Evansville daily journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1863-1866, 1866-04-13
BoATs LEAYING TODAY.

barges veii loaded.
BOATS LEAVING TO-DAY.
FOB oAIR0-Ths big Superior, Capt O. R
Rudd, with Jack Grammer in the office will leave
for Cairo and all way ports, at o'clock, to-day
She has hne passenger accommodations.
FOR LOUTsvILLE.-Ths Ella Faber, pleas
ant boat we'll differed, will go to Louisville this
evening.
FOR NAsHvILLE.-The peoples favorite, the
J. p. Webb, leaves fer Nashville at 2 O'Clock to
day. Captain Hodge Brown is in command, with
Messrs. Gilbert and Yiayard in the Office, aud a
clevsrsr set of gentlemen were never aioat.
ROB NEW oRLEANs.-Ths Louisville is ex.
psOtad to-day for New Orleans.
FOR MEMPHTs.-Ths Alice Dean, Captain
Frank Y. Bachelor, is due for Memphis early this
morning.
GLEANTEGS FROM OUR EXCHANGES. =
The Cincinnati Commercial of Wednesday says:
The weather was clear and cold yesterday At
Pittsburgh, last night, the river was rising 18th
II feet In tbs. channel. Here it has risen three
feet dufiag the past twenty four hours, with
twenty-five feet hence to louisville.
The Louisville Courier of Wednesday says
The river vas rising rather faster yesterday, as
was anticfpated, with eight feet three inches
water IN the canal In the evening by the mark
During the previous twenty -four hours d had
risen eight inches ct the head of the falls, and
| tweuty-four inches at Portland. The weather was
| clear and milder than IL had been, the thermom.
/ eter ranging as high % ST. no.
ON the falls last evening there were upwards of
sir feet water in the pass. and five feet three
| inches over the rocks. or steamboat water
Captain lessee K Bell. the popular President Of
the Peoples Line Of steamers plying between
this port and Cincinnati, has suggested to the Df
rectory to bEiid q couple of clipper packets to
make daylight trips between the two cities.
The annual meeting of the Directors of the line
is being held in this city for the election Of on
| GERS, ard ether matters Yesterday, the at
tendance not full, nothing s1nire was settled
upon, although the President = unlimited pow
ers to act at his own discretion.
The st. Louis Democrat Of Wednesday says:
We heard 1t rumored yesterday that parties in
New Albany propose establishing q til weekly
line between this point and Nashville Three new
boats will comprise the proposed new line.
The conflagration of the steamboats, at st. Louis
was caused by the cook of the Nevada kidding q
fire In the deck stove with coal OIL which ran over
/ the deck and caught fire.
L The undaEwritars at that place have resolved to
declare all policies void boats hereafter usin z
| the oil In any shape. Similar action, we under-
stand, win be taken BY the Cincinnati under
| writer's.
The jobs Kilgour will lay up here next trip to
exchange her tubular boilers for the old Toned
Il double f1ued boilers.
The river is still falling here, but 1t will doubt.
| less be rising in day or two The St. Joseph
Herald says there is g big food in the Missouri at
/ the present time and wo, and foam In endless
| quantity are foatfng down. The river is now
assuming magnificent proportions and the large
piers and sand bars have disappeared from sight.
The Upper Mississippi and tributaries are greatly
swelled also Theice Of Lake Pspi mis- expected
to give way Immediately, and then our packets
will 60 through 90 st. Paul. Mr.. Melles5. Clerk
Of the Eevadas has recovered the safe of that
boat. Of the money in 1t, 81 500 Of It Is good,
and some hundreds Of twill be sent to Washing
ton for redsmptions W SIT
The New Albany Ledger of Wednesday evening
sayH: selves
The river has been rising quite fastsfnce yestsr-
day evening, and there Is now over 6 feet down
the Indian chute the falls Weether delig ht-
| full. Business at the landing very brisk.
The Falls pilots report feet inches In the
chute and rising. re.-s5s ~ - Z
The Princsss, IN ser last trip up the Arkansas,
ran over log and broke several tfmbers. She has
been docked, and viii be out to-day.
The steamer Governor Sharkey was sold at auc-
ton at st. louis Monday, to Mr. Saml Jacobs,
for the sam Of % $50, onehaiteash, balance in six
months.