The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1868-01-06
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Fo, other River. Items see Seventh Page.

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| CINCINNATI, January 1.-The river has
fallen IS inches, with n feet nve inches in
4 the channel.
/ LOUISVILLE. January The river is
/ falling, with nine feet four inches in the
canal by the mark. Weather clear; Their
/ mometer 500.
| MEMPHIS, January 4.-The river is ris-
| ing. Weather clear and mild.
| The beautiful weather of Saturday gave
/ place yesterday to clouds and rain. The
mercury at A. NJ. stood at $50, at noon SO
and at P. NJ. at 40. A heavy shower of
rain fell from TOD o'clock, and appear
ances were favorable to rain last night.
The river, up to dark last night, had fallen
fully six inches since the decline COM
menced, and it is falling at all points
hence to Pittsburg.
Our port list, Saturday, was large, inc u
ding the Tarascon, Louisville and return;
| Armada, to Cairo; Louisa, Wabash River
to Evansville; VIM. White, from Clarks-
vile; Importer, st. Louis to Pittsburg;
| Quickstep, from Cairo; Emma Floyd,
Nashville to Cincinnati; PEG ia City, Cal
70 to Cincinnati; Phantom and Lewellin,
from Eastport; Pink Vsrble. Louisville to
Eastport; Morning Star, Louisville to
Henderson; j. p. Webb, from Wabash
River; Empire Louisville to Memphis;
Clifton, Memphis to Cincinnati; Night
ingale, New Orleans to Cincinnati; Ada
Lyon, from Green River; Charmer.
from yard to the wharf. ............
The up river boats were generally well
loaded 1.-THE Clifton had LOO bales cot
ton, 900 sacks corn, and a large amount
of miscellaneous freight 1.-THE Night
1ngsle had 200 bales of cotton and other
freight on self and barge THE Phantom
and Lewellin had good trips. The Phan-
tom will return to Eastport this evening,
and offers unsurpassed Inducements to
passengers and shippers. Capt. Duncan.
and Val. Sorenson are her excellent OFF,
GERS. Give her good trip.......The J. p.
Webb brought $500 sacks of corn
from the Wabash for reshlpment East.
She returns at 4 O'Clock this evening to
GRANVILLE and all Wabash River landings.
........We were glad to meet Capt. Alex.
Frazier and his accomplished wife and in
teresting children. in excellent health,
after an absence of five months. on the
Mississippi Capt. Frazier and the Night
ingale are popular institutions in these
waters.....-.Captain Henry A. shilItto.
of Mobile, and commander of the
steamer Jewess. formerly well known
in these waters. was a passen-
ger by. the Nightingale last night.
The Louisa brought 2 600 sacks OF oats and
IS5 sacks of wheat, and other freight from
the Wabash, Saturday afternoon. The
oats she reshipped on the TarascOn, to
Louisville 1.-THE Empire left the Dexter
at Newburg, last night at dark.........Our
dispatches, this morning, bring intelli-
gence of the explosion and bul ming of the
Harry Dean, at 1015 O'Clock on Saturday
M rning, two miles below Gallipolis, by
which four persons were killed and eleven
wounded Among the billed was Captain
Robert I Norton, Of Wheeling, a noted
steam boatman for twenty-five years, but
who had retired some year or two
since from the busine ss.......Col. j. V
Gutherie, supervising Inspector, who has
been confined TO his room for two or three
days past, is out again, and leaves GA the
Morning Star this morning for Louisville.
-.-......The Charmer drew up to the wharf
yesterday morning, and will leave for Gin
cinnati and Pittsburg ......-Capt. John r.
Dougherty, of the firm of Daugherty,
& Thorn, wharf-boatmen, of Rockport,
was in the city last night. He reports that
the Fanny Brandies added considerably to |
her trip before reaching Rock port........T The !
Dexter arrived at 10 O'Clock last night. |
The Dexter is one of the neatest and most |
complete steamers we ever saw. She is |
Bis feet long, Al feet beam, 81 feet floor, "a |
feet depth of hold. She has boilers 81 |
inc es in diameter and % feet long.
Her cylinders are 3415 inches in /
diameter with nine feet stroke |
turning two wheels IS feet in diameter, |
with l515 feet buckets. She has Inserted 4
on her paddle boxes Louisville, Evansville
and New Orleans Packet. She has a
picked crew. Captain, Sam. Mont
gomery; clerks, Frank A. Smith and /
Arthur Field; pilots, Ben. H. HoIlcroft
and Henry Hennegan; Engineers, Simon
Kye and Lem. Terry; Dabney Page, Stew
ard, and John and Jacob Lemon, dIspen-
sators OF liquids. She leaves positively at /
ten O'Clock this morning. ......... Brandeis &
Crawford have removed to the office of r.
K. Dunkerson & Co., corner of Main and
Wafer Streets. where they win be pleased
to see their IF ends.
MEMoRANDUI AND Ma .IFEsr.-Steam6r
Quickstep left Cairo Saturday, January
4Ih, a. A. NJ. Boats in port, Henry NJ
Shreve. The latest reports from St. Louis
report the river rising, though in the
bines with the low water to obstruct nav
igation. Weather cool and pleasant. Met
st. Patrick and Nashville below MetrOp-
oils, Cumberland at Paducah. Robert
Fulton and tow at Smithland Argonaut
at Bay City. Passed Lewellin at Ga conda
at Trabues. Net Armada at
Wabash Island. Win leave for Cairo
January 9th, at 4 p. M. Our con-
signees are: VIM. Holman, pieces kiln
skins 70. & w Christ, IS empty boxes;
Jas Chester, l deer and l steer; Preston q !
Menifee, packages merchandise; Carpen-
ter, White and Baker, IL barrels Pecans; |
Morgan, Putnam q Co, bOxes boots and
shoes; p. A.Smith x o., l horse; LaWen-
thai q Co, Is bags and barrels dried fruit:
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