The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1867-03-15
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River and Meatner.


The weather yesterday morning was
clear and intensely cold, with the
mercury at 110 above zero, at 6 A. M
The sun shown bright and beautiful
during the forenoon, gradually loos-
ening the icy grasp of the frost
King upon the frozen streets. The
river had risen fully five inches
during the "a hours ending at three
o'clock yesterday, and was then thirty
inches below the top Of the curb stone
corner of Water and Vine streets. AT
these points-at the corners of Syca-
more and Water, and at the Elm Tree,
or mouth of Division Street Sewer-a
permanent high water mark can be
established, and we hope will be-, for
the information of all coming genera
tons.
Arrivals and Departures.
The only arrivals and departures
up to 3 o'clock yesterday were the
VIM. White, Green River to return /;
News Boy, Henderson to return; Olive
Branch, to New Orleans; Charmer,
Cairo to return; Wauanita, Cincinnati
to New Orleans; Morning Star, Lou
isville to return. The Sam Orr will
leave promptly at 3 o'clock to-day,
and Capt. Duncan desires all bills of
lading to be down before that hour.
Boats Due.
Among the first boats due here are the
Yorktown, Mariner, and Nightingale,
to St. Louis; Clifton, and Minneola
for Memphis; Mary Swan, Liberty
No, 2,and Silver Moon, from Memphis;
Huntsville, Lawrence. Centralia,
Tahlequah, and Nora, for Arkansas
River; Leondias, NJ. S. 'Mepham, Ar
COSY, and Emma No. 3, for New Or
leans; Sam. Parker, J. FL Groesbeck,
Louisville and Louisiana, from New
Orleans; Rowena, for Nashville;
Chattanooga, from Nashville; May
flower, from Cairo; j. P. Webb and
Advance No. 2, from Wabash River.
Boats Leaving To-Day.
For EAsTPoRT.-The fine steamer
Sam. Orr is the regular Evansville
and Eastport packet, this evening,
for Eastport and all intermediate
Tennessee River landings. Captain
Allen j. Duncan is her experienced
and courteous commander, and Val.
Sorenson and Guy Vineyard are her
pleasant and accommodating clerks.
The Orr and her officers are immense
ly and justly popular on the Tennes-
see River, and she always goes full.
For MEMPHIs.-The Clifton, de-
tanned by high water, goes to Mem
phis, positively, to-day.
miscellaneous. +
1t was more pleasant yesterday. on
the wharf, and not so much mud, but
there was but little Going, and scarce
ly any arrivals THE Olive Branch
did not get off until s o'clock yester-
day morning. She had a magnificent
trip of freight........ The Wauanita
passed down without landing. She
was deeply laden,,....The Charmer
arrived at noon from Cairo, and was
preparing to return last evening. She
was very light, and experienced much
detention from the high water and
high wind. The Morning Star had
a big trip Of people, a large number
of whom she turned over to the
Charmer. Her officers report the
river rising rapidly at all points above
.....The VIM. White arrived from
Green River yesterday morning, and
returned in the evening. She had
light trips both ways, the food in
that stream causing almost a. total
suspension of business......The Morn
ing Star left the Laurel Hill at New
burgh, taking freight. She was ex-
pected here early yesterday morning
Special River Dispatches.