Des Arc citizen., 1860-04-04
RIVER NEWS, Sc.

eY The U. S. Mail packet Sam. Hale. Capt C.. W, Coles. is due Friday morning, bound for Jacksonport. She passed down Monday morning, bound for Napoleon. w. F. Bris- COG her clerk, has our thanks for his con timed favors.
 I GT The U. s. Mail packet Fortune, Capt. D. B. Price, passed up yesterday morning. The Fortune will be down tomorrow, bound for Napoleon. B. Coles, her clerk. has our thanks for files of Memphis, New Orleans, Cincinnati and St. Louis papers.
 Gw The New Orleans packet Iatan, Capt. Sam. Taylor, passed down yesterday morning. fV The Louisville and White river packet Interchange, passed down Friday morning. GF The Gen'l. Pike Is due from Memphis next Monday
 RW The New Orleans packet Crescent, Capt. Carlton, passed dowd Friday evening.
 GT The Memphis and White river packet Admiral, Capt Baird, passed up Monday and returned this morning. Her clerk has our thanks for full files of papers. We are also under many obligations to Mir. John E. Ford, her gentlemanly and clever Engineer, for late papers from New Orleans, Memphis, St. Louis, Louisville and Cincinnati.
 G~ The E. M. Ryland has left the White river and Memphis trade and gone to St. Lonis. | The White River business has nearly played out.-Avalanche.
 | We find the above in the Little Rock "True Democratn True, s'the E. M. Ryland has left the White river trade," and report says she cleared $l0 000 before she left "the trade" As to sthe White liver business having nearly played out" we have only to reply that we have two regular U. S. Mail packets, the Sam. Hale and Fortune, to Napoleon; the Gen'l. Pike and Admiral in the Memphis trade; the Interchange in the Louisville trade, and the Crescent and Ia.an in the New Or leans trade. The above regular packets, and are equal in every point of view to the steamers that ply in Arkansas river. As to the trade of the White river valley having "nearly played out" it is altogether mis- | take. Certain men about the State Capital | may use their influence in robbing us of our mail facilities towards Fort Smith, but they can't dry up the trade or the water of White river. Talk about trade having "nearly played out" that supports seven steamers. Fjs, for shame.
 l/ SINKING IN THE ARKANSAS RIVER or THE [ ARKANsAw TRAvELER-BoAT TOTAL Loss. MT. B. Frank Pierce, clerk of the s. H. | Tucker, gives us the particulars of the sink ing of the Arkansaw Traveller, which oc- cured on the Arkansas river. near Marshall's Cutoff, fifteen miles below Pine Bluff, Thurs day night. The Arkansaw Traveller was bound to Fort Smith from New Orleans having on board q cargo of salt, dry goods and sugar. When approaching the cut-of she struck stump, which knocked hole ir her bottom, and sunk her in few moments | Mir. William Pursley. of Dardanelle, jumped overnoard and was drowned She settled down in water five feet over her main deck and soon after the accident her cabin foated off, but not until all the other passengers had with their baggage, succeeded in reaching the shore in safety. portion of her cargo will be saved in damaged condition. while POO barrels sugar and 800 sacks of salt, which were stored in the hold, will prove tota loss.
 The Arkansaw Traveller was rather an olt boat, but had recently been docked and re-
 paired. She was owned by Capt. Jame' Timms and Capt. Albert Thomas, her com
 mander, and was valued at from STOOD tt $S000. Amount of insurance unknown Capt. Harry McComas, her clerk, came tc
 Napoleon on the Kate May and proceeded thence to New Orleans, to consult the Under
 writers in regard to the disposition to b'
 made of the damaged freight. In the mean
 time Capt. Thomas remains by the wreck --f Memphis Argus, 27th ut.