The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1860-06-18
RIVER ITEMS

derson and NeWburgh by boat and land convey
ance.
RIVER ITEMS-
STEAMBOAT REGISTER.
ARRIVED.
Glendale. Memphis, Hazel Dell, Pitts,
Silver Moon, Cin., Lebanon, St. Louis,
Gen. Quitman, Lou, Lue Eaves, Green river,
Grey Eagle, Lou, Prairie Rose, Gin.
DEPARTED.
Hazel Dell, Nash, Glendale, Gin,
Gen. Quitman, N. o., Charley Bowen, Cairo,
Lue Eaves, Green river, Grey Eagle, Lou,
D. B.Campbell, B Green, Prairie Rose, st. Louis.
$500 The Weather Saturday was clear
and unpleasantly hot, and business at the
landing though rather more active than for
a day or so previous, was not sufficiently
exciting to dispel the languor which the
close and sultry state of the atmosphere pro-
duced.
''.''' The RiUer at this point was still sta
tiOnary on Saturday evening, but falling at
points above and swelling at places lower
down.
1.-THE elegant passenger steamer Dun
bar is the regular packet which leaves to-
day for all points down the river to Padu-
cab. If you have business down that way
of course you will go by the Dunbar, if not,
you might as well go anyhow, as it is about
as cheap to travel on her as to stay at home,
and the company of such officers as Capt.
Fowler and Gus DuSouchet will make your
trip one of real pleasure. All the freight
you have got to send won't sink her, so pile
it on.
1.-The Bracelet is the regular packet
for Louisville and intermediate points leav-
ing to-day. Passengers upward bound will
lind 1t to their advantage to take passage
in her, as they will not often have an OPP
portunity to travel in better boat, than the
Bracelet nor one conducted by more
careful and efficient officer than Capt. CAT
frey. Eight o'clock this morning is the
hour of her departure.
1890 The renovation of the Masonic Gem
which has been laying up at this place for
the purpose of re-ftting is at last completed,
and she now looks as bright as n freshly
cut brilliant from the hand of the lapidary
What with her thorough repainting, new
fancy top cbimneys, larger sized set of en-
gines and entirely new propeller, she would
scarcely be taken for the same boat. She
goes up Green river to-day on a trial trip
preparatory to entering upon a regular mail
service between Bowling Green and this
place. So if you want to take pleasure
trip nOw's your chance. Your curiosity as
and the attentions Of Capt. Pillsbury and
Clerk Edwards will make you feel perfectly
at home on board of her.
THE neat little steamer Lue Eaues
came in Saturday morning, and returns to
the Green river country to-day.
.'''.. Among the shipments on the TeIe-
graph on Friday, was ''Lincoln rail, des-
tined for Lancaster, Kentucky Gin. Gaz
The wharves took fire at New Or
leans on Tuesday last, from some burning
shavings on the batture, and were damaged
about 81, 500.
.'-..- Fifty steamboats, arrived at New Or
leans, during the week ending Saturday,
bringing the following art Giles: Cotton
4,492 bales; sugar 1851 hogsheads, tierces
and barrels molasses Its bbls,; -four,
1869 bbls bacon, 8l2 hogsheads and
casks; hagging, 1881 pieces; rope, I, l49
coils; corn, G5, 40 sacks; lard, 2,27l
tierces and barrels and "A kegs; oats, II, 500
barrels and sacks; pork, 1896 barrels and
tierces; tobacco, 1884 Lhds, and whisky,
1922 barrels.-.h emphts 14Catanche
We areassured as an incontrovertible
fact, that all the keokuk packets are in the
constant habit of disporting themselves in
manner disagreeabe and dangerous to
y
run to them without touching, and thereby
creating a swell which causes them to
dance" and washes over their barges-
This may be fun to the Keokuk packets, but
is very censurable. The John Bel, going
up few days ago, met the Hannibal Gty,
and the latter was swinging around in a way
that caused her stern to come in contact
with one of the Bells barges and sunk 1t.
There was n freight in it, and it was raised
and repaired. Damage $685.. Louis
Democrat
STEAMBOAT AND FLATBoAT DIsAsTERs.-
In looking over our list of disasters on the
Western waters since the incoming of the
present year, we find that it has already as
sumed terrible proportions. During the
time, only FIVE months, upwards of one hun
bred lives have been lost, one million and 4
half dollars lost three serious explosions
occurred, forty -four boats have been snagged,
seventeen burned, five lost and injured by
collision, twenty steamboats, lost or crippled
in storms and one hundred and nineteen
barges, coalboatS, and other flatboats, lost
by storm. The number of serious accidents
sum up to two hundred and twenty-one.
We, as an offset to the above, will here
state that there is more boat building es-
pecially about Louisville, this year, than at
any former period within our recollection.
A new boat called the L. c. Ferry, New
Albany venture, is about to start out in the
trade between this port and Troy, in charge
of the famous Capt. Ham. Smith.-Lou.
Courier.
Receipts by River.
MANIFEST PER STEAMER LUE EAvEs.-2
hhds tobacco, j. w. Hughes; II hhds tobac-
co, Brown & Altman; l hid tobacco, /. a.
Crane & Co; 40 hhds tobacco, Slaughter i
Dunkerson. Leaves for Ashbysburgh and
Pond River Monday noon.