The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1868-03-12
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LOUISVILLE. March 1.-THE weather is !
rainy. Thermometer 81. The river IS rising, |
with 5 feet 10 inches water in the canal oy
the mark
CISCINsATI. March II, ! P. Sf.-The river
has risen twent two inches, with = teeI ~
inches ia the channel. me weather -
clear. Thermometer d.
PIrTsBuRG. March Il-Noon. River six
teen feet three inches and rising mostly
from the MOnOngahela River. W eaGnef
clear and pleasant.
PrrrsBUpG, March II-Evening.-River
seventeen feet and still rising. weather
clear and pleasant. The Maggie Hays LETT
for st. Louis to-day.
MEMPHIS, March u.-Westher cloudy
and warm. River rising steadily. Frelghts
quiet. Depart ed-LiZZie GIL, early TINS
m s9G f9r ~ LOUIS Us 11aiHSafi Mis-
slsSippi, for New Orleans In pOrt-Dar-
ling and Quitman.
NASHVILLE, March I1.-River falling, 6z
feet scant on Harpeth Shoels. Weather
warm and cloudy Arrived the I'm ma
Floyd, from Cincinnati: the Ella Hughes,
rom the Upper Cumberland; NasnYlIlei
from Cairo; W. H. Brown, rom kana~a.
pafted-Alert, for the Upper Cumber-
land: u pire, for Evansville. The Umpire
took 800 bales of cotton.
The wharf continued to be thronged
with steamers all day, and business was
liveIy.....-..The ]. P. Webb had nearly 5000
sacks Of corn, oats, &c, and much other
sonville and all way landings, offering
a rare opportunity to shippers to the Upper
Wabash. Captain Lancaster and Chef.
Bradley commend themselves TO passen-
gers and shippers by their great courtesy
and polite attentions ......... The Louisa,
Ada Lyon, LewelIin and Armada
had excellent trips out. The Armada
received by telegraph request to wait for
a lot of mules coming by last evenings
freight train, and in consequence did not
get of till after dark She went out with
one Of the biggest trips of the season, in
Guiding nearly 100 head of stock.........The
Argonaut No. arrived from Louisville for
Cairo with moderate freight list, includ-
ing a number OF hne-bloOded horses,
Spanish Jacks and jennets, purchased in
Kentucky by the agents Of the KeOkuk
Stock Growing Co. She will load back
with corn along the cOast-........The VIM
White left for GAINESVILLE with good trip.
In consequence of the serious illness Of his
wife, Cspiatn Ham. Throop stopped OF,
and Captain Drinkwater took the White
out......-..The Tarascon had a good packet
trip down, and went a few miles below
Henderson for &, 900 sacks Of corn for Smy-
ser & Milton. The Crescent City was
lying above the wharf. yesterday, loaded
fiat down, with corn for Madison. She
left, we presume, last night .....,.The Cora
$. laid over a day at Louisville. She may
be positively expected to-day, and is
good steamboat, with excellent officers sees.
We direct attention TO the card OF Captain
Drink water, relative to the future or the
Vim. White THE Tarascon did not get
back from Henderson till late last night.
Nj Basher. clerk of the Laurel Hill, was
81 the city yesterday prospecting .........The
TaraScon returned from Hende rsOn about
IL O'Clock and landed at corn pile across
the river before coming TO the wharf, to
the no little vexatton of a score or more
o pa .sengers who were sitting up for her.
.........The sam. Orr arrived from Eastport
last night at 100 o'clock with a moderate
trip. She leaves on Friday eyening............
Tue Quickstep arrived at III O'clock last
night with moderate trip.........1 he Chat
tanooga, Cobb-Webb and Louisa left for
Wabash River at dark.
MANIFEST OF STEAMER J. 2. WEBB, Mar.
H-Wabash - Evansville.-W. q. Brown &
CO., y tierces lard. casks cracklings, /
barrel do, barrels dried apples, 80 bags
do, bags peaches, keg lard, crate rags,
5 bags rags, = barrel bitters, q bushels
apples hide, SIS bags corn. Brandeis &
boxes eggs. II. Ver4soeft & Co., 8, 43O bags
corn, Z25 bags oats. For Mt. Vernon: l0i
pac ka yes merchandise. River rising ra-
pidly, with mo bottom " on the Grand
Chain. Yours, BRADLEY.
A CARD.
There seems 10 be number OF rumOrs
and repres+ tatjons, which cause a diver
sity of opinion, as regards the trade In
which the steamer VIM. White will ply:
hence, TO set at ease these speculative
minds, / will very respectfully say, that
the steamer While viii ply between Ev-
ansville and GAINESVILLE, Tenn, and the
Cum berland River, during the present
season. and sh uld there be a change we
Will advise he public of that change;
however, I am not astonished at the un-
settled state of minds existing with the
public, rom the fact that myself am puz-
zled to know, n pay any regard to street
rumors going the rounds. But, II is set.
tied in my mind that she will run in the
above trade. She entered that trade in the
Winter, when business was dull, and will
remain during the Summer.
NeTY respeci fully OWrs.