The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1868-02-25

For other Iolver Items see Seventh Page.
PITrsBURG, Feb. "A, M.-Rdver six feet,
one men and falling. Weather cloudy
and damp. River full Of floating Ice.
CtNoISEAFI, Feb. "A. M.-The river has
fallen 10 Inches. Weather CLOUDY Their
mometer Sc.
! The wharf continued crowded all day
with steamers, aad in the aggregate a
large amount of business was done..........
! The additional arrivals and departures in
clude the Mary Erwin, Cincinnati TO East
| port; Argonaut, Louisville to return I;
Sam. Orr, from Passport; Quiekstep. to
Cairo; Ada Lyon and J. k. Hoyle, 10
Green River; Mollie Norton and News
boy, TO Henderson.-....--.The Emperor and
Mary Erwin had fair trips..............T The
Quickstep left with a good freight for
Cairo. -........ The Argonaut came down
light, and loadea here and above with
corn for the East......-..The Sam. Orr had
a splendid trip out of The Tennessee, fnelu-
ding a large number OF merchants after
goods, which viii necessitate the Orr's w.
ing over till Wednesday IN order to allow
those merchants time to Ill their orders.
THE Petrolia No. 2, from Wabash
River, and the Lewellin, from Eas port
arrived about half past eight o'clock last
night with good trips The LeweIIfn will
return this evening to Eastport, and the
Petrolia to Wabash. Captain r. Wood
commands the Lewellin. and J. p Veal is
her chief clerk. Both are pleasant and
obliging gentlemen. W. d. Covington
commands the Petrolia, and a jollier
fellow we never met, Notwithstanding
he has been piled mp on q sand bar in the
Wabash, and deprived OF rum, tobacco,
&C., for two months......-..The Belle Lee, as
she wes rounding 10 yesterday, In front OF
the city, broke her tilIer rope, and It took
nearly an hour to make landing. She
mended II temporarily, and passed on her
way, without getting a pound OF freight
here. .--..-..The Southerner got advices of
large engagements below, by telegraph,
hence the precipitaney OF her departure
.......Captain Josh. v. TbroOp re-
sumes command Of the May
flower to-day, and leaves promptly as ad-
vertised- Capt. Billy Lowth went down
on the Quiekstep to-day. and will join the
Mayflower at GOleonda-.......The st. Pat
rick left Memphis on Saturday with a
good trip..-.....The Louisa left late last
night for Wabash River.........The Gold. /
finch has concluded to go to the bone yard /
for the present. The Ada Lyon had 1
a magnificent trip TO Green River............
The LewelHn viii carry pound freight 1t /
forty ce nts per hundred 10 all points on |
Tennessee River below Waterloo This is /
a very low rate, and ought to /
prove highly advantageous to shippers /
FROM this port-..... ......... Duke Nicholson I
and George Throop, OF the Maydower
have our thanks for highly appreeiatfve
iavors. 1.-The Falls City arrived from
Bowling Green late last night, and depart
ed for Louisville, with a moderate trip.
A light misty rain set IN about IL O'Clock
last night, and the prospects OF q good rain
are nattering .....--J. II. Meeker and Jim
Carroll are the distinguished star-gazers of
Lhe magnificent MayfioweF. There are
none better on duty and none better on
duty.
MANIFEST OF THE sra. LEwELLIE. from
PASSPORT to Evansville, February A-F.
n. Ehrman q Co, 5 hh8s. tobacco: Hay |
aursr and w hittalrer.i n bags corn. sFhad. |
f. Gibson & Co, bags corn. / box butter, |
! bales Of cotton; Liant q Dyson, lot lum-
Ders j. q. Dusouchet q Co.. n ba es cotton,
cotton. For Cinclnnati-l2 bales; 5000
slaves. Reshipped = Jacksonville, 1900
feet lumber; Wills Point, 900 feet lum-
Der; Padpcah, us bags eoFni 30 bales cot
MANIFEsr OF STEAMER SAM. oRR.-For
Harper q Wright, 40 bales Of cotton, Thad.
Z. Gibson & Go, p bales do. 81. @. DnsOu-
'het 9 Co, DO; CaptStn Duncan, ! do;
4 passe niger. 2 do. /; Mackey. Nesbit q Co,
n do; for New YORK, 3 DO. for Memphis,
do. for New Orleans, 80 do. Total, 89I
sales For Captain Duncan, rolls OF 1
eather Union furniture Company, /
Thad. p. Gibson & Co, 10
Bags Of corn, pkgs of rndze; Reitz q Ha
ley, 20 tons OF pig iron and 1 lot OF scrap
ron; J. z. DusOuchet a Co.. 100 bags OF
orn; Ladder, tferces OF eggs: tub of
Dutter; for Smithiand, box for New Or
cans; ss sacks OF corn for Louisville, 9J2
acks of corn.
MEMORANDuM.-The Sam. Orr left East
,ort. Friday ~ O'Clock; Pink Marble and
fapidan above the shoals; met the Ida |
,tOckdale at LeatherwoOd shoals; Rapi- |
Ian No. It Seth AndreWs's; K ate Hart |
.nchOI ed In the middle OF the river at |
70 Henry, with her piston head and fol-
over broke; too her engineer and broken |
machinery on board, for Paaucah Rapi-
an No. In port Tacony on the Ways;
ound the LewelIn1 at CaseyvlHe; met ,
lie Shamrock at Curlew Mines:- Indiana
{ shaw neetO n met the LeOnidas at the
Dot OF slim Island.