Evansville daily journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1863-1866, 1865-09-14
River News.

River News.
Weather and Eis~.-Ths weather was HtsIs
more temperate yestsresy, and breathing was
passsb's. 'hoagh the mercury RAGGED pretty high.
The river Is still rising here and at Cincinnati,
but isfaIIisg at LoUisVilis and New AIbsny. The
rise from Pitsburg will reach the latter plses
day, and smother rise will then take place.
Busissss was somewhat dull on the Isyss yes.
tsrday, and but fsw boats in port.
Aryssals and DepartHyss.-Ths Yorktown, Pitts
burg TO st Louis; the Palestine, Lonisviils
20 Cairo; the Gen. Halleck, Henderson and
rstorp; the Tyrone, Lcuisvlls 70 %. Louis; the
IT. MoComba, Louisville TO Henderson and re-
tura Charmer, for Cairo and the Huntsville,
CiaFksyiie 10 Louisville, constitute the arrivals
and departures.
Eoals Iae The Colombia, for Nashville; the
Ksts putnarn, Silver Cloud, Argossy No. 3, Emma
Floyd and Marmors, for st. Louis Maggie Hays,
Hsorfs Bysrs aud eurdon. for Memphis; the
Nightingale, for Arksnsas hTer; Alex. spesr, for
rev Orleans the Superior. from Memphis; the
Sam Orr, ON Cairo; II. Patrick, for Louisville,
AID the Morning Star, from Louisville, are
among the first boats due here.
MfsceRaaeosss--Tbe Charmer had 9 good trio
out yss;efdsy ........Ths Yorktown, Palestine and
Tyrone had fair trlps........Ths Eddie haa been
sold 10 90 to New Oriears-tsrms privats......-.
The n. X. Dankerson "a hayfRg hsr ehimneys ro-
paired, new tops, &c. She, IL Is reported, will
run to Louisville until Green river 10 again open.
........Ths Huntsville arrived from clarksYllle
last night, having been compelled To discharge
her freight there on account Of low water, there
being but about 20 inches the shoa's, and fall
ing-,..,...Fhs Ut. hcCombs had q good trip both
ways.
GLEAEIsos TRon oUE ExcHkEaEs.
Cfnefsnaa.--Ths Commercial Of Tuesday says;
Tho weather eontlLuasy ~ warm, With
easional sbower yesterday, md the mercury
IA gins at % cegreet At Pittsburg there IL 10
test In the channel, aud rising. Here, the river
IL iscsdiIg slowly, With Is feet IA the channel
hence 70 Louisyi ls, and 0 FRET 10 the Canal.
captain str4fpsf. Of the Barmora, received
dispatch from kasbviiIs yesterday, reporting two
bet on the shot and falling, with no immediate
pro poets Of moro water. He contemplated load
ing TOR Tho CnmbeflsBd, hut wi ! positively leavs
foi ~. LOuis tais ev ming With the msrmora.
Captain James A. Lusk, Of the Louisville and
Rvs n-ville packet Taraac0n, arrived In the city
ysst'rIay from Oh cagO. He visits Portsmouth
20 y, on the Boat ma NO. 2, when he will return
10 LouHviiip and rsfume his old trade y ith the
fayofits Taraic,n. Captain Luak 10 In \ oe health.
cuLTsIoN--on last saturday even ng. says the
rial & stn Observer OF Ea urdAy. a. tie steamer
81 hiehoIas was lying At the wbArfb boat ct that
com bg down. with ut doing any serious damage
10 The Aith las. But the bowldsr- boat in strik ng
he one Of h RunNAes, from the en CT OF
which she went down ~ sb at two minulss,
taking everything dos that she hal on board,
sch b a ksta, carpet sacks, aud various other
it'll articles Mr.. NJ Ter besides the loss OF h 10
loat snI wld - lost bis pocket book aud 500
IN greehbsoks, and Mr. Benjamin Wsleh lost
ans eioth ataSi 81 aud arsvoiver. There wa
no tiyss ioat. ut h re was some boys pretty bad
ly uared. Thsi .. Of the boa, DO ~idsrs and
oth@r pr perry will DO between 81 800 and S5,OOO.
L0uisyas.-The d. mocrat Of Tuesday SAYS
Tn river at this point coulda't hoif out yes-
inches wafer IN thu canal.
Tue T.tascon Is boirg psiutsd and nttsd up at
thlpl import or the fall aad winter cam align:
proud - city girl with two bsaux at country
neetlt q touse.
Esw AlbaHy.--Ths Commercial Of Tuesday says:
The HOyls, which was SID yesterday At Louis
viue, ught 80 600 Capt. J. ID. Ford, We an-
dersland. was the urehaser.
Tes Ledger OF Mo, day says;
The teplrt Of Louisville piper that Capt.
Bunos had sold tii entire Interest ia he Louis
vile al 10, Dr. on Packet Company, Is not true.
ie has sold $40 900 sorth Of his stock, bat still
retains a large iiterfst In the Company
The boat bni ding By OaDt. Eaory Ford, will
be launches fom Townssnd's ship yard 1T three
O'Clock to-n0rrOw afternoon.
