The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1866-12-24
y ADDITI Io9ls,F n lRIFER NEWS.

GWerSSAEI, Dec p. 1.-THE liver has fallen
2 feet 5 inches, there being IS feet andy an
ches in the8 channel. Weather cloudy.
Thermometer ~.
IL PITrsBURG, Dec. 22.--Thel river is feet3
inches and falling. Weather cloudy and
mild. Snow nelttng. = .oH -.
McGregor y was, right and SO were the
gulls in their representations of storm.
About 8 O'Clock on Saturday night 1t com
nenced to rain and the rain increased in
impetuosity until near midnight, falling
in torrents at times. We do not know
how it twas during the latter part of the
night, but it was rainipgYhard atdaylight,
and continued until after nine o'clock,
with astrong wind graddally growing cold
er and the wind at times very boisterous,
rendering the river very rough and retard-
ing the movements of steamboats,. The
river is rising slowly here but is falling at
all points above aud the rise here will not
be great. arrivals since Satur-
day afternoon include the Liberty
No. 2, Memphis to louisville; Havana,
Nashville to Cincinnati; Charmer
and Armada, from Cairo; Morn
ing Star, Louisville to Henderson;
j. H. Groesbeck, Cincinnati to New Or
leans Plain City, Louisville to
Bowling Green; Silver Spray, New
Orleans to Cincinnati ............... The
Phantom had a big trip OF freight,
people and orders. She could have brought
out nearly. 500 bales cotton had not the
whole country beensoverhowed- she also
brought out an unusuar amount of ORDERS
and will return full this evening. Our
merchants should bear 1T in mind that the
Phantom returns to PASSPORT, this evening,
and have their freight and bills down
promptly The Havana had slim trip
from Nashville to Cincinnati sees. ......T The
Charmer and Armada had moderate trips
The latter had 200 barrels alum salt for L,
RufneF - s.. our people s8eEe} startled
about quarter before ten o'clock yesterday
morning by the familiar whistle of the
grand Armada, which returned from Cairo
at that early hour, some sixteen hours
ahead Of the usual time. Crowds rushed
to the front of the city TO see her come
proudly to her moorings. She accom-
plished the. extraordinary feat of having
made the round trip to Cairo an return in
the unprecedented short time of forty- 4
threea one4hah hours, making AZ land
ings, and lying six hours at Cairo. She resi-
ceived a regular ovation from the people
Dail alongfthe coast and at Cairo, showing
what hold the old reliable and deservedly \
popular line has upon the hearts of the
people who areinterestedi in regular line
of packets hence to Cairo. Her officers and
crew claim that she fairly established her
superiority in speed over her competitor.
The Armada and Qpickstep left sPaducah
/ side by side. The Armada landed at Eliza
beth. and the Quickstep went on; but the
wild Armada overhauled her before reacfs-
ing Cairo, and touched the wharf-boat a
length ahead. The Quickstep left Cairo an
hour behind the Armada, we are informed,
but had not arrived at late hour last
night. She is probably lying over for the
Sam. Orr. The Armada went 10 NewburgI
yesterday for large lot of corn, which /
she transfers to the Charmer, the
latter boat lying over to repair her /
wheel. The Armada returned at sew !
ehV Aoscloch Iastt might. = The Morn
in2 Star and Plain City came in together 4
with slim trips. ~ The Plain City had so !
bundles of gunnies, and 1900 shingles for
this port, but very little Green River
frelght........The Liberty No. arrived yes
terdayv IAorning, wit q splendid trip for
Louisville, of both freighti and passengers. I
She discharged $50 bales of cotton here for
Confer, agent of the ). w. Fast Freight /
Line. She will return to Memphis next
Thursday. 1.-The Silver Spray and ]. H.
1GroesbeellT had 1goqdtrfps .SWe. AreGin-
-debted to Joe. Carr, the attentive freight
clerk, of the Phantom, for manifest below
MANIFEsr-Steamer Phantom, Eastport
TO Evansville, Dec - 1885: r. K. bunker
son & Co., 235 bales cotton; Ehrman d Co.,
2 bales, cotton; Raglan d Dickey, bales 4
nuts, / crate rags and 2 sacks do. Jas.
Steele, g. NJ #. lumber ,Aberdoffer, l6 M I
shingles, and coops chickens. 4