Evansville daily journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1863-1866, 1866-02-03
River Items.
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The beginniag Of yesterday was clousy, bat
in the af crnoon it air; after sunset it |
grew colder, and continued to grow more SO late |
at night Tie water is receding fast, having |
ia len at least two feet since our last report.
Arrivals and Departures.
The arrivals and der artures for the twonty -four
Louisville to Nashville; Calnme Eastnort TO
Evansville; Leonidas. st. Louis to Cincinnati;
Kate Eobinson, s.. Louis to Cincinnati; Emma
Floyd, Nashville to Cincinnati; Bermuda, Nash
vile to Louisville; Rebeocl, Ciacinnati to Nash
viile Messenger s0incinnsti to Memphis; Kdin
burgh, Cincinnati to st. louis; Yorktown, st.
Louis to Pittsburgh; Chsrmer TO afro; Calu
met, for Tennessee river, and the ]. P WEBB, r
Nashville. a ne frs4
Boats Due.
E Among the first bea.s due here we notice the
Tarasoon, Memphis to Louisville; Dictator, for
New Urltans; Laura Fenton, Memphis to Lou
isviIle; Peytona, New Orleans to Louisville;
Golden Eagle, Memphis to Cincinnati, is over due;
Naugatnck Memphis to Cincinr att; Lady Pike,
f1r Tennessee river; Havana, for Nashville:
Nightingale, for st. Louis; Alice Dean and Min
eols, for Memphis; Anglo Saxon, Mary Erwin,
Starlight, Linnis Drawn and Abeoba, for Arkan-
zas river, ana ths Amazon, for New Orleans. s
miscellaneous.
BUSINESS on the Ievee yesterday was indefd very
active. Ths Beautiful weather and the excellent
condition of the wharf just now, together with
the indomi;Able spirit of enterprise and ego
aheadativeness" of our merchants, packet and
| other business men have had decidedly enIiven-
ing ten6 ency trade of late........We were in-
| formed yesterday hat the Mary Ament has gone
to Louisville for some purpose, but fer what we
could not learn. 1t was suggested, however, that
she was large to pass the locks in Green river,
4 and surmised that she had abandoned that trade.
We hope that it ia q mistake, a. good boat is
much needed en- that rive-... 1.-The Mercury
had fair trip only The Ca umet had first
rate trip here, al left last night for Eastpoif
with q fair load also. She brought 40 bales OF
e,ttop, some of which was for Brown, Dun-
| kelson & Co., and ,paIt of it for re-ship-
ment....... .................The Leonidas aud tbs
Kate Robinson, for Cincinn lti, had each good
trips, as did the Emma Floyd.......1 he Bermuda,
Nashville to Louisvl l., had frat rate trip
The Retecca, for Nashville the Messenger, fer
Memphis; Edinburg, for st. Louis, had fine trips
each .........The Yorktown light. .........The
Char uer discharged "A bales CT cotton for Huston
& Co, and bales for Browa, Dunlerson Co.
..The J P. Webb left last night with a frat.
rate trip for Nashville-......We understand that
the big Superior, Capt Dexter in charge. will re-
sumo her trip to Memphis, leaving this port on
Tuesday afternoon. Captain Dexter is host
within himself in tie way of procuring trade
and orders for goods and merchandise for1the
merchants ofour citysaadhis return to the trade
will doubt b matter of much Interest to our
merchants aud shippers. -
Bonts Leaving To Day.
For Cairo.-Fhs grand Armada, the pridsof
the Lower Ohio, Capt Josh. Throop IN charge,
will leave for, Cairo to-day. Don't forget the
Armada If you want pleasant trip e
For LOuisville.-he Rose Hite, an ese-
CANT aud 81 aft, is the regular Louisville
packet to-day. Get ready. rs
For Memphis.--rhe Morning Star Is due,
aud expected TO leave this port to day for Menu
phis. @ s
For New OrI,ans.-The Melnotte has her
card up for New Orleans, and will take her de.
i partTe 10 day ~ q
GIeanings from Our Exchamges.e{
Among the speciaIdspatches of the Cincinnati
Commerc al, o the lat, we find the 70 lowing:
Tn steamer An@rican, while bound up the
| Arkansa river. a + days since, exp edsd one of
her boilers, between Lewisburg and yan Buren,.
| We have no larticu'ars relative TO he loss OF
| life. The American did not have tubular boilers.
4 The Dora .rtin, from ShEevel ort, bound for
\ New Orears, snagged and sunk 10 Rel river,
| with 600 bales of cotton on board, on the 10th
| INST The boat is a total loss, but the principal
part f the carg) can be saved
he s'esm er Yictori with 100 bales OF cotton,
| WAS also sunk, in Bayou D'Arbonne, 9 W days
nee. No particu ars
Tho Louisville Courier Ct yesterday says:
The river falling FAST yesterday with liz
fesL water in the channsl in the evening, by tbs
uaIk During the previous "a hours it had fall.
| en- 81 feet at the cad of the falls, and fee, at
Portland. The weather has cleared of rather
cool, bat pleasant for the season.
on the fats LIST evening there were 81 feet
steamboat wafer, and s19 ia the pass. down the
| Indian chute.
By special sps;ch to the Merchants Er-
change at .oen we learn thss the river was fall
The Waunita he'd departed for this port. No
arrivals.
The st. Louis Democrat of yesterday says:
The spring-lie weather ntinues, and our
streets are thronged with Pedestrians and v hi
CONNIE. cs is active, freight for ali points find.
ing Its way on board Of some twenty steamboats,,
/ which constantly loading at cur wharf and
leaving, giving place to others.
| Thu river is about stationary, with 10 feet to
Cairo and good stage in all tn upper rivers
All above here yet however, closed by ice, the
i Marion belrg unable to get down the Missouri
| ar the Fanny o den having failed as yet to leave
FIR that ST ,eaIa. Only ore boat is yet ru1hing
above st. Louis-the AEons packet The Ohio,
Cumberland, Tennessee and Other streams gsner-
ally, are in good condition. We pleased to
know tnAg LANtSaI.Ou 10 now uninterrupted De-
| tween this port ard Nashville. For. the latter
paiatw mention below the beautiful and regu-
| lar Friday packet, Imperial, which leav-s to-day
| at o'clock p. N.
The Cincinnati Commercial Of yesterday says:
The weather clear and cold yesterday, with
the mercury at 36 egreeS above zero last night.
| At Pittshurg, there was feet and falling Last
night. Here, the river was rec ding u inc hes
per hour last night. There is % f'et Eeucs to
| Louisville. There are feet the Falls, and
10 fit on The sboalest b RS aloug the Lower
Ohio. Thsre are II fetand falling in the Cum
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