Evansville daily journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1863-1866, 1866-03-02
River Items.
-r,xsr and weather.


The weather yesterday was miIds beautiful and
So, ing-liks. 1t was indeed most beautiful day, |
and most cheerful. The water continues to rise |
.ince our Ia t report, and mp to last night.
I Arrivals and Departures.
The arrivals and departures since our last re-
port are as follows: Glasgow. Pittsburgh to
Nashville; Alice Dean, CincinDatIto Memphis;
| New York, Arksnsas river to Cincinnati; Baltic,
Louisville to New Orleans; MineOla, Memphis TO
Cincinnati; Tarascon, Louisville to Memphis,
and Bertha, vicksburgh to Cincinnati.
Boats Due.
Among the first boats due here we nstics the
Emma Floyd. Cincinnati to Nashville; Lady
Pike and Lsonora, for Tennessee river; ARR
zona, for St. Louis; Anna and Naugatuck, and
Darling, for Memphis; j. h. GrOesback, West
morsIand and ArgOsy, for New Orleans.
81 miscellaneous
Business the wharf yesterday was very ac-
| tive, and frrights continued to accumulate
Brown, Dunksrson & Co. shipped large lot Of
ssck corn on the Baltic. Clarence Prentice was
aboard that boat.......Ths Glasgow Is 3 new hoat.
This 10 her frst trip. She had good load........
/ The Alice Dean was deep. she had lot Of horses
on board. The Mineola had good trip Of
freight. She discharged 20 bales of cotton for
| Nesbit & Wiggins....-.The Tarascon had splsn-
| did trip TO Memphis....-..The beautiful Mary
AmsDt will be here this evening, aud return to
Louisville to- morrow........The Calumet was stlll
at the wharf last night. We did not learn when
she would return to Memphis...-....rhe chArmer
was unavoidab,y detained st Paducah, and did net
reach here yesterday. She W II be on hand to-
day. aud leave for Cairo ali right......Captain A.
j. Cooper has sod his balance-a one-third in
terest-in the steamer Rose HambIetoD, to Messra.
Ellis a Burlin, At the rate Of $4,000 fer the
whole boat.......The st. Louis Democrat says
s The fine tow boat Michigan has been bought for
SIS, OtO b. Messrs. Obey Rebird, John Lane and
Josiah Townsend. They will purchase, also, two
barges. Captain John Lane win command, and
do an extensive town g business through the sea-
son." Madison 10 reported in a cOndi-
tIoE to raise. She lies easy, and is said not to
have been badly iDJured. So soon as the water
falls she will be raised.......The Cincinnati Ca
zetts says: The local inspectors Of this port are
investigating the caute Of tho collision between
the Mamie Byers and the O. Z. HiIlman. At
their session yesterday they examined James
Bacon, the pilot Of the Hilmau; A. Smith, the
pilot of the Byers; s. ByiDgton. the clerk Of the
. Hflman, on wach ut the time of the accident,
and the mate Of the same boat"
Boats Leaving To-Day.
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for Cairo. Capt. Billy Lowth goes out in charge,
than whom pleasanter gentleman 10 not found
For NRshviIIe.-The J. P. Webb, Capt. J.
Hon Throop in charge. The Captain will be
found pleasant gentleman, and the boat safe and
reliable. Hurry down your freight.
Gleanings from Our Exchanges.
' The Louisville Democrat Of yesterday says:
There upwards OF IL OF water In the canal
last evening" and the river Is stiIl rising. There
Is IL feet water in the chute the falls, and IL
: feet on the rocks This 10 plenty Of water for al
sized boats. Business on the wharf was livelIeF
than we have seen if for many day. The weather
/. was pleasant, though the skies were cloudy and
threatened rain during tbs day or night.
The Cincinnati Commercial Of yesterday says
( The weather continues mild and spring like
! with the mercury at 60 degrees last night. Al
= Pittsburgh there IA feet 10 the channel last
night, and falling. Hcres the river has risen
two feet during the twenty four hours ending
3 last night,-when &c had commenced recedinr
slowly. There 10 thirty feet hence to Louisville
fourteen feet In the canal, and 20 feet this
shoalest bars along the lover Ohio. There az
10 feet and falling in the Cumberland.