The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1868-04-17

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BILLS Iading cards Deck and Meal Tick
-, Bills of Fare Mates Tickets Tor LABOR,
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sFestfser amt Water.
The storm of Wednesday night con-
tinued until morning, the wind blow
ing at times with great fury, and rem
dered navigation hazardous. The
clouds broke away at dawn and the
day was bright and almost clear. The
wind continued quite boisterous near
~ all day, and Kept the river in wild
commotion, with the wild sea-gulls
sporting amid the gale. The river
had risen fully two feet during the "a
hours ending at 3 o'clock yesterday
afternoon. The riseIis general and
rapid all the way 70 Pittsburg, and
another freshet may be anticipated.
Arrival. and Departures
The arrivals and departures up to
3 O'Clock, yesterday, include the
Urilda, to Fort Benton; Belle Lee,
Louisville to New Orleans; MolIie
Norton aud Newsboy, Henderson to
return; Ida Rees, Pittsburg to Fort
Benton; Glasgow, Pittsburg to st.
Paul; Melnotte, Cincinnati to st.
Louis; Morning Star, Louisville to
Boats Due.
Il
are the Emma No. 3 and Glasgow,
for St. Louis; Havana, for Nashville;
Sam. j. Hale, for Memphis; Minneo-
la and ST. Patrick, from Memphis;
Dexter, Wcstmoreland, Alice Dean,
Louisiana and Richmond, from New
Orleans; P. w. Strader, Alas
ka, Louisville, and Legal Tender, for
New Orleans; Ollie Sullivan, from
Wabash River; Cumberland and Ten
nessee, from Cairo; Ada Lyon from
Green River; Tarascon, from Louis
vile; Rob Roy, from Cincinnati; /
Goldfnch, from Clarksville.
miscellaneous.
There were comparatively but few
arrivals yesterday up to three o'clock,
the heavy wind Of the past two days
having delayed boats.......The Quick
step had an excellent passenger trip,
but a moderate INTERCHANGEABLE
Ida Rees, Glasgow and Melnotte were
as deep as they could swi a. They each
did some business here.........The ia
nous Belle Lee arrived about six
. O'Clock, drawing yearly eight feet
She had laid all night in the vicinity
of Newburg taking freight, and was
compelled to decline large lots offered
her there and here. She took here
some seventy-fve coups of poultry
and fifty barrels q Of whisky, a few
casks Of pork, nearly one thousand
bags Of corn, and twenty FIVE barrels
of eggs, and had engagements at Mt.
Vernon for more than she could
carry. She had a fair passenger list, ]
and left drawing eight feet forward.
F. The Belle Lee made "a narrow escape
from destruction at MoAlister's Land
h ing opposite Newburg about three
. o'clock yesterday morning, and but
for the prompt action, GOODNESS and
sagaeity of Captain McGill and his
mate, that magnificent floating palace
would now have been a charred
wreck. Whites taking corn at that
place, the wind, which had somewhat
abated about midnight, suddenly in
creased to gale, and carried the
sparks from log heap which the
negroes had built on shore, into
pile Of hay, covered with tarpaulins'
on the forecastle, setting it on fire.
For a. few moments there
was "a lively time on board. /
Without alarming the boat,
the Captain was called from bed-the
mate sprang to duty with his crew,
and in moment had stream Of {
water pouring on the burning hay,
and thus continued to keep the fire
down until the hay was thrown over !
board. Fifty-fve or sixty bales Of 5
hay were lost, but the boat suffered q
not the slightest damage. Shortly
after the Belle landed here the hay
came floating down, scattered all over /
the surface of the river g
sidewalks in front of the leading
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