The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1868-01-22

the best Of them, and Captain Gus
Dusouchet, w. ?. Fowler and Geo.
Nicholson rank among the most ex-
perienced and courteous navigators
afoat. She should be loaded to her
fullest capacity.
For LOUISVILLE. The imperial
Tarascon, the pride of the Louisville
line, will be the unequalled packet for
Louisville this evening, in command
of that veteran officer, Capt. A 7.
Gilmore; John Ouerbacker and P.
Branham are her popular and distin-
guished clerks. She is as feet as the
wild gazelle, and her cabin appoint
ments are luxurious.
FoR New ORLEANs.-The John
Kilgour is announced to-day for New
| Orleans. She is a large and feet first
class steamer, with splendid cabin ap-
pointments and great carrying capaci-
ties. Her chief officers, Capt. J. B.
Traver and Mr.. G. Bailey, are gen
tlemen of experience and distinguish
ed courtesy, with whom trip to the
South will be great pleasure
thing of beauty and joy forever
MANIFEST OF THE STEAMER PPAN-
ToM-Wright & Harper, "a bales of
cotton; Thad. p Gibson & Co., IL
ditto; j. G. Dusouchet & Co., l do;
Preston & Menifee, 4 ditto; Captain
Duncan, l ditto; Mackey, Nisbet &
Co., Is ditto; Ragon & Dickey, 2 dit
to; New York, SO ditto; Cincinnati,
% ditto-totaI bales of cotton, 189;
Hayhurst & Whitaker, 10 sacks of
corn, f dry hides, grist mill; ReitE
q Haney, 8 tons pig iron; Thad. P.
Gibson & Co., 81 sacks corn; j. Half,
barrel hickory nuts; Cloud 4 Akin,
/ can; Mr.. Vinson- 3 head cattle;
Cincinnati, 3 bags peanuts, II boxes
of fruit; Louisville, 80 bags of corn.
MANIFEST OF TIE STEAMER P. w.
STRADEB -Ragon, Dickey 4 Co, 10
barrels of molasses, u hogsheads of
sugar, 507 barrels tar; Vennemanu&
Balm, hogshead-. sugar; 7. p. Glib
son & Co.. 2 bales cotton; f. T.
Workman, IA barrels of oranges.
GIeanir.gs from cur Exchanges.
PIrTsBURG-The Commercial of
Saturday says: eamk
Business on, the landing has come
to a stand still since the suspension
Of navigation. The weather. yester-
day was intensely cold, freezing hard,
with plenty of ice Several of the
boats advertised are receiving freight
to leave on the first water. From
present indications they will have to
wait some time.
CINCINNATI. = The Commercial of
Monday says:
Captain Frank Cakes new Express
Line steamer Alaska, with over 600 |
tons, on her recent upward trip, came
from New Orleans to the mouth of |
Red River in twenty four hours. He |
is highly delighted with her in every |
particular
The Jno. H. Groesbeek, Capt. Dan.
w Marrata, will positively depart for |
New Orleans on Wednesday,
LOUISVILLE, : The Courier of
Sunday says:
On the falls last evening there were
only feet 4 inches water IN the pass. |
down the Indian chute, aod the river |
falling and full of floating ice. The +
ice in passing down the falls was
broken into fragments and scattered,
Offering but little detention or OBJ /
struction to boats.
Navigation above the falls was
wholly suspended last evening, even
the big mail boat America not being
started to Cincinnati The ice was
thick and heavy, and the America
had considerable trouble working her
way down from Cincinnati through
the ice. She did not arrive until noon,
and the President of the line deemed
1t prudent not to send her back in the
evening.
The Democrat says:
The Palestine, from Nashville, ar
rived here yesterday; on her way up.
and when between this port and
Evansville she picked up snag,
which tore off large portion of her
guards. The snag struck her just aft
Of the boilers, and the entire guard
from there to the stern was torn off,
knocking some freight overheard.
She will have to lay by here for re-
pairs, and will not return to the Cum
berland river until next Saturday.
The Richmond got at Evansville
$50 sacks Of corn, which was re-
shipped from the Cumberland. In ad-
dition to that, she got at Evansville
5000 sacks of corn and 900 head of
mules.
just deduct 900 from that lot of
mules and you will be right. The
telegraph operator somewhere is re-