Evansville daily journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1863-1866, 1865-12-28

furnish US With mernorands, manifests, and all
river such favors WIN meet with the truest ap.s
precIation if addressed to the River Editor Evans
VILE JOURNAL, and left with either Of the wharf,
boals. r
Weather and Wharf.-The weather yesterd , /
was cloudy, dry overhead, comparatively, but !
damp, muddy, aud dissgreeable under foot. /
The latest aspect last evening that It might |
snow or rain, one or the other, 10th neither,
but we couldn't tell which, The river is rising
slowly, having swollen about foot during the "a
hours ending at s O'Clock Past evening, and the
water is now wide spreading over the low lands
along shores. From Cincinnati we learn By
teleg aph that the river had risen over feet at
that point during the preceeding "a hours, and II
is hard to predict just when the food will cul-
inmate. From Captain Conway, of the Alice
Dean, we learn that the Mississippi is again open
to st Louis, but no boats had as yet come out.
Considerable ice was met By she Dean below Cairo
Port Lfst.-The arrivals and departures since
cur last report include the st. CIeud, Swallow,
Darling. Alice Dean, Memphis 10 Cincinnati;
Phantom, PASSPORT to Evansville; Bsrmzda,
Nashville to Evansville; Lanra Fenton, J. T.
McCombs, to LCuiayille and re.urn; Armada, for
Cairo. e. sasz - -
Boats Dats.--Among The first boats dns here are
the following: Columbia, for Nashville; Kose
HambIetOn and Eannie Bysrs, for Memphis;
Emma No. 2, Westmoreiand, N. Longworth,
Indisna, and Baltic, for New Orleans; st. Patrick
Golden Eagle, and Mineola, from Memphis !.
]. P. Webb, from Nashville; Rose Hite, from
louisville, Char mer, from Cairo.
Neutrality-suspicious. wss not an unusual
anount Of business TRANSACTED on the levee yes-
terday. st. Cloud and Darling had good
trips from Memphis, the latter. having $50 bales
Of cotton for Cincinn at Swallow had
"a "a $50 srsp-..-.-...The Alice Dean had 100 bales
| of cotto3 for Cannelton. She came out on Sun
day, was flying light and running for glory. shs
was close behind the Darling, which left Saturday
evening-......The Phantom came in from East
port with $40 bales of cotton, chiefly for Louis
vile and Cincinnati. which she re shipped on the
Laura Fenton..-..-..The BeFmuda had a moderate
| trip out Of the Cumberland.......ThsL Laura Fen
ton came in from Louisville comparatively light,
but lefs last night With fair trip...-,...The Ar
mazda got very fair trip yesterday ........H Heavy
fogs have prevailed OF the Lower Mississippi,
| and b5ats have been generally detained. The
Alice Dean lay in one place Is hours without iurn-
ing wheel...-.,Capt. Bacheler, of the Darling,
went through by rail frem Cairo q Cincinnati,
and the "beautifur' was commanded by the
\ Chief Clerk 80. .srhe J. P. Webb will no doubt
be found at the wharf this morning ready to re-.
celve freight for Nashville, TO which port she wiz
take her departure. One enterprising firm on
II Water street, we noticed last might, had house
full' Of goods packed and marked for Cumber-
land river ports, awaiting shipment by the Webb.
IS sLxAsIEas RRoM ON ExonAEees.
oiHeinsa6. The Gazstte of Tuesday says:
The weather yesterday extraordina rily
pleasant for the season, the sun shining brightly
daIiag the siisrnoSn' and the temPsrasure being
mild and spriuglike.
The riveF was falling yesterday at the rats of
half an inch an hour. The officers of the Anuie
Laurie report that the Kanawha Is falling rapid
ly, with t&elye fet Of water IN the channel
During the late rise it measured fifteen feet or
more
MsmPkis.--Ths Argus of Saturday lays:
The weather yesterday was cool, clear and
pleasant. The cold winds that have. blown for
several days has had the effect Of drying up the
mud rapidly, and now getting ABOUT on fhsstreet
is not near 90 unpleasant as for some days past.
Business on the lev. rather brisk yester-
day, quite a number # boats mad arrived the pre-.
Yious night and during the day yesterday. Car
goes were being discharged, giving the wharf
The river opposite this point rose four inches
yesterday.
Tevre Haute.-The Express Of yesterday says:
The river is rising at this point and is now in
good boating stage. We learn our fellow eitizen,
U. Shswmaker, Esq, has recently purchased In
Madison, the steamer Romeo" for the Wab ssh
river trade, making headquarters ct this place.
The boat ia superior 10 any til At has recently b5en
in this trade, draws only fifteen inches water
when light, and can run in any rsaBonabis stage
Of TivsT. 1t has capacity for carrying three hun
dred and Atty tons Of freight, aud will acoommo.
date with berths one hundred passengers. The
boat Is now at Evansville, and Mr.. Shoemaker
goes down to-day to bring It up.
BOATS LEAVING TO-DAY.
For cafro.-The charming passenger packet
oharmsr viii leave for Paduoah, Cairo and all
way ports, at O'Clock to-day, in charge Of that
elegant gentleman and popular officer, Capt Billy
Lowth, and with luke Nicholson, of blessed
memory, in the Office. Go on the Charmsr.
For Loaisciile-The reliable and feet Rose
Hite, Capt. Aaron Ballard, is the regular mail
boat to Henderson aud Louisville this evening.
That courteous young gentleman, john Our
hacker, dictates in the Once, and will make pas
sengers comfortable. SAD 81
The Wild st. Patrick, detained by fog, will not
be- MP TIL to-day. she has spisudid passenger &C
oommodations and great speed, and Capt. Geo o.
Hart and Bruce Alvord are her incoIsparAble ofH-
GERS.
We are not often compelled to apologies for a
paucity of river news on &C omit Of sickness, but
for the past few days we have been so seriously
indisposed that we found it imprudent to pIod
Through the mud in quest of items. We will be
all right by tomorrow. In the neaatfme we will
be greatly obliged to our friends Of the different
wharf boats for all items OF river sent to our
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