The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1869-05-27
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The weather, yesterday. continued hot
up to midnight. Towards evening 1t was
perfectly clear, but fine breeze prevailed
up to O'Clock, when it grew calm, sultry
and oppressive.
The additional arrivals and departures
up to midnight were the Petrolia No. 2,
from Cannelton and return to Newburg;
MOllte Norton, to Henderson; Armada, to
Cairo; Ada Lyon, to Green River; Hart
ford, from Green River; Fanny Brandeis,
to Nashville; Richmond, New Orleans to
Louisville; Morning star, to Louisville;
Quickstep, from Cairo; j. IL. Groesbeck,
New Orleans TO CincInnati.........The pack
cts outgoing had fair trips........The u art
ford brought In IO4 hogsheads tobacco and
many people. She leaves promptly at two
P. N. to-day, for Hartford and all points on
Green River and Rough Creek. Capt. Joe
McReynoIds is an eDterprIsing and wor-
thy gentleman, and we hope to see him
get a big trip to-day 1.-THE Petrolia
No. ? had good trip of tobacco
and miscellaneous freight, and after
discharging her cargo returned to New
| burg for a lot of toba cco he had not room
for yesterday. She will be back in time TO
leave at heI regular hour this morning for
| Camel on ..................The great RichmOod
| arrived at : 40 last evening, five days and
| two hours out from New Orleans. She had
| one hundred and fifty tons Of freight and
one hundred and thirty cabin passengers.
She discharged thirty passengers at Mem
ph;s aud twenty-five at Cairo and Paul.
cah.....-.The Alpha, after discharging her
fine cargo OF Tobacco dropped down TO the
| dry dOcRs and lies up.........The J. II. Groes-
| beck passed up at $3.50 last night with a
| moderate trip............lhe Belle Lee passed
| up at 8 yesterday evening without land
ing. She was flying light, and running
/ for glory plain Charley Irwin