The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1869-11-15
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The river was falling rapidly during Sat.
drday night and yesterday, and IS now
within an inch or two or the lowest wateS-
mark Of this season. and navigation is be.
coming exceedingly difficult. The weather
yesterday was partly clear and rather
pleasant. and the mercury rising 10 az at
poon.........The additional arrivals and
departures up 10 midnight last, include the
LeWeliln, TO Cairo; Spray and Emma
Floyd, Memphis to Cincinnati; Umpire
and Pink Varbie, Louisville 10 Cairo; Fay
cite, to Henderson aud return; Falls city,
Green River to Louisville; Ella Hughes
Cairo to Louisville; West Wind, from
Cairo; Palestine, Louisville and return TO
Owensborc; Petrolia No. 2,fromCanneIton;
Pine Bluff, from Green River; Alpha,
Greensboro to Cairo.
The spray arrived Saturday nizat and
the Emma Floyd yesterday morning. Both
had COED trips. The Floyd added largely
here, principally peanuts.........T The Pink
Marble and Umpire had good tdps........
The other packets were comparatively
lIght...-~..The Fails city had nrge lot OF
hoop poles for this port, and quantity OF
hogs for Louisvilie......The Ella Hughes
had several hundred barrels or flour for
this port. anu left for Louisville light. The
| officers Of the Ella Hughes give very diff
ferent version OF the shooting affair at
Unt0DLown than that brought here by the
officers or the Clara scott. The man Peters
did not knock down the mate or chase the
clerk up stairs. He did. however, kick TO
pieces a large headlight sitting on the
| bow OF the boat. and then commenced
throwing pieces OF Old iron at the crew
! from the whal I. boat, when he was shot.
! but BY whom Is not known. Capt. DIX, we
are told, was IN bed W hen the shooting was
done, snd the clerk was not down stairs.
We make thiss,atenleat In justice 10 Capt.
Dix and the other officers OF the ella
Hughes. From other parties we learn that
4 Peters was still alive yesterday morning,
and said that If any one OF the officers Of
the boat shot him, he was entirely justin
4 able In dolng 50. as no deserved ali he got.
4 IL this Il txue, Peters Is not so bad fellow
when SOBER as might be supposed.........Th The
/ officers the West Wind report the Dsx-
/ ter over Cumberland aud ready 10 enter
the chute at Cottonwood Ear when the
/ West Wlnd Iaet her, aud haze no doubt
l she Ia ere now ont CT the river. Harvey
/ Oafman, one 81 her pilots, went down on
/ the Pink Marble, yesterday, to oyerlake
/ her. They also report the Clara Scott
! aground on WALKERS Bar....-.......
| The Palestine was detained sew
eral hours ut French Island Bar, and
did not get an till ~ PM. yesterday
She left again a. half past four, TO meet
/ the Morning Star at OWens5Oro, aud W in
be back here by morning .........The officers
OF the Palestine report the Spray, Belle
Vernon, Grand Era ard Efnme Floyd
aground at French Island. There was also
| another boat above tue The Morn
ing Star was az Owenaboro at 4 o'clock last
evening, and would visit for the return of
the Paiestine........The Falls city started
20 Louisville yesterday evening. IL IS
doubtful whether she ga's through...-....
Tie Fagette having completed her repairs,
left for Henderson, yesterday morning,
and viii DO on time to-day ........The Alpha
was due here last night, from oWensboTo,
en- route TO Cafgo with a load OF live Stock
.........The Petrcila No. 2 had a fair trip OF
freight and people.........The Pine Bluff ar
rived ats5S O'Clock, loaded down. It is not
certain whether she will 20 out to-day or
not....-...We had the pleasure OF a cali last
night from James Kerr, Jr., clerk OF the
Grand Era, who visits the city 10 procure
q few supplies. He says there IS not
the slightest chance OF getting the
Era over till there Is a rise...............
Robert S. Tripleits wharfbOat proprietor
and commission merchant Of greensboro,
is IN the City. Master A. L. Ashby has
I
randum of the steamer PetroIia....... THE
Wauanita Is also aground at French Is
land 1.-THE telegraph this morning an
nounees the raising OF the Louisville and
the arrival of the Dexter at Cairo....The
Fanny Brandeis passed Cairo early yester-
Gay morning, en- roHte TO this port. She
VIII be here this evening" The Cora s..
is not yet adoat.........The Alpha arrived
from greensboro a little before midnight
with 20 head of stock and other freight.
After addiuga few packages here she left I
for Cairo. she reports only eight boats at
French Island when she Ieft............The
weather midnight was beautifully clear,
and the tarPaU'ins on the wharf were
already white with frost and the mud
frozsn eaIId........The bar IN front OF the
city IS as prominent as II has been al any
time this season.
Manifest.
MASTFEsT-Of Steamer PetroIla from |
CannetLOn, NOV. 18th. iSB)-Thos w MUIR
ray, y bates nay X X D4nKersOn, % hhds !
tobscc0s joseph Goodman, piSGe TndseF 1
l.ieeh i-emcke, box dfass; HumpbFsyss /
Lewis q Co, Dbl whisky.
T0E EEslfIPaIENT.
To Henderson, 4 table: 10 ST. BouiE, SO /
bates sBeettag; 10 New Orleans, is bbls |
M EsIoRA SDA.-Len Oannelaon Sunday.
at q. M; met Champion and Alpha ~ |
0wensboro, the latter taking on horses |
and mules for hew Orleans; passed Wau-
anita lying 10 above French Island Bar
tightening up Be lie Vernon, SPRAY and |
Grand Era aground on The bar, and Emma |
Ft0yd ly1DS TO below the bar fiwhfanfnp. 4
met Fails City and Ella Hughes al (sreen |
River toWhead, and Palestine above Iy-
ansVliie. Fourd a0lnches water on French l
Island bar.
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