Evansville daily journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1863-1866, 1863-10-21

The river here is declining very slow
ly, with thirty inches to smithland, and
twenty-seven inches to Louisville
AT Pittsburg the river is at stand
with thirty inches in the channel and
about the same at Cincinnati NJ
A dispatch from GAINESVILLE, yesterday,
stated that there is ten feet water in the
Cumberland. IF this is true, there will
doubtless be corresponding rise in the
Kanawhas and other tributaries of the
Ohio, which take their rise in the Cum
berland and Allegheny mountains, and
old steamboatmen predict that we will
soon have good river -
The Huntsman arrived from Cairo
Yesterday morning, bringing fifty hogs
beads Of Tobacco, with much other
freight and goodly number of passen-
gers. As soon as she had discharged
her freight she left for Louisville, leav
ing the Cairo packet trade
The Colonna went out with all the
freight she could carry.
The old reliable and unrivalled Char
ley Bowen, which has been lying at the
bone yard for some time past, got
up steam yesterday morning and ran up
to the wharf with her barge by her side.
She will go out to-day as the regular
mail and passenger packet for Cairo,
and Capt Dexter, who seldom fails in an
undertaking, assures US she will GO
through. Passengers and shippers will
be delighted to see the gallant little
Bowen again on the wave. She has nc
rival or any approach to peer in speed
among the low-water boats Fred Hus
ton will continue to grace the Office.
The West Virginia arrived from Cairo
yesterday morning, and was receiving a
big trip last evening, with which she
probably got off in the night.
We had the pleasure of meeting oul
handsome and genial friend Billy Lowth
the accomplished and popular clerk O.
the Big Superior, on the street, yester
day, looking fine as fiddle and merry
as cricket on the hearth. Billy has
been rusticating down in the borders o.
Egypt, and the atmosphere and ration;
seem to coincide with his constitution
and bylaws. He is anxious to again re
sumo his place on the palatial Superior
Capt JOSH " Throop relieved Capt
Gus. Dusouchet in command of the MAY
Duke on Monday and took her out, arc
we may expect to see her back on regu
lar packet time, as Capt. Josh. is always
sure to find the best water there is il
the river, and knows just how to lay 6
boat in it.
The J. 81. Miller got up steam yestel
day evening and made a trial trip, run
ming down to the coal mines and back
She sits on the water light as duel
and as graceful as swan, and walk:
the water like thing of life. She is re
ally neat and trim little craft, anG
highly creditable to her owners anC
builders She will leave for Bowling
Green today.
The Chambers took, out tremen aou.
load last evening.
The Louisville Journal of yesterday
says:
The fine steamer Tarascon, which
Capt James A. Lusk is to command
was launched from the shipyard of the
Towards, at Jacksonville, on Saturday
She is to form one of the frst-class
steamers in the line to Henderson will
the Big Grey Eagle and the Star Grey
Eagle. The three combined will form {
line unrivaled below the falls. The di
mansions of the Tarascon are as fol
lows: Length over all 257 feet; breadth
| of beam Sc feet; depth of hold 81 feet
She will have two engines of 23-inct
cylinders, u feet stroke, four 6-hueC
boilers "a feet long, with all the mod
ern improvements in machinery. Hel
hull was built by the Howard S, at JEFF
| fersonville, her machinery by DENIM.
Long, and her cabin is to be put up b
McClassen. This insures frst.cIass
boat in every particular