The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1868-03-27
weather and water.

cooler than the previous two days.
A steady rain prevailed during the
latter part of the night and up to early
noon. The river had fallen two feet
daring the twenty-four hours ending
at three o'clock yesterday.
Arrivals and Departures.
The arrivals and departures up to
A O'Clock yesterday include the Lo-
rena and Yorktown, Pittsburg to St.
Louis; Mollie Norton and Newsboy,
Henderson and return; James Gray,
Green River to returu; Belle Lee,
New Orleans to Louisville; Amelia
Poe, Pittsburg to Missouri River.
Boats Due.
Among the first boats due here are
the Lawrence and Champion, for st.
Louis; Emma Floyd, for Nashville;
Silver Moon and St. Patrick, from
Memphis; the Darling, for Memphis;
Louisville, John H Groesbeck, and
Alice Dean, from New Orleans; Belle
Lee, the Westmoreland, the Louis
ana, and the Silver Spray, for
New Orleans; the GAINESVILLE
and Ollie Sullivan from Wabash
River; the Virginia and Amelia Poe,
for the Missouri River; Cumber-
land, from Cairo the Linton, from
GAINESVILLE; Ada Lyon, from Green
River; Rob Roy and J p. Webb, from
Cincinnati Tarascon, from Louisville;
Shamrock, from st. Louis; the Pine
Grove, from Nashville.
aIsceIIaneOus.
Yesterday rather curtailed business
on the wharf, and arrivals were few.
The Lorena and Yorktown had good
trips. The Lorena discharged much
freight here..........The James Gray
was full of cooper stuff and other
freight.........The Sam. Orr discharg-
ed her magnificent trip and is ready
to receive for PASSPORT. The
Belle Lee arrived at 20 minutes after
/ o'clock yesterday afternoon, being
four days, 10 hours and 30 minutes
from port to port She ran from the
point below the city to the wharf in
seven minutes, and got under way
opposite Humphreys wharf boat, and
ran out of sight in IA minutes and
half, being the best time ever made
from the wharf out of sight. She
has made go landings, by the way,
to this port, and she lost three and a
half hours at Cairo, repairing her
wheels, which had been badly broken
by heavy drift, which she had eneoun-
tered from VicksDurgh up......There
is no question that the Belle Lee is
the fastest boat that comes up the
Ohio. We are indebted to her Off
GERS for late New Orleans papers.
She will be here early Monday morn
ing, on her return to New Orleans,
and passengers and shippers should
be ready to avail themselves Of this
opportunity to go upon or ship
upon the fastest boat afoat............
The Amelia Poe passed down yester-
day afternoon with good trip for
Missouri River.........The Belle Lee
had but little freight, but was full of
people ........Col. Geo. Pendleton, of
Cleveland, the distinguished Pre-
dent of the far-famed, old reliable
Erie Transportation Company, ar
rived by Wednesday nights train.
He brought his baggage with
him, and will remain several
days with Us. He is, as
our readers are aware, one of the
firm Of r. K. Dunkerson 4 Co...
The rain, yesterday afternoon, was
rather on the increase........Capt. J.
r. Hugo, Of the Ollie Sullivan, Is in
the city..-.....The Ollie has brought
$1,000 sacks Of corn out Of the
Wabash to Mt. Vernon since she left
here, and is expected to come through
to this port on Saturday with load
from Little Wabash.
Boats Leaving To-day.
For CAIRo.-The high-headed,
,red-chimnied, feet-footed Cumber-
land, is the rafting packet for Cairo
to-day, Offering the most desirable
accommodations to passengers. Cap
tain Ben Howard is IN command,
and Tom. Brashear and Bruce Hun
ter are her clerks, and three pleasant
er gentlemen were never associated
together on one steamboat. Give her
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