The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1868-12-21
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The weather since Saturday after
noon was rather mixed. Saturday
night heavy clouds Ger hung the
earth, and many apprehended storm.
The clouds blew away, and yesterday
was clear and mild.......~The arrivals
and departures since 3 Pm. Saturday
aud. up to midnight last include the
Morning Star, Louisville and return;
Silver Moon, Memphis to Cincinnati;
Armada, to Cairo; Ada Lyon, to
Woodbury.; Havana. Nashville to
Cincinnati; Goose, Cincinnati to
Memphis; Kate Robinson, PASSPORT
to Cincinnati; Virginia, Louisville to
New Orleans; Tarascon, Louis
vile to Henderson; Quickstep, from
Cairo; lie Claire, Eastport to Louis
vile; Norman, from Memphis.
The packets Saturday bad good
trips out...... The Silver Moon arriv-
ed early Saturday night with over
l 100 bales cotton and much other
freight. She experienced but little
difficulty from ice, though it was very
formidable to ordinary boats. She re
ports the Romeo, loaded with cotton,
laid up and ice-bound at the foot of
% and q, just above Ashport...-....
The Havana had a good trip......The
Coosa had a moderate trip. She
was wind-bound against Humphrey
& Patrick's wharf boat yesterday
sixor seven hours............The Ha-
vana discharged 65 bales cotton for
Dunkerson & Co........The Virginia
had nice trip. She added con-
siderable freight at Brown & Co.'S
wharf boat. Her officers, Capt. VIM.
Hollcroft, Charley Schultze aud Ed.
Miller, among the best in the bust
ness, were Ia fine spirits........"The
Kate Robinson had moderate trip.
1.-THE LeClaire had a good trip.
1.-THE Norman had 2I5 bales of
cotton for r. K. Dunkerson & Co.,
and 20 bales for f. Fl. Ehrman & Co.
She will return to Memphis at P. NJ.
to-day. positively. Capt. Hewitt and
Geo. w. Twomey are her excellent
officers. We desire that she shall
have a good trip out......."The lie
Claire discharged 10 bales Of Cotton
for f. II. Ehrman......The Quickstep
broke her rudder at Elizabethtown,
and was detained nine hours repair
ing it. She did not arrive until three
o'clock yesterday afternoon........Cap-
tain John May arrived at home by
the Tarascon yesterday..........A tow
boat plying light and running for
a.! that was out" passed up yester-
day.........The Petrolia No. did not
get off till 10 O'Clock yesterday morn
Observation-Disclosures of the terrible
explosion of the tug Volant will be
found in our local columns........The
Rapidan No. 2 arrived at midnight.
with a good trip. She returns to
Elstport to-day a lip. NJ.
MANIFEST OF THE STEAMER QUICK
sTEP-From Cairo to Evansville, Dec.
| 20 1868. - Ill. o. Babcock, l sack
seed; Ehrman, Fisher q Co., / pkg
mdsG.: r. X. Dunkerson Co. 2 bids
tobacco; A & l.. Uhl, 3 casks clay
! c. Viele x Co, | stove; il. Buffner
Jr. a. Co. IS beef hides; Wheeler &
Riggs, 3 bbls coal oil; A. Gumberts,
3 bags feathers; Tenaey, Bowles x
Co, ! box meat.
To Louisville-12 bdls ducks and
geese, ? hhds tobacco.
To Concordia-655 SKIS ear corn.
MANIFEST steamer Norrnan-R. X.
Dunkepson 81 Co. PIG bales cotton
T. IT. Ehrman & Go. 20 bales cotton
| NJ. Cohn q Co. 10 brls liquor; James
L. Auble 1 bri CT. Oil; sundry lots
for reshipment.
Manifest Of Steamer RGpjdan No. 2
From Florence to Evansville = For
New York;. NJ. Humphrey 81 Co,
II bales cotton; T. H. Erhman ~ Co.,
81 bales cotton; Z. r. Huston, hid.
tobacco.
For Louisyille-Geo. ". Wick &
Co 1 bales cotton.
For Cincinnati-E G.. Hurd 81 Co..
2 bales cotton; Harris, Miller q Co.
p pkgs sundries; Addy. Huu 4 Co.
Is bales cotton; r.. Moore 4 Co, p
bales cotton, bags peanuts.
Evansville, Weldon Bros
& Co, 5 bales Of cotton; Thomas
Scantlin & Son, / cane roller; R5gon
Dickey & Carson, , SKIS dried apples.
3 sacks dried peaches, bales cotton,
bag feathers, 2 kegs eggs, 2 boxes
eggs; Carpenter, White a. Baker, ]
saddle venison; Kerney 81 HARPER, 2
bales of cotton, bags peanuts -. q.
| Dusouchet & Co, y bales cotton. /
barrel apples, l20 bags corn, . bags
rag, head cattle, l coop fowls. I
box eggs, l box butter; Captain Lee
Howett, II rolls leather.