The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1860-02-24
The Daily gnmtnal.
RIVER ITEMS.

RIVER ITENTS-
- STEAMBOAT REGISTER. a"
ARRIVED.
Union, Green River Ida May, Pittsburg
New Uncle Sam, N o Monarch CineinnAti
Baltic Louisville Conewego, Nashville
SOutherner, Louisville Bay City. Tittsburg
DEPARTED.
Union, Louisville Monarch, New Orleans
New Uncle Sam, Louise Greenville, Green
Masonic Gem, Wabash Grey Eagle, Louisville
Poland, Cincinnati Southerner, Memphis
Baltic. New Orleans Conswego, Cincinnati
Ida May, Nashville Bay State, st Louis
Kate Sarchet, Wabash
.....The River is rising. 1t had risen
twelve inches for the "a hours ending yes
terday evening. The Louisville Courier re-
marks that this time last year the water was
in ali the houses on Water street there, ana
says that a freshet is not now improbable,
as there is a good deal of snow on the west
ern slope of the Alleghenies. -4l.
1.-THE Weather-On Wednesday even
ing the hard wind of that day lulled, allow
ing wind-bound boats to depart. The
weather turned cool that night, and yester-
day was quite bracing. Last night there
was cool, shifting north and northwest
wind, and the sky was quite cloudy.
...... We are very sorry that our friend
CIV. III. w" intends disseminating his
valuable reports from Vincennes. His let
ters have been well received and eagerly
copied by our river exchanges. We pre-
sumo his business engagements will pre-
vent him from corresponding with the
.Jonruat.
......A new correspondent from Vincennes
GIN. 7. D."-appears this morning in the
journal. He takes the place of w. II. W.
in posting the public in regard to the Wa
bash and things thereon. We hope to hear
from him regularly.
..... The Lue EaUes will be at our landing
at noon to-day, ready to take passengers and
freight up Green river. Capt. Jim Nc
Donald will be found on deck, and Capt.
Zach Taylor in the office. The EdUes will
take you through safe.
......The fleet Dunbar is the mail packet
for Paducah and way points to-day at IL
o'clock. She is good boat, and her of
fcers gentlemanly and experienced river
men. We would recommend shippers and
passengers to take the Dunbar if they wish
to go through safe.
49,. The Poland, bound from Nashville
to Cincinnati, when just above Mt. Vernon
on Wednesday, was badly used by the storm.
Part of her hurricane roof, aft, was blown
off; her larboard bulk heads carried away
one of her escape-pipes blown down, and
things put in a bad fix generally. She
passed here looking decidedly used up.
-..... The Baltic came in from Louisville
some time during the night of Wednesday
and lay here all the forenoon yesterday
taking on freight. She left about noon
with full trip.
800. The Monarch passed down about
noon yesterday. LH-a.-H
49,. The Scioto is due this evening, and
goes up Saturday morning to Louisville.
1.-The Union arrived from Green river
Wednesday night, and brought, besides
other freight, 500 bbls of pork and so tics
hams, for j. S. Mitchell & Co. She went
up to Louisville.
1.-The numberless suits that have been
brought against boats lately in our way
courts have led our steamboat friends tc
consider the propriety of petitioning the
Legislature, now in session at Baton Rouge
as to establishing Court solely for the pur.
pose of trying these river steamboat cases
We hope that the Legislature will afford tht
necessary relief, and no longer leave steam
boats at the mercy of men who instigatt
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...... The Diana is due from New Orleans
to-day. I.f.
...... The Masonic Gem left Wednesday
evening for the Wabash.
49,. The Louisville Courier has the fol
lowing items:
THE WARD SoLD.-We learn by privatt
dispatch to this city, that the Robt. j. Var
was sold in New Orleans Monday, at sher
ifs sale, for 81, 400. The name of the pur
chaser we did not ascertain.
The Com. Perry, which arrived here from
Pittsburg yesterday, struck a rock or snaG
which made her leak pretty badly, and pro-
test was entered at Pittsburg. She is bounl
for Saint Louis.
$500. Freigbts-No change of consequence,
since our last report.
1.-THE Cincinnati Commercial of Feb
22d says We learn from the Red VIM
Sentinel, that a proposition has been made
by responsible parties to navigate Cannon
River as far as Cannon Falls, by steam, pro
vided an exclusive right of way shall bt
secured for fifteen years.
THE following we clip from the st
Louis Democrat of yesterday morning:
The river continues rising steadily at thi.
point, anu also from quincy. 1nere Is nov
seven and half feet of water in the Chan.
mel to Cairo, and probability of a good
deal more before another week. There wa!
no rain yesterday, but the clouds betokeneC
= more rain, and very high winds prevailed
all day.
''.'.' A dispatch received from Quincy
yesterday, reports the river now open t.
Keokuk. The WarsaU, which lett yester
day, will go through.
I'VE are glad to present our reader,
with another letter from our Vincennes cor
respondent.
VIncennes Correspondence.
V1NcENNEs, Feb 23d, IL M.
JOURNAL REPORTER Wabash river rising
fast. We have had heavy rains for two
days Passed up this morning, FTeestone
Izettd, from New Orleans to Wabash.
will bid river friends farewell to-day.