The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1869-04-14
vgenfI.er and water

~ of snow before noon. and stiE
breeze from the Northwest.
The river, during the twenty-four
hours ending at 3 P. NJ. yesterday, had
fallen three feet, and is declining with
extraordinary rapidity.
Arrivals ans Departures.
The arrivals and departures up to
3 P. N. yesterday include the Nick
Wall. Pittsburg TO Fort Benton; Min
nicola, Memphis to Cincinnati; Mel
notte, st. Louis to Cincinnati; Fan
by Braudeis. from Nashville; Robert
Moore, Nashville to Cincinnati; Mol
lie Norton, Henderson to return; SAL
lie ", Mount Vernon to return; Rob
ert Fulton, from the coal banks; Rose
Hite, Louisville to return.
Boats Due.
Among the first boats due here
are the Ouickstep, from Cairo; Lew
eIin, from PASSPORT; Clifton and Nor
man, from Memphis; Silver Moon,
for Memphis; John Kilgour and Nick
Longworth, for New Orleans; Robert
II. Lee, Belle Lee. Louisiana, and
Virginia, from New Orleans. the
Havana, ftom Nashville; Shamrock,
from st. Louis; Morning Star, from
louisville; Anna. for St. Louis; the
Emma Floyd, for Nashville; Hart
ford, from Green River; Cora S., for
Arkansas River.
sEisceIIaneOus.
Business was rather active on the
levee yesterday, arrivals being rather
numerous, and all the boats doing
a fair siness............The Romeo,
Armada, Fanny Brandeis, and Robt.
Moore were discharging large cargoes
of tobacco, aggregating over 400 hogs
heads. The Robt. Moore had IA
hogsheads for this place, consigned
to r. X. Dunkerson & Co.........The
Minneola had a good up trip. She
discharged a lot of shrubbery here,
which was reshipped to Louisville by
the Melnotte, which boat added some
30 tons here, and was well loaded.
........The Nick Wall, new noun
tain boat, passed down with a full
cargo.........The MoIlie Norton had
splendid trip up, including 25 or 30
hogsheads of tobacco and 1000 bags
of cora.........The Cumberland and
Ada Lyon were receiving fairly, and
each would have good trip.........Our
clever old friend Captain Nat. +. Drew
is in the city, defending a lawsuit
against the Linton for sinking boat
loaded with corn in tow of the Ores
cent City.........The Sallie V. arrived
at IL o'clock, with a number of pas
sengers.........The famous Belle Lee
left New Orleans for Evansville and
Louisville on Saturday evening last.
1.-THE atmosphere was full of
snow at noon yesterday, giving one a
SILVER to contemplate it.
boats Leaving To-Day.
For CAIRo.-The grand Armada
is the regular and popular packet for
Cairo to-day at 4 PM. Captain Gus.
Dusouchet, Billy Fowler and Geo.
Nicholson are her unsurpassed Of
fcers. The Armada has unsurpass-
ed passenger accommodations, and
gives through bills and through tick
cts to all points South and West.
For LOUISVILLE. = The magnii-
cent Morning Star goes to Louisville
and all way ports at $50 P. NJ. Capt
A. i. Gilmore commands, and Henry
Mitchell is her clever clerk.
FoR HENDERsoN.-Capt Charley
Perkins turns the Molhe Norton loose
at 4 o'clock for Henderson. and she
is a sumner A o. Durland and
Master G. H. Boyle do the honors Of
the office. The Mollie and her off
GERS are immensely popular.
For MI. VERNoN.-The Sallie "
a neat and pretty boat, leaves for Mt
Vernon and all way landings at 3 p NJ
to-day. Captain Moses Wallen com
mands, and Louis Coleman has eharg,
of the Office, and both are afflble and
obliging.
For NAsHvILLE.-The fair-fameC
Fanny Brandeis is the regular paeke
for Nashville at o'clock to-day, an
has admirable passenger appoint
ments. Her chief officers are thos
genial. affable and obliging youn
gentlemen, Captain Henry Miller an,
Kilt. Radd, who never weary in con
sulting the comfort and safety of thei
passeng srs. She never fails to &c
share Of the business.
tsE~isaings from Our Exchanges.
PIrr BUaG.-The Commercial of Saturda
says:
The r!as3lks last evening indicated sever
feet three inches and railing slowly. Tn
weather pleasant. On the landing trad
was moderately active, with liberal shi p
mems Tne new steamer Minneapolis
taxes her departure thls day. j.. .,a.,
tendance of Captain Thomas b. Rhode
and Captain r. q. GRAY, ana Will be CON
maudeI by Captain Rhodes. The follow
ing are the dimensions: hulL Dy Visor
Dunleyy q Co., Wheeling: length TWO huI
,irad and thfrty-ive feet; thirty-slx lea
I11am: I'VE feet ten inches hold: engine
IN RI Lee: cylinders twenty tucnes /
diameter, seven feet stroke; four Doliel
III diam eter, bnilt by Messrs. carroll
the Minneapolis is the Twelfth boat bull
ny the Northern Line Company IN Tn
c,tg, all OF tuem superintendent oy zap
tafns Rhodes and Gray, ana bein
amongst the most successful boats thS
were e er built. This DO Il Is intended fC
a regular ~. Louis and st. Paul packe
and will undoubtedly prove the best boz
III the LrtCe. Ia her construction no e2
pense Eas oeen spared, the hull, machin
cry, cAbia furniture and outfit being of tn
best description. She Will be differed a
Wm Nandvke and VIM. Wells. clerks; O
ffcers Wtu and fAyOraDly known on tn