The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1866-04-26
RIVER NEWS.
River and NYeather.

& Yesterday was very blustery, partly clear, i
and cool. The river was extremely rough.
The river has risen a foot since our last re-
port, and is rising rapidly at all points
above The Cumberland and Tennessee I
are rising rapidly and freshet is expected
in both streams. The Mississippi, Nilsson
ri, Illinois, and their tributaries are at al
most food height.
Arrivals and Departures.
The following comprise the arrivals and
departures since our last report was closed:
Mystic, Cincinnati to Mt. Vernon; Rose
Hambleton, Citizen and New York, St.
Louis to Cincinnati; Kate Robinson, Pitts
burg to St. Louis; Pink Varble Louisville
to Tennessee river; Westmoreland, New
Orleans to Cincinnati; Tarascon, Louis
vile and return; Armada, to Cairo; Ar
COSY, to Nashville; Curlew and Newsboy,
Henderson and return.
miscellaneous.
Freights are accommodating on the wharf.
There were two large piles Of corn and a
large lot of poultry on the levee yesterday,
awaiting the arrival of the Virginia, and
there is considerable freight on the several
wharfboats 1.-THE Phantom did not go
to the Wabash, as we were informed, but
yesterday morning went into the dry dock
just finished, and is the first boat that has
tried the new institution. Everything
worked well, the dock rising like cork as
she was pumped out.--..--..The Rose Ham,
bleton, Citizen, and New York, all
had good trips to Saint Louis.........-..
The Pink Varble had fair trip, and add
ed large lot of corn here.....-..The West
moreland was light. She had a splendid
trip to Cairo, including the passengers from
,s.oF, 1,o1
broken a shaft, ten miles below Natchez,
and drifted ten miles befo-e she could be
landed. The engines are q complete wreck,
having run through herself The shaft had
broken on her downward trip, and been
repaired at New Orleans. The Prima DON
ma will be towed to Cincinnatis...........
The Tarascon was rather light and was
making splendid time ..-... The Armada
left with pretty fair trip for Cairo, in
Gliding the fishers and hunters we mem
toned yesterday, accompanied by John
who sat in a corner looking very denure
1.-THE Mystic had large lot of freight
for Mt. Vernon and proceeded to that town.
The ArgOsy had nice trip for Nash
Ville......- Remember the great Indiana viii
be here tomorrow for New Orleans, and
the Liberty No. to-day for Memphis
In the collision case of the Golden Eagle
and Mariner, near Memphis, the inspectors
have found pilots G. w. Farnsworth and
w r. Mccullough guilty of misconduct
and neglect of duty-suspending the former
for sixty and the latter for thirty days.
Boats Due.
Among the first boats due here are the
Camelia and Havana, for Nashville; Iron
City, Minneola. Leonora o. 2, and Ber-
tina, for St. Louis; Alice Dean and Indi-
ana, for Memphis; Amazon, Madison,
Emerald, Melnotte, and Virginia, for New
Orleans; Prima Donna, from New Or
leans; Charnaer, from Cairo; Clifton, from
Memphis; J. P. Webb, from Nashville;
Rose Hite, from Louisville.
Boats Leaving To-Day.
For CAIRo.-The feet Charmer, Captain
Billy Lowth, goes to Cairo at two o'clock
to-day. Willie Fowler is her popular
clerk.
For LOUISVILLE. The elegant Rose
Hite, thoroughly repaired, and as nice as
new, is the regular packet for Louisville
this evening.
The swift and superb Morning Star, Cap
tain Dallas, with Frank Banksmith, the
inimitable, in the Office, also goes to Louis
vile this evening.
For MEMPHIS. The swift-winged Lib
erty No. 2, one of the most popular boats
that runs the Lower Ohio, goes to Mem
phis to-day. Captain Sam. Archer and Ed.
Judge are two of Natures noblemen, al
ways genial and gentlemanly. They will
see that passengers are made comfortable.
For BowLING-GREEN.-Th elegant Will
liam White, Captain A. Drinkwater, goes
to Bowling-Green this evening That popu-
lar young gentleman John Adams is in the
office.
CINcINSATI.-The Commercial OF Tuesday
says:
The weather was cool and cloudy yester.
day, with a steady drizzle all day which
commenced ON sunday evening. Our dis
patches indicate general rise as far w,es1
as st. Louis. and at Cairo and Evansville
and Louisville, and as far east as Pittsburg
We anticipate more water. At Pittsburg
last night, the river was rising, with o..
feet in the channel. Here it has SWOLLEN
IL feet during the twenty-four hours ending
last night, with eighteen feet hence to Lou
- isYille.
The steamers ANNOUNCED for New Orleans
agreed to load in turn yesterday. This is a
good move both for shippers and steamboat
dispatch and more regularity. The Amazon
resnips her freight, over two hundred tuns
up and leave for New Orleans tomorrow
The Nile also reshipped no tuns on the
Emerald. The Amazon will load for New
Orleans after the Emerald.
LoUIsvILLE.-The Courier of Tuesda.
says:
The river was rising last evening, witt
upward of eight feet water in the canal, b,
the mark. IN the morning it was falling
with seven feet eleven inches water in tn
canal. The weather has been disagreeabl.
for near twenty-fouf hours, with yer,
heavy rains Sunday night and yesterday
morning, accompanied with high wind
and a chilly atmosphere, with fears of fros
this morning,
Just one year ago, Saturday, we had
fail of snow, followed sunday morning b,
q black frost and ice. The river durin