The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1868-05-11
RIV Err n z w s i.
For Other River items see Seventh Puge.


The weather was cloudy Saturday night,
with a light sprinkllng OF rain about Il
O'Clock, and a smart shower yesterday
morning, before daylight. Yesterday was
partly clear and warm The river is
rising rattle rapidly, having risen over
two feet during the tw~enty-four hours end
ing last evening. It Is rising rapidly at
Cincinnati and Louisville. The upper
M~ississlppiand tributaries areTising rather
fast, and as the lower Mississippi il al-
ready bank full, a disastrous overflow may
be apprehended. The arrivals and de-
partures since 8 O'Clock Saturday include
the regular packets; the Belle and barges,
st. Louis to Cincinnati; Alaska, New Or
teams TO Cincinnati; Richmond, New Or
leans TO Louisvillei Anna, st. Louis 10
Cincinnati; Argosy, New Orleans TO Pitts
burg; Pesrel No. 2. st. Louis TO Plttsburg;
Dexter, Huntsville to New Orleans; nina
Floyd, Cincinnati to Nashville; Wild
DUCK aud oarges. Pittsburg to st. Louis;
Temps {, Louisville TO White River;
Quickstep. from Cairo; Morning Star,
Louisville to Henderson,; Emperor. ST.
Louis to P1t1sburg; Louisville. New Or
leans TO Cincinnati; Silver Moon, CiDcIn-
natl TO Memphis.
The packets had ReueraIly good trips
out THE Argosy had three. the Petrol
seven, and the Wild Duck three barges,
all well aden--.-~.The Emma Floyd and
Tempest had good trips ..----.Tn Dexter
had a fair trip, and would MI We
hope Ohio River shippers viii discrimin-
ate between regu ar Ohio River boats and
outsiders boats that never come into the
Oni0. We have a number Of as fine steam
ers as ever turned a wheel. which ply reg
uiarIy in the Louisville, Evansville and
Nn~w sO~f-a-a I'D - 49, a.. !
water will permit. They expend all
their money along the Ohio. and
bring a large trade to ONO River
cities, and it is unjust that boats that
only come into tins riVer when they can
find business no where else, should be
loaded, and the regular boats be allowed
to 90 light. This is not sound policy. Ohio
River boats should have the preference. ..
The great Iow-pressure Richmond arrived
from New Orleans at 81 O'Clock Saturday !,
She LEFT New Orleans at 8 O'Clock
P. NJ, Monday, May 9Th, with Us cabin
passengers, and a slim freight, the latter
chiefly for the lower coast. h received
accessions to her passenger list all
along the coast. at Natchez. Vlcksburg,
Napoleon, Memphis, Cairo, Paducah. and
elsewhere, and was literally crowded. A
more pleasant boat-tos travel lon never
a wheel, and it is not strange that
she is always crowded with people. Her
officers are ~assiduous in their efforts to
to the comfort and pleasure of
their guests. Anderson Lewis, is her IA
nous steward, and he carries a picked abb
crew, and feeds NEST capftalIy. Every lux
lry that money will procure is served up
n the finest style. she made the run from
Memphis to the foot of Island 81 in Just
hours 10 Randolph in three hours and
thirty eight minutes ;@and to Fit. Pillow in
Our hours and thirty-hve minutes,
beating me time of the Robert Il
Lee in her famous sixteen hOur
run to Cairo. Time from Memphis to
Evansville, including all detentions, forty
hours, carrying on y > to s. pounds of
May 5, met job Kiigour in chute
IF Prophets Island. May 6, met General
luitman and Belle Lee at 6 A. NJ. and In
at 9:25. ten miles below Vicksburg; ,
Lizzie GIL and Alice Dean in sight of :
Vicksburg. Had heavy rain with some
Wednesday afternoon. May Z, met !
Frank Pargoud below Napoleon. May s, I
passed ]. H. kellogg at Memphis; met I
Belle st. Louis above Hailes' Point. May /
met Clifton below Metropolis; met Sam. I
Orr at Paducah; passed ArgOsy below New S
met Bermuda at foot of Cumber- :
and, Tennessee; passed down on the Ken
ucky side OF the Island; met r. E. Lee in
5hute of Stewards Island. Liberty No.
'elOw Shaneetown; passed Anna above
1T. VernOni met Armada at West Frank.
in and several boats near ..--
The Richmond may be expected en- routeto
Orleans on Tuesday evening--In I
,ur local columns will be found particu- :
ars ofthe melancholy suicide OF Erastus (