The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1868-11-21
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The river had risen fully eighteen
inches in the twenty four hours end
ing at six o'clock last evening, and
was rising fast. The weather moder-
ated somewhat last night, and a light
snow storm prevailed, the snow melt
ing as it fell. The clouds were lower
ing, and the wind was shifting to the
south and east.
The additional arrivals and depart
partures up to midnight were the
Charmer, from Cincinnati; Sam. Orr,
to Eastport; Cumberland, to Cairo
Henderson Packets, to Henderson;
st. Francis, Louisville to St. Francis
River.
The Cumberland took 200 bales of
hay and considerable other freight at
Newburg, and did not return till
4 o'clock. In the meantime, Bruce
Hunter, her admirable freight clerk,
had the wharf covered with freight.
awaiting her, and she soon had it
aboard, and left immediately after the
arrival of the Charmer, or about FIVE
o'clock......The Charmer had a nice
trip, and had done an immense way
business. Her manifest, for which
John II. Triplett has our thanks, will
be found below. She leaves, as will
be seen by her : special, promptly at
fan oSal0ob fb3s Y,ooun1nr Daeson~aro
and bills of lading must be aboard by
that hour......The Sam Orr left with
fne trip. Among her passengers
was Captain John Gilbert, of Col
conda......The handsomest new boat
we have seen for many day is the
st. Francis, recently built at Louis
vile for Captain Thomas r. Bow
man, and is the fourth boat bear
ing that name, all built by the
same enterprising gentleman aud
distinguished navigator, who has
worn out six boats in the trade,
and never experienced but one acct
dent. The keel was laid on the 18th
of August, and she left on the 10Th of
November on her way to her field of
future operatio ms. She is 175 feet
long, 30 feet beam, feet 4 inches
depth of hold. She has two 20-inch
cylinder engines, with 6 feet stroke,
working % feet water wheels, with
buckets s feet long. She has three
boilers "a feet long and 38 inches in
diameter, and is supplied with all the
labor-saving improvements and mod
ern conveniences. She has a full
length cabin most elegantly furnished,
and is as complete a steamboat as we
ever saw-a perfect beauty.
Manifest of steamer Charmer. Gin :
cinnati to Evansville, Nov. 20-A
Refs, II bdls pipe; g Wilhelm, II
bbls ale, II bxs do; Preston q Bros.
l bx baking powders; Parsons, SEQ
vile & Go, z bxs mdse; j Neckturn,
bbls -four; Hornbrook, 2 bbls lard
oil; NJ Cohu. 5 hhds coal. hf Dbl col
oring; J G Dusouehet & Co, 50 bbls
flour; w I'll PStoddard, / Dbl whisky;
Gibson & Welsh, cask lead pipe;
Geo Sonntag, 30 bdls spades; Terry,
CAROLS & Co, 10 bbls ale; VIM He'll
man 2 bars iron; G Underestimate, l
Dbl oil; J B Mesker, Is pkgs iron;
Bunker & Gilman. bxs hardware; J
Meyer & Co, 2 lounges; NJ Kempf. SO
kegs beer; Mark & Henning, IL bxs
glassware; Chas Wolf, bdls leather;
j Sinzich, bbls oil, 6 pkgs mdse; ;
Humphrey, Patrick & Go, 2 L. ma
chimes; j @ Dusouchet, % bdls iron;
A i hurry, 1 cask ware; John
Mathurs. lot household goods; w g
Brown, % bbls cement.
For reshipment-To Paducah, 6
bbls ale, 2 crates, 60 bxs mdse.
To Metropolis, bxs, 4 bgs coffee,
bbls oil; 4 bbls sugar.
To Cairo, 2 bbls ale. 4 Inf bbls do.
To Memphis, Il bbls apples, 2 bbls
onions. bxs hdls.
To Nashville, 20 bbls oil, 100 bbls
cement. 40 bxs Indse
To Henderson, As bxs mdse, 16 doz
coal hods, ID doz saws. 10 doz buckets
and tubs, 3 bbls oil, 10 doz bdls
churns, &c.
To Green River, wagons
To New Orleans, 10 iron hubs, &c.
River Dispatches.