Evansville daily journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1863-1866, 1864-07-26
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River News.


The river is barrea place for items
during this dusty spell
Yesterday We had faint hope that /,
would rain BY night, bat at night il was
as dry as ever and no signs Of rain. The
litsle round hills in the river above the
city are rising higher daily. and the num-
Der Of arrivals aud departures are fall
ing of, aud the only boats doing any
business are those plying to Green River,
tao or three Of which we're in yesterday
with fall eargoes of tcbacco
The John Thomas MeCombs, due here
Sunday night, had not arrived at dark
last evening. She is doubtless lying Up
on some bar above Late last night We
learned that she was unable to cross
French Island bar, and turned back
Among The steamboat men in the civ.
80 are glad to meet our friend, pilot Dan.
Weaver. of the Big Missouri, 6ne so.
cial gentleman, eminen,ly worthy to
handle the wheel OF ths finest boat afoat
The Missouri is lying at ST. Louis, max
Ing certain changes 10 her motive power
that will greatly increase her speed.
Several boats have loaded with cattle
since Saturday and lelt for the South.
There we're no signs Of The Miami at
sandown last evening She will prob4,
bly, be in before norniug
The Missouri Democrat Of Saturday
says;
/ The weather has become cool, with a
+ pleasant northern breeze blowing coz
/ stantly for some days past Business Is
down 10 low ebb Some forty or City
steam boats continue laid up at this port
and more will soon he ad ted There Is
zen feet OF water to Cairo, three feet in
the Illinois, and four and half in the
Missouri The Illinois rise Of four or
Eve feet had not reached Peoria when
the Lacon left II will improve the low
err Illinois The Missouri is stationary,
and the upper Mississippi is rising The
late heavy rains win do good on river as
we'll AS land
MISCELLANEOUS So great is the dis
parity between business aud tonnage in
the New Orleans trade that the owners
Of the Ida Handy and other steamers had
the fact staring them ia the face, that
they would remain in port six weeks be-
fore their turns to load would arrive.
This great decline IA rver business is a
sad thing for the owners of those fine
and valuable river craft, many Of which
are entirely new Bot new and in
pOrtant arrangement was yesterday en-
tered into by the owners OF ST Louis aud
New Orleans boats. and the tiaal partic-
ulars were to be adjusted by the hour q
FIVE last evening We have no official
statement in relation to the matter, but
We understand ito be lhis--owners Of
the boats, nearly Hll that we're running
in the trade, which had entered into and
have been for some months running IN
der an engagement With John q. Cope.
land & Co, Government contractors,
formed joint stock company, which
represents all these boats. lt is 10 last
sixty days Only ten boats shall raa,
the others to be laid up. These ten are
to be sriect, fast and fine One boat is
to leave every two days Every boat
owned by the company ITO be valued
by committee, and will be paid a share
Of the profits according to value. IL it
shall prove losing business the same
rule is to apply. No more boats are 10
be admitted. The new arrangement is
inauRuratsd with the Olive Branch, which
"a now loading. OF course. the partieu-
lars are very crude, but they are, no
doubt, near the truth. There are now
in port the following boats, which are
waiting their turn to load for New Or.
leans: Henry Ames, City Of Memphis,
MolHe Able, Luminary, Bari, Able, I.
C. Swon, L. ~ Kennett, Saitana, Maria
Denning, John ) Roe, Clara Dolson and
Ida Handy They were TO load in the
1 akovo cedar