The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1861-01-29
RIVER ITEMS
STEAMBOAT REGISTER.

STEAMBOAT REGISTER. ~
ARRIVED.
bsay SSeEs siI6 @empn's s4ay EFsnkn SI9
Ida May, Nashville Commercial, Gin;
Equality, Newburg; ! wuodford, New Orleans 4;
Jacob Musselman, Wab; Matte Cooke, B. Green.
Lady Jackson, Gin; Lady FrankIin. Mem;
Dunbar. Cairo Grey Eagle, uisvilIe :;
Ida NAV, Pittsburg; commercial. Nashville /;
Equality, Wabash woOdford, Louisville
Jacob Musselnlan, wNb; Matte Cooke. B. Green.
PlTrsBURG. Jan. 2S.-River feet 6
inches by the pier mark and falling.
Weather clear and cold
The Charley Bowen, Capt. Dexter,
will be at the landing this morning, for the
South. The Bowen is a comfortable boat,
and Capt. Dexter will be found at his, post,
with Mr.. Bentley in the Office.
1.-THE Matte Cook arrived Sunday
with fair trip, We are indebted to Mr.
Miller for the following manifest
81 plows boxes mdse, > bdls bedding,
5 kegs lard, IL bbls pork, cask hams l
Dbl lard, p. g. O'Riley Il Co; lot movables,
owner on board; 81 rolls leather, l box
mdse, Arnold Il Christian; l biol lard
bags feathers bdl deer skins, l box eggs,
Is dry beef hides, A. NJ. Allen II pkgs
sundries; bbls eggs, l hid tobacco,
sheep, Crane & Brown
The river was rising at Bowling Green
when we left. Henry MILLER.
-....0ar correspondent at Mt. Vernon
furnishes us with the following
The Joe jacques, of about 1000 bags of
corn capacity, collapsed her fues in the Wa
bash near Ashworth Ferry on the oath inst.
She was going up for a load of corn at the
time OF 4he explosion. The jacques has
been running IN the Mt. Vernon and Wa
bash trade for some time past. No lives
were lost, L..
---..The Louisville Courier of Saturday
says:
The River continues to fall very fast, with
barely seven feet water on the falls last
evening for steamboats,, and ten feet in the
canal by the mark. Daring the previous
twenty-four hours the river had fallen over
two feet at the head oft falls, and six feet
at Portland. The weather was clear and
freezing cold all day, though moderating in
the evening.
EXPLOSION OF STEAMER J. JAoUEss.-We
learn by report that the steamboat j. Ja-
guess exploded her boiler yesterday morn
ing at Blacks Cutoff between this place
and the mouth of the Wabash river. No
lives were lost.-N. Harmony ADDER, 26th.
... While the Jacob Strader was back
ing out from Cincinnati for Louisville on
Tuesday a cabin passenger attempted to get
on board from the outside guard of the
wharf-boat, but unfortunately stumbled and
fell overheard, but was rescued from drown
ing by the presence of mind and timely as
sistance of Capt. G. 6. Pearce, who was on
the wharf boat at the time. In the absence
of a line, thel Captain Immediately pulled
off his coat, aud, kneeling down, succeeded
in throwing the tail of the garment within
reach of the drowning man, who grasping
il firmly, was thus rescued from a. watery
grave.
THE Mt Vernon & Mt. Carmel packet
Equality, Is an established constitution"
makes regular trips, each time bringing out
heavy loads of produce for re-shipment.-
On her last trip she brought out over s.
600 sacks of corn, and large lot of pork.
Mt. Vernon Advertiser FL
1.-The Woodford and Autocrat were
advertised to leave New Orleans together
last Tuesday, and the Fanny Bullitt was up
for Friday
1.-THE Chancellor arrived in New Or
leans Monday, and probably started back
on Wednesday. i-
THE Lady Jackson's officers report
that Palmetto flag has been raised at Co
lumbus, Kentucky and the citizens of that
place had determined to secede.