The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1860-08-27

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She arrives Saturdays, Tuesdays, and Thursdays.
There is regular daily communication with HEN
DERs0N and NEwBURaH by boat and land convey
RIVER ITEMS
STEAMBOAT REGISTER.
ARRIVED.
Mariner. Louisville Lady Jackson, Memphis;
Salle List, Cairo. Grey Eagle, sr., LouisY'e
-. Diadem, Pittsburg.
DPRARTED.
Fair Play, New Orleans Charley Bowen, Cairo
saIlie List Louisville, Diadem, St. Louis.
Lady Jackson, Gin natl. Grey Eagle, Louisville.
..- BOATS LEAVING TODAY.
Dunbar, Paducah. Gen. White, Henderson.
Grey Eagle, ir., Louis We Lue EaVes, B. Green.
1.-THE Weather continues clear and
warm.
The RiUer is declining again throughout
its whole length. Our latest dispatches re-
port feet 10 inches in the channel at
Pittsburgh, feet inches at Cincinnati,
and less than four feet in the Canal at Lou
isville4s AT this point on Saturday enening,
the river was declining quite fast.
The Lower Mississippi is getting worse
every day, and the navigation very hazard
Gus. Seven feet scant on the worst bars is
the last report and the channel hard to find.
...... Business at the landing was a little
more active on Saturday The Charley
BoVen left for Cairo with a very heavy trip,
amanifest of which we give elsewhere. The
Grey Eagle took up 100 sacks of corn and
several hundred bags of wheat and other
grain, with over 5000 water melons, besides
large quantity of miscellaneous freight. The
boats passing discharged and received con-
siderable quantities. The gay little
Lark came flying down without a pound
of freight, but was Immediately environed
by multitude of anxious inquirers in quest
of the latest intelligence from the battle
field of Newburgh.
1.-The Dunbar is the regular mail and
passenger packet for Paducah at IL o'clock
to-day. She is in charge of Capt. Gus
Fowler, while the popular clerk Gus Du-
souchet has charge of the office
....-The Lue Eaoes is the U. S. Mail and
passenger steamer for Bowling Green at
o'clock this evening. Capt. Liter and clerk
Travis are very obliging and popular Off
GERS.
1.-The musical GREY Eagle is the regu-
lar mail and passenger packet for Louisville.
Her passengers viii be sure to receive
the best of treatment. She leaves at noon
to-day, in charge of Capt. A. Donally, with
Mr.. J. A. Lusk very gentlemanly clerk
il the Office, to attend to passengers.
1.-The Charley Bocen left Saturday,
with heavy cargo for reshipment at Cairo.
Both Aherself and barge were well laden.
She had one lot of 100 bbs of flour for
New Orleans, another of 100 for Memphis,
100 bbls apples, rs bbls whisky, 40 bbls
eggs, is bbs pums and 100 tuns way
freight, with IS passengers registered. She
will receive in her way down 100 hbls -four,
80 bbis4whisky and 300 bbs potatoes at
Mt Vernon,9 hh is tobacco at Caseyville
and 100 sacks potatoes at Galconda.
I've learn from the Louisville papers
that the q. C. Ferry has abandoned this
trade and hung out her shingle for New Or
leans, for which port she will leave one day
this week. We are sorry to lose her from
this trade in which she was fast becoming
favorite, but having been built for a cot
ton boat we suppose she must go to fulfil
her manifest destiny" She is beautiful
craft, and with her gentlemanly officers will
make friends whenever she may go.
1.-THE Gent White leaves at II o'clock
for Henderson, returning in the afternoon.
m The Mariner, Capt. Archer passed
down between IL and l. o'clock Friday
night.
-. The Economy packet passed down
after our port list closed Saturday night.
The Caroline has been sold at Louisville
to n Wabash firm, and will be run in that
stream as n railroad packet. She went be-
low the falls Thursday.
Tho KaRa}Cha Valley No. l left
Cincinnati for Pomeroy on Friday. We
understand she viii continue in the Cincin-
natl and Pomeroy trade.
THE Southern was sold at New Or
leans last week to Messrs. Leblanc & Co.
for 81 500.
....The Choctaw is in a very bad condi-
ton, being much twisted, and settled down
on her larboard side until the water is half
way up the wheel-house, while the larboard
wheel is ont of water. A bell boat was
along side of her when the Champion
passed her, but was doing nothIng.-St.
Louis Rep
'.''.'There is a crusade in the Memphis
City Council against the wharf boats there
There are three wharf-boats at the Memphis
landing, which are Of more value to the
trade and commer-e of the city than all the
Boards of Council Memphis ever had Gin.
Gdz.
......HEhe Memphis papers of Wednesday
contain the following:
The little steamer Comet which has piled
during the summer between this city and
Presidents Island, now lies sunk at Dismal
Point, just below the city. She was owned
by gardener on the Island and was worth
few dollars.
49,. The City Council of Memphis have
instructed the Wharf Committee to procure
the services of bell-boat and have the
wrecks of the AaHto5cer and Collier which
sunk there some years since removed.
ssa- Next Wednesday is the time for the
rrraat Repnb]ican Ratification Maatioc n +,