The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1868-03-28
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departures up TO midnight. include the
Linton, TO Sewburg; Cumberland to Cairo;
J. r. HOyie and James Gray, TO Green
River; Newsbey and MolIie Norton, to
Henderson; P. W. Strader. Louisville 70
y ew Orleans; sam. Orr, to EsstpOrt; Mary
Erwin, Eaetport 10 Cincinnati
he Linton went up to Newburg last
evening for another lot Of hay and freight.
She will be at the landing early this morn
ing. and will positively leave this evening
for CIarksvflle The sam. err took out
a splendid trip of miscellaneous freight,
all purchased in this cIty...-.....The other
packets had rather good trips.........The P.
W. Strader arrived from Louisville at P.
NJ, about two-thfrds loaded. She added
1900 bags corn and considerable other
freight here, and will readily I'll out be-
low as no man with anything TO ship
could refuse TO give It to such men as
Albert Stein or AInes Fisher........ .........
Col. Dick Voolfolk, the distinguished
superintendent of the Louisville and Hen
dersOn Mail Line. was a passenger by the
Strader from greensboro last night, having
come to that place by the Morning Star on
Thursday. He is in excellent health and
spirits. He proceeded to Henderson last
night, and will return to Louisville by the
Tarascon tonight. His management Of
the splendid packets under his charge has
been the theme of universal eommenda-
ton in steamboat circles, and it is not
strange that the Line is doing a heavy
The Silver Moon passed Pa
ducah yesterday morning, and win be
here early this morning, en- route to Cin-
einnati...........Capt. J. p. Webb, having
disposed of his steamboat interests, is
about to embark again in mercantile pur-
suits, at Dycusburg. He has, during the
week, purchased a fine stock OF goods in
this city, the best market in the West. We
wish him great success in his new calling,
as he IS a sterling fellow..........The Mary
Erwin arrived about 10 last night, with a
good trip-........In addition to 242 bales of
cotton for F. K. Huston & Co., the st. Pat
rick had lOJ bales for r. X. Dunkerson &
Co....-----The Rob Roy left Cincinnati last
night, and will be here tomorrow morn
ing.
MANIFEsr-Of the Steamer st. Patrick:
ID Grissom, 20 bundles OF cane poles: @ L
boxes OF merchandis ss:t q ~ W French. Agt.
500 dry salted hides, bundles do. Al bdfs
green hides; F r Huston, az bales cotton;
X X Dunkerson & Co, los bales OF cotton;
Charles Bird, lot furniture. Louisville
White & Cochran, 10 bales cotton, green
hide, bal flint do. box furs; Elias Levi
househoid goods; Wilson, Peter & GO. bx
mdse; John Stockton, Is bdls hubbs, half
dOZ wheelOarroWs- Ctnctnnatt-J H Hart,
IA bbls pecans, l box sundries.
ST. LOUIS, March "a very heavy snow
storm prevailed in Western Kansas from
Wednesday noon until this morning The
snow a. lifted from four TO six feet deep in
some places, and travel Is somewhat Inn
peded
Arrived--The Dubuque, from Muecatine;
Nightingale from 9 tncinnatii Marble City,
Memphis; Harry Johnson and Tom Jas
per. from keOkuk; Ravfne, from Cairo.
Depar1ed-The Reserve for Dubuque:
the arthur, for New Orleans; Rubicon. for
Niczsburg; Belle, TOR Memphis; Memphis,
shark and Tow, for New Orleans; Johnson
and Jasper, Keokuk.
The river is station airy, but rise IS COM
in g from above. The weather is still very
wet and cold. Business good.
NASHVILLE. March 2. - River falling;
cold and cloudy. Arrived = Talisman,
Cairo; Umpire, ,Cineinnatl; Departed :
Alpha, Upper Cumberland In port
Alert, Talisman, Umpire.
LOUISVILLE, March 7.-Port List Ar
rtved-America. Silver Spray, Virginia
and Lawrence, from Cineinnati; Belle
Lee, Louisiana and John KilgOur, from
New Orleans; Mary aud Alice, from st.
Louis Argonaut No. 2, from ParKersburg.
Departed - America and Louisiana, for
Cincinnati; Mary, Alice, Maggie Hays and
Co lier. for Pittsburg; TarascOn, for Hen
dersOn; Silver Spray, for New Orleans;
Lawrence and Virginia. for st. Louis. In
port-N Orman, John Kiigour, Belle Lee
ana Bermuda. River rising very fast,
from the effects OF the late rains with
fourteen and a half feet in the canal.
Weather disagreeab!e and cloudy all day,
and rather cool, with slight attempt to
II appears the rain has been general and
all the minor tributaries are rising fast.
on the Falls there are ll1z feet steamboat
water down the indian Chute, and up
wards of ten feet in the Middle Chute, for
ascending boats
Business on the wharf is quite active. The
Mary Alice and Collier have several
barges laden with iron ore for Pittsburg.
MEMPHIS, March 2I.-The weather is quite
cool. Tine river is still rising Port List
Departed-Belle st. Louis, for St. Louis;
May flower, for Evansville. In Perfectly
of Cairo, Liberty, Mtnneoia. The Arkan-
saS Is falling rapidly, wi h six feet to Little
Rock. The OzarK Is reported aground
above there in three inches water. The
John D; Perry is hard aground above
rise, and is reported abandoned.
PITrsBURG, March 1.-THE river remains
stationary. Weather clear but cool. Ar
entertainments, from st. Louis; and st.
Charles. from Cincinnati. The K. c. Gray,
for Memphis, was the only departure.
ST. PAUL, Mimi, March 1.-THE Missis-
to Lake Peppin. The Minnesota River Is
open as far as MankatO. Steamers viii
soon commence regular trips from here to
Lake Peppin-
PITTS BURG, March 27-Eve. - Weather
clear and pleasant. The river is rising,
with IA feet inches water IL the channel.
LOUISVILLE, March Up. M.--The river
is rising, with il feet water in the canal,
Weather cloudy. Thermometer $50.
NEW ORLEANS, March 27.-River is at
a stand; feet 10 inches below the high
water mark of 1852
CINCINNATI, March 27.--It has been
cloudy and raining all day. The river
has risen six feet six inches IN the last
tyVenty-four hour. with fOrty-nfne and
a half feet water under the bridge for pass
ing steamers Business is quiet. The ar
rivals, outside the regular packets, were
eHahaH
from il emphis; Argosy, from Pittsburg;
Potomac, from Wheeling; Swallow, from
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