The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1866-09-21

1--WE nope ioT lar Neathef Wnen IL IS over.
The river had risen about three feet during
the twenty-four hours up to O'Clock yes
terday, and is rising with great rapidity.
There is now an abundance of water for
| the largest class boats. Our latest reports
from louisville and Cincinnati represent
the river as rising at those points with an
unprecedented rapidity.
Arrivals and Departures.
The arrivals and departures up to three
o'clock yesterday include the Yorktown
Pittsburg to ST. Louis: Charmer, Cairo and
return; Newsboy, Henderson and return;
Rose Hite, Louisville and return. -
Boats Due.
Among the boats due here are the sham
rock and Champion for st. Louis; Came
liza, from St. Louis; Robert Burns and
Minneola, to Memphis; Van Buren, to Ar
kansas River; Lotus No. 2. Indiana and
Altoona for New Orleans; Maggie Hays
and Emperor from New Orleans; Tarascon,
Louisville; Sam. Orr from Cairo.
miscellaneous.
There was but little business transacted
on the wharf yesterday morning. Teams
were actively engaged moving freights
from the levee to prevent theirsubmersion
The water is exceedingly muddy, indicat-
ing the suddenness of the Idse.........The
Charmer had amoderate trip in, and was
receiving rather slowly for her return trip.
From, Willie Fowler her Incompatible
clerk, we learn full particulars of the sink
ing of the steamer j. r. Gilmore, which
event occurred just below Mound City, on
Thursday evening at dark. The Gilmore
was loaded fer Memphis, with full cargo,
and when just above the mouth of Cash
river, struck the wreck of the steamer
Courier, starting her planks and causing
her to leak rapidly. She was Immediately
ran towards the Illinois shore and sunk.
She lies badly careened, the water on her
outside up to her hurricance deck, and on
the inside up to her boiler deck Much OF
her deck freight washed off, and the river
for a while was full of horses swimming
about The Charner went to her relief,
and took her crew and passengers to Cairo.
It is thought the boat can be raised
if 1t is attempted at once. Her
deck will probably be saved in a damaged
condition. The wreck of the Black
Hawk lies in the same vicinity, and the
Peerless and Huntress were sunk by them
in less than year. These wrecks should
be cleared out.........The Rose Hite arrived
early yesterday, with a fair packet trip.
Her pilots report the river rising above at
a rate unprecedented. ..a........s.T The advance
was still at the wharf yesterday afternoon
.......The j. ohm t. McCombs will resume
bert trips on Monday. taking the odd days,
Monday and Thursday, from Louisville.
Capt. Isaac X. Bell, of the Peoples Line
ofsteamers, at louisville, has resigned his
position as President of that Company,
and goes to New Orleans, where he will go
into business. The Line has played out for
t he present.
Capt. Isaac K. Bell is new one ION
u.s." and if we were the late President of
the Peoples Line" we would give the
Memphis editor Jesse. The Avalanche fur
ther says: tf .33t'
he river man of the Louisville Courier,
tndulges in some very worldly and pro-
fame Illusions to steamers with saint pre-
fixed to their names, and says that so far
as his experience goes, they were all fall
ures, - and that whoever names boat Tor
a saint ca a be classed as either a, saint or a
sinner" We don't agree at all with our
cotemporary, for we recollect a steamer
named after the apostle of ould Ireland.
The gentleman who, it is said, was born in
Dublin-possibly near College Green-whol
was death on toads, snakes and radicalssif
any lived in those days-We say we know
a steamer named the st. Patrick which
was not q failure, but owing to her name
and the universal good qualities OF her
OInC6sS, ana especially OeOTS0 hart, n6T
commander and clerk was as weell appre-
ciated and yatronized as any packet which
landed at our bank. Whethet Ed. Hart
and J. b. Archer, her owner, are saints or
sinners, deponent saith not, but will COM
promise and say they are a little of the
latter and good deal of the forme. a,, e
ROats Leaving To-Day. ,s :
For CAIRo.-The Plain City, having been
put in perfect order, will take the place of
the Nashville in the Evansville and Cairo
packet trade. Capt. Fred. Huston win
command, and Val. Sorenson, the model
clerk. will be found in the office. The
Plain City is neat, clean and feet boat,
and passengers will find elegant accommo-
dations. t..... r.
GIeaninGs from Our Exchanges.
CINCINEATI-The Commercial of We'd
nesday says: elsos an
The weather was warm cloudy and
Showery yesterday, with hard rains early
in the morning. At Pittsburg the river is
falling with -four feet in the channel. The
kanawha Is falling, with forty inches in
the channel Here the river has receded
hours, with eight and q half feet on the
shoalest bars hence TO Louisville.
Captain a. j: schenck has taken COM
mand of the Argosy. She has been thor
oughly refitted at Vevay, Indiana, and
viii arrive here on Friday, and load for
New Orleans.
Captain Nowland's new Arkansas river
packet Van Buren,, is provided with the
new lookup safety valve. She takes three
others to Memphis for the Arkansas river
packets Centralia, Guidon and Cleaner.
LoUIsvILLE.-The Courier OF Wednesday
says:
The river was about at stand last even
ing, with 51a feet water in the canal by the
mark. During the previous twenty-four
hours 1t had fallen an inch at the head OF
the falls, and three inches at Portland.
The weather was cloudy, threatening rain
in the morning, but clearing off in the
evening, though another heavy rain like
the one that fell the night previous would
not be at all unlikely, as it was very warm
all day, and the moon is in her melting
mood, or rather in a watery phase.
On the falls last evening there were 80
feet water in the pass down the Indian
chute, and the river stationary.
The Democrat says:
An exchange, speaking of the letting
down % of the Peoples Line packet, winds