The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1867-03-14

RiYer and Weather.

cloudy and cold, with little splits ofsnow
at times. The wind blew strong and
the day was extremely winterish, the
mercury being at 280 above zero at 9
o'clock. The river, up to 3 o'clock
yesterday, had risen 81 inches, and
was then about six inches higher.than
during the month of February. To-
wards noon, the clouds broke, and the
sun shone out once more
Arrivals and Departures.
The arrivals and departures, up to
3 o'clock yesterday, include the Sam.
J. Hale, Memphis to Cincinnati; M.
S. Mepham, New Orleans to Louis
vile; Alice Dean, New Orleans to
Cincinnati; Sam. Orr, Eastport to Ev-
ansville; Legal Tender, Louisville to
Missouri River.
Boats Due.
Among the first boats due here are the
Yorktown, Mariner, Nightingale, and
Amelia Poe, to st. Louis; Clifton,
and Minneola for Memphis; Liberty
No. 2,and Silver Moon, from Memphis;
Emma No. 3, Huntsville, Lawrence.
Centralia, Tahlequah, and Nora, for
Arkansas River; Argosy, and Waua-
nita, for New Orleans; Sam. Park
er, j. Fl. Groesback, Louis
vile and Louisiana, from New
Orleans; Rowena, for Nashville;
Chattanooga, from Nashville; Charm
er, from Cairo; Morning Star, from
Louisville; VIM. White, from Green
River.
miscellaneous.
The weather showed signs of i'm
provement yesterday, but was very
cold and clustering. The wind blew
heavily off shore, and striking the
Olive Branch the force caused the
ringbolt to which Dunkerson &
Co.'S, wharf boat was moored to give
way, and the steam boat and wharf
boat were blown around with stearn
up stream, and crushing heavily
against coal barge between the Olive
Branch and the Mayfower. For
time things looked pretty squally.
The Alice Dean, coming up. showed
the boats around to their proper posi-
ton, but before they could be secured
they were again swept around, but the
steamer, getting up steam by this
time, Strengthened themselves around,
and Bill Green having in the mean
while set a good strong post in the
street in front of Hodge, Carr
4 Co.'S, they were properly secured.
The Mayfower laid all day, till she
left, with her bow down stream. She
got an excellent packet trip, and was
full of people. The Olive Branch
was still receiving at three o'clock
and had still room for large amount
of freight-.......The Alice Dean was
rather light and had made a splendid
run, and was only fourteen and halt
days out from Cincinnati, and will
complete the round trip to New
Orleans and back in sixteen and
half days......The new Upper Missouri
steamer, Legal Tender, passed down
about eleven o'clock yesterday with
a light trip. She discharged small
quantity of freight here. She is
large and handsome freight boat,
without any texas.........The Sam. Orr
arrived at eleven o'clock from East
port, with a full cargo, including a
large amount of cotton. We are in
debted to her obliging freight clerk,
Guy Vineyard, for a manifest, and to
her pilots, Tom. Hunt and Jim. Car
roll, for memorandum Of her trip.
The Louisa brought down thous-.
and sacks of corn for the Olive
Branch, on barges, and had nearly
fuil trip on board for Florence. She
was preparing to leave when this re-
port Observation-Disclosures Gus.
Dusouchet left for Cincinnati on the
2:3O train neutrality-suspicious.
John Gilbert and Gus. and Joe Fow-
Ter left for home on the Mayfower
yesterday. The more they see of her,
the better they like her. Billy Nc
Clurg was manipulating her engines,
and when he gets her in complete or
der, she will plough the water at rail-
road speed.........The Sam. Orr will
return to Eastport Friday evening......
1t appears that we were mistaken in
our supposition that the Quickstep
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