The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1867-06-03


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80 River and weather. sfz
The weather Saturday morning was ex-
treInely warm and sultry, indicative of a
storm. The river commenced falling dur
j ing Saturday night, and up to three O'Clock
Saturday had declined about inches. The
decline will no doubt be rapid as the rise
was sudden and unexpected.
Arrivals and Departures.
The arrivals and departures up to three
O'Clock Saturday include the Kate Robin
son, st. Louis to Cincinnati; Ada Lyon.
Green River to return; Eau Claire, Pon0
River to return; News Boy, Henderson to
return; Armada, Cairo to return; Clifton,
Memphis to Cincinnati; Liberty No. 2,
Louisville to Memphis; Curlew, Rockport
to Evansville; Tarascon, Louisville to re
turn; Louisville, New Orleans to Louisville.
Boats Due.
Among the first boats due here are the
Rowena, for Nashville; Melnotte, Glas-
gov, and r. G. Gray, for Saint Louis
Sam. j. Hale and Empire, Tor Memphis;
Mary Erwin and Bertha, for Arkansas
River; P. w. Strader, Legal Tender, for
New Orleans; M. S. Mepham, Louisiana,
St. Charles, and Indiana, from New Or
leans; Mayhower, from Cairo; Tarase on,
from Louisville; Mary Swan, from Men,
phis; Sam. Orr, from Eastport.
miscellaneous.
Business was quite lively on the Ievee
Saturday morning, with large arrivals of
tobacco. The Armad had 1873 hogsheads
to Henderson, fdischarging f7atthat port;
the Ada Lyon had over 100 hogsheads, the
Eewshoy 50, the Eau Claire all she could
n rrxy ovxa ta. m.
Kate Robinson had good trip.......The
clifton was not as full as usual. She took
lot of walnut and locust yeneering ium-
Der from the Iog-piie above. the eity.....
The Liberty had q very good trip, and
added a large. lot; of poultry The
Louisville was light. She burnt a boiler
coming ur, and lost thirty hours repair
Ing. ......... Among the passengers by the |
Liberty was Capt Dngan, of the Under |
writer, who complains that sunken steam |
eTs are becoming lamentabiy scarce...... /
Capt. Gus. Lemcke, and others of the |
Arnada's crew, stopped of to hunt as she |
was on her way up. Billy knight, her
distinguished mate, had command of the |
grand Armada, and left on time with a /
big trip, including 1900 sacks of corn....
We have the painful Intelligence that the
st. Marys was blown to pieces, on Thurs
day, above New Orleans. She had made
two successful trips from this port to New
Orleans, fully loaded, and was on her re-
tnrn. She was an entirely new boat. We
have no particulars IL. Cotton is now sent
through from Memphis to New Orleans,
via Evansville, in eight days, and il is
again coming here in good round lots.
ROats Leaving To-Day.
For CAIRo.-The fleet low pressure
All "a r1f II r. xxrff
Nicholson in the Office, is the regular Cairo
packet to-day. @E#its-t@fs
For LOUISVILLE The magnificent
Morning Star, Capt. Aaron Ballard, with
the inimitabIe John Ouerbacker in the
office, and Jesse Jackson to attend to the
freight. is the regular Louisville mail and
express packet at 10 o'clock this morn
ng.
For GREEN RIyER.-The favorite VIM
White, Capt. Drinkwater and John Adams
rs her chief officers, goes to Green River
his evening.
For HENDERsoN.-Capt. Charley Per-
zin's News Boy goes to Henderson at :
o'clock this evening.
For CANNELToN.-The Ollie Sullivan. J. I
I. Hugo, master, leaves at 10 O'Clock, to- 1
lay, for Cannelton and way ports.
GIeaninss from our Exchanges
CINcINNATI.-The Commercial, of Friday I
avs:
Mr.. Archy v. Stewart, Secretary of the
cincinnati and New Orleans Pilots Assoc
iation, rec wed a dispatch from Captain =
os- III. Williams. yesterday, dated at New
orleans, s0th inst.,, stating that the st.
ives ost. Captain Williams was one of
Ter pilots, and states further that himself
nd partner, Oscar Whitten, are safe The n
1spatch gives no further particulars. The |.
Z. Marys, together with the Indiana ar =
ived at New Orleans on the 18th inst. y
nd had doubtless just left New Orleans on | :
er return trip when the explosion oc-
7heel steamer, completed at Wheeling a
sw weeks since, and owned, we believe by
apta1n Campbell Sweeney and others, :
nd was commanded by Captain Ben. F. :
flee. She has made one trip to st. Louis
nd thence to Evansville, when she loaded
,r New Orleans. and had made two trips
New Orleans from that point. She had
lade excellent time, remark bly, Quick .
me for boat of her power. We await | y
lie details of this deplorable accident with =.
nxiety. ~
The Gen. SeigeI snagged and sunk int
ct of water, yesterday, in the Cumber-
md, forty miles above Nashville. She h
as heavily loaded with corn and tobacco
ne A. Baker was sent to her relief from
ashville.
Courier, of Friday, L
US:
The I, i river was falling slowly yesterday,
g Dy the mark. During the previous tweu-
-foar hours It had fallen inches at the r,
lad of the falls, and 8 inches at Portland. L.
le morning, with light fall of rain, but "
cared Off quite pleasant before noon and W
as bright, genial May day. rA ~ g.
On the falls last evening there were7 feet
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