The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1868-10-26
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lncneS, Y IS rising slowly. lt Will
not amount to much, as it is again
falling at all points above. The ar
rivals and departures since 3 PM.
Saturday up to 10 O'Clock last night,
include the Rose Hite, Louisville
and return; Armada, to Cairo; tho
packets to Henderson; Silver Spray,
Cincinnati to New Orleans; Louisa,
to Louisville; Anna, St. Louis to
Louisville; Quickstep. from Cairo;
Falls City, Green River to Louisville /;
Allegheny Belle No. A.. Wheeling to
ST.. Louis; Tarascon, Louisville to
Henderson; Rapidan No. 2, from Pa
ducah; James Gray, from Green
River; Linton, Flint Island to Cairo.
The Armada got a big passenger
trip and a fair freight out Saturday
evening........The Rose Hite had a
nice packet trip......The Silver Spray
arrived at u o'clock Saturday night,
four days from Cincinnati. having *
~perienced muoh trouble by the way.
She had a splendid trip on herself
and two barges.....The Anna passed
up Sunday morning from st. Louis.
She discharged 600 bags Of maltshere.
1.-THE Falls City was light......The
Quickstep did not arrive until 5
o'clock yesterday morning, having had
n of the best round trips of the
season. Her manifest, both ways,
will be found below...-.....The Ale
ghany Belle, No. 4, discharged here a
large lot of pig iron aud miscellan-
eous freight. She has three barges
we'll loaded. She re~-shipped 100 kegs
of nails on the Quickstep to tighten
up ........The Tarascon had a good
packet trip......The Linton returned
from Flint Island at 8 o'clock
last night, when she took nearly 200
tons of the st. Mays freight. She
had to.take twenty-five or thirty tons
more of it from w. G. Brown & Co.'S
wharfboat, and would not get away
till near midnight......The st. Marys,
as we learn from the officers of the
Quickstep. was aground Saturday
evening at Caseyville. 1t seems that
she is to have extraordinary bad luck
this trip....-...Oaptain Dan. Weaver
was n of the pilo's of the Silver
Spray, Saturday night. j. w. Nc
Mems, freight clerk of the Emma
Floyd, was a passenger by the Quick
step, yesterday, and is at the Ameri-
can. He stopped at Smithland to
reship the Emma Floyd's Cumberland
River freight...:.W. r. Mccullough,
a distinguished Cincinnati pilot, is
also at the America .........C Colonel
j. V. Gutherie, Supervising Inspector
of tho Sixth Maritime District, ar
rived by the Taraseon, last night,
and is at the Sherwood. He leaves
to-day by the Quickstep, for
Cairo, Memphis, and Little Rock......
We have to record the sinking of two
more steamers-the Cora S., at the
head of -Oakley's Bend, Arkansas
River, on Tuesday last, and the Gen.
Quitman, in the Mississippi River, at
Morganza Bend. The Cora s. had
250 bales cotton and a large passenger
trip. and sunk in 7 feet water, and as
the river is rising, it is feared she will
prove a total loss. She belonged TO
Captain Hicks King aud Al. Groxall,
her accomplished clerk. She was
valued 1t $4,000, and was fully in
sured in Cincinnati Offices. She was
commanded by Captain Yerkes, late
of the Bertha, an experienced but
somewhat i~ll-starred officer, having
had the misfortune to sink the Pro
gress, j. r. Gilmore, and Bertha, in
the same trade. The Quitman was
n Of the largest first class steamers
-afoatS and though eleven or twelve
years old, had recently been almost
rebuilt, aud is insured in Cincinnati
for $4,000. She was worth probably
about $80.000 She is reported as a total
loss. The loss of the Quitman will
make a fine opening for some other
first class steamer, such as the Frank
Pargoud, Belle Lee, or Dexter.--...
The Rapidan No. 2 came in Lowl-
ing at 10 o'clock last night, having
made the run from Paducah in
twenty-one hours. She has been
heightened and looks extremely beau
tiful. She leaves for Eastport and
Tennessee River way landings at
4 P. NJ. to-day. a 8 a regular packet.
Captain Lee Howell and his clerks,
Cy. Hughes and Billy Williams are
pleasant gentlemen. and will, we
doubt not, become highly popular in
the trade. Her capacity for speed and
for freight has been greatly improved,
and we hope our merchants will give
her all the encouragement in
their power. Il they desire to
the Tennessee River trade,
they must work for it.. That whole
country is now swarming with Gin
drummers, and it behooves
our business men to be active and
vigilant. Low prices and large sales
should be their motto. They should
have thousands of circulars and bills
printed at the JOURNAL Office aud
scattered broadcast throughout that
country, setting forth their facilities
for trade, and should visit the Ten
River merchants in persoa,
and make it their. interests to come
here to trade and sell their produce. {