The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1861-04-11

1.-The weather cleared up during the
night of Tuesday, and yesterday was as
beautiful and spring-like as heart could
wish. Business, however, WAS rather dull,
there being no arrivals of consequence,
outside of local packets, which left with
. slim trips
The river continues to rise, with a fair
prospect of high water, as accounts indicate
still further rise from above
The Wabash had receded about thirteen
inches at Vinceunes, up to Tuesday after
noon, but the heavy rains of the past few
days will perhaps cause another rise above.
though at our last advices, the river had
fallen 30 inches atTerre-Haute The bot
toms on both sides are still submerged,
with no immediate prospect of the water
passing Off The lower Ohio is in fiue
novigable order. The Tennessee is rising,
with Z feet on Colberis Shoals. The Cum
berland IS rising with 6 feet at Nashville.
The Mississippi is rising, from St Louis to
Cairo with 20 feet in the channel The
Lower Mississippi is in excellent nayigable
condition. At last accounts there were l )
feet in the Arkansas from Little Rock to
Napoleon.
CNoINNATI, April I0th.-The river rose
one foot up to midnight, but has since fallen
three inches. Now % feet 9 inches in the
channel. Weather cloudy aud cool.
ST Louis, April 10th, NJ The river con-
tinues to swell, and all the upper streams
are rising. The Illinois is over its banks
in some places. Weather clear and pleasant.
P1TTsBURG, April, 10 M.-River Q feet 4
inches, by the pier mark, and rising slowly
Weather clear aud mild.
LOUISVILLE, April IO.-River stationary
with nine feet four inches in the canal.-
Mercury $50.
THE Calliope Grey Eagle will be at
the landing for Louisville this evening
she carries the mail, and leaves at O'Clock.
Capt. Donnelly stands l as a commander,
and shat ar" Lusk, who is so popular
may be found in the Office. Get aboard tn e
Eagle, and hear the music.
We believe it is conceded by all parties
that Capt Vaumeter and Clerks Travis and
Miller, of the Matte Cook, are frst-rate
men to travel with. The Matte Cook
carries the mail to Bowling Green and way
points, and as the above gentlemen are on
her, and she is a staunch boat, shippers
will be "safe to send their truck . by
her. She leaves at Z this evening.
'''-' The J. II. Done, Capt Davis, is adj
vertised at Cincinnati for the Arkansas riv-
CT uuFiI5 the present week.
1.-The Vicksburg Wing of the goth
ult., states that from fifteen hundred 10 two
thousand dollars were collected there the
previous day, under the tariff laws of the
new Confederacy. or course this was all
upon products Of the United States, which
the seeding States previously received free
of duty.
.-..'' We learn from the Louisville Jour
nal of the 9th, that a committee from the
Captains Association OF Louisville, consist
ing of Captains Archer, Bunce, Erwin. List
and Everhart, visited Cincinnati on Tuesday,
to attend the convention which assembled in
that city on Wednesday. The object OF the
convention Will be to fix tariff of freights
for boats engaged in short trades.
''''''An improved apparatus for prevent
ing or destroying incrustations in steam
boilers is among the recent foreign inven-
tons. The plan consists in the substitution
of mechanical arrangement to the chemi-
cpf reagents at present in general use. for the
prevention of caIcareouse deposits in steam
boilers, or their destruction when formed.
AT the Demonstration in honor of
the election of Capt. Taylor to the Mayor
ality Of st. Louis, in that city, on Thursday
evening, the steamer H. r. w. Hilla South
ern boat with a Southern crew, and sailing
under Southern flag, CHANGED to be in port
when the complimentary demonstration to-
wards D. g. Taylor was gotten up by the
rivermen. The officers of the Hill rigged
their boat and moved off with the process
sion, carrying at their masthead, the flag of
the Southern Confederacy. They were or
dered by Chief Marshal Wall to pull down
their flag: They refused 10 do So and for
that reason were peremptorily ordered out of
the procession. Served them right