The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1867-05-28

For. Other iRiver Items See FIFTH Page.
River and weather.


s. The beautifrik weather of Sunday gave
place to clouds and tremendous rain,
lasting from O'Clock yesterday smorning
till nearly noon. 1t was extremely heavy
during the whole time. with but momen-
tary notifications, and was accompanied
by vivid lightnings and terrific thunder.
The river is rising rapidly, and the swell
win be increased by the flooding rain OF
yesterday. 1t is again rising at Louisville
and Cincinnati; Emma Floyd, Cincinnati
to Nashville.
Arrivals and Departures.
g. The arrivals up to O'Clock ) yesterday in
clude the Cora s., Memphis to Louisville;
Plain City, Bowling Green to Louisville;
Mayfiower, Cairo to return; Sam. Orr,
Eastport TO Evansville; Minneola, Cincin-
natl to Memphis; Louisa, Cumberland Riv-
er to Evansville; Morning Star, Hender-
son to Louisville; Newsboy, Henderson TO
return; W. A. Caldwell and Lawrence,
Arkansas River to Cincinnati Anna, Gin
cinnati to Memphis; Eau Claire, Green
River to Evansville. aa ~ytrfB
Boats Due. 1880
Among the first boats due here are the
Rowena, for Nashville; America, for
Tennessee River; New York. for, ST.
Louis; Silver Moon, for Memphis; Mary
i
P. w. Strader, Richmond, and Amazon,
for New Orleans; Silver Cloud. Louisia-
ma, Louisville and Messenger, from New
Orleans; Armada, from Cairo; Rose Hite,
from Louisville; Mary Swan,7 Darling,
and Clifton from Memphis ..taf
~ Miscellaneous. ees
The pouring rain of yesterday morning
greatly retarded business on the levee.--.
The Cora s. had a good trip,.,.-..The May
flower had a good passenger trip, but a
light freight Iist,.....-.The Emma Floyd,
Minneola, and Anna, had full cargoes.
Among the passengers by the Emma. Floyd
was our excellent friend, Captain Gus.
Lemcke, just returned from Europe, in
excellent health and much improyed in
appearance.......The Louisa had seventeen
hogsheads of tobacco, from the Cunber-
land, and thirty tons of old iron........The
Minneola and Anna discharged much
freight heie....--The Quickstep was get
ting fair tFip-.--.-The Charmer had a
lot offreight on board including 500 barrels
of salt-.--..The James Gray from Green
River had So, hhds.s tobacco .-..-...The
Morning Star had good packet trip out
.........The Richmond, on Saturday. made
the run from the lower end of Dunkerson
& Co.'S wharf boat out of sight in just nine-
teen minutes....-...TheT arascon ran out OF
sight in ls14 minutes. The Tarascon was
running to beat the Richmond, which few
boats will be able to do, when Capt. Neal
gels ready toilet her Bob. Lodge, the |
sterling freight clerk of the Richmond has |
our thanks for a memoranda, late papers |
anu other appreciated favors acknowledgement.
The Nick Longworth will hardly be able !
to get away before 10 O'Clock to-day, |
as the rain yesterday stopped the drays |
from hawling......, Capt. Gus Lemcke made |
careful and minute inspection of The |
Mayfiower. and likes her much, like every |
sensible man must.......-Capt. John Gilbert |
was also passenger by the Emma Floyd |
yesterday morning, and proceeded directly |
home to Goleonda-.......-BillyF Fowler, ofthe |
Armada, has our thanks for a delightful |
bouquet.--....The James 6ray and Ollie |
Sullivan were preparing to leave early
yesterday 1.-THE Wabash River, we are
told. rose five feet on Sunday. and thereis "a
fair prospect of another fiood......The Phan-
tom was preparing to return to the Cum
beriapd-.,....R. X. Dunkerson will arrive |
at home from New Orleans this morning
on the Armada t1 .f.c..I +
Boats Leaving To-Day, s.e
FoR tCAIRo-The splendid new side-ri
wheel and finely appointed Maydower is
the unrivaled packet for Cairo and all way !
landings at O'Clock to-day. Captain J.-N.
ThroOp is her veteran and highly esteemed
officer, and Billy Dunn, Geo. Throop, and
Marsh Waithaff are her accomplished
clerks. She is a sumner, and her passen-
gers live on the fatof the land. g sfSla9
For I1oUIsvILLE-The fleet and beauti-
full Rose lite is the regular packet for
Louisville this evening, and has pleasant
passenger appointments. Capt. Tom Daw-
ley, an experienced and courteous officer, I
is in command, and that elegant young
gentleman, Geo. Patterson, is in the Office
For EAsTPoRT.-The ever reliable and
popular Sam. Orr, will leave for PASSPORT
and all Tennessee River ay landings this
evening. She is fleet and finely appointed,
and her chief officers, Capt. Allen Duncan
and Val. Sorenson, are sterling gentle
men.
For NEW ORLEANs.-The monarch of
the Western rivers, the great 1ow-pressure |
Richmond, will arrive here this evening
from Louisville en- route to New Orleans.
She is an entirely new boat, and in point
of spacious and finely arranged staterooms
and other passenger accommodations has
no equal in the world. She is free from all
danger of explosion, and is unsurpassed in
speed, and of wonderful carrying capaci-
ties. Her commander is that highly -ac-
complish ed gentleman, Capt. j. Slut Neal,
one.of the most popular and successful Of
fioarc ON the WaSferp waters and x-bosa