Evansville daily journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1863-1866, 1863-10-26
River News.

The river was still falling very slowly
at this point on Saturday, but is swelling
above, and the hopes and prospects of
rise are more fattering. The Missouri
Democrat of Friday says; soT
The river fell half an inch yesterday,
but will be rising to-day. The upper riv-
ers are improving.
There was rare sport in St Louis yes
terday Snowballing was one of the
principal amusements; and we don't
know but that sleighs jingled along the
streets by moonlight At all events, there
was an unprecedented snow storm. It
set in gently at first, and continued gen
tly all day, but the snow increased in
volumes until SO dense did it become
that steamer S outline could hardly be
distinguished two hundred yards from
shore. The snow continued falling all
day, and filed the streets and the levee
to the depth of six inches or more This
put an end to steamboat business almost
universally over the wharf The little
snow fakes chung to the steamers, so
that they became each a separate ava
lanehe on its own account The military
guard remained on duty at the leyee
through the day and in the storm. Their
blue great coats, buttoned to their chins,
were turned to white, and their muskets
were shaded with snow. We heard of
no attempt yesterday to burn a steam
boat The snow would have quenched
the flames
The river will certainly rise, from the
great amount of snow that has fallen.
Much of it will, however, sink into the
earth, which is warm and unfrozen. We
presume the river rose two inches last
night
There is at least 4 feet 10 inches
perhaps 5 feet-in the channel to Cairo.
There is probably 10 feet below Cairo.
To Keokuk there is 81 feet in the chan
mel So. ni-qsf.-r ...,a-.,
In the Illinois there is 80 inches scant
from the mouth to Peoria
There is 80 inches in the Missouri
from the mouth to Miami, and probably
A feet above that to Leavenworth. At
the last named place the Missouri rose
foot from Saturday to Monday last We
look, therefore, to hear of 4 feet all the
way out, in the course of two or three
days
On the 10Th there was s feet of water
on Harpeth Shoals, and rising fast at
Nashville and below
On Monday the Upper Mississippi was
rising slowly at Davenport, having swoll-
en- 3 inches there, and more at Du-
buque.
| Captain James Hughes, of Nashville,
purchased of A. Hamilton & Co, last
Monday, the steamboat j. n. Baldwin
for $4,000 cash. Captain ]. N. Cor
bitt is going to take charge of her, and
Ben Egan goes as clerk on her We
trust that these fine fellows will come
along this way soon with the Baldwin.
They are old navigators in the St Louis
and Nashville trade, and we should like
to see them restored to the yearning
bosoms of their St Louis friends. 49,
| We regret to learn that the steamer
Lacrosse struck snag at Kings Land
| ing, on Sunday, and sunk. She was in
Government employ, and bound up the
Cumberland river We are without par
ticulars.
The Cincinnati Enquirer of Wednes-
day says; D.,
have advanced the price for plotting
boats to Nashville and back to 5000, al
lowing thirteen days for the trip They
are to receive $40 for each additional
day.
Shipments are made to Nashville at
So so per hundred, and to Memphis and
the lower Ohio at 81 25."
The Louisville Journal of Saturday
says: Isl @
The river at this point was at a stand
last evening, with feet scant in the ca
nal 1t will doubtless be rising to-day.
There is rise at Pittsburg, and steady
rains there Thursday night and yester-
day. Private advices inform us that the
river commenced rising at Cincinnati
yesterday evening. There is also re.
ported rise in the Scioto and Muskin-
gum. The Monongahela is rising at
Brownsville, and there is rise of feet
in the Youghiogheny, tributary of the
Monongahela. The rains of Thursday
night and Friday appear to have been
general along the Upper Ohio, and there
is some reason to hope for coalboat
rise There are at present over four
millions bushels of coal, in barges, above
Pittsburg, awaiting rise to descend the
river. " 1-
The Tennessee river is rising very
fast, having already swollen over ter
feet
The Nashville Journal of Friday
says:
The river is rising again gradually
j. Its water is becoming more turbid Those
familiar with its depth, at various points
n say there are about five feet of water OF
the shoals. Should this depth continue
v few days, we may anticipate fine fee
of steamers and great activity at tn,
landings 45h
i Those feet and elegant steamers, tn,
I Jacob Strader and Telegraph No. 3
have undergone the most complete re
pairs at Mound City, and, as soon as tn,
river rises, will enter the trade from Lou
jsville to Memphis asvsa eaHaa
There was quite feet of steamers il