Evansville daily journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1863-1866, 1863-09-24
River News.

The weather yesterday was clear, dry
and warm.
The river is slowly receding, with %
to 80 inches hence to Cairo, and 3 feet
to Louisville
At Pittsburg there is but 20 inches in
the channel, and all navigation is sus-
pended
At Cincinnati the river is stationary,
with three feet scant to Louisville. The
Louisville Journal of Tuesday says:
The water in the canal yesterday was
two feet four inches and falling Adj
vices from up the river and down also,
report it receding slowly. There is i'll
the chancel at Portland about SO inches.
| The weather has moderated, and is as
balmy and fair as sweet Indian summer.
Business is only fair, with q prospect of
being better. =; ano'.i 3Ha. laj
The St Louis democrat of Tuesday
says: Aa 1853 "-1
The river has been about stationary
during the forty-eight hours ending at
nine o'clock yesterday morning. 81
a.. OCfCldA UOdbo Oull lOuI lOGt tCu
inches of water at Hereulaneum, while
the c. E. Hillman's pilot reports still less
four feet six inches by the stick at the
same place. Below Cairo there is five
and half feet, and it is cutting out
slowly. Ai-
/ There is four and half feet of water
to Keokuk, and the Upper Mississippi is
slowly and steadily declining, with about
two feet through to St Paul.
There is two feet in the lower Illinois,
and thirty inches through to Peoria
The Missouri's channel is cutting out
There was at last accounts, thirty inches
at Gasconade, but above that thirty-six
inches to st. Joseph
The weather continues remarkably
fine. II is thought there will be severa
weeks of such weather.
The Citizen, which has been lying W
for some time at Enterprise, passed
down yesterday, en- route to St. Louis
plying light
The Lady Pike came up from Mem
phis with two barges in tow yesterday.
The St. Louis Republican of the Goth
says: HC=i a.a
Ih HoRs rs srr Tef E sS9 G lair
She will go on the docks or ways imme
diately for repairs, and will soon b,
ready for business again. The fire wa
burning in her hold for nineteen hours
5 and it required the most prompt an(
strenuous efforts to save the boat from
3 burning Every hole and crack wa
J fastened up, and steam turned into tn,
hold as the first precaution after fire wa
discovered. Several efforts were ther
made to scuttle and then sink her. som,
OF which proved Intellectual on accom-
OF logs and stumps being in the way
She was at length got into nine feet wa
ter and sunk, and thus the fire was ex
tinguished 80
The boat had two of Marsh's Paten
, Steam Syphon Pumps just aft the boil
erS, which were promptly set to work
and in the incredibly short time of five
and half hours, the boat was afloat
with her hold entirely cleared of water
She was sunk till the water was two fee
over the deck aft of the boilers. This is
! another instance of the efficiency of the
Marsh pump in raising steamboats,
They make steamboat her own life
preserver, and in all ordinary accidents
from snagging, it would be almost i'm.
possible for a boat to sink at all, with
two of these invaluable pumps, so ar
ranged that they could be rugged and
worked speedily. la eate
The May Duke did not arrive until
near 4 o'clock yesterday evening The
reason for her late arrival was not alto
gether groapdless Iaam9fa1 ttsrs
She will leave at noon to-day for Cairo
and all way ports. Captain Gus Dusou-
Chef and Mr.. Dunn will give particular
attention to passengers and shipp ers.
Get your goods down early.
The Allen Collier and the Huntress
passed down last night for Cairo-tbe
former loaded with mules for the Gov
eminent s1fl5 B-E