Evansville daily journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1863-1866, 1865-03-06
River News.

The weather since Saturday has been
bracingly cool and refreshing, but dry,
and yesterday was bright and beautiful
The indications at noon, on SATURDAY. a.,
we're that the river was at stand but
# 80, il commenced rising again before
night, and up to dNrk last night had
risen about eighteen inchea II was
then backing into lhe ,ewer on Locust
street, and ia now higher than at any
time since 1862, and at o clock yester-
day, was rising al The rate Of nearly an
inch per hour A food, unprecedented
since 1852 may be expected, and those
having destructive property along the
river had better prepare.
There has been DO business done on
the levee outside Of Government op-
erations, and the packets, since noon on
Saturday.
The arrivals since our last report In.
clude the Morning Star, Louisville TO
Henderson and return; J. 4. KiIgore,
New Orleans to Louisville. Pilgrim,
Pioneer and Cliona, Cincinnati to Nash
Vile; Glendale and Idahoe, Nashville
to Evansville; j. r. Hoyle, Wabash rv.
err Jewess, ST. Louis to Cincinnati ri.
nancier, corn pile, for Nashville; Little
Gray Eagle, Louisville to Henderson.
Darling, Memphis to Cincinnati.
The Morning Star on Saturday had
handsome trip, including LOO sacks Of
corn, discharged here She left about
two o'c sock yesterday morning
The Armada had whaling trip out,
and did not get Off till late.
The J. II KiIgore, from New Orleans,
passed up light She, as well as pas
ssngor By the Darling, reports that tho
Tarascon has gone 70 salt water-Mo.
bils or Galveston.
The Jewess had big trip from St,
Louis
The Darling had 500 bales Of cotton
for Cincinnati and some other freight
The Armada brought up SO bales Of
cotton on Saturday consigned to Brown,
Dunkerson & Co II went forward at 1
o'clock Saturday nigh, by tho celebrated
Cotton Express, Of which Col bunker
son Is tbs active agent In this city.
The Glendale and Idahoe arrived Sat-
urday night The former takes the corn
from the VIM. White, and the Idahoe has
gone below 10 load with corn. The
Glendale viii fll out below and both will
return 10 Nashville.
The great tow-boat Lioness was here
yesterday and lett for above with nm im
mense feet Of empty bsrges.
The tug Sam. Clark came mp from be.
low and lsnded below the Lamaseo
wharf
The Little Grey Eagle had a moderate
trip down. She win return to Louisville
at 10 o'clock this morning Capt Joe
Bunoe is in command and Dick Cox, as.
ISOLATED with Billy Fenton, is in the
Office. The Eagle and her officers are
deservedly popular
The Gen. Anderson will be the regular
Cairo PACKET at o'clock to-day. Billy
Lowthis Der accommodating commander
The big Peytona will be down this
evening for New Orleans aud all way
landings. She lisa first class steamer
with great freight capacities, and her
passenger accommodations are unsur
passed. A. d. Armstrong is her elegant
clerk
The wauaneta is advertired for Gin
cinnad and Pittsburg, and is a splendiC
new boat. Cox & Humphrey are ho
agents
The sWitt-winged Liberty No. . vii
be in this morning from Memphis, anS
will be ready 10 receive for that port thii
afternoon. She is model OF puuetu
atty, as web as model steamboat, anC
il is like summer sunshine to meet th,
smiling, cheerful oountenances of Car
Yves. Conner and Ed Judge She re
turns to Memphis tomorrow, aud bill
must be down before two o'clock.
The monitors Tahawba and oneit
passed down late last evening, escorte
the gunboat No. aud the Prima Dons
Captain Andy Robinson's leg will b
found in the local columns.
The VIM. White, Captain Graham
viii leave for Green River this evening
The White is new and elegant boa
and Captain Graham is pleasant ger
,leman.
The New Albany Ledger of Frida
says.
The river at this point is again risin
quite rapidly, and as it is now near
bank sall, aud it has been raining a
most steadily for the past thirty hours,
big river may be looked for Ia man
places where the banks are low the DO
toms are already over6owed.
All the upper tributaries Of the Obi
are rising.