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Friday Morning June D, 1861.
Yesterday through the Intervention Of the clouds,
was pleasant, with a light breeze nearly all day.
Business was extremely dull, the departures being
The Aionzo Child fol- Memphis, Arcadia for Fort
Adams, and Empire Parish feE The Coast. The
arrivals were the Golden Age, Picayune No. and
Homer.
9he following particulars OF the expedition fon
pistsburg. under command of Capt. Ke-antz, is
from the Pittsbprg correspondence d f2he Cinein'
matt Commercial Of the 10th
Our city, during the past tl.fty-six hours, has
been TIE recpient 81 ALI kinFsof runaors, of which
wall neither trouble yoBpseI nor readers nut STlH
content myself with aJS@ facts. On Friday night,
a e House
being The heaS4uarters Of Com. W. j. kountz,
was fhronrelF with steamboat captains. As many
of the tsSfs had laid up for the season, workmen
weie "a forthwith to put the boats in order
To fss ready to leave at moments notice so that
on Saturday morning the boats, with the excep-
tion efputting On board their provisions, were all
ready to depart, At S o'clock steam was raised
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During the day The wharf was visited by hun
dred to witness their departure. The knowing
ones, as usual. knew all about their destination,
whilst the officers of the boats knew not their des.
tination, but were willing to goit blind. The day
seemed to be longer than usual; atlast darkness,
& or rather moonlight began to assume its sway.
The Commodore was seen to leave the Mononga-
1 heia House at fifteen minutes past seven The
steamer Marmora, Capt G. L. Brennan, was first
visited the bell was tapped three times and in a
short time the boat was seen to be leaving the
landing. Her head was pointed down stream, with
%her scaled orders, and in a few minutes the Mar
mora was lost to view. Instantly, as if by one
movement the other'boats Of the expedition began
to make ready for departure, each waiting for or
ders- When we left the landing the following boats
had departed Marmora, Capt. G. Brennan; Anglo
Saxon Capt r. DalzelI; Economy, Capt NJ. w.
rArrnp Man f1nHN NAtoIE. TInr%
Capt. r.. Robinson; Sir VIM. Wallace, Capt. Hugh
Campbell; Mariner, Capt. Robt @. Mason; Mary
Cook Capt. g. s. Frisbee; and Fenapgo, Capt.
Vanderbilt.
The Emma, Capt. James Maratta was to leave
frem Beaver; the Kenton. Capt R. Fl. Porter, |
from ShousetoWn; and the Eunice, Capt. Jonn Nc
Lure, from Wheeling The Poland, Capt. Graeey, |
Was chartered, but owing to the illness Of the cap
tain, did not go with the heet. The Tenango Capt
Vandergrift, was the last boat to leave. She car
sries the Commodore.
. II regard to their destination there is nothing
known, and as for guessing you can do that down
there on Your oEnsaccount.
The st. Lonis State journal, Of the 10th, says:
The weather to-day is the warrnest Of the sea
son. The atmosphere is quite oppressive. Bns |
ness Wasexceedingly dull on the landing this morn
ing, with very light receipts and little or nothing
doing in the way of shipments. The river at this
point Is on the rise, it having swollen inches dur
ing last night The Upper Mississippi and Missouri
are also slowly swelling, and in good boating con
ditlon. The Illinois is without change. Itkas been
stationary for week past. with indications of |
slight rise. At Pittshurg the river is 81 feet and
falling AT Wheeling feet and falling, with feet
and falling at Parkersburg. The Kanawlla is fall |
ing, with feet from Charleston to the mouth The
Lower Ohio is in fine nayigable order. The Ten
nessee Is stationary. with feet on Colbert Shoals
The Cumberland is falling with 4 feet on Harpeth
Shoals. THERE'S s feet in the Wabash from Vim |
Crawford have been sworn in as Government pi- |
lots on the Upper Ohio, employed on the Stephen /
Decatur. The s. H. Tucker, Saturday night, as /
she was backing out from the Memphis landing
hnrst her steam drHm. Nobody hurt.
The Louisville Journal Of the 24th says:
The river il falling at this point with three feet
eight inches water in the canal last evening. The
weather e, 81 is warm with indications Of rain.
, The Ohio is falling at all points between Pitts
burg and the mouth.
The Hettie Gilmore has been reftted and newly /
painted and viii enter the louisville and Cairo
10 few days. She is neat little craft, and
most admirably adapted to the trade. Capt. Harry
Alollnugal will have charge at the office,
The Yicksburg Wing of the 26th says:
Ihe liver is falling. Business on the landing
yesterday was qnite active
of ram : :
y The Memphis Appeal Of tic aetl1 says. r-7-
4 The river continues falling The weather was |,
shoWery yesterday. The Rose Douglass reports
Arkansas river three feet and faling-that stream
Will soon be unnayigable. The Prince of Wales
sl11sCu VIII nhus OF sugar, slXtY-elght
sacks eoffee, eighty sacks salt and sixteen and 4
half TINS Of pig iron. She returns for New Or
leans on Friday. The John Walsh left for Fort
PIekering, where she lays up.
K y. 4. G0TFEN FOR BAYOU SARA.--The fleet, low
pressure g. S. mail and passenget packet j. A.
gatsen, Capt v. B. Baranco, commander, and Mr..
t1 Aufatord, clerk, leaves at o'clock this morn
Ing for the above and coast landings.
Texas FOR RED RIVER The comfortable passen-
ger packet Texas, Capt. Chas. ". stinde, com
and Mfr. D. a. 0rsiss, clerk, leaves for
BED river at e'cloek this evening,
Lou1sY1LLE FOR MEaPHIs.-The elegant and
gTittrunning passenger packet Louisville, Capt.
Jos. Combs, commander, leaves at 5 o'clock this
syening for Memphis and way landings. The
Is lght-draught, staunch, and has FIRST
Class passenger accommodations. Mr.. j. W,
Aonoourt, the gentlemanly and efficient clerk of
the Louisville, may be found at his post in the
otiice this morning, ready to accommodate passen.
gers. Call and see him.
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