The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1868-04-24

Roy. Capt. Watts may conclude to-
day to load the Lady Grace for Ten
nessee River. The Rob Roy will
hereafter leave for Evansville every
Wednesday, and returning, leave Ev-
ansville every Saturday morning.
The Gazette says:
The up-river packets are beginning
to find dry picking along the way.
But Notwithstanding this we are to
have three 6ne-side- wheel boats In
the Cincinnati and Pittsburg trade, to
make regular weekly trips. Besides
these there are four stern-Wheel
steamers that make irregular trips be-
tween these two points, averaging
about one trip each every eight or
nine days. The up-river boats bound
for st. Louis, are not so numerous
nor SO we'll loaded as formerly. As
an evidence Of what has been, six
Ohio River boats are announced as
having arrived at st. Louis during
Saturday and Friday.
The Wheeling packets continue to
do fair business, and the same may
be said of those whose trips termi-
nate this side of Wheeling. Business
with the Louisville packets is improv-
ing, their freight being for shipment
South by rail Cumberland river
freight is not plentiful, unless taken
at very low prices. We send two
boats week to Memphis. Business
in Arkansas river freights is getting
better. New Orleans lots are well
cleaned out, and it is difficult for one
of our large steamers to get a trip in
side of six or eight days. We see no
prospect of Improvement in steamboat
business this season. so far as CIncin-
natl is concerned
Alexander Swift, of Cincinnati, has
bought the United States Government
irOn-clad vessels Catawba and 0neo-
ia. He pays $380,000 for the former,
and 1915, 900 for the latter.
LOUISVILLE = The Democrat Of
Wednesday says:
We have no change to report in
business matters, business still re-
naming very dull, with but slight
prospects Of any change for the bet
ter.
ST. LOUIS. = The Democrat Of.
Wednesday says:
We receive favorable reports of the
condition of the upper rivers. They
are on the decline, however. Here
the river is falling steadily, and the
presumption is the decline is equal
all the way from St. Paul to the ocean.
The weather is clear and warm.
Business was noticeably brisk on the
wharf yesterday. Boats from many
parts of the Western rivers were dis
charging cargoes, and those from the
Missouri were. remarkably bulky; the
the Peoria City, for instance, hav-
ing arrived from st. Joseph Mon
day evening with near 600 tons
1000 sacks-and spread it ont liber-
ally on the wharf. And yet this en-
larged steamer with that cargo was
drawing 4 feet 3 inches The Impe-
rial, small towboat from the North
.Winona-had FIVE barges contain
ing 40, 900 bushels Of wheat, mainly
in hulk, and other steamers had cor
cargoes. We begin to
think the wharf will be all brought
into use when 1t is nicely graded and
paved, a distance of seven miles. The
tactics of the Jasper and
j ohnsoD, the music and the firing of
cannon, tended to increase the livel-
ness of the wharf yesterday.
The Democrat of Monday has the
following relative to the sinking of
the Carrie:
SLOAN STATION, April IA, 1868.
Capt. ". y Kountz:
SIR: We struck a snag this AN. at
half-past 5 o'clock and sunk forward !
in nine feet water and stern 10 eleven
feet, and the current increasing. [ |
fear that she is settling in-the sand,
and have no doubt but tt she is a
total loss. We have saved some
freight, and are doing all we can to |
save more. Snag struck her ia the I
stern, a little to the starboard side,
and aft of the forward hatch. She /
sunk in about twelve minutes. She /
is now badly settled amidships. We I
are just three miles above Indian
Mission, and seven miles from Sloan
Station. Yours respectfully,
Il. w, BEDARD.