Evansville daily journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1863-1866, 1863-11-09
River News.

" r. X. Dunkesson, Rumsey.
4" J H. Baldwin, Louisville.
60 Huntsman, Nashville
g Armada, Cairo.
g Cordelia Ann, Cincinnati.
The river has beer falling slowly at
this point Tor IS hours up TO midnight
Saturday night, but will probably be found
at stand, or rising, to-day. 81
AT Pittsburg there is FIVE feet in the
channel, and stationary, as usual
AT Cincinnati the river was rising,
with six feet large in the channel
The weather continues fine and warm,
and the prospect for rain soon is very
promising
The Monsoon arrived here from Vicks-
burg about l02 o clock Friday night, with
upwards of 500 bale Of cotton, mostly
for Government, and plenty of passen-
gers, en- route to Cincinnati She found
no difficulty in getting up, drawing 81
feet, large q ..-s.,.
The Grand Armada, with the gallant
Throop, and his matchless crew, left at
noon on Saturday, with big trip, and
looking fascinating as bird of paradise.
The R. K Dunkerson took a big trip
for Green River on Saturday evening.
The desirable packet for Cairo to-day
will be the unapproachable May Duke,
Capt. Gus. Dusouchet with Billy Duncan
in the office. Everything will be found
justright on board, and we hope to see
her take out big trip.
The superb Colossus, is the packet
due today at noon for Louisville.
She is neat, trim and fast, and her
commander, Capt Cox, is one Of the
most courteous gentleman, with whom ii
is our pride and pleasure to be acquaint-
ed, and his coadjntors. Messrs Bank
smith and Dick. Cox, are very muchly
ditto. Secure staterooms and freight re-
ceipts early in the day
The New Albany Ledger of Friday
thus beautifully and e-nlitely, discours
eth of the pride and monarch of the
Louisville line:
To-day the famous Big Grey Eagle re.
enters the Louisville and Henderson
t r. in command of the equally famed
| Capt. James A. Lusk. lie Big Grey
Eagle was never looking so we'll as al
present She has been entirely over.
hauled, throughout hul. cabin and ma.
chinery, and she will take rank as one
of the most elegantly-furnished and swift
running steamers on the Lower Ohio OF
elsewhere. Her splendid carpets, bought
expressly for her in New York, her mag.
nifcent mirrors and landscapes, her lux
urious divans, sofas and chairs, her
sleep-inducing spring mattresses, her
groaning tables, loaded with the deliea.
cies and substantials of the land-these
are her attractions Who knows Capt.
Lusk except to admire and appreciate
his many excelleneies7 And who has
travelled with Maj George A. Williams,
her first clerk, that did not feel new
light in his heart, radiated from the ge-
NAL sociability of that pleasant gentle
man? Maj. Williams never allows his
passengers to complain for even the lack
of the smallest attentions The Eagle
leaves at o'clock.
The Madison Courier, of Thursday
last, says:
We learn that our worthy townsman,
Captain William G. Watts, has sold
his boat, the high-headed Bostona,
to the public's favorite, Captain Dan.
Conway. Captain Conway will continue
the Bostona in the packet line between
this and the Queen City Although Can't.
Conway has passed through some fiery
trials since entering the Government
service, he is about the same as he used
to be. He has lost nothing of the bril-
liant attractions that make the popular
ity of an officer, but shines forth as he
did in the happier days of yore-an I'M
exceptionable and most desirable officer
and gentleman.
A Cairo dispatch to the Missouri Dem
ocrat says:
The river is rising quite rapidly
Since last report the rise has been fully
eight inches. The weather is so warm
as to almost be denominated sultry, and
we look for more rain before morning.
The Missouri Democrat of Friday
says:
The weather was very fine yesterday
Twenty-Five steamboats, were loading.
As matter of course, nine-tenths of
the freight going on board was Govern
ment freight. Twenty of the boats load
ing yesterday, go to the Cumberland, the
Tennessee, and the Lower Mississippi
The Missouri Democrat of Saturday
says: ~ @
The river at this point has risen about
one foot during the last week.
The weather is fne-delightful. Bust
ness is extremely brisk on the wharf, the
loading of boats boats mainly with gov
eminent freight
There were yestesday, in all, about
forty steamers at the wharf, and thirty
of them were loading. Those loading
for the South are medium sized side
wheelers and stern-wheelers. The latter
are enable to load, and do load nearly
or quite to their guards Some pretty
Z" trips are now seen daily going out Of
THIS port.
Nineteen steamers arrived yesterday.
The Louisville Journal of Saturday
says:
The river is rising. slowly, with three
feet four inches in the canal.
The same paper also announces the
departure of the Big Grey Eagle on Fri
day evening for Henderson, and ere this
item is read, she will doubtless have
come and gone 5
According to the Journal; the Nc
Combs may be expected this morning.
All we have said of the Colossus and her
officers, will apply, with slight varia-
tons, to the McCombs and her Ballard
! troupe. rs
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