The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1867-03-18

hleave Louisville till to-day She
was expected positively. however, by
Capt. Humphrey, last night. or early
tosday......Two or three boats have
made Intellectual efforts to remove
Mr.. Atkinson's stock from his farm,
three miles above the city, on the Ken
lucky side. On Saturday night, Capt.
Scott succeeded in landing the Chat
tanooga alongside the barn. and, by
cutting a hole through the weather
boarding, saved twenty-one mules,
fourteen head of cattle, three horses,
and twelve hogs, which he took to
The Curlew came in
late last night with tow of coal from
Green River.........The Mepham ar
rived at III o'clock last night, and
takes large lot of freight here. She
leaves at o'clock this morning, and
offers unrivaled inducements to ship
pers and. passengers. Her passenger
accommodations are really palatial.
Capt. Elijah Woods. Owen G.. Gates,
and Major johnson are most pleasant
and courteous gentlemen, and know
just how to treat their guests. Go
for the great Mepham.........The In
diana will not be here till Tuesday.
The Great Republic left Pittsburg
yesterday. She will be here about
the last of the week......By our dis
patches it will be seen the Alice v.
has been sunk below Memphis. She
was an old boat under a new name,
and was not valuable -.......A great
fire in Memphis on Saturday night
destroyed most of .Howard's Row.
Among the sufferers we regret to see
the names of our esteemed citizens
Cox & Humphrey. Their exact loss
is not stated.
Memoraadum Of the steamer Harry
Scan, drrived from Memphis, March
16, at II M-Boats in port at Mem
phis: Golden Era Harry Dean ,Emper-
or and Cleaner. Dan. Able laidup, on
account of high water, the landings
being all submerged. The river is at
stand. White and Arkansas Riv- 1
ers are falling steadily. The Missis- 4
sippi has cut through Plum Point
Bend into Annettyille ! Bayou,
and has formed a junction with
St Francis River-forty miles across.
Great damage has been done the Sec
ton of country between the Point and
Helena being inundated. The mud
on the Memphis Levee is four feet
in depth, and rapidly accommodating.
In discharging eur cargo we were
compelled to build abutments. and
then construct suspension bridges to
preserve freight from, damage. xFhe
laborers on the wharf beguile their
idle moments by catching the fish
which abound in this ocean of mud.
Business is moderately brisk--corn
in great demand, The weather is
dark and gloomy, with occasional
showers of rain.
13th-Landed at Liberty No 2, and
took her freight for Louisville The
sand is washing out from under her
stern, which is rapidly sinking. D
1otn -hSC Vie AuaLn 0dcODs aI
New Madrid; Olive. Branch below
Chalk Banks. Passed John II.
Groesbeck, under way, above Column
bus. In port at CairoAPhil. Sher-
idan and City Of Cairo. Met Clifton
at Caledonia Rapidan at Paducah.
MqnJest-R. K. Dunkerson & Co.,
81 bales cotton; Louis Rice, IL empty
beer bbls.; John M, Swan, IL bun
dies gunnies. .a.
Discharged at Cairo-4O bales cot
ton. .ptAttP ~ .,-tF.
Reshipped from Lo,uissviille-2Otuns
hides &c, Transacted a good way
business. So. .,.ss.s-f
Will leave for Cairo. and Memphi is
on Tuesday, March. 18th, at 5 P M. rg4
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