The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1861-04-05

DEPARTED.
Key West, Pittsbureh; DIANA Louisville;
Fanny BIliitt, Louisv'e; Florence, St. Louis;
James Montgomery, New Orleans.
CINCINNATI, April 4.-River risen y
inches; now 2O4 feet in the channel
Clondy.
PIrrsBuRG, April 4.-River 8 feet and
at a stand. Clear and pleasant.
The weather yesterday was warm
and somewhat cloudy with slight indica.
tons Of rain. From the temperature We
anticipate n shower in less than "a hours.
1.-THE Dunbar is the only mail boat
south to-day. She is the regular coast
packet making all the landings and deliver
ing freights at all points. Capt. Fowler
and Gus. Dusouchet, clerk, will take good
care of passengers, and feed them well.
1.-The Lue Eaves failed to get off on
her regular day. Yesterday she had good
load and got off in the afternoon.
..... The Montgomery was at the land ing
some time yesterday receiving freight. She
came down hardly half full
-.The Vincenues Sun of Tuesday last
sars;
The river is nearly bank full, and still
rising. Fears are entertained Of injury from
the back water. We were informed yester-
day that the water was running over the
bank ia the vicinity of Saint Rose, about
ten miles below town, and that the people
of that ueighborhood were preparing them
selves tor an overflow. Yesterday the water
was rushing over Bell Grade rapidly, over
flowing Allison prairie, on the Illinois side.
The river rose 0 inches here last might
The river was rising last night at Terre
Haute, with % feet above low-water mark.
The Cincinnati Gazette of Wednes-
day says g:
On Friday night, when the Lady Frank
lin, on her way from Memphis for Cincin-
natl, was at DEVILS Elbow, thirty miles
above Memphis, at eleven clock at night,
she broke her head, knocked ont both
cylinder heads and the piston head. No in
jury was done to any one, but the boat was
quite disabled, and had to abandon the
trip, returning to Memphis with a large lot
of passengers. The machinery for repairs
will have to be obtained from Cincinnati.
''...' The following items we clip from the
Louisville Journal:
Capt. Jas. II. johnson, of the Die Vernon,
died in Louisiana, Mo, on Saturday last
He was native Of Kentucky, and was uni
versally esteemed.
The Local Inspectors for the St Louis
District have revoked the license of Thomas
Mansfield, an engineer, for inatlention and
carelessness.
The Louisville Courier of Wednesday
says;
An attempt was made yesterday to bring
the T. Q. Twichell up the falls, through the
Indiana chute. but she was rather too wide,
and was drawing too much water, and had
to drop back to her old quarters, and wait
for more water. Capt. Haslett wants to
take her to Pittsburg to build new hull fos
the engines
Yesterday as the Emma Duncan, from
st. Louis, was just above the mouth Of Salt
River, Fred Rodefelts, a deck-haud, either
fell or jumped overheard, and was drowned
The man was from Pennsylvania (Allegha-
ny City.) bis effects are on the boat.
THE old gates at the locks on Green
River at Spottsville are being replaced with
new ones. This is the reason why the Lue
Eaves didn't depart on Wednesday and the
Matte Cook arrive yesterday. The Eaves
went up with freight and the mails yester-
day, which viii be re-shipped on the Matte
Cook for Bowling Green. The locks will be
ready for use by Sunday.