The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1861-03-12

Magenta, Louisville; Trio, memphis.
Monday III.
E. H. Fairchlld, Lou; Dunbar. Paaucah;
Universe, New Orleans; kenton, Pittsburg
st. Cloud, Pittsburg Lady Pike, Nashville;
Moses Mcclellan, Lou; Autocrat, New Orleans;
Union, Wabash river.
1.-THE weather yesterday was delight
full, Notwithstanding there was a severe
frost the night before. The blue birds were
chirping their merriest notes yesterday and
vegetation is fast DOMINIC its spring attire.
PITTsBURG, March IL, M-River IL feet
by the pier mark. Weather cloudy and quite
cool.
CINCINNATI, March 18th. M.--River fallen
2I-inches since Saturday. Now 274 feet in
the channel. Weather clear.
1.-THE regular mail packet for Louis
vile this evening is the Eugene, Capt. Bal
lard in command, and Will Duyall in the
office. The Eugene is one of the finest and
fastest packets on the river, and offers the
best kind of accommodations to travellers.
-.....This is the day for the departure of
Charley Bowen will leave for Cairo, touch
ing at all intermediate landings. Captain
Dexter, assisted by those gentlemanly clerks,
Bentley and Lowth, will take the best of
care of passengers and attend promptly to
all freight.
1.-The st. Louis Republican of Satur-
day says:
The river here was rising more rapidly
yesterday, than for several days past. In
the "a hours ending at noon, it swelled
inches according to the City Engineers
measurement, and was 6 feet inches
above low water mark of 1860. The upper
rivers are all rising slowly and in good
stage. The Illinois river is open to Dubu-
que.
The weather was very wet and unpleas-
ant during The greater part of yesterday
Towards evening the clouds cleared away
and the sun came out beautifully. The
temperature was mild and pleasant
Business was dull on the levee on account
of the persevering rain. Boats could not
discharge or receive anything until after
II o'clock NJ. In the afternoon business re-
vived wonderfully, and the landing was
soon crowded with freight.
a woman and two children were on
board a steamboat yesterday morning, lying
on the lower deck, when one of the hands
of the boat in attempting to hoist some hot
water in a bucket to the upper deck, upset
it upon one of the children, little boy six
years of age. scalding him very severely.
The child was sent to the City Hospital
The mother, at the time of the accident,
was beastly drunk.
1.-The Louisville Courier of Saturday
gives Us the following items:
Tue River was rising rather fast yeRter-
day, with eight feet eight inches water III
the canal by the mark at dark. On the
falls there were six feet eight inches in the
pass, -or five feet eight inches steamboat
water. During the previous twenty-four
hOursthe river had risen eight inches at
lta
weather was moderate, with, however, "a
high wind prevailing all day, sitting people
with dust and dirt until late in the evening
when heavy rain fell. That was " God
send which effectually laid the dust.
Capt. David White, old Enterprise, is in
the city looking about to build n new boat
for the Keokuk and New Orleans trade
He wants good sized boat and designs
having the hull constructed at Madison.
The receipts from the SOuth-sugar and
nolasses-are getting very light, and none
of the packets that have arrived this month
have half as much as on their former trips.
For instance, the Atlantic this trip had less
than 200 tons, and on her last trip she had
600 tons. This falling off in the receipts is
attributable solely to the scarcity of money
with which to make the purchases. The
supply of sugar and molasses received this
season, thus far, considering the early open
ing of the season and uninterrupted naviga-
ton, has been very light
1.-THE Cairo correspondent of the Gin
cinnati Gazette, says the Wrecking ComDa-
ny have succeeded in getting the Fort
Wayne ahoat, aud are still at work pump,
ing her out. A lot of sugar in her hold
amounting to $50 barrels, will be saved
Captain Barr arrived here from the boa
last night, and viii remain here few days