The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1867-03-23


raw yesterday, with a snowy feeling in the
atmosphere. The river at this point fell
fifteen inches, during the twenty-four
hours up tofnoon yesterday. The decline
| is becoming more rapid daily, and the
| river will soon be within its banks. The
decline is leaving the wharf in q much
better condition than we had anticipated,
leaving deposit of sand comparatively
/ dry. o s
Arrivals and Departures.
The arrivals and departures, up to three
O'Clock yesterday, were the Carrie, from
Pittsburg,z to the gold regions; Mary E.
Forsyth, New Orleans to Evansville; Sill
yer Moon, Cincinnati to Memphis; James
Gray, Hartford to return; News Boy, Hem
derson and return. E r
Boats Due. easr~
Among the first boats due here are the
Havana, America and Julia to Nashville:
Camelia for Tennessee River; Nymph No.
| 2, Mariner, New York to 81. Louis;
Robert Burns, Anna, Darling, Silver Moon
and Sam. j. Hale, for Memphis; Liberty
No. 2, Ella Faber, Mary Swan and Cliff
ton. from Memphis; Huntsville, Centralia
and Mary Erwin, for Arkansas River;
Nick Longworth, Messenger, Louisville,
p. w. Strader, Great Republic, and SwaI-
Cloud. Silver Spray, and ]. w. Garrett,
from New Orleans; Mayfiower and Charm
er, from Cairo; Sam Orr, from Eastport;
Phantom and j. p. Webb, from Wabash;
Tarascon and Mosning Star, from Louis
vile; Nightingale, from st. Louis -
miscellaneous.
Business was pretty fair on the wharf
yesterday, with, however, few Arrivals.
The Silver Moon had an immense trip for
Memphis, and discharged vast amount
OF freight for houses here, and for reship-
ment up the Wabash. She filled all the
available space In Cox & Humphreys
wharfboat. She left at 10 O'Clock playing
a. a life on the ocean wave" She is gay
boat and has excellent officers. The
Carrie, for the gold regions, passed down
at O'Clock yesterday morning. Capt. Dan.
Brady, a most genial gentleman, was In
commando. The great Mary Z. Forsyth |
arrived here yesterday morning from New
Orleans, light, and commenced at once to
load. She emptied r. X. Dunkerson g.
Co.'s wharfboat and then moved to Hubbs |
Il Viets' wharfboat, which she also |
emptied, and took large lot from the |
bank. Hubbs & viets have also some 200 |
barrels of pork for her, and have engage
ments for 2oo or 800 head ofhogs below. In |
the meanwhile twenty or thirty drays |
were hauling down corn. hay, pork, lard,
&C., &c Cox Il Humphrey have all o |
large quantities OF freight. and are
constantly receiving much more. ......s
TheI Forsyth leaves tonight, and wilt
have q full cargo-all she can carry The |
James Gray left for Hartford yesterday |
with nice rip. She resumes her trips to /
Frostburg next Tuesday, and viii ply as a i
regular packet to Frostburg on Pond Riv-
err, and to Hartford on Rough Creek. Her
Officers are clever, enterpfisfng gentlemen,
and the trade of Hartford and poi a Is a love-.
on Rough Creek is worthy the attention of
our merchants. That creek drains one of
the richest sections of Western Kentncky.j
.....-.The VIM. White was preparing to
leave for Rowling Green and way Green
River ports. She had considerable freight
Phantom slipped on
TO the Wabash a day or two ago
for load of corn for this port .. |.
discharged here for the Wabash, by the
Silver Moon, and would have all she could
Michigan was getting a big
trip of cora and hay for New Orleans
The Chattanooga was also loading rapidly,
and would get off last night-.-The Great
may be expected here this MORN Il
ing, and we hope our excellent friends. /
Capts. Donaldson, Sam. Barr, Capt. bravo,
&C., &C., will give our people an opportu-
nifty to see her. The Republic is untioubt-
eddy the most elegant and complete steam
err ever built, as she is the most ca pacious,
and we wish hera long and prosperous ca
reer. =
Boats Leaving To-day.
For CAIRo.-At o clock to-day the beau l.
tiful and fleet Mayfiower. the pride of the
Lower Ohio. takes her departure for Pa
ducah. Cairo, and all way landings. Capt
J. v. Throop, the veteran and excellent, is
in command, and Billy Dunn, George
and M. Walthall are her clerks
better officers cannot be found any where.
No boat on the western rivers sets a better +
table, ofAstfaQu - .fE58 }4a& "a
For LoUIsvILLE.-Thea splendid Taras- ,
con, Capt. A. T. Gilmore in command, and
the affable and pleasant Miles d. Warren ..
In the Office, is the regular packet for
Louisville this evening, and is not sur /
passed in elegance or comfortable appoint
ments. Her officers are proverbiaI for
their courteous attentions to passengers. 81
For NEW ORLEANS. The magnificent
steamer Mary E. Forsyth is
now loading here, and leaves for New Or
leans direct upon the arrival of the mail
train tonight. The Forsyth is al
irst-class, finely appointed steamer of the
great Atlantic and Mississippi Steamship
Jempany's line. with magnificent accom-
modations for passengers. Captain David
Haney is her commander, and Ed. Boyle
and VIII. E. La Mothe are her clerks; and
al are experienced officers, and pleasant,
affable, and accomplished gentlemen The |
Forsyth has capaeious accommodations for
stock. Passengers viii find her pleasant
boat to travel on. ,
FOR CUMBERLAND RIvER--1he Chatta-f 4
nonua. Can't. Henry Scott Leaves llosifive-