Evansville daily journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1863-1866, 1866-03-08
ogRiveae Ipensss
Rlver and Weather.

River azade We9Ghers
Yesterday was smother Of those beautiful days,
calm. GEAR, bsimy aud lsasant as Spring. Ths
water continues 20 recede fast Since our last re-
4ort, and for the TWEEN ty four hours up to last
nj hit, it had fallen full two feet.
n rFArrfvaIs and Departuress a. 3
The arrivals aad departures since last report
Include the Mary Amend, Louisville to Evans
Vile anc rstprns Bermuda, Nashville t6 louis.
VILE; Argosy, Cincinnati to New Orleans; Gen
Grant, Chattanooga to Cincinnati sArmAdas Ev-
ansviIIs to Cairo; Pink Marble, Eastport 20
Loaisvillss and the Rossg Hite, Louisville to Hen
dsrson, and return. ats zst1a ssaisD.
b 1s1s sFss sew A Boats Due.
Among the first boats due here We notice the
Ai'cs Dean, Memphis 70. cinci1nati; En@ald.
New Orleans to Cincinnati; Nangstuck, Mem.
p6is to- eincspnsti; Emma FIssd, Nashville %
Cincinnati; Tarascon, Memphis to Louisville;
Daring, Memphis to Cincinnati; Superior,
Memphis to Evansville; Sprhy, Lady Pike and
Jonas Powell for Tennessee liver; Arizona, Nsw
Yosk, and Abeona, for St. Louis; Amelia Poe. and
Il g. Hunter, for Missouri river Robert Enfns,
| MiunsoIa, and nKentOn. for Memphis; FIorsncs
Trabsrs LinHie PrqwpsEApgio Saxon, and J. 3.
Gilmore, for Arkansas river; Bertha, for Yfcks-
burs; swaIlow, and Alabama. for New
Orleans; Silver Coud, Memphis to Cincinnati.
sseI.-- z ? hHIssealaneOus.
business on the Ievee, yesterday, was but med
crate. There vera no heavy shipments made,
but freights were accommodating on the wharf.
.....T The snpefior il expected to arrive to- day,
and will be ready for her return "trip Friday.
! she has been @fullyrrepaired. and will take her
place as q re guIAr packet between this place aad
Memphis. At one time Captain Dexter had al
niost c5ncluded 10 ababd0n her to the underwri.
t-rs but the lats rise In the river gave Nm hope
Of saving herr WsAFsJinformcd that 40 soon as
| the water was pumped from her hold that Il g
river rose high enough for er to float, she
straig htened ont Is If no eccidentshad orcurrsd.
The Argosy had full Toad AID i've baFges
Of hay in tow......-..Ths new boat General Grant,
from Chattanooga, passed up to CiRcinnati, where
she VIII, perhaps, be rsmodsileds suited TO- use in
sasil nEe.....,..The beautiful Mary Amsnt is gain
ing 81 popular favor al the time, On-her last
trip she was full Of people, There is not pref.
tier little beat the Ohio river. she Ia staunch,
new. safe and sound and Capt. Liter Is one Ofehs
/ cies crest and most accommodating gentlemen
that treads the Jpof of. any boat In the once,
Mr. Travis does the agrseabIs In such styse that
no one can feel otherwise thsn com forsable and
pleas Our Cairo packets are doing we'll OF
late. The Armada had an excslIsnt freight trip
out. ana good many peOpisss...s..rhe Rose 'EHi,e
bad but little In fact, &c was bone yard trip.
decidedly Huston De-. have receaytd q dis.
patch stating that the u P. Webb will reach here
20 as to leave for HaahyIle On Saturday ....Ths
Pink vsrbie and Bermuda had very light trips.
= = = = : Boats LezxIng To-Day.
For Ca1ro.-The elegant Chatmsr. with Cap.
falls LOwth on the rolf, goes out for Cairo to-day
/ Hurry down your freIghts.
Fer L0ufsvilIe.-Tks ]. I. MecOmbs, an
elegant, staunoA and safe boat, iskves for Louis.
VILE today. :. eTsssss
81 Ror new 0riesns.4Ths big Indiana did
not reach hsSs yesterday. She Il, expected fol
4 New Orleans to day. $500 Is
! GIeanlngs from Our Exchanges.
= The Cincinnati, Commercial, Of yesterday, says
! The weather was c.oudy and cold yestsrday,
with indications Of snow all day. The mercury
fanged a. 40 degrees. The river has receded feet
the e sss SisHs TSsTs +
and 20 lest On the shOalest bars aiong the Lower
Ohio There are T feet end fAlIiRg Il the Cam.
| berland. 9
wood, Is here. He says teal he Was in the engine
room ave minutes before the explosion, and saw
the engineer try the wstsr In both outside boil
ers, where it was plentiful The steam guage only
/ Indicated ITO pounds. The wat0f waaa not tried
| in the center boilers. Captain Howard says not
more than 26 lives we're lost. but that some Of
those scalded, OF whom there are about rs, will
| probably die.
The Louisville Courier of yesterds y sRyss
The river was falling rather more slowly yes
| tsrday, with feet 81 ches water IN the canal in
| the evening By the mark. During the previous
| "A hours IL had fallen nine inches at the head o
the falls, and "a inches at Portland. s.
On the falls last evening there we're but feet
steamboat water, or feet inches in the pass
| down the Indian chute, and IA ling. =
The st Patrick, from Memphis, the Rose Hite
/ from Henderson, and other boats, assembled the
falls yesterday mornisg. and landed ct the city
wharf