The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1867-04-17


+ Lyon, from Green River; Advance
from Wabash River; Quickstep.r from
Cairo; Sam. Orr, froIns Tennessee River.
Miscellaneous. 20 I
Business on, the 1evee yesterday was
chiefly confned to the Charmer and Mary
Swan loading for Memphis, the Ollie Su1li-
van for Wabash River, the Phantom for
Nashville, and the James Gray for Hart
ford-all were receiving Hberally.........The
Ollie Sullivan was nearly full at noon, and
would get off with big trip. We were
glad to meet our friend Stewart Eckhart
in charge of her engines. He is an expe-
rieneed engineer........The Phantom and
Charmer were preparing to leave when
this report closed, with excellent trips.
The Nick Longworth had a splendid trip.
She added 900 sacks of corn here.........The
Sam. Parker commenced receiving a lot
of 5000 sacks of corn for New Orleans, and
expected to leave last evening Tor the Wa
bash to load her barges.....~..The May
flower and st. Charles, both over due, had
not arrived at noon........By private adj
vice from Captain Jim Lusk we learn that
the Louisiana will positively be here to-.
morrow, for New Orleans. 1t will pay to
wait for her.-........The swift and elegant
steamer Kankakee is making regular trips
between Petersburg and HazIeton........--.
The man drowned OFF the Richmond at
Uniontown was one of her deck hands,
named James Burns, who is said to have
left a family in Jacksonville. The
new steamer Era was sold at New
i z Orleans a few days ago to Captain
A Dugas for the Lafourche trade. ..-........
The Southerner, recently sold in Mem
phis by the United States Marshal, was
formerly the AutOcrat, and was built
in this city in 1853 by Mr.. VIM.
Brown and others. She was, in her
day, one of the best and largest
boats on the Western waters. She was one
of the Marine Brigade.........Then new Louis
vile and Cincinnati mail boat, America,
now being finished at Cincinnati, is 3l5 feet
long A feet beam, and feet hold. She has
a double cabin, like the United States,
with two hundred state-rooms capable of
accommodating 400 passengers. She has
eight boilers with 2.30 Inch cylinders of
TO feet stroke. Her water wheels are So feet
in diameter with 1879 feet buckets. She is
expected to be a " sumner" .....-.Captain
Gus. Dusouchet was having the new smoke
stacks of the grand Armada raised yester-
day. They are beauties-just like the AR.
mazda. ~
Boats Leaving To-Day
- FoR LoUIsyILLE.-The feet and elegant
oTarascon, Capt. A. T. Gilmore, is the regu-
& lar packet for louisville and intermediate
landings this evening. Miles D. Warren
3 a most pleasant and accomplished gentle
men, will be found in the office, and Dick
Hutchinson attends to- freight carefully
and correctly. The Taraseon is the f1eetest
and most elegant boat on the Ohio. and
has vast popularity.
FOR GREEN. RIyER.-Capt.A A. Drinkwater
turns the PROV of his beautiful William
White towards the classic Green River at
twelve O'Clock to-day, and will furnish
elegant accommodations and pleasant
trip to passengers. John Adams, most
courtly gentleman and attentive clerk, is
in her Office. The William White is an
institution.
For MEMPHIS. - The beautiful Mary
Swan, detained by press of orders, posi-
lively leaves for Cairo, Columbus, Hick-
man. and Memphis, at five O'Clock this
evening. She has first class passenger APP
pointments. Captain D. Hukill, r. B. Ma
iors and Master Pennington have great
experience in their respective depart
q ments, and areeourteous and affable gem
tlemen. Give the Swan full trip. Capt.
Sam Archer will be found at her wheels.
GIeanings from our Exchanges.
va eC1NoJNNATI.-The Commercial of Monday
says: ems
- Y feet IN the channel. Here, it has receded
l4incnes during the past q hours, with "a
bridge for passing steamers.
The z. w. Strader, Capt. John q. Benson
laf1 acaIne in from New. Orleans on time, and
goes in the dock for slight repairs, before
returning to New Orleans.
ia Z Mr. John j. Rape and Nh. Da wilson. Sr.
leave for New Orleans to-day. They take
q iOir he Louisiana for New Orleans. Mr.
Raipe goes South to recuperate his health
II The Commercial of Sunday says: f
The following is list of the contents of
ss~ -i.shOrt', box which certain steamboat wa
called upon to pay for. It will be ac
knowIedged as quite an assortment, viz
50 lbs. alIspice, mats cassla, 10 lbs. nut
megs, / gross .blacking. box Limbers
cheese As pairs mems shoes, 10000 cigars,
ne gross honey-dew tobacco, 100 bales kill
kinick, gross smoking tobacco and Dbl
of onions. The owner of the lost box pre-
t'9S' duced his invoice for the contents and de
manded instant payment, which reques
was not complied with. Upon an investi
gallon 1t was found that the article
claimed were contained in four boxes ant
vc one barrel go
ILoUIsvILLE. The Courier of Monda.
says:
The river was rising slowly Saturda,
morning, with eight feet eight inches waite
H7Eg in the canal by the mark. "A the evenin
1t was falling, and up to last evening ha
fallen five inches, with eight feet thre
inches water IN the canal. At the head {
the falls it had fallen fifteen inches fror
the highest point, and was steadily reced
ing.
On the falls last evening there were 81
feet two inches water in the pass down til
Indian chute, and falling. Over the rocl