The new wf0uRht on shaftH OF the Indiana
are ow bsirg pnt 10 that famous steamer. which
~ lying VI shipriugnort. They weigh over i've
Journals The Indians viii BE- rsady 20 depart
fer New ORLEANS In short time, II there 10 SUM-
Gent water.
The Ledger Of Tuesday says;
Til, river IL ialilpg very slowly, n ataII In
the char n henoe 60 ansviile the pilot. OF the
Morning Star report six fet wafer a. Flint L.
land There IL depth o. five and u half fe,t on
Heat, Intense and oppressive, and rain, which
turns 70 green SCUM soon after alliRg. tho
COT mitahla OF thu atherf At one O'Clock
this afternoon a NEST terrible storm Of wind and
rain, ccomraaied BY thunder and lightning. set
IN TIE rain was oas Of tbs heaviest that hiss
81 wvrs N nv cellars, ard Falling Run proceeded
out & eat flood at thres o'clock.
81. I oHis,-Ihe d, mosrAt of Tuesday says.
The river has changed little ainca last report
To iro there tiK feet three in hes, thirty six
inches on tho lower rapids, and eight feet ia the
Illinoia.
The Evening star got Ia from tho Upper Mis-.
souri, last evenng reports three and half feet
b low malta aud four fees 10 the lower river.
The rains eau have improved the upper rivers
very little.
bus ness here Is fair Frelsbt 70 abundant Il T
this port on the u mos and Upper Eiissssippi.
Weather hot egain las, evening.
boat has been built at ST. Genevisve, NO, at
least the hull VI one This boat Is eompieted now
here, ans called the MinDow. The hull was bn IL
by Leavenworth a Bro her Of ST. Gsneviexe, and
iron VOL The hui n 100 e. Ions. "a ,sss basm
and " feet floor. she draws Ia inches light, aud
she has a stern. wheel 10 areesss. She has tubu.
in diaBleter aud 81 feet IN stroke. Tie boiler
and maehlnrry we've put up here, also tho cabin.
We said the hail was built al ST. Genevisve, but
10 was u Little Ro X, the landing for ST. Gene.
We've. Tho Leavenworths bRvs their saw
mi !, and the boat has coat them q great deal lees
than she Is worth. VIII Oh may be si2 600 or sl5,.
oo0 ON her trial trip she showed very good
speed and performed we'll She 10 suited to low
w'tsr anx~ here. We understand that this IL the
frAt steamboat hull ever bu IL az st Censvteve.
ItThould nos be the last. N. n. Ltasenworth
viii eemmand the Minnow, A. W. Leavenworth
will he engine r, and J. II. l. Avenworth, clerk.
1hfre are par les In this city, from the Lower
Mississii p with cash 20 buy boat, which they
d'sign 70 run between New Orleans and some OF
the cotton anita Tors above. This fact possess
IS align aeaaoe. from tho otter faois that the par
a wishfrg 20 purchase aud who have already
made bid for b at, are oolored, the efieei and
crew VIII be lotei, the toat will carry cotton
and other goods boil. ng to colored persons. and
col red passengers win b. allowed to eat at the
az as well A. e second table. In fact It Ia a
A dispat h 20 Boy d Sylvester ann unees that
the amer Twilight su' X yesterday morning
che NJ ssour river. sha ssuppossd 10 be total
aoaa. The Twilight was almost q pew beat, liKh,
draft aad was ewusd prime psliy here
Nsv ovisaRs-r True Delta says:
We IeArn only tho fouowirK additional par leu,
lars Of his aaa calamity; The Beindeer bad been
rel AIRED and htted g. run in the New Orleans and
Mrfile line II paskes she was on her way q
take her place, IN charge o. her owasr, @ ptair
hueklr', when Wednesday, about on. juA
as she entered the REolets, one OF her boilers e.
plodsd etc, and can be ecccuatei Tor Ia no oihei
way a. IN. the car isssness Of the engineer n
not having water In the boilers. G. p. Buekfe,
wss in ;h Office 1t the IN. Of the explosion ans
fell through hols made in the 4 ,or, directly OF
aesxploded boitr, by y hieh meass he was bad L
seald d.. AID. ia not expected to recover. III
chief tugfOeer vas blown overheard. bat pickle
up uohurt. The boat toSk are but 1t sooi
eHtinguished, aud che anchored. The Gen
Bank@ hence for NJ bile, came along I'D took IN
Mear dtd 20 Motie--about twenty nve persons
Thrys we're hi led, but we could not learn tb
MANS Of them. The Reiadssr 10 now o.
o'BoIIk's wbAIf in the Rig lets.
BOATS IwAvISa TO-DAY.
For Cairo.-The elegant aud nset sam Orr
Capt. Frank Dusouchet. vii leave at o'elocl
for Cairo and sll way ports. Bns Dunn is he
elsgsnt and popular clerk and will give eourteou
attention 20 passengers