The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1868-03-21

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cloudy and rather cool, the wind
blowing raw and chilly from the
Northwest. The river continues to
rise steadily, at the rate of nearly an
inch per hour During the "a hours
ending at 3 o'clock yesterday, it had
risen 10 inches. Unless we have
more rain the rise will eliminate in a
day or two, as it Is now falling from
Louisville to Pittsburg.
Arrivals and Departures.
The arrivals and departures up to
3 o'clock yesterday include the Silver
Moon, Cincinnati to Memphis; Rich
mond, New Orleans to Louisville;
Westmoreland. New Orleans to Gin
cinRati; Sallie and Peninah, Pitts
burgh to Fort Benton7 Norman,
Arkansas River to Louisville Belle,
Cairo to Kanawha; Noble Norton
and Newsboy, Henderson, to return;
Morning Star, louisville and return
Cumberland, Cairo, to return; Sam.
j Hale, Memphis to Cincinnati.
Heats Due.
Among the FIRST boats due here are
the Nightingale, for st. Louis; the
Pine Grove and Delaware, for Nash
vile; Cora s., Clifton, and Sam. j. |
Hale, from Memphis; the Miu6eola,
for Memphis; Belle Lee, p. w. Stra-
der, John III. Groesbeok and John
Kilgour, from New Orleans; Louis
vile, the Dexter, the Alaska, the
Richmond, and the Silver Spray, for
New Orleans the Chattanooga, Min-
young, the GAINESVILLE and the j.
P. Webb, from Wabash River; the
Amelia Poe, for the Missouri River; I
Armada and Quickstep, from Cairo;
the Tarascon and Morning Star, from
Louisville; Rob Roy, from Cinein-
natl; VIM. White and Linton from,
GAINESVILLE.
miscellaneous.
Our port list for the last twenty
four hours was quite large, but bust
ness was not particularly brisk......... .
The Sam. Orr was getting a splendid
trip.,......The Cumberland was late
getting in, having been detained by
much business.....-...The Westmore-
land had about 600 tons freight and
good passenger trip.........Tha Rich
mond had light freight, but fair j
passenger list Bob Lodge went
through BY rail to Louisville, and we
are without our usual manifest and /
memorandum. The Silver Moor, Sal {
leland Peninah had good trips..... The
Noon discharged much freight here, /,
and took some...--.The Sam. J. Hale !
had 2 moderate trip to this port, and |
here added 4 900 or ? 600 sacks corn.
THE Norman had fair trip from :
River She discharged 13] /
hhds. tobacco here, and took eonsid I
cradle freight for Capt. e
John IL. Peckenpaugh retires from !
the river, and with Sam Ouerbacker, /
late of theiSt. Charles, engages. in the I
aud commissions business
n Louisville, aud Geo. Patterson takes q
J position in the house" 1t cannot fail
% become a popular house........... t,
The Hoosier and Buckeye arrived e
rom the Wabash with a cargo Of a
'orn, which was reshipped upon the r
sam. y. Hale..........Dan. Weaver, the Il
distinguished New Orleans pilot, ar W
lived home by the Westmoreland, q
morning....-....The South n
rner has retired from the contest Fl
nd laid up at New Orleans.......The
y. Patrick was preparing to leave 4
nth rather moderate trip, but has Il
God engagements below. A.
Boats Leaving To-day.
For CAIRo.-The peerless Armada al
3 the regular packet for Cairo to-day M
{ i p, n. She is unsurpassed in com 10 10
ortabIe cabin appointments. Her m
Ulcers are among the most pleasant, s.
nergetic, reliable and worthy that bi
isit our port. Give the Armada 81 81
Ill load to-day. 4rs sE
For LOUISVILLE. - The famous U
eet, favorite Tarascon is the regular be
Icket for Louisville and all way h "a
Indings to-day Her cabin appoint =
tents are really palatial. and she is We
med for her speed. Capt A. T. W
ilmore is her distinguished COM 81
auder, and Miles d. Warren is her 40
fable and popular clerk, with B. p. of
ranham in charge of the freight de- ha