Evansville daily journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1863-1866, 1866-02-28
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The Memphis Bulletin OF the oath says:

Inc mem puAh AauAA5tiu VI tho Lftu says
The weather yesterday was specimen Of gloomy
darkness, rain and mud Steamboat men, aIone
the leVse, had 70 make of chsnee arays as
means OF personal transportation from point tC
point. Numerous drAys were Submerged aud we
understand that the underwriters OF this city
have resolved, in solemn conclave, that no in
surAnce will, for the future, be taken on drays
navigating our submerged levess that are driven
by tubular whips or profanity.
Leyes business yesterday was very dull. Tbs
river rising at the rate Of about is inches in
"a hours, having risen, since the .ent rise be-
gan, about feet, The present rlss, y iesnpPosed
will soon float al thsgrounded boats and enable
them 70 8 gon thsir way Isjpieipg.
4 he Louisville Courier Of yesterday says:
ThsEiver was- still rislng assyesterday5F " it'll
ID fees wateE-fnafha. canal inlths sFsaing b. the
mark LuElsF shs pTsylens q h0sFait hsd risen
Portland, 4 very heavy rise, m king big river,
aud the llls narg Fable FOR up stream boats. The
weather pleasant yesterday, though fce made
freely during the night, with the theFmcmetsr ~
highaA 50 IN the evening. z all~ah RsA
s0niths falls there we're fully 10 feet steamboat
water last eveRing, and the riseF atiil swelling
That Is water enough for AL nayfga0fe purposes
fer either ending or descending boats end all
tho boats now land st the city wharf Is =. E.
AT Pittsburg at noon yestsrday, - we learn By
the special d spaich te<tAe Board Of Trade. the
river was at stand. with IA ct water In the
channel by the Monougahela mark. The Ale.
gheny was RI ming out very heavy current and
immense masses of lee, which had again suspend
Business at theywharf yesterday Was net very
actiss except in sbiplnsnts TO- the sEashvf and
Tennesses aiVer sa9ksfs% Tsey bad Is much as
they could DO to receive the miscellaneous lreigh
hurried down to tham for all points along this
route of travel Tue shipments to New Orleans
were light, with very little live Htock offeriag.
Pound frTights Fne aef0cs ani pflsF AFtlcles u
like Rroportions &H E&4AA
! rAs elnciunRlf eazssfe gives fhss ioslsxings id
regard to the disaster of the Mamie Byers:
Among the saved were Miss Nina Davidson,
Miss Elizabeth Grifith (has relatives in Cfnein-
nati), Joseph Nova. wife and -sans Alrs.0 and
daug bit (wffs Of Ma. org. 18Th o, 3. Tnfahtry)
John Quinn, @ L. McCracken, If Pittsburg. and
the following drck- hands: John d. Davis, Thos.
Johnson, RiIhard Baigar, James Strong, cabin
boy, David Turner. N. Minter ,icoloredA. John
Qessr ess Dapfel Eebber, &Jcsn Cassidy snd =.
kliz2ssih eE1d ID szys asItbs rest Of her fanisy.
consisting of eight reTaens, lost. Her father
and mother, grandfather, two sisters, and three
brothers, were all on their way from butler coun-
ty, in this state, to settle Ia Missouri. She has
relatives living On HA risen street. inth@ elty.
Miss fDavidhous y4athef- and sistera y ere lost
Mr.. Quinn, who is from lsvelaEd, lost his wife
au d child. Another was rescued by clerk Bying
ton and mate Bumgartner. of the Hillman.
T The body Of man, supposed to be Il, ner
FROM ri sl6bufg, was brought here for idsnsihea.