The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1868-03-16
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clouds broke aud the sun shone out
at times. The wind continued from
the southeast, aud the atmosphere
was mild and genial, favorable to veg
citation, and we may soon expect to
see springing forth those beautiful
flowers, the sun-hower, the holyhock
and the daisy The river during the
"a hours ending at 3 o'clock Saturday
had risen fully three feet, and was
rising at the rate of nearly two inches
an hour A large amount of heavy
drift was running.
Arrivals aud Departures.
The arrivals and departures up to
o'clock Saturday include the Zanes-
vile, Wabash River to return; I'm
pire, Nashville to return; Armada,
Cairo TO return; Alice Dean, Cincin-
natl to New Orleans; Emma No. B.
New Orleans to Cincinnati; Ada
Lyon, Green River to return Mollie
Norton and Newsboy, Henderson TO
return; Linton from Newburg; Belle
Lee1 Louisville to New Orleans;
Chattanooga, Wabash River to return.
Boots Due.
Among the first boats due here are
the Shamrock, for St. Louis; Havana,
for Nashville; Mary Erwin for East
port; Darling, St. Patrick and
Mayfower, from Memphis; Rich
mond, Dexter, z. w. Strader, West
moreland, Southerner aud Atlantic,
from New Orleans; Indiana, Louis
vile, for New Orleans; Louisa, Chat
tanooga and j. p Webb, from Wabash
River; Clifton, aud Emperor, for Mem
phis; Altoona, for Missouri River;
James Gray, from Green River;
Cumberland from Cairo; Linton,
from Cumberland River; Taraseon,
from Louisville; Lewellin, from
Tennessee River.
miscellaneous.
Matters looked somewhat lively IN
the wharf Saturday morniog. Tile
GAINESVILLE had arrived from the Wa
bash with two barges loaded with
corn, which she was dischargiug at
Hubbs Il Patricks wharfboat......The (
Umpire, from Nashville, was dis
charging 900 bales of cotton con
signed to r. X. Dunkerson & Co.,
Agents Of the Great Erie Transpor-
tarion Company, by which fast freight
line it goes East with unexampled
dispatch......The Emma No. 3, from
New Orleans, discharged 251 bales
cotton, consigned to f. r. Huston &
Co., the live agents of the famous
White Line, by which it goes forward
with quick dispatch 1.-THE Ada
Lyon was discharging a splendid trip
from Green River, including 40 hhds
tobacco, and vast amount of other
freight. The Ada Lyon aud Captains
Edwards and Graham, are immeu seIy
and deservedly popular on Green
River .......The Umpire had the full
est cargo Of cotton We ever saw, hav-
ing it literally packed in and piled up
She is comparatively . small boat.
The Alice Dean went down at FIVE
o'clock, loaded down to the guards
wanting aud doing no bus
ness here.........Quite a sensation and
some indignation was caused Saturday
morning by q report that the Belle
Lee had passed down before daylight,
merely touching at the wharf.
There we're quite number of pas
sengers awaiting her arrival, and their
feeling when told that she had passed
can be better imagined than described.
The report was caused by persons
installing the Alice Dean for the
Belle Lee.......The Chattanooga came t
in at half-past II with q full cargo of
corn, and found some difficulty in
landing on account of the wind, which
blew a gale, making the river exceed
ingly rough.........The Emma Nc. 3
had also trouble in getting OUT.
A Notifying typographical error oc-
Cured in our notice Of the death of J
the mother-in-law Of G. D. Millar, Of (
the Cincinnati Commercial. Her
name was Crippen, aud not Cripper,
as the oompositor made US say. Vim. I
Urippen was the name Of the spicy
correspondent alluded to in the same {
connection. ,,.......The Belle Lee ar
rived at l o'clock, and took large
amount Of freight. She was full OF ,