The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1868-03-05
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LoUIsv1LI.E, March 4.-Fhe river is sta
tionary, with feet 6 inches In the canal.
Weather clear and pleasant.
CINCINKA1I, III arch al P.1r.-The river
has fallen 5 Inches, with 20 feet in the
channel. Weather clear. Thermometer DO.
PIrrsBURG. March 4-The weather is
clear and mild; snow melting fast. There
has been no change in the rlver since last
evening. fFs
The additional arrivals and departures
since 8 o'clock yesterday up to midnight,
include the Dexter. New Orleans TO Louis
Vile; Tarascon, Louisville and return;
Louisa and Ollie Sullivan, from Wabash
River; Armada. to Cairo; Ada Lyon, to
Green River; Mary Erwin, Eastport to
Cincinn att 1.-The Dexter was light.
The TarascOn had a splendid trip OF both
freight and peoEle, and added largely to
the trip of The Armada which left with a
fine cargo, and full of people........The
Louisa brought in 4 OF sacks of corn from
the Wabash. She returns to the Wabash
this evening, aad has splendid passen-
ger accommodations. Captain Boius
y an experienced navigator, and
Charley Crawford is one OF the mos,
pleasant young gentlemen in the BUSH
ness. A dispatch from Will II. Hugo adj
vises as that the ollie Sullivan would be
in during the night from the Wabash,
with 2,00O sacks o. corn for III. III. Umble.
She, too. win return to the Wabash this
evening. Captaila J. r. Hugo is in COM
mand, and win II. Hugo is her accom-
plished clerk.......The Mary Erwin passed
up at o'clock last night, with very fine
trip from the Tennessee River, including
AS bales of cotton, 42I bags corn, 422 bags
peanuts; $50 tons pig iron. and 30 tons mis-
cellaneous freight. she discharged
bales OF cotton, and 200 sacks of
ear corn here. Captain Coffin is a
popular officer and a good man. He re-
ports the Tenness7e River rising rapidly,
with six feet on Colbsrt's shoals..........A
dispatch to Capt. Rudd announces that
the St. Patrick left Memphis last night,
and viii be here on Friday, and return
Saturday THE magnificent Nick Long
.wOrth is announced for New Orleans this
evening. and she Is one Of the incest and
most pleasant boats a1oat Capt. Alex
ander Irwin and Charley Miller, her chief
officers, are as pleasant and as
thorough gentlemen as ever pulled a
bell rope or welded a pen.........Our elegant
and genial friend, Captain John May, ar
rived from Louisville by the Tarascon yes
terday ..,..-...The Ada Lyon had a magnif-
cent trip out last evening for Green River
taking coal at CanneltOn on Tuesday. She
had not arrived at late hour last night.
Probably found huge corn pile above.
THE Rob Roy left Cincinnati on Tues
day night for this port, and viii return to-
morrow morning. She will ply as regu-
lar packet, and should receive a liberal
support..-.....-.The Quickstep arrived at II
o clock last night. The following is her
memorandum and manifest, kindly fur
nished as by her courteous fieight clerk
Walter B. Pennington;
MEMORANDA. -tsteamer Qufckstep left
Cairo Tuesday. March Sd, at IL Pm. Boats
in pOrt-Great Republic and Olive Branch.
Reshipped our New Orleans freight on the
latter steamer. Weather clear and pleas
ant. River rising at st. Louis; Missouri
River also swelling slowly; first steamer
of the season "a ferry -bOat) arriving re
ports 80 feet in hat stream. Met Silver
Moon at Mound City. Passed TaIisman
under way at Grand Chain. Met Virginia
at Fletcher. 4th-Met Cumberland at Col
conda, Swallow a. ParkerSon's, LeWeIlin
at Rosa Care, Mavfiower at Elizabeth
town, Armenia at UniOntOwn, Armada
above Mt. Vernon.
Our consfgnees are Keller & White, box
mds. Charles Achaum GO, bag of bags;
Reitz & Hany, 2 pEgs mds; Wright q Har-
per, ? bales cotton; Wheeler & Riggs, so
pkgs cedar buckets Ragon & Dickey, q do;
Venneman & Behme, IA do; A E Gilbert &
fee; HubbS, Patrick & co, bSIes cotton;
r. N. DunkerSon s, Co, l3 hhds tobacco.
For LouiSville-60 head hogs, II head cat
tie.