The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1869-05-25
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Weather nDa Water
The weather yesterday morning was
charming, clear, bright and beautiful. To-
wards noon, however, thin clouds gath
cred The wind from the southeast was
geniaI........The river during the twenty
four hours ending at 3 P. n. had fallen two
feet, and is going down rapidly.
Arrivals and Departures.
The arrivals and departures up to P. N.
yesterday, include the Wild Duck and
0arges, PittsDurg TO St. Louis; Cumber-
land, from Cairo; Anna, Cincinnati to 81.
LOUIS Tarascon, Henderson TO Louisville;
Moliie Norton, Henderson, to return !
Robt. Moore, to Cincinnati; Sam j. Hale,
Cincinnati TO Memphis.
BOafs Due.
Among the FIRST boats due here are the
Armada, from Cairo; Virginia, p. W.
strader and Nick Longwortb, for New
Orleans; Richmond, Louisville, Dexter,
and Mary Houston, from Sew Orleans:
Havana and Fanny Brandels, from Nash
Vile; Shamrock, from st. Louis; Rose
! Hite, from Louisville; Emma Floyd, for
Nashville; Ada Lyon, from Green River
e-S1inneola, for Memphis; Sam. Orr, from
Eas pore; Lawrence, for Arkansas River;
Robt. Burns, from Memphis.
miscellaneous.
Business was rather active on the levee,
and the large cargOes of tobacco discharg
ed during Sunday night. gave the wharf
an air of business that would revive the
dropping spirits of rival ports, the total re-
ceipts being over 400 hhds. The Romeo,
Alpha, Rapidan and Armada VIII be in
before morning with nearly as much more,
aud perhaps the Fanny Brandeis with a
still further additiOn......The Wild Duck
and barges passed down at 81 yesterday
morning with a big cargo.........The Anna
had an excellent trip and discharged
largely here.........The Robt. Moore did not
get away till IL O'Clock. she added so hhds.
tobacco and l, 900 sacks of corn here and
had engagements for 200 bags corn a short
distance above Newburg ............The Cum
berland had a nice trip tn......The Tarascon
had an excellent trip out, iacIudlng many
people.-........TheS Sam. ]. Hale arrived at
P. n. with full load. She brought down
the freight OF the Silver Moon, which boat
is hOpele,sly laid up on the rocks at Louis
Vile until a rise occurs .......-.The packets
were gathering up good trIps.....The AiolIie
Norton had good trip up, including ID
hogsheads of obaccO.....~Among the pas
sengers by the Tarascon yesterday morn.
ing was George Patterson, late clerk Of the
Argonaut No. 2. whose boat has just been
sold at st. Louis 70 Captain McKinny, late
of the stOnewalI, who will place her In
the Missouri River, running to Omaha, to
which place he has contracted to carry
6 600 cords of wood.-.-,Jesss Jackson, who
has been spending a few days among the
facinating damsa1s OF Henderson, was
again aboard the Tarascon yesterday
morning. Perkins proposes to
build his new hull at this city .....--T The
Cumberland brought up 70 hogshe Ids OF
tobacco, $4,000 shingles, and a fair amount
of miscellaneous freight and passengers.
A highly accomplished and talented lady
correspondent sends us the following Just
tribute to the steamer Cumberland, which
boat leaves for Cairo to-day:
For the Evansville Journal.
TRIP ON STEAMER CUMBERLAND