The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1867-04-08

For other Rive,- Items see Fifth Page.
River and Weather.


soon grew pleasant. The river fell near ~
inches during the twenty-four hours end
ing at three o'clock Saturday.
Arrivals and Departures.
The only arrivals and departures up TO
three o'clock Saturday were few, including
only the VIM. White, Green River and
return; Wild Duck, Pittsburg to st. Louis;
Newsboy, Henderson to return; Mayfiow-
err, Cairo to return; Argonaut No. 2, Menu
phis to Louisville; Starlight, New Or
leans to EvansviIle; Golden Eagle, Gin
cinnats to st. Louis.
Boats Due.
Among the first boats due here are the
Havana, for Nashville; Camelia for Ten
nessee River; Emma Floyd and Phantom,
from Nashville; LeClaire, r. NJ. Bishop,
Champion, and Mariner, to st. Louis;
Sherman, from st. Louis; Sam. j. Hale,
Anna. Empire, and Silver Moon, for Mem
phis; Minneola and Robt. Burns, from
Memphis: Pine Grove, Tahlequah and
Bertha, for Arkansas River; Silver Spray.
and Emerald, for New Orleans; Louisiana,
Louisville, and j. w. Garrett, from New
Orleans; j. p. Webb, from Wabash River.
. 1essfe miscellaneous. T.sfs.-zt8 Esls.
The weather on Saturday was so bright
and beautiful that 1t gave new life to NOR
lack of tonnage caused little dizziness on
the wharf, but the Chattanooga. Mary
Swan and Mayf1ower, as well as the VIM.
White, were receiving quite rapidly.
The May did not arrive until noon.
She had an excellent trip of both freight
and people. ......The Argonaut and Star
light were both light. The latter had an
empty barge in tow, and stops here.........
Captain Gus. Dusouchet has returned from
the Wabash. He says the Webb can be
readily raised If it does not fall too fast.....
The VIM. White had moderate trip out of
Green River.......The river editor of the
Louisville Democrat promised to write an
unbiased description of the Richmond
for the Democrat of Saturday. We shall
see The Memphis AUdlonche, we believe,
abused the Great Republic, and especially
because Captain Donaldson would not per-
NIT the Memphis people to load the cabin
carpets with mud. The Louisville COu''ier's
title page to the history of the Richmond,
&C., is not in keeping with the beauty o.
that magnificent steamer. Our Ham. Nc
Nicely can beat it and not halt try.........
Capt. D.. Hukell, of Memphis, has pur-
chased one-half the steamer Mary Swan
on private terms, and will take command
on her return to this port.
Boats Leaving To-Day.
Fox CAIRo.-The splendid steamer Quick
step, Capt. H. T. Dexter leaves for Cairo
promptly at 3 o'clock to-day. Duke Mich
elson and VIM. Tileston are her elegant
| clerks The Qufckstep has fine passenger
accommodations. 31@t
For LoUIsvILLE.-The great Morning
| Star is the regular mail and Adams Ex-
press packet for Louisville at 10 O'Clock to-
day, possessing luxurious accommodations
| to passengers. Capt. Ike DOLLS is in COM
| mand, and is a veteran officer. John Ouer-
hacker is her courteous and excellent
| clerk, than whom there are none better.
For pleas ant and quick trip TO Louisville
take the Morning Star.
| OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES elegant Sam. ]. Hale,
| with the veteran Walker in command,
and the courteous Ed. G. Miller in the
| office, goes to Memphis at nine O'Clock this
morning. She has first class passenger ap-
pointments, and her officers are pleasant
| gentlemen.
Manifest of Steamer Masgto,oer, from Cairo
| to Evansville, April 5th, l867.-R. X. Dun
| kerson q Co, bales cotton, II hhds tobac-
co, 35 boxes tobacco, boxes mdse.; Car
| penter, White & Baker, bales cotton !;
Start. bbls. -four; L. Kessler, 10 empty
boxes; III. Gumberts, 4 bags feathers, bum
die fnrs; Cook & Rice, "a new eon beer kegs
/ package furs; Hubbs & Viefs, 2 hhds. to-
bacco N. Dalzell, bbls. seed; II. Nelson,
For LouisviIle-Ninth Street Warehouse,
IA hhds. tobacco, box tobacco.
Gleanings from our Exchanges.
LOUISVILLE = The Courier of Friday
says:
The river was falling rather fast yester-
day. with 8 feet 8 inches water In the canal,
| in the evening, by the mark. During the
inches at the head of the falls and Is inches
| at Portland. The weather was wet, with
considerable rain falling during the day,
On the falls, last evening, there were
| feet inches water on the rocks, aud feet
inches in the pass down the Indian chute,
| From a friend who travelled on the Rob-
ert E. Lee on her last trip from memphis
interesting letter on the situation OF al
fairs.
to overfiowing with the fiood-tide from
our upper wafers with but two landings
on the Yazoo above the tide.
burg, broke on Thursday of last week, and
the rush of waters through the break was
fearful to ehold.
Sara, which has been broken. causing sc
much disaster to the plantations along the
coast. was thought to be the worE OF SONS
designing wretches, who cut the ievee
through devilish malice.
The Grand Levee was cut on the night o.
the 9th of March, end on the 2JCh TWO
miles of the embankment had washed
away, the turbid tide of the Mississippi
sweeping through the terrible gap, destroy
ing houses. gardens trees, and all kinds
Improvement, overwhelming the Wholt
country. with ruin and devastation, thu
waste of waters In some places being esti.
mated to be one hundred miles wide; ane
all along the right bank of the river ar !,
ruined, with no money, no crops, no lana
no stock, no hing but a wide waste OF wa
tiers, the Only limits to the eye being tht