The constitutional union., 1860-12-07
E2xV EE2 III EELLxC GEN CE.
MEMPHIS AND WHiIG RIVER PACKETS.

HAZEL DELL, Capt. R. Reas TAuLEQGAu. Capt. Jno. Woodbutu FRONTIER CITY, Capt. Houston. ADMIRAL, C.rt. Elias Thomasson. MASONIC GEM. Capt. J. J. Pill.buy GENERAL PEr, Capt Pete Ilora.u.
 &lW ORLEANS AND NHEE RIVER PACKET. CAEarGe, Capt sam. Taylor. ltrAE. Capt. II. $. Baton.
 Sa2I-WTEaLY MAIL BOHS 0y WHITE RIVER.
 FROM EAFoLEoN TC CJAcKsoNpoEr.
 G1-I HAle-Capt. C. W Coles-4lriyo- at Dcs Are on Fridays. faom Napoleon. and touches here for 4er downward mails ol Io1lays, from Jack -0uuor-
 EhzAvn1 TALlEY-CaP. ". B. pr.cc-arr;ves at Des Are from Napoleon o Tuesdays. and touches here again .a Ihursa. y tr Lerdo"u@md 4.aiI-. t.ou J"eAsgnpolt.
 TAerirer at this point continues about -tl.ioa- arE. wi.h very fair boating l. is however. full a foot higher than last suamer. The Captains of tho different boats rcwceut the Mississippi as being ia excellent condition.
 Tie commod1ous and reliable Memphis and White river packet Admial, Riley Jones on deck, Thomasson in the oGic', came in on Monday night, on her way up anl passed down on Tues
 
 she always will have win such agreeable officers as she has. To her clc'l Thomas-on, ge are in- iabteI for the usual favrs.
 The fine |. s mail packet EanawLa Valley. from Napoleon to Jackanport, Price master and Butler Coles in the office, passed up on Tuesday morning, and down onThmsIay. The Kanawha Valley is reliable. hss.ani in charge of the most agreeable officers our Ilver can boast Of. Weare .alabseI 70 her clerk, Butler Coles, for late Mem ,Lis papers.
 The United statas mail pacIsct Sam. Hale, Capt. C. w. Coles iu command. anI Briscoc in the office, came in on Friday morning last, on her way up, and pa .seI down aa Monday following. Commo- d.8a.. fast. reliable, light dsaught, and ohiaered tv tbe most courtcous gentlemen on the river as tao Ilaic is, she 5 always sure of a good trip He commend her 10 tie public Te her attentive clerk. tie gool-looling Briscoc, We are indebted for late papers.
 The regular Memphis and White river packet \. W. Quarricr D. II. Rogers in command anI our handsome polite and accommodating friend J. 1T. Knickerboekern in the office, came in the last of last week loaded to her guards with freight and passengers, and down on Thursday night This is her first trip of the season. Passengers taking this boat would do well to call on our old friend, Major J. r. Towcll, at the bar, and solace themselves with one his superb cigars, or a cock tail which he alone knows so well how to make
 The Izctta, Capt sam Tayloruastcr, from New Orleans passed up on Friday last and arrived down on Tuesday morning. We understand it is the intention of her owners to run heras a freight boat between DcyalTs Bluff and some point on the Mississippi.
 The fine Memphis and White River packet Masonic Gem, Capt J. J. Pillsbury in command, and Mcdonald clerk, arrivedat this place Monday morning, upward bound, with her usual trip of passengers and freight. The Gem is commanded by excellent officers, her table well supplied and she is in every respect a Gp-top boat. She passed down Wednesday night.
 We learn from The Memphis Enquirer of Sat urday last, that the steamboat Kate French was destroyed by fire at Napoleon, on Wednesday night of last week. She was on her way from Cincinnati up the Arkansas, and at the time of the fire was lying just below the landing at which place she took fire and was speedily consumed The passengers officers and crew were saved. TEe boat and cargo are an entire loss. It is sup posed to have been the work of an incendiary. The boat owned by Nessrs. Paul lIurdock steamboat agents in Cincinnati, and was worth about $4O00. It was thought she was fully insured.
 We learn from The Little Rock Gazette of the
  risen since Thursday ymorning about seven inches, and, at the time of writing (Friday morning. still swelling with 30 inches in the channel Old river men were looking for rise of at least two feet from the heavy rains which fell in the earlier part of tho week.