The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1860-08-20
RIVER ITBMS-
STEAMBOAT REGISTER.

RIVER ITBN1S-
STEAMBOAT REGISTER.
ARRIVED.
Emma, ST. Louis: Lue Eaves. Green river:
Charley Miller, Lou: Lady jackson, Gin:
L. @. Ferry, Lou: Grey Eagle, ST., Lou.
Stephen Decatur, Cicirnnati.
DEPARTED.
Emma, Gin: Charley Miller, Mem:
Lady Jackson, Memphis: Charley Bowen. Cairo:
Stephen Decatur, N. o. Grey Eagle, Louisville.
BOATS LEAVING TO-DAY.
Dunbar, Paducah: Grey Eagle, jr., Lou:
Bowling Green, G.. river: Gen. White, Henderson.
1.-The Weather is growing oppressively
warm again, the mercury ranging up among
the nineties. On Friday night, or rather
Saturday morning, we had the faintest sus-
picion of thunder storm, with the excep-
ton of which, we have had, up to Saturday
night, no rain for some time, and are now
needing it badly.
1.-The RiUeT opposite this point was
swelling slightly on Saturday evening"
Our latest advices are that it continues to
recede at Pittsburg, but is rising again at
Cincinnati. At Louisville it had come to a
stand with four feet three inchesin the canal.
5000 Business at this point is very dull at
present, owing to the reluctance of our
merchants to ship at the present exorbitant
rates. For some time past, the heaviest part
of the trade has been the shipments of -four,
but the present low stage of the market at
New Orleans, and the high rates of trans
portation, do not leave sufficient margin to
justify our millers shipping to thai port, and
they are cow holding off in the hope Of a
rise in the one or fall in the other. There
is now a movement on foot among our -four
merchants to ship by rail to Baltimore,
which, should it be established, and the cur
rent of trade turned toward that market,
must seriously affect the boating interest,
unless it should result in a considerable rise
in the market at New Orleans. Sixty cents
per barrel is now demanded on flour from
Cairo to New Orleans, and IS cents from
this point
1.-THE GREY Eagle, of calliopean notO-
riety, is the regular mail packet for Louis
vile at u O'clock to-day. She is the fleet
est boat in this trade, and her officers, Capt
A. Donelly, and Clerks Lusk, Voris, and
Douelly, are universal favorites with pas
sengers.
-. The U. S. mail packet for Green
river, B0i0LjRg Green, leaves at o'clock
this evening. She is the largest and only
regular boat in that trade, and is in the
hands of experienced and gentlemanly Off
GERS. The popular Jno. Travis is her Clerk.
$50" Four o'clock this evening is the Lus
Edves' regular time of departure for Green
river.
1.-The U. S. mail packet Dunbar leaves
for Paducah ut IL clock to-day. Passen-
gers and shippers will find her prompt aud
reliable. Capt. John B. Hall at No. 2,
Water street is her agent.
1.-THE L. c. Ferry was here from Lou
isville and returned with a light trip on
Saturday. To her obliging clerks, Messrs
Austin and Gregg we are under obligations
for newspaper and river favors.
49,. The Equalty which had laid up up
at this point raised steam on Saturday and
proceeded to Newburg, where she took on
board 500 barrels of -four, with which she
passed down yerterday morning for Cairo
1.-The Charley MiEler was here on Sat
urday, and took in tow two ba rges laden
with the Memphis railroad iron recently
sunk opposite this place.
THE following items are from the
Louisville Courier of Saturday:
AS the mail boat, Moses Mcclellan was
on her way down Thursday night, a man
named Salvage, of this city, was robbed of
$40. He had retired to his stateroom, and
had the money in the pocket of his
pants, which he placed under his head. The
thief who is unknown, slipped into the
stateroom, got the pants, and took the money
out, all while the man was asleep. Persons
who are travelling should not sleep so
soundly.
Owing to the want of water in the Ken
lucky river, the Trio has abandoned the
trade, having arrived here yesterday on her
last trip. She intends to go into the trade
from here to White river She starts on
her first trip from the city wharf next We'd
nesday.
Welearn by private telegraphic dispatch
from Wash. Burcaw, second clerk of the Su-
Perior, that Ex-Gov Wickliffe and staff
and Postmaster General Holt are all on
board with the remains of Mrs. Holt
They arrived last night, and will leave ear
IL this morning for Barlstown.