The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1860-02-06
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Union, Louisville. Pacific, Louisville
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Charley Bowen. Cairo Fitzhugh, Cincinnati
Moses Mcclellan, Mem Pacific. New Orleans
Union, Green Scioto, Louisville
Novelty, head waters of White river.
1880 The weather, Saturday, was pleas
ant, but towards evening it began to cloud
mp, and at night there were strong indica-
tons of rain. The river continues to fall
rapidly. Our register of arrivals and de-
partures shows that we were visited with
feet of steamers on Saturday, but notwith-
standing this, business was very dull
Freights are unusually scarce. In some
articles there is slight decline, but in gem
eral they remain unchanged. Contracts
have been made on corn at 23c. per sack.
-.....It was reported Saturday that. the
steamer Republic, which took on a large
quantity Of freight at this point, is aground
high and dry at the head of island No.
10, and is likely to prove permanent fix
ture at that point until another rise. SD
'',stt The Dunbar is the regular mail
packet for Paducah. She leaves at 2 o'clock,
and affords the only sure conveyance South
to-day. ~~ss. :, -r..r-t-.re .
: 800. The Grey Eagle shoYes out this
morning for Louisville. She is one of the
most beautiful packets on the river, and af-
fords hne accommodations to those who take
passage on her.
'''.'. The steamer Union arrived from
Louisville on Saturday evening. We are
indebted to Capt. ALT Edwards, her gentle
manly clerk, for late Louisville papers.
'...'. The Hickman has been sunk in the
Arkansas river. She was owned and
freiphted at Cincinnati
.''.-- The steamer CdgitoL, now lying at
New Orleans, is offered for sale by Capt J. A.
Cotton at great bargain. She is said to
he in perfect order.
49,. The New Orleans PicGyune of the
9th ult., says:
GeVasse-The officers of the steamboat
James Montgomery, arrived from Louisville,
report that a crevasse has taken place in the
levee below Lake Providence, and the water
is running over Cammack's plantation.
......Capt Sherley, of the Jacob Strader,
was presented By the Tennessee, Kentucky,
and Indiana excursionists, on their return
to Louisville, with a set of silver plate, con-
sisting of massive silver pitcher, salver,
and two goblets, appropriately inscribed. The
presentation was accompanied with q speech,
which was eloquently replied to by Capt.
Sherley. After which the Catawba suffered
some.
......T The Louisville Courier gives the fol-
lowing as the condition of things at that
port
The River is falling very slowly, barely
an inch in "a hours, at the head of the falls,
with feet inch water in the canal last
evening by the mark. In the pass, ON the
falls, the pilots report feet 2 inches water
The weather continues clear and intensely
cold, the thermometer at daylight yesterday
being down to within couple degrees of
zero. 1t moderated very materially through
the day, but was still freezing cold at night.
1.-The St. Louis Republican of Saturday
says:
The river is rising again. During the
"a hours ending last night, it had swelled
full inches, and was rising slowly when
we left the landing.
The weather yesterday was quite mild
and but little ice was floating past the city.
Business on the warf was dull with but
few arrivals and departures.
The Cincinnati Gazette informs us
that on the up trip of the Lehigh, when just
below this city, one of the deck passengers
awoman, jumped overheard, and was drown
ed. The woman had been drinking hard,
and at the time was laboring under the eff
fects of delirium tremens.