The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1869-01-18
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gradually growing colder, and last
night the mercury had fallen to 340.
The weather was cloudy, with some
signs of snow.........The river, during
the twenty-four hours ending at dark
last eveniag had risen nearly five
feet and was rising rapidly.........Our
port list since three O'clock Saturday
has been quite large, and business
was lively Saturday evening, aud good
for Sunday-yesterday considerable
freight being shipped.........The arri-
walls and departures, in addition to
the regular packets Saturday after
noon and evening, include the John
Lumsden, Nashville to Cincinnati;
Louisville, New Orleans to Cincin-
natl; Saturday night - Quickstep,
from Cairo; Charleston, Kanawha to
Nashville; Emma Floyd, Nashville
to Cincinnati; Melnotte, New Orleans
to Cincinnati; Altoona, Cincinnati to
PASSPORT; Coosa, from Memphis; Min
nicola, Memphis to Cincinnati; Cora
s., Arkansas River to Cincinnati;
Tarascon, Louisville to Henderson;
Octavia, Cincinnati to Arkansas
River; Nick Longworth, New Or
leans to Louisville; Rapidan No. 2,
from Eastport.........The packets on
Saturday had good trips generally.
1.-THE John Lumsden, Louisville,
Quickstep, Emma Floyd, Melnotte,
Minneola, Cora s., Nick Long
worth and Rapidan had excel
lent trips...... The Longwerth had
nearly 500 tons, and was making ex-
cellent time. Such men as Lew. Hates
and Eugene Bowers will make any
boat popular. She viii be here about
Thursday next, aud we hope to see
her get large addition to her freight
list.........The u. s. dredge-boat Dc
tavia, with barge in tow, landed
few minutes at the upper end of the
wharf last evening. She goes to the
head waters of the Arka usas......The
manifests of the Quickstep and Rapid
an No. will be found below......The
Mary Houston had not arrived at
midnight. She will be found at the
wharf this morning, and will leave at
10 A. NJ. for New Orleans. She is a
new and elegant steamer, with mag
niieent passenger appointments, and
the best of officers. Considerable
lots of New Orleans freight are
expected this morning, aud she will
doubtless lie over to receive it...........
The Coosa, Capt. Gus. Brown, had a
moderate trip In; she leaves for
Memphis at 4o'clock positively. She
has comfortable appointments and
excellent officers. Pat. Terry is
in the ofice.........Capttain Lew.
Vandegrift has purchased the wharf
boat at Mount Vernon, recently owned
by Captain Humphrey of this
city, and to-day commenced business
at that point as a forwarding and
commission merchant and general
steamboat agent. Lew. is a pleasant
gentleman and a good business man,
and we take pleasure in commenting
him. to steamboatmen generally, and
producers of Posey County in partic-
ular............Mr. M. M. Deem, the
accomplished clerk of the Melnotte,
is stopping at the American House.
lie goes through by rail this morning
to Cincinnati.........The towboat Ray
mond passed up yesterday with a
tow of empty barges......The Charles
ton had four barges of salt-somo ten
or twelve thousad barrels. She
dropped one barge here, and proceed
ed to Nashville with the others.
Picked UP A TREE.-The John
Lumsden, Captain o. w. Davis, a
new boat, on her first trip. returning
from Nashville to Cincinnati with a
full cargo, consisting. of 500 bales cot
ton, z 900 feet lumber, 20 head cattle,
and large amount of miscellaneous
freight. picked up floating tree or a
snag. few mills above Uniontown,
about 3 O'Clock Saturday morning. L.
struck her stem and glanced to the
larboard, tearing off the guard for ID
or 20 feet, and her main deck back
to the capstan. Passing up, it tore
away the railing of the boiler deck,
and thence up through the hurri-
cane, tearing away considerable
portion of it, and knocked both
her chimneys overheard. Fortu-
nately it did not damage her
hull, injure any freight or any person.
She had a splendid trip. and we re-
greet to record such bad lack for Capt.
Davis on his first trip. The wood
work will be repaired by the time she
reaches Cincinnati, but she will re-
quire new chimneys......Capt. Evans's
Leonidas and the Westmoreland, fully
repaired, may be expected here this
morning, en- route to New Orleans.
.........The Richmond and p. w.
Strader passed Memphis. yesterday.
and will be here to night.
MANIFEST of steamer Quiekstep, from
Cairo, January IA. 6umbertS, 2 bags
feath ems; RagOn. Dickeys q Carson, bar
rels lard, 23 packages merchandise: Jas.
Chauncey, 2 tons scrap iron: L. Ruffner
Jr.,> IL Co., tons bacon, dressed hog,
tierces lard; Samuel Orr IL Co., Is pack
ages IRON, &C.: A. & L. UhI, 6 hogsheads
clay; Baird q Start, 20 barrels flour; Levi
cali; Il. K. Dunkerson & Co, s hoesheads
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