Evansville daily journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1863-1866, 1863-11-23
River News.

The river remained unchanged on
Saturday evening, but will most probably
be found rising this morning, with a fair
stage of water for light boats
Arrivals have not been numerous, be
ing chiefly confined to the local packets
with few Government transports.
The wild Armada took out heap Of
freight and people on Saturday after
noon.
The swift-winged Charley Bowen will
be in this morning, ready to receive
freight and passengers to Cairo, for
which port she win leave at noon. The
inevitable Billy Bently is in command,
with Commodore Reynolds in the Office,
and shippers and travellers viii receive
the most polite attention.
The admirable Little Grey Eagle will
be the indispensable packet for Louis
vile at noon to-day Our excellent and
popular friends, Capt. Hutsonpiller, and
Frank Banksmith, with their usual cour-
tesy, will make their guests comfortable.
The Missouri Democrat of yesterday,
says: 80
The river has been rising at this point
for three weeks past-not steadily, but
the very reverse, for the swell has been
+ of an inch one day, next day station
airy, and then it would rise three inches
Something like this order is constantly
observed, and the result is that in three
weeks the rise has been in the vicinity o.
sc inches only. a~ z ~
But as heavy rains fell again or
Thursdag evening over all this part o.
the valley, with the conjunetiEe circum
stance of fine little swell about anG
above Keokuk, we may have eight fee
in the chanrel QUITO Cairo in few days
! The river swelled a quarter of an incl
during the "a hours ending at 9 A. NJ
yesterday The river from the highest
point we hear from, below Dunleith, il
steadily rising, with about four feet Or
the upper rapids, and over three feet OF
| the lower. 1t is rather remarkable thai
the rise referred to should come, as /;
Dubuque paper facetiousiy remarks
"just in the nick of time to be--of NJ
use to anybody. This means tina
nearly, if not all the fleet of steamer;
plying above the lower rapids since thu
opening of navigation this year, hav
bron loia up, proceeded to St ouis
We came to the conclusion some tim,
ago that there would be no rise of an,
consequence in the Missouri this year
The last report gave 81 feet from tn,
mouth to St Joseph. This can hardl
be so, as the Annie Jacobs, which ar
rived at Leavenworth on Sunday, me
the Emile, bound to this port from ST
Joseph, aground near Napoleon, and w
learn she was not drawing over thret
feet of water
The Illinois continues very smooth ant
quiet 1t is reported stationary, with 81
inches from Peoria to the mouth.
The last arrivals report four feet OF
the shoalest bars along the Lower Ohio
The Tennessee and Cumberland were
rising at last accounts, with 81 feet OF
Harpeth Shoals, and 5 feet in the Tenn
essee. - t.tF
Boats that came in yesterday, being
the latest arrivals from Keokuk, repor
the river steadily falling, with 5 feet il
the channel. , .al ....... T.,
The river comes only when business
has considerably let down" in the st
Louis and Keokuk trade. atsk
Then there are not less than min,
steamers-perhaps a dozen-capaciou
and fine crafts, loading for Memphis anC
New Orleans, all advertised to leave fo
New Orleans. Among so many Their
cannot but be warm competition fol
passengers, if not for freight also. Per
haps it will soon become a grave ques
ton, "Will prices fall2'
A dispatch from Pomeroy, Ohio re
ports the sinking of the steamer Cap,
John Brickell, bound from Pittsburg e
Cincinnati. The dispatch did not stat
when or where she was sunk, but simpl
announced the fact. The Brickell wa
sold the other day to Capt James II
Maratta, and was just a new boat, havinl
made but one trip We understand tina
she is insured in Cincinnati offices, Blu
to what amount we are unable to say.
A Cairo dispatch of Friday says:
The big Telegraph No 2 droppe,
down from Mound City this. evening, t.
load for Memphis Her cargo will b
principally for the Government She
to leave Saturday. and. in-nnnneotio'
with the Jacob Strader, will run regular
ly between this port and Memphis.
The Telegraph and Strader will form
line between Louisville and Memphi
as soon as there is water, and gay oil
line it will be. atass d.