The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1869-05-03
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! proceeded it. There was slight frost yes |
terday morning and prospects of another |
| this morning, but as it is inoonlis hit IL is |
not likely to 90 any serious injary. The |
river, during the q hours ending last even |
ing, had fallen incnes. Our port list |
since P NJ. satuI day, comprises the Mollie |
Norton, to Henderson; saIlie v, to Mount |
Vernon; Armada, 10 Cairo; Morning Star.
to Louisville; Echo and barges, from lower
parts to Kanawha; Robert Fulton and
bargfs. from Memphis to the coal mines;
Virsi mia, New Orleans to Louisville; Ar
gonaut No. 2. Eastport to Louisville; !
| Quickstep, from Cairo Albion ana barges,
| from Kauawha;i Sam. Orr, to Eastporp;
| Louisville, Cincinnati to New Orleans;
Tarascon- Louisville to Henderson; Cobb
| Webb, from Petersburg; Abe0na, Oincin-
| natl TO st. Louis lie Claire, Louisville to
Eastport; Bayard, Plttsburg to st. Louis.
The Echo had a large tow of Darges.........
| The Fulton also brought up a tow OF empty
bar ses ........fhe Arm da on Saturday had
a reasonably good trip, considering the
state Of the wealth er.........The QuIckstep
took her time and got ia yesterday morn
| ing with a splendid trip, including l05 /
hogsheads of tobacco -......The Virginia
and Argonaut had moderate trips. The
| Virginia discharged some freight here.
......-.The Albion landed above the wharf
with heavy tow of barges loaded with
salt for. l.. RuRner, Jr, part Of which will
probably be sent below ..-......T Tn Louisville
| had about 500 tons of misc laneous
| freight, aud added little here......The Abb
coma was fall of freightant had about 80
| passengers LIE Claire had first-Tate
trip.-..The Sam. Orr left atle O'Clock yes
| terday morning, pretty light. Captain
Daneaa THINKS her new shaft wi hold
| out this time, rs it has been made an inch
l greater IL diameter-..........The Cobb
| Webb came in from Petersburg, Pike Co.
! with one thousand and eight-three sacks
wheat for Iglebeart Brothers....-.The Clara
| Scott will leave at 4 O'Clock this evening
| for Mt. Carmel and all Wabash River way
landings. She has magnificent passenger
| accom- odatlons. Captain Scott is an old
and experienced steamboatman, 1ull of
good humor and raey ane cdotes, and Cash.
| Thomas aHd CHar4ey Chadwick, her clerks,
are pleasant and oliging young gentle
| The Tarascon had q fair packet
/ tFip..-....A tow boat passed up last night
! without landing .-...AmOng the passengers
| by the Morning Star on Saturday was
Captain, Billy Hite, Cashier of the Com
mer ial BANK OF Kentucky, and a large
| stockholder OF the Louisville q Henderson
| Mail Line, aud ia the Cincinnati q l. uis-
| willie Mail Line He proceeded 10 Padueah
| by the Armada......L Last Wednesday night,
just as the Morning Star was about to
| leave this port, another attempt was made
to stea! a coat from state room through
| the tran ON. The thief was disturbed
| in his operations, and leaped from the
| boiler deck to the wharf-boat and made
| his escape. There should be q policeman
or two detailed to watch upon the wharf
boats andssteam boats at the landing ........
| coal boat, parity loaded with coal, set
| tied yesterdsy upon the old cylinders that
were left on the wharf before the Late rise,
just below Hum phrey, Patrick 81 Co.'s
| wharf-b boat, aud rs the river fell, the stern
| of the boat settled down iuto. deep water.
| The Clara Scott was engaged yesterday
evening taking or the. The IA
nous Robert Z. Lee left New Orleans on
Saturday night. aud is expected to make
| the run to Louisville INSIDE of five days.
The wives of all her officers were lett in
| Louisville, in which case Capt John Cam
non says it is Impossible to keep the Lee
| back. We look for her on Wednesday
| morning ............Fhe Belle Lee has gone to
st. LouIs......-..-..rhe Clifton will be here
early tomorrow morning, en- route to
Cincinnati........The Rapidan No. arrived
at 10Y O'Clock last night with fair packet
trip. To accommodate merchants who
| came to bug good, and TO afford eur rner-
chants ample time to fill orders, she will
| lie over till 3 p. n. Tu esday. The Rapida n
Will au orders for pine lumber, dressed or
undressei. or for pig iron, at lowest rates,
i and as the dull season is approaching, our
| business men and builders should ex end
| to the Tennessee River packets all the
/ patronage aud assistance in their
| r................The Petroia NO. 2 win
drop down to Humphrey, Patrick &
Co.'s wharf-boat this morning ready
to receive freight for Cannelton and
| all way landings, for which points she
/ will leave at 10 An on Tuesday, Hum
| phrey, Patrick & Co. are her agents, and
! will receive freight fer the Petrolia at all
seasonable hours 1.-The A. L. No. was
trying to pull SAMSON d Co.'s barge off the
/ cylinders below Humphrey, Patrick tSCo Is
wharf BOAT at late hour last nignt..-...The
Melnotte passed Cairo early yesterday.
and Will be here to-day en- route TO Gin
| ciunati, Captain Remission commanding.
THE Lawrence will be here to night
en- route TO CIncinnIsti.........A ppIication
for writ of habeds corpus was denied
Captain Donaldson in st LOUIS on Friday,
by the Judges of. the supreme Court of
Missouri.......-.The Bayard arrived at mid
night, thirty hours from Cincinnati, and
fifteen hours from Louisville. She had
a moderate trip, and is en- route to st.
Louis, where she will be turned over to
her new owners. Capt. George Moore is i
IN command. aud Jim Montague at the
wheel. The Bayard is a sumner, and
should hfVe been PVT in the Evansville
and Cairo trade, with the Armada and
Qaickstep. Capt. Moore has our thanks
for Cincinnati evening pzpers of Satur-
day, and the Louisville Coztrfer-J 7tr7laE of
Sunday morning -........The Courier journal
of yesterday says: Some weeks ago.
while the steamer Louisville was lying at
this wharf, Pat. COgnelly, a roustabout,
stepped into hole in the staging and hurt
his leg. We learn that he has brought a
writ for damages against the boat in the
Court of Common Pleas of this city. He
Jays his damages at the moderate sum OF
$4,000 1.-THE Cumberland, from Cairo,
arrived at l o'clock this morning.
MANIFEST Steamer Rapidan No. ar K
DunkerSun K Co, bales cotton; Preston q
| Men1tee, empty whisky kegs, : do. d. q
4 barrels; Mackey, NaSbiL Il Co. bales cot
ton: J Oakley, so bags cotton yarn l bag
Irvine; Hudspetb Il Co, 3 hhds of tobacco; /
= Chas Wilhelm, 8 empty ale boxes: Thos
Scantiin Il son, stove and fixtures: Mar
tin, Gardner q Co. hhds tobacco; Weldon
| Bros & @, 2 hhds tobacco, do. rags l baie
| cotton Capt Lee Howell, 2 hhds tobacco
and Is tpkgs sundrles; kagon, Dickey &
Carson, box eggs, L bale cotton; / q d
| Holman, & box mdse.
! Reshipped to CincInnati-Robt Moore d