The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1867-02-09

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of supernumerary Captain, SUI
perintendent and general business
agent. Their success is a fore
gone conclusion. Tom Hunt, p;-
lot of the Sam. Orr, made an interest
ing memorandum and started it to us
yesterday, but it failed to come
through, for some reason. Some guer-
rilla no doubt gobbled it.......The
News Boy had good trip from Hen
derson yesterday morning ........The
Pittsburg Ice began to float by yester-
day afternoon. 1t was not very form
liable. sai ssH
Boats Leaving To-Day.
| For CAIRo.-The splendid passen-
ger steamer Armada, the pride of the
1 lower lire, is the regular u. s. Mail
and Adams Express packet for Cairo
to-day Capt. Lowth is her elegant
commander, and Billy Dunn and Geo.
Throop are in the Office Her cabin
appointments are unequalled
1 For LoUIsvILLE.-The magnificent
Tarascon, the tfeetest boat that travels
the Western waters, is the regular U.
S. Mail andrAdams Express packet
for Henderson and Louisville this
evening She is regular floating
palace, upon which passengers can
feel at home. Capt, A. 7. Gilmore
and Miles D. Warren are chief Off
GERS, and more pleasant, affable and
accommodating gentlemen do not
float. Everything about the Taras-
con, from jack staff to rudder, is in
tip-top trim, and all her officers and
attaches are experienced steamboat
men. Go for her this evening.
For GREEN RIvER.-The beautiful
Ada Lyon is the regular Evansville
and Bowling Green packet this eve-
ming, and is hunk dori. Capts. Ora
ham and Alf. Edwards are pleasant
gentlemen, and make everything pleas
ant about their tidy little craft.
For HENDERsoN.-The Newsboy is
the regular and reliable packet for
Henderson at o'clock to-day, Capt
Charley Perkins in command. The
Newsboy is useful institution, and
should be cultivated.
For New ORLEANs.-The great
Mississippi will go to New Orleans
to-day. She is one of the largest and
most elegant boats afoat. Capt Ia
Der is an old steamboat man and an
accomplished gentleman, and all hel
officers partake oflike characteristics
She has very capacious accommoda.
? The St. Charles, splendid, new
and substantial boat, will GO to- New
Orleans tomorrow. Capt. Hugh
Campbell, veteran and experienced
officer in command, and Capt. Geo
o. Hart, SO popular on the lower
Ohio and Mississippi, is in her Office
The st. Charles has come to stay, ant
we hope to see her share the business
of the lower Ohio.
GIeanings from our Exchanges.
CINCINNATI The Conamercial, O.
! Thursday, says;
, The falls are navigable for the
largest class of steamers. The rivel
: was full of heavy running ice yester-
] / day-too heavy for steamers to navi-
gate with safety. The ice was run
, ming light at Maysville yesterday, S,
that we man anticipate navigablt
river here to-day. ae
: Several steamers fully loaded fol
I points below were prevented from
3 leaving last night, owing to the heav,
+ running iee They will get off to-day
as the latest intelligence from point
above report the ice thinning out
Several up-riyer packets depart to- day
e together with the feet bound for be
/ low. .dt
Captain Merrilees, of the Silve
Moon, while coming up the Ohio
I. few nights since, when near the moutl
d Of Salt river. heard the cries of a man
! apparently overheard on the ice. Fl
, Immediately rounded the Moon to an
went after him. The night being darE
a some time elapsed before he coul
7. find him. The poor fellow was afoa
n on the wreck of a coal barge, and a
. the mercy of the ice.3 He was res
!, cued with great difficulty, and take
u to his home in Jeffersonville, Ker
a, lucky. His name was Grant, and W;
is one of the party swept off from Jefel
20 sonyille by the movement of the IL
: gorge.
" ST. LOUIS. - The Democrat
! Thursday says:
- The river continues to decline fastt
ar than expected. There is good stag
ne of water to Cairo, except on the cas-