to those
having weak eyes.
...... The RiUer is about at a stand.
Freights, as we have been predicting
for sometime, have finally advapced in al
most every article. The following are now
correct quotations
Pork Coo per Dbl; flour SOC per Dbl corn
SOC per sack tobacco s;5 per hid; eggs 75c
per Dbl hay $1O@$12 per ton; lard l5c
per keg; cattle $6(9$7 per head sheep 75c;
whisky 9O@S1 per Dbl. Pound freights
CSC. per 100 lbs. Way freights 35c per
leo lbs.
Notwithstanding some heavy shipments,
freight seems to be on the increase.
...... The Bracelet which was detained
some time above on account of the heavy
wind, arrived yesterday afternoon. She
had u fine load, but managed to stow away
some corn. Mr.. Edwards remembered the
printers, as he is wont to do, and furnished
US with files Of late Louisville papers #
1900 The river column of the Enquirer
has been greatly improved since Mr.. PHY.
d. VETS, a graduate of this office, has taken
charge OF it. Mr.. Viets is an energetic col
lector of news, and will add much to the
value of that paper. We wish him success
in whatever he may undertake.
1.-The following letter was sent 70 us
by our friend E. BALLENGER. 1t was writ
ten at Terre Haute yesterday:
Kate SarcAet passed Terre Haute at
7 o'clock Monday morning, loaded to the
guards with pork and wheat-the best trip
of the season. She was detained nearly all
last night by wind at Clinton bridge. Left
the Done at Clinton taking on freight
River falling slowly.
1.-The steamer Union left for Louisville
yesterday morning. She brought fine cargo
out of Green River, Tor a manifest of which
we are indebted to her gentlemanly clerk,
Mr.. Z. G. Jenkins.
1.-The SciotO will not be down tonight.
She lays up for a few days. She leaves
Louisville on another trip on Thursday next,
and will be here at her usual time on Fri
day.
The James Montgomery will be due here
to-day Our shippers hoping to get rid
of some more oftheir freights through her
instrumentality.
1.-THE Baltic was here on Sunday. She
IeCSlFtu 300 SSiChS COIIl, 11O CASKS DuCOnI
II bbls eggs, bbls sundries, from |. y.
Crane &c Co.; and 100 bbls eggs, 30 bbls
apples and beans, from p. q. ORiley & Co.
1.-The Peytoaa arrived yesterday morn
ing about o'clock. She came down near
~ empty, lay here all day yesterday, and
received full cargo. Among her ship
ments were 175 hhds tobacco, SO casks
bacon, SO bales hay, bbls eggs from /. A.
Crane & Co.; 3235 SKIS corn, 40 casks
bacon, 3S7 bbls pork from steamer John
Tompkins, 5l20 sacks corn, 81 hhdstobac
co, 9 ties meat, p. G. O'Riley & Co. The
Psytona left enough freight for at least three
more boats of her size.
49,. The new Uncle Sam will be due
from New Orleans this afternoon, on her
way to Louisville.
.."Capt. J. A. Cotton, of the New Or
leans and Bayou Sara Mail, is expected at
Louisville to contract for two new boats for
that trade.
Capt. SPOTS of the Eclipse has been
awarded 81 :, OOO-his claim for damages
done to the Eclipse during the tornado at
New Orleans-by the Board of underwrit-
ers. Capt. Spots also keeps the boat to
hold or dispose of as he deems best
Receipts by River.
FROM WABASH RIVER-PE MASONIC
GEM.-657 sacks corn, 343 bbls pork, p G.
O'Riley & Co.; 100 sacks bran, SKIS dried
apples bbls eggs, L. S. Babcock 10 SKIS
corn, 10 empty beer barrels bbls castor
oil, hid tobacco, g bbls eggs, , bbls greer
apples, l sack feathers, ! 3 sacks wheat,
sack beans, lot of dry hides, casks meat
l. A Crane & CO.; los sacks oats, ]. G. Du
souchet; l lot of sundries, Speck & Fedel
hacker; sacks dried apples, Bement 4
Viele; 68 sacks corn, j. II. Maghee & Co.
lG sacks corn, Ramey & Son. Discharged
500 sacks corn at Uniontown; $40 do
sacks potatoes, 24O bbls flour, 80 cOop'
chickens, at Mt. Vernon; 20 bbls apples,
buggy, at Henderson.
FROM GREEN RIVER, Per UNION
II hhds tobacco, SO casks bacon, 5 bbls
eggs, / box bacon, /. A. Crane & Co; SOC
bbls pork, Dbl rumFs, 50 ties hams, IL
casks shoulders, ]. S. Mitchell; hhds to-