The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1867-04-29
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River and weather.


For other Riuer Items see FIFTH Page.
River and Weather.
The rain OF Friday night ceased before
morning. Saturday opened bright and
beautiful, with the air pure and saiubri-
Gus. The river had fallen about one foot
during the "a hours ending Saturday at 8
O'Clock.
Arrivals and Departures.
The arrivals and departures up 10 O'Clock
on Saturday, include the Ada Lyon, Green
River and return; Robert Burns, Memphis
to Cincinnati; Armada Cairo TO return;
Emperor Cincinnati to Memphis Newsboy
Henderson to return; Charmer, to Mem
phis; Richmond, Louisville to New Or
leans; Tarascon, Louisville to return.
Boats Due.
Among the first boats due here are the
Havana, for Nashviile; Camelia, fof Ten
nesee River; Henry Adkins. st. Marys,G Col
den Eagle, Victoria No. 2, Sherman,
Melnotte, Champion and Nora, for st.
Louis; A~rmadil1o and Sam. j. Hale,
for Memphis; Minneola and Mary
Swan, from Memphis; Bertha and
Lawrence, for Arkansas River; In
diana,f Alice Dean, Swallow, Golden Era,
Silver Cloud, and Louisville, for New Or
leans. Kenton and Alice sy.,c4 from
New Orleans j. z. Webb and Advance
from Wabash River;s Ada Lyon, from
Green River; VIM White, from Green
River; Sam. Orr. from Tennessee River.
Laviase1 Am miscellaneous. Fs-qg
There was nota great rush of business on
the levee yesterday morning, with but few
arrivals. The AdasLyon had a fair trip
from Green River. The Armada had a
first rate trip from Cairo. She broke her
Z rudder coming up. but would be ready TO
/ leave on time. The Robert Burns passed
g up with a good trip. The Emperor was
full. The Charmer was getting a magnif-
cent trip. Her hold was packed as full as
: it could be slowed, and she would fill out
to her utmost capacity before she leaves
the river. The Richmond was still taking
corn above at noon. She was momentari.
ly expected at the wharf. The News
boy continues to do a nice busfness...-..
The great iow-pressure Richmond arrived
at l o'clock, having taken 5000 sacks of
corn, a few miles above. which took her
all night, the weather being bad and her
crew tired out. She had a good foundation
for a big trip, and had a large number of
passengers. Hhndreds went aboard to see
and admire the matchless symmetry of
her vast cabin and her spacious state
rooms. There is but one voice among
them all-that aof, ~sunrnodiied sadnlira-d
dtfon. Captain slut Neal, and Messrs.
Woolfolky,s Shirley g1and Lodge, are
highly pleased with theif. grand floating
palace, and everybody is pleased with
them would spend most OF the even
ing loading here=-r-~We are glad to see
= Captainl m. Knight, for along time mate
Il of the Taraseon, in command of the FORE
castle of the Armada A more gent eman-
aly or efficient officer never handled a rope.
u,l.n -r- cn@xx = ~ x~nl - l. ,11 = - ~-1El
with a good packet trip, and full of people,
IL Boats Leaving To-Day
=. For CAIRo.-Thel lively Quickstep is the
regular Cairo packet at three o'clock to-
day.. Captain Dexter, a veteran officer. Is
in command, and Duke Nicholson and
Wm. TiIeston, two courteous, affable and
obliging gentlemen, are in the office. Ear-
ry johnson does the spiritual" just for
ward of the larboard wheel-house.
For LouIsvILLE.-The great Morning |
Star is the superb and elegant packet for |
Louisville to-day, at ten o'clock. Captain
IkerDoIlas is her commander, and is a
pleasant gentleman of the old school.
John Ouerbacker is her inimitable clerk,
and Jesse Jackson. always accurate and
pleasant, attends to the freight. The Star
has splendid passenger appointments.
For GREES RTvER.-Theg gay VIM. White
will lea V for Green River this evening in I
command of that popular young gentle
man, Capt. Alfred Drinkwater, with John
Adamsin the office, than whom a more
perfect gentleman cannot be found.
For HENDERsoN.-The Newsboy, Capt.
Charley Perkins, goes TO. Henderson at A
GIeanings from our Exchanges.
LouIsyILLE.-The Courier of Friday
says;
The river. was falling fast yesterday with
the evening by the mark. During the pre-
yious "a hours the river had fallen eleven |
inches at the head of the falls and thirty
three. inches at Portland. The weather
was clear in the morning, with a remarka-
bic heavy white frost, a rather cool occur
renee for the 18th of
On the falls last evening there We're six
feet five inches water for STEAMBOATS, |
down the Indiana chute, and nine feet
four inches water in the pass.
boats, the Rose Hite and Bertha having
assembled that channel yesterday. The de-
p~artures down over the falls include the
yer Spray for New Orleans, and the Silver
Moon for Memphis.
The Democrat of Friday says:
A barge belonging to Sharp Mcdonald,
IN tow of the A. J. Baker, that had been
fiOated loose early Tuesday morning by
the rising tide. The boat was dashed to
pieces, and all the coal, some 10000 bushels,
was lost.
81. LoUIs.-The Democrat of Friday saws.
The river here is about as twas yester-
day and day before. Visions of much ].
higher water need not be entertained. It
day this year.. The Missouri and the Upper
Mississippi are distressingly high, but old
boatmen easily demonstrate why there
DAYS. Our boats find plenty of water everv-