The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1869-02-18
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terday, and with an occasional shower,
cleared up at dark, and last night the
skies were brilliantly studded with
stars as the young moon sunk to her
home in the west. The river was rising
very slowly, and will soon come to a
stand, and perhaps decline. A big rise
is, however, coming from Pittsburg,
where there is 49, feet in the channel.
The additional arrivals and depar-
lures up tosmidnight were the Vir-
GINA, Louisville to New Orleans;
Armada, to Cairo; Fanny Brandeis,
to Nashville; Norman, to Memphis;
LeweIlin, from PASSPORT; Clara Scott,
to Wabash River, Quickstep, from
Cairo: Morning Star, to louisville;
Robt. Fulton, to the coal mines.
The Virginia had moderate trip.
She added considerable freight here,
and left at dark The Lewellin
arrived at dark, with fine trip, in
GLIDING AZ bales cotton, $50 bags corn,
and much miscellaneous freight. She
returns this afternoon.........The Clara
Scott had a fair trip out.........The
Norman was detained until after
dark, getting herss'ehiIaney. up. She
left with good trip. and will go into
Memphis as deep as sshe can foat......
The Quickstep had a beautiful trip,
including over one hundred passen-
gers Star went out with her
cabins full Of people........Captain
Dick Fowler was in the city yester-
day.........Colonel j. ". Guthrie, Su-
pervising Inspector for the Sixth
Maritime District, aud George A.
Houghton, Local Inspector, were
passengers by the Morning Star yes
terday, and are stopping at the
American House, where they will re-
main some days, when Capt. Houghton
will visit Shawneetown and Pa
ducah and Colonel Guthrie will
visit Vincennes and Terre Haute.
The Supervising Inspector has in
structed Local Inspectors to require
that all stoves on steamers be fasten
ed together and bolted to the decks,
to avoid being eapsized by collisions
or sudden jars. This rule will afford
a suggestion also to railroad managers.
There is rapidly growing necessity
fora local Board at this port, and
we hope our State Senators and Rep
resentatives from this District will
give the matter their prompt and
most energetic attention.......-.....
The Louisiana viii be here to day.
.........The Lawrence will not be hero
till -morrow..-......The Alice Dean
will be here tomorrow, en- route to
New Orleans.........A fleet side wheel
steamer viii be put in the trade be-
tween this city and Memphis. ID a
short time.......Dad Combs, of Louis
vile, is in the city prospecting.
MANIFEST of steamer Quiekstep,
from Cairo, February 17-R. X. Dun :
kerson q Co., 4 hogsheads tobacco;
Ragon, Dicky Il Carson, % packages
merchandise; q. g. Niblack & Co,
70 dressed hogs; Woodrow, Reitz &
Co, packages scrap iron; Semonin,
Dixon & Co., bale cotton Weldon
Bros, 4 Co., 30 bags cotton yarn; q.
k. Drew, l box merchandise Ja-
guess & Brother, "a bales cotton;
Preston q Menifee, 6 boxes merchan-
disc; l.. Ruffner, Jr., & Co., 2 dressed
hogs; Mark. Warren & Co, IS pack-
ages paper; Sam. Orr ~ Co, 81 pack
axes merchandise; Fendrich Bros, ]
butt tobacco; VIM. HeilmaD, 6 bun
dies gas pipe; FL Fink, 26 packages
merchandise; Calm 4 Lean, 4 cstfle,
calf; V. s. Veatch, / COW, 81 pack
ages household goods George Wolfe,I
COW; Minor Il Dallam, q packages
merchandise. es
For Louisville rs passengers, 2
hogsheads tobacco, packages mer-
cha ndise. -
For Cincinnati AZ beer kegs, 2
boxes merchandise.
For Pittsburg-10 barrels spar.
Transacted large way business.
making innumerable landings, under'
he skillful guidance Of pilots Need
nd Harry Dex ter.