The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1861-02-06
RIVER ITEMS.

STEAMBOAT REGISTER.
ARRIVED.
Charley Bowen, Cairo; Grey Eagle, N. o.;
Trio, Memphis; Lue Eaves, Green river
Aurora, Cincinnati; KeBton. Pittsburg
Keystone, tow-boat, towing salt.
keystone, Tow-bcat; Cry eagle. Louisville
Charley Bowen, Cairo Trio, Louisville
Aurora, New Orleans; kenton. Memphis
The Weather yesterday was pleasant
and clear during the early part of the day,
but in the afternoon was a little cloudy
with indications OF rain.
CINCINNATI. Feb. 5, M-River risen 81
feet in the last - hours. Now 264 feet in
the channel. Weather clear. Thermome-
ter 32o
PIrTsBURG, Feb. 5.-River feet by the
pier mark, and falling Weather cloudy,
with light snow.
THE Dunbar is the mail boat for
Paducah to-day at , O'Clock. She makes
most of the landings between here and that
point, and our merchants will have their
merchandise delivered promptly as desired
if entrusted to the officers of the Dunbar.
The Charley Bowen left yesterday at
noon with fair cargo OF freight.
=" The shipments of cotton from Mem
phis, last Tuesday, amounted to 5000 bales,
luCiuullB Z,4OO UaieS 10 the OHlO river.
The residue went South
'..-.Onr telegraphic dispatches announce
that the river is on the rise at most points
above. At Cincinnati there was d rise of
over eight feet.
THE gorgeous Magenta arrived this
morning at l o'clock from New Orleans
On her way up she engaged big piles of
corn to be taken down on her next trip.
1.-The Fanny BulIitt will be at the
landing to-day receiving freight for New
Orleans. Our friend Gus. Lemcke will be
able to resume his position in the office
We trust our people will favor the Fanny
Bullitt with a good cargo, as her officers
are gentlemen of courtesy and attentive to
business.
1.-The Pittsburgh Dispatch says the
tow boat w. c. Robinson, which recently
sunk in the Mississippi about so miles be-
low Memphis, was built at McKeesport.--
She was three years old and cost $1l 900.
She was valued at 1000 at the time of
her mshap.
....-Capt. Gould has named his new
packet building at Madison for the Saint
Louis and New Orleans trade, Napoleon,
and expects to have her ready for business
by the Goth of the present month.
'''''' The New Albany Ledger says capt.
j. b. Ford has named his new boat for the
New Orleans trade, City Of Louisville and
not Louisville, as previously announced.
1.-The St. Louis Democrat of Monday
says:
The river rose eight inches from Friday
evening until yesterday morning, and was
all day Yesterday on a stand. In the chan
mel to Cairo there is FIVE feet water, with
only a small amount of floating ice, which,
on Saturday and yesterday could not Sc
riously retard the passage of steamboats,,
On Saturday the weather very mild.
Yesterday there was a hard freeze.
1.-THE Arkansas Legislature have pass
ed n bill declaring Petit Jean river nayi-
gable stream, and the steamer Ben Coursin
will ply regularly from Little Rock to DAN
VILE
A correspondent of the New Orleans
True Delta announces the sinking of the
steamer Reub White in Harvey's Canal,
Red River. The boat, on her way up
through the canal parted all her hog
chains, and her seams opening, she sunk,
and, according to report, will prove a total
loss. All boats bound for above the Raft
now compelled to take the Keuns y
Canal.