Evansville daily journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1863-1866, 1863-11-14

% i'The river is rising very slowly here,
the high winds for the last three days
having kept the water back. 1
There was but little doing at the land
ing yesterday, with but few arrivals, and
those chiefly in the Gnvarnment .servioo-
The Kenton passed down without
landing
The Ohio Valley, an exceedingly
handsome new boat, passed down
yesterday on her first trip 2l' Is -.
The old reliable and high headed
Charley Bowen, will be the regular mail
packet for Cairo to-day at noon. Billy
Bentley is her gallant commander, ably
seconded in the office BY Billy Dunn,
who will give the mcst Polite attentions
o travellers. aqz u sev geiioaL
The sumptuous and elegant Big Grey
Eagle will be the charming packet for
Henderson and Louisville tonight, com
manded by those princc It gentlemen and
sterling officers, Capt I-t>lS and George
Williams. To travel . 9pch boat and
in such company is luxury. We wish
itwere to us oftenera necessity aa
The Louisville Journal Of yesterday
says:
The river is falling slowly with three
feet FIVE inches in the canal.
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today at this point ai .lel
| The Countess collided with the lem
pest at the mouth of Blue river night
before last, and arrived atthis port some
what damaged. .rr, I1..aa
| = AZ a meeting of the, Pittshurg Board
of Trade, held on Tuesday. committee
was appointed to take decentralization
the best method to insure = prompt COM
mencement of measrr.s tending to an
early Improvement of 30, Ohio river.
The committee will We understand, go
vigorously and at once TO work to carry
out the object of their appointment
The Missouri Den,ocyat Of yesterday
says: Esfo
The river is station t,y WISH FIVE and
a half feet of water. &, o, and nine
feet below. ~
There is four feet to Il. luk, and over
80 inches on the lower rapids.
The Island City came down from Rock
Island, and reports two feet of rise
there up to Saturday evening. She
found 30 inches on th'. lower rapids.
The river rose on the ,piIs in twelve
hours four inches, equal to ten inches
below.
The Missouri is stationary, with three
feet from the mouth to Lexington. The
last steamer is about abandoning the
Upper Missouri.
The illinois had risen foot, but is
now on a stand, with 30 inches from
Peoria to the mouth
The weather is warm again, with
brisk breezes.
Business active as usual, all the barges
and steamers which go down the river
being loaded to the depth of the water.
A Cairo dispatch to the Missouri Dem.
ocrat of yesterday says:
The City of Alton is going on the
ways at Mound City. a9
1t is rumored that dispatch reports
only q feet in the Cumberland, on Har-
peth Shoals. Hea F
The Matte is laid up Paducah, hav-
ing burst cylinder. dt
The Groesbeck received here from the
| quartermaster about three thousand box.
es hard bread A lot of Uhrig's beer
which she brought from ST Lonis, and
for which she thought she had sufficient
permits, was ordered ashore here, but
after it was about half off she was al
lowed to go on with il, but was directed
to report at Columbus FOR approval.
She may have to put it off there.
The bar-keeper of the White Cloud
treated the Provost Marshal here to
eleven half barrels of whisky. The bar
keeper acknowledged the ownership of
nine half barrels, which were ordered
off, to be stored for his account, but the
guards, in searching, found two more,
which they had reason to believe belong
cd to him, and this caused the confsca-
ton of the whole lot He will PROBABLY
lose it all. A sufficient quantity to make
the trip was left on board.
The Cincinnati papers of yesterday re-
ported the river falling slowly at that
point, with 5 feet large to Louisville.
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