The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1861-02-16

$500 The Weather, yesterday, was chang
able, sometimes il was showing n little,
and then it would clea- mp and the sun
would come out and shine brightly. Bust
Geis was dull, there being but few boats
rived and departed. The river was on the
decline.
-'--..The new Eugene, with Capt. Ballard
on deck and aflable DuvOl in the office, viii
leave tor Louisville at 6 clock this even
ing. She is a model craft and such officers,
no person will regret taking passage or ship
ping freight on her
1.-THE A. o. Tyler will be at the landing
Sunday evening desiring freight. We do
NOT know whether our commission men
will ship on the Sabbath OF not
'.....The champion Bowen will be at the
landing this morning, ready to take freight
aud passengers for the lower Ohio. Capt.
Dexter will he found on deck, and Bill
Bentley in the office, which will, we have
no doubt, insure for the Bowen good trip.
She leaves mt = o'clock.
1.-The Lightning packet Lue caves,
leaves for South Carrolton this evening at
her usual hour. Capt Mcdonald is prepared
to take all the freight destined for Green
River
-..-..The following items we cut from the
Louisville journal of Thursday:
The company owning the Leslie Combs
have chartered the Pink Varbe to 90 above
Cedar Lock, in the kentucky river, and
bring freight out to her at Carrollton. Both
boats left for the Kentucky river last even
ing.
We learn that the steamer Alma has
been bought for the Memphis and Louisville
trade, and that she and the Mariner will
a.
the superintendent of Capt. j. B. Archer.
The Alma is a fine, large boat, has an ele-
gaut cabin and outfit, and freight capacity
for 600 tons, with ability to come through
the canal to the city wharf. 4 permanent
line of packets to Memphis is an important
item to our business community, and, we
doubt not, will be literally sustained. No
one knows the wants of the trade so well rs
Capt. Archer, whose popularity as a boat
man is co-extensive with the Mississippi
Valley.
49, The Cincinnati Gazette furnishes the
following:
Capt Lew Morris will start out his new
packet, Lancaster No. 4, on Monday. She
is a beauty, and just the boat for the trade
We understand it is the intention of her
owners to extend her trips to Cairo.
Capt. Rees yesterday sold the steamer
hazel Del TO capt. Nllllam MetcalIe, OF the
unfortunate steamer Melrose, for $4,000
Capt. Metcalfe has brought the Hazel Dell
down to the landing, and she will com
mence receiving to-day for Nashville
A dispatch from Cairo yesterday, an'
nouuces the sinking of the old steamer
Aunt Lefty, at Berram's Island above
Cairo. The boat probably be raised
and her cargo will be saved in a damaged
condition. The Aunt Lefty was an ole
boat, and was built at Pittsburg about sis
years since, for the Illinois river trade.
Our regular dispatches from ST. LOui
last evening, give the particulars of Sc
rious accident to the steamer Sunshine
When near kaskaskia Bend, she picked NJ
a snag, which passed through the guard
bursting the steam pipe and scalding badly
several persons, two of whom deck hands
have since died.
MANIFEST OF THE STEAMER UNION, FRol
WABASH RIVER. -864 bbls pork, IS fierce
lard, 90 bbls do, $40 kegs do, Crane
Brown; IL bbls pork, 63 tierces lard, ?
G. ORiley & Co.; l Dbl butter, Preston
Bros Total number packages ,, 1903.
VINCENNES CORRESPONDENTS.
VINCENNEs, Feb. l 5.
The Wabash river rose 8 inches With
the last q hours. w.H.w.