The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1869-03-05

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FOR ~CAIRo-The fine passenger steamer
Cumberland is the regular packet for
Cairo at 4 o'clock this evening, having
elegant accommodations Her chief Off
GERS are Captain Marion Wright aud Bruce
Hunier, botn pleasant and obliging gem
tlemen. The Cumberland connects at
CaiIo with t1rst-ciass steamers for st.
Louis and New Orleans, and gives through
bills of lading TO all points South and
West.
For HENDERsoN.-The elegant and fleet
railroad transfer steamer, Mollie Norton,
leaves for Henderson at z. N. to-day, in
charge Of Capt. Charley Perkins, an ac-
compiished officer, having elegant accom-
modatious for passengers. A. o. DuTland
and @. II. Boyle. two pleasant gentlemen,
are her obliging clerks.
The swift and beautiful Sallie VI, Capt
Wallen, with Robert Brashear and Jim
Hicks in the office, both pleasant and
obliging gentlemen, leaves promptly at 4
p. n. for Henderson, having elegant &C.
-commodations for passengers.
For MEMPHIS. - The elegant NOrman,
Captain John b. Hall, with Captain o.
Hewitt, and Ben. May In the Office, leaves
promptly at three o'clock p. NJ. to-day, for
Memphis and way ports, having excellent
passenger appointments. Captain John
b. Hall Is one or the most accommoda Ing
commanders OF the age, and MeSsrs. Hewitt
and May are courteous and genial gentle
men.
The musical and magnificent Clifton will
be down early this morning, for Memphis
and all way ports. Captain Frank Stein,
George Hunter, and their coadjutOrs are
as nice and obIiging gentlemen as ever
ran a steamboat.
FOR NEW ORLEANS. The magnificent
low. pressure Richmond. the most popular
passenger steamer ever built, is announced
to-day for New Orleans and way port.
We have so often commended this grand
floating palace thai further eulogy IS un-
necessary. She is spacious, pleasant, safe.
Captain Slut Neal, John 8. Voolfolk, and
0 Lodge are noble gentlemen and ac-
complished s-teamboatmen. Persons going
South to-day will not neglect this oppor.
tunity.
G~Ieantngs from Our
PIrTsBURG. IA Commercial Of Tues
day says: rt
The MARKS last evening Indicated 5 feet 3
inches and failing. The weather during
was, however, considerable ice RAINING ia
both rtvers-thatO ON the Allegheny much
the heaviest Trade on the landing ar
liberal.
CINCINNATI The Commercially Nash
vile special, dated Tuesday, says:
The Argonaut No. 2, which left for Gin
cinnati last evening, in passing between
unmandgeable, and struck against the
center pier, carrying away a portion of her
wheel and cook-hOuSes and tanning up
the upper guards in lively sty e. The
Kitchen stove was tumbled unceremOui-
Ously Into the river, aud the cook himself
narrowly escaped a like fate. A horse on
the lower deck, frightened by the crash,
jumped tnto the river and swan ashore,
continuing his way up to the Public
square, where be was finally captured
The BOAT landed Just below the bridge, but
finding that the damage was not OF a Seri-
Gus character, continued It's way.
The Gazette says:
The Charmer arrived from Evansville
yesterday, and viii return this evening.
She Is a favorite down the river.
LoUIsVILLE. The COurteT-JOurndL Of
Wednesday says:
The Natoma, lately sold on Black River,
by the United States Marshal, is on her
way ont, bound Tor the Ohio River. Tine
Argosy passed her at Clarendon in a Grip
Printers will get even with editors occa-
siOnaIIy, vide the 70. lOWin from the st.
Louis Democrat: "Ths printers will make
mistakes, no matter what care the report
ers may exercise. Some OF them don't
know what bulk wheat Is, and invariably
stick it mp bulk wheat"
III last "bulk" was intended TO read
" buck"
ST. LoUIs.-The Democrat OF "Wednesday
says:
The decline continues, the stage OF water
tc Cairo becoming less hourly. Steamers
arrived and departed, showing that navi-
cation suffered only a very Temporary
check. Running Ice thtnned out consld-
erably. To-day two steamers Will leave lot
the Illinois; two left yesterday Ior tnS
Upper Mississippi, and a f~esuIlptioh %
boating in the Missouri cannot long euo-
lay ed.
We learn from Mr.. Alfred Grfssom, c'erk
of the Sd. Louis and VicksDurg pacKet
Rubicon, a few important iast~' one OF
whfeh we will now stale rms steamer
SIrina iast year. 10 is well know, brought
numerous orders to our merchants for
aoods 10 he delivered at points between
Eemnhis and V~1cksburg, including the
thrivfno CITY last n tmed. For these goods,
Ihen shipped, the RubtcOn gave due bills,
the snns Varying from ten dollars TO five
thousand, and there was collected for
them and paid over 10 the merchants
holding these due bills during last wear.
the immense sum of ttCO hundred and ttOen-
LU-sfI thousand dollars
and may be accepted as evidence showing
there is something more than a name in
the title of pioneer of the Vicksburg
trade" It Is proof also that the business is
of large value to st. Louis, whose mer-
chants, we tax occasion to say, are awake
to the TACT, and are earnestly working Tor
It's further improvement and increase.
That is precisely what the Sam. Orr and