The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1866-05-01

River and weather.

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little rain about eleven O'Clock, with an
occasional sprinkle during the afternoon.
The river continued to rise up to yesterday
morning, since which it has been station
airy. The Tennessee River is bank full, but
falling. rs
Arrivals and Departures.
The arrivals and departures yesterday
include the Silver Moon and Minneola,
Cincinnati; Leonora No. 2 Cincinnati to
Memphis; J.iR. Gilmore, Saint Louis to
Cincinnati; VIM. White, Green River and
return; Sam. Orr, Eastport to Evansville;
J. IT, McCombs, Henderson to Louisville;
Superior, Cairo to Evansville; Delaware,
Pittsburg to st. Paul; Clifton, Memphis to
Z Cincinnati; Liberty No. 2, Memphis to
Louisville.
7iTsfs Boats Due.
Among the first boats due here are the
Emma Floyd, for Nashville; Sherman ana
j. G. Blaekford, for st. Louis; Robert
Burns, for Memphis; Anglo Saxon, for
Arkansas River; Amazon, Madison, st.
Cloud, Westmoreland and Louisville, for
New Orleans; Rose Hite and Mary Ament,
from Louisville; Armada, from Cairo;
Harry Dean, from Memphis; Nightingale
Lawrence, Kenton and Armadplo, from
~ miscellaneous. lFxKT.aa
& Business on the Levee was quite brisk
yesterday. with numerous arriva1s-.........
The Clifton from Memphis, had a moderate
trip 1885,. The Silver Moon, Minneola, and
Leonora No. 2, had good trips...-..The Su-
perier was light. She yesterday cut down
her tall Stack to suit the other, and substi-
tuted lighter ring on top. She returns to
Cairo lat O'Clock. to-day ..,..-..The VIM.
White had fair trip, out of Green River,
3 yesterday morning, including fifty hogs
heads of tobacco. She had rather light
trip out-....-.The Sam Orr arrived from
Florence, abont s O'Clock, yesterday mOrn-
ing, with splendid trip of freight and peo-
pie, including among the former l50 bales
of cotton, "A 900 feet of yellow pine lumber
and lots of miscellaneous freight She.
leaves fer Passport and Florence this even
ing, and should have full load Her
manifest will be found below.-........
The Liberty No. 2 had a very handsome
> trip from Memphis, and was making good
time. Io She discharged here thirty eight
bales ofcotton, consigned to r. K bunker
son & Co., agents of the great Bellefontaine
Cotton Express, by which line it promptly
goes forward. The Sam Orr. had also one
+, hundred and fifteen bales for the same
consignees, which went forward yesterday
afternoon with the. usual dispatch. i. The
zCharmer had moderate trip out.......T The
Myrtle had but a moderate trip for Green
River-...Capt. Gus DeSoucllet was called
home suddenl from his hunting and fish,
ing excursion by pressing business, and
arrived yesterday morning. He reports
that the boys had done pretty well in the
squirrel line, but the river was too high for
successful fishing. He thinks the boys
fwouId have better luck this. week as. they
had arrived in thickly peopled country,
where baTn yards were plenty. Unhappily,
John, who accompanied the expedition,
was rapidly diminishing in weight, and it
was doubtful if he would survive the trip.
The City Council last week passed an ordi-
nance, at the request of numerous citizens
: declaring 1T nuisance for steamboats, to
blow their whistles while at the landing.
We think this is right as we know from
experience that the blowing of whistles
was serious annoyance and vexation to-
the business men on Water Street, and the
y evil was aggravated by the pertinacity
with which some boats continued to blow
their whistles, kor five minutes at a time,
and perhaps the refrain was Immediately
taken up by another like lOng-Winded
whistle, TO the complete interruption of all
conversation on the Levee or Water Street.
The ordinance will be published and go
into force soon, and steamers must look