The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1868-02-10

ant gentlemen as ever WED a pen or
checked package
For HENDERSON. = The Mollie
Norton will leave for Henderson
promptly at three o'clock to-day.
Captain Perkins and Ed. Terry will
give especial attention to the comfort
of passengers
The News Boy may also be expect
ed to leave for Henderson at three
o'clock to-day, and has as pleasant
accommodations as could be desired.
Captain Shelter and Willie Huston
are pleasant and accomplished gen.
tlemen.
MEMORANDUM = OF the steamer
Sam. Orr.-Left Florence Tuesday
evening at half past four O'clock;
Rapidan In port; passed the Tacony
at the foot Of Colbert's Island, sunk
She lies straight; will be raised (if
the river does not rise too FAST with
out much damage. She struck a rock
at the head of Colbert's. on the
shoals; met the Rapidan No. 2 and
Lewellin at Peters Landing; Helen
at Birmingham. The Smithland and
Cumberland River packet, Bravo, is
laid up at Smithland; left Paducah
at one o'clock Friday; passed the
tow boat, N. w. c., at Parkerson's;
met the Qpickstep at Trabue's Mines :;
passed the Laurel Hill aground. at
the head of Hurricane Island; Tow
boats Neville and barges, Rochester
and barges, and the propeller, j. r.
Pratt, laid up at West Franklin; met
the Legal Tender and Palestine at
Henderson; met the Cumberland In
Dutch Bend. We are full of mer-
chants.
MANIFEST of steamer Sam. Orr,
from Florence to Evansville-Mackey
Nisbet & Co. $50 bales cotton; Thad.
2. Gibson & Co., 145 do. Wright &
Harper4S do; j. G. Dusouchet & Co.,
u do; Ragon, Dickey & Carson, 10
do; Capt. Duncan, IL do, Sam.
Crockett, 2 DO. j. Haggard, IL do;
J. NJ. Benham. 10 do; Hodge, Carr
& Co, do, r. K. Dunkerson & Co.,
% do; Louisville, "a do; T. Seantlin
4 Son, ] cook stove and fixtures;
Baird & Start, half doz. odd lids;
Woodrow, r. & Co., 1 bdl iron, / small
wheel; L. c. Smith & Co, l bdl bags;
Capt. Duncan, 6 dry hides Hayhurst
Il Whitaker. SKIS wheat, do. bees
wax Il. p Gibson & Co, 80 SKIS corn,
l bx eggs; Ragon & Dickey, l box
boxes; Sam Crockett, 2 coops game
cocks; @. 5. Sonntag, / pkg mdse; +.
NJ. Humphrey & Co., 301 SKIS corn;
Stumpf q Endres. 3 beer kegs.
Pittsburg-McKee a. Co., p bbls;
Lyons & Co., % bbls. ln
Cincinnati-Lowrey & Patterson,
16 bags peanuts. af
Memphis-Geo. Reed, l bx eggs.
Columbus-T. A. Mitchell, 2 boxes
meat.
MANIFEST of steamer St. Patrick
from Memphis to Evansville, Feb. z:
For +. r.. Huston, Evansville, 332
boxes; f. N. Ehrman & Co., 10 do. /;
Hubbs 4 Co.. 300 do; Agent G.. W.
Express 108 do; L. Gibson q Co., /
do; f. NJ Humphreys & Co., 2 bdls
gunnies; John Daugherty, Rockport,
z bdls shingles white & Davie, Louis
vile, 10 bbls highwines; May, My
ers & Co., Cincinnati, 3 boxes
GIean1ngs from our Exchanges.
PTTTsBURG.-The Commercial of
Thursday says
Business in the vicinity of the land
ing has undergone no change. No /
Improvement need be looked for until /
we have a rise of water and resump- /
ton of navigation an. Hhal
AZ The weather continues to moderate.
1t will take rain to move away the ice |
embargo from our shores. We have a !
number of boats partially loaded for !
various points. We are all anxiously |
waiting for the good time to come, and
would like to be able to fix the date.
@ CINcINEATI. II The C6mmerciaI of
Friday says :ae n9m fa s7a
Z The mail steamer. United States,
bound from louisville for Cincinnati, I
with large cargo, including 200 bales |
cotton, grounded at Warsaw yester-
day morning and at one time was in
danger of breaking in two, Captain
Written having telegraphed here for
assistance She finally succeeded in
working off without material damage.
The United States will return to
Louisville this evening, ice permitting.
The cold weather made ice fast yes
terday. Several steamers, preparing
10 uepdrC, we're prevented from leaV-
ing by the Underwriters, through
their Surveyor. Capt. VIM. III. Pierce, /,
notifying them they considered it
unsafe to navigate in the present ice.
The people at Warsaw, KY, were
so tickled at the arrival of the G. T.
Dumont at that place. Wednesday
night, through the ice, that they COM
plimented Captain David and his off
GERS with a serenade from a brass
band. Captain David is not afraid Of