The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1860-02-22


The Weather, yesterday, in; the forenoon,
was cloudy and lowering. In the afternoon,
the rain commenced to fall, and after dark
hard storm of rain and wind prevailed.
1.-The RiUer has risen 8 inches in the
last "a hours, and is now rising ut the rate
of ] inch per hour. 1t is rising all the way
up, and with the late and present rains, we
may look for pretty high water. 1-
49,. The Dunbar is the mail packet for
Paducah and way points at IL o'clock to-
day AS she is prompt at the hour, we
hope our shippers will get their freight
ready in time. Gus. Fowler will be found
on deck, and Gus. Dusouchet in the office.
1893. The Kate SarcAet did not get off
yesterday, but will leave for the Wabash this
afternoon at 4 clock, certain. Let ship
pers have their freight ready at the appointed
time and it viii go through safe
The Ne,o Uncle Sam was due from
New Orleans and the FTeest0ne and Masonic
Gem from the Wabash last evening.
..... The Republic, after taking on an
immense quantity of freight here, started
from the Crescent City of the North to the
Crescent City of the South, yesterday, at 2
p. NJ. She viii stop at some points below
to complete her load. We have been IN
able to procure all of her manifest, but give
the most of it, viz:
bbls oil, 16 ties lard, l Dbl beesWax, 141
bales hay, 35 casks pork, 1900 scks corn,
10 hhds tobacco, 620 kegs lard, % bbls
pork, 100 bbls eggs, rs bbls apples, 175 doz
chickens, shipped by P. g. OiRiley & Co.;
III bbls pork, 90 casks ditto, 2 bbls beef,
] Dbl do, 20 bags shorts, &c tierces lard, 100
bbls whisky, 80 bbls -four, l hid tobacco,
SO bales hay, by l. A. Crane & Co.; 1856
bags corn, 700 bbls -four, bbls eggs, 70
bbls pork, l. hhds tobacco, 234 bags BRAN
Allis & Howes made a shipment, also
other parties in all amounting to couple
of hundred tons more.
We hope she may make safe and pro-
ftable trip, and give this place credit for
what she gets from here, where she arrives
at New Orleans, as we understand was
promised.
1.-THE following big puff for our Auto
crat is from the New Albany Ledger. She
merits it:
The AutocrGt was unavoidably detained
yesterday, but will get off this evening. We
put her at the head of the list, where she de-
serves to stand. Capt. Scott, her comm an
der, can't be anywhere else when we are
about. The clerks, Capt. Greer and James
Harrison, are particular friends of ours, and
we viii have it that they are second to none
The 4utoerGt is as splendid craft as ever
stemmed the swelling tide" Her hull is
as staunch as if old ocean, with its noun
tain crested waves, was to be her home.
She is proud specimen of mechanism in
strength, beauty, and speed, and sets upon
the water like dainty swan. She need
fear no comparison. She has accommoda-
- III "a
sets a table well calculated to transmogrify
dyspeptic into glutton. We indorse the
AutocrGt to the fullest extent, and recon-
mend her to passengers. itL
DRowEED.-We understand man by the
name of John Combs, was drowned of
the Masonic Gem the other night. It il
thought he walked overheard while intox.
icated.-Mt. Vernon ADVOCATE.
.-... The Board of Local Inspectors al
Cincinnati are investigating the proceedings
against the pilot Canada for sinking the A.
D. Tyjor.
..... The New Albany Ledger, the bes
river exchange we have on our list, fur
nishes the following items
Several thousand bushels of corn are be.
ing shipped from the vicinity of Terre
Haute, via railroad to Evansville, to be Ia
ken thence to New Orleans by steamers
Evansville is certainly one of the most i'm
portant shipping points on the Ohio.
A dispatch received from Atchison al
st. Louis dated the 10th, states that the
steamer Emile broke the gorge of ice, and
that the river is now clear of ice to st. 10.
seph. A dispatch has also been received
stating that the gorge had given away al
Atchison and the river open from st. JOSEPH
to the mouth.
The eight by ten steamer Carl put
up somewhere near the falls, but not claimed
by the Courier, we believe, is at Memphis
preparing for a trading expedition up St
Francis river.
White and Little Red rivers at las
accounts were stationary, the lower portion
of White being out of its banks in many
places, overlooking the country for milei
around.
1900 The Ledger also says that Capt. j
b. Archer, we'll known as the former clerk
of the SoutheTner, has accepted the position
rendered him as commander OF the Nc LeLIdn
and will take command of her next trip.