The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1866-04-23

The arrivals and departures on Satur-
day include the Alice Dean, Memphis to
CINCINNATI Virginia. New Orleans to
Louisville; Armada, Cairo and return;
Tarascon, Louisville and return; Mary
Ament, for Louisville; Curlew and News .
boys, Henderson and return. |
Boats Due. ,a esa |
Among the first boats due here are the
Emma Floyd and Rewena, for Nashville, /
Nightingale and Bertha, for st. Louis; |
Clifton and Harry Dean, for Memphis; |
Linnie Drown, for Arkansas River; Am |
azon, Madison, Emerald, Melnotte, and |
Virginia. for New Orleans; Lady Frank
lin, from Arkansas River; Prima Donna,
PEW. Strader, and Indiana, from New !
Orleans; Superior, from Cairo; Silver
Moon, from Memphis; Sam. Orr, from
Eastport.
.-s4 miscellaneous. a
Business is remarkably dull ON the levee
though rather looking up. Another large
1ot7of poultry for the Southern Markets oc-
cupied q portion of the levee ca Saturday. |
.l...T The Alice Dean had a very good trip i
up .......The Virginia was comparatively
light. She made very good run from
New. Orleans land viii havequick dispatch \
for her return trip.........The Armada had /
tItS4C6nCIlb Trip VI -DCOktlc up UuL uttQ ~ A
slim freight fist She had a very nice trip |
of freight out... -....The Mary AaRent took \
out very fair trip on Saturday morning. /
...sa...The Tarascon came down !. at lO11z |
o'clock Saturday morning, having made |
lightning nun from louisville. she Ieft'be- |
fore O'Clock oh her return and ran like o |
greyhound around the point abeve.....s.. |
On the arrival of the steamer Mexico at |
10, tax ho6
the mate, and watchnlanf arrested for
breaking open boxes and stealing portions |
of thels contents. A search of their quar-
ters in ti1s Texas revealed several dozen
pieces of prints, shirts, boots, shoes, DC,
secreted sunder the bedding. rThe culppitA
are held for trial a..sTfe lfuf1 ofthe Nam
ME Byers still lies at the foot of Church
street, in front of New Albany.......A num-
Der of fiatboats loaded with salt have ar
rived here recently, and arescalttered along
the levee from one end to the other. We
would again urge upon the City Council
the propriety of designating a locality
where hatboats alone should land, and
leave the regular steamboat landing free.
Many accidents of great loss might thus be
prevented..-....We understand that Capt,
Hurd's new steamer, the Mystic, is on her
Wy ~ n&AA0 ~AtJ1 w GAAu~A AAAtO WIG NACCAA
River trade as regular packet. We doubt
If there is business for more boats than are
already in the trade.
Roafs leaving To-Day. E +
For feet and elegant Charm
er win leave for Cairo at 2 o'clock to-day.
She lis a charming boat, and Billy Lowth
and Willie Fowler, her chief officers, are
pleasant and accommodating gentlemen.
For LoU1svILLE--The swift and tidy
John Thornas McComhs,S with +" Pap
Combs" in command, will leave for Louis
vile at 10 o'clock to-day. The McCombs
affords pleasant Recommendations to pass
engers.
For BOWLING GREEN.-The never firing
VIM. White, with Capt. A. Drinkwater. on
the roof, and John Adams in the office,
will return to Green River this evening.
The White has good passenger accommo-
dation, fine freight capacities, and is COM
mandedb by elegant gentlemen. 80
GIeanfngs from Our Exchanges.
CINCINNATI. - The Commercial of Fri
day says: lTEz1g ss9g III A1FA pa
The weather was cloudy and warm YES
terday, with indications of rain, the fner-
curry ranging at So atnO0ns.-At= Pitfsburg,
feet in the channel Here ieshas risen
eight inches during the twenty-four hours
ending last night, with eighteen feet hence
on wednesday last the {. E. lHillmaini re-
ceived lot of moving plumber, together
w1thrseyeraf old muskets, at iVancebufg.3
After the boat got under way, a white
deck-hand picked up one of the muskets
and playfully pointing it at one of the coll
bali taking effect in the arm or shoulder of
the negro. Capt. Mason procured a sur
geOn at Portsmouth, who deemed it advisa-
bic amputate the arm. The shooting is
a & fho T.ff yfara
=, cegt 5Pe, H lEssTIst t he head fr6ntsof
the city on his maiden visit He thinks
Cincinnati is one of the biggest things on
ice he ever saw, but still bets on Paducah.
LOUISVILLE The Courier of Friday
says:
On the falls last evening there weressix
1eer water in the pass down the Indian
chute, and the river slowly swelling The
steam boat water over the socks was about
The Cumberland, at Nashville, on We'd
nesday evenings was slowly rising, with
five feet water reported ON Harpeth shoals.
Business yesterday was far more active
than the day previous, with an increased
number of arrivals and departures, in adj
dition 70 the regular packets. nThe ship
Capt. Bill Fuller has purchased an inter-
est In the steamer Sherman, to ply the
trade between Cincinnati and St. Louis.
United states Court at Mobile has decided
that steamboat captains or owners are lia-
6le foF hPy Gasdi On their BEATS Sast
was decided in favor of a young man who
had lost his money playing cards with 9
professional gambler. t.,..,t =, fss
The DemocS,dt Of Thursday says:
A BUSINESS TRIP. T. Cox, famous il
Indiana and elsewhere as dash1ng. busi
ness man. is i'm the city He leaves in tn
morning for Cincinnati. 1T Is hardly nee
essary to say that Capt. Cox is of the nrn
Of Cox q Humphreys, wharfboatmen, a
Evansville, Ind. 49, ,,;s.s,.9 = - ~
ST. A6tl TIN pegaeenqts of Thursday
says:9ffnFosnpn.OA at1 iti 1.i5i s..-s,,.,ss-s
The river is stil1 Using slowly ia onr hai
r.-aBur1ng the last thirty hours heay
hox1E ,t1saaT,TTssn sgSslp34F that cOnkiderabl