The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1868-07-15
weather and water.
Arrivals and Departures.

by the pilots of the Armada, and
feet to Louisville.
4 Arrivals and Departures.
The arrivals and departures up to 3
o'clock yesterday afternoon include
the Mollie Norton, Henderson to re-
turn; Charmer, st. Louis to Cinein-
natl; Armada, from Cairo: Ollie Sui
Ivan, to Cannelton; Havana, to Gin
| cinnati. @
L.. BOats Due.
/ Among the first boats due here are
the Nightingale, to st. Louis; Sham
rock, from st. Louis; John Kilgour
and Indiana. from New Orleans; the
Quickstep, from Cairo; Darling and
Natomia, for Memphis; J. P. Webb,
from Cumberland River; Tarascon,
from louisville; the Sam. Orr, from
PASSPORT; Silver Spray, for New Or
leans.
Great dullness prevailed or the
wharf yesterday. Arrivals were few,
and shipments were light.........The
Ollie Sullivan got moderate trip.....
The Havana had several passengers,
and got some freight from the Arma-
da......The Charmer had very nice
trip, Capt. Vandergrift and I. R.
Whitaker have paid off about all her
debts here, and redeemed her repu-
>tation in a single trip. captain
Whitaker will assume command of
the r. @. Gray, and will probably
bring her into these waters as a low
water packet.........The Cumberland
returned from Newburg at midnight,
Monday, having taken at that
port one hundred bales of hay.
She was getting a fair trip.
Captain Ben. Towards watch was
taken from his room on the Cumber.
land few days or nights since--a very
mean act. If the thief will send the
seal, a gold keystone, with Capt. How
ards name inscribed upon it, to the
JOURNAL Office or to the boat, he can
keep the watch, and no questions will
be asked. 1t is a Masonic emblem
which he prizes highly.~........The
Mollie Norton had a good trip up.....
The Armada arrived at II O'Clock
yesterday, having been detained by
business, She had splendid trip, in
Guiding 55 hhds. of tobacco.........
Quite a bold and successful robbery
was committed on board the steamer
Milwaukee, at Dubuque recently.
While the passengers were snoring
soundly, some thief or thieves came
down upcn them ike wolf on the
fold, and took everything loose in the
state-roome. Two gold watches, one
worth 5000 and the other $3.50, with
| pocket book and other valuabIes, were
stolen. The thieves were evidently
in a hurry, for $500 lying in
| the bar of the boat was I'M
| touched. The Marshal IS on the
track of the culprits, and will
soon bring them to grief..,.,......
From the Davenport Deplocrat we
| learn that on Saturday evening last
Minnie Hall, the little daughter of
Peter Hall, a we'll known St. Louis
and St, Paul pilot, who lives at West
Davenport, went with several of her
companions to the river, for the pur-
pose of bathing. While there they
attempted to cross the slough to the
island on board that had been laid
down for crossing, and in doing
so Minnie fell in and was drowned
i before assistance could reach her.
-Ci1 81 BOals Leaving To-day.
j. For CAIRo.-The grand Armada,
1Captain A. M. Dusouehet, generally
4 known as !" Gus" most gallant gen.
tleman and accomplished officer,
leaves for Cairo and all way landings
at four o'clock to-day. Will p. Fow-
Ter and George Nicholson are her ex-
eelIent clerks. The Armada has
very superior passenger accommoda-
tions.I boa ua1 s8sH Daaefe
/ bFoR LOUISVILLE. The stately AID
feet Tarascon is the unrivalled pack
ct for louisville this evening. Capt.
At Gilmore, Miles d. Warren and
Phil. B. Branham are her distin-
guished and obliging officers.
IlsoR HENDERsON. - The beautiful
and feet side-wheel steamer Mollie
Norton leaves as usual. promptly at 4
O'Clock this evening, for Henderson,
having most elegant cabin aeco1nmo-
adations and great speed. Captain
Charley Perkins and the Terry
brothers, her chief officers, are ac-
.complished and accommodating gen.
| tlemen. sr m
GIeanIngs from our Exchanges.
PITrsBURG. = The Commercial of
Saturday says: @
The Allegheny River marks on the
pier indicate three feet eleven inches,
land falling slowly.
The Monongahelawas falling slowly
at this point. The decline is no doubt
caused by the sheathing of Dam No.
2 being completed
sCMcINNATI-The Commercial of
Monday, says
Yesterday was certainly the hottest
day of the season, without the least
particle of breeze.
The Gazette says:
Capt Murdoch, of the Charleston,
| has secured the contract from Fer /
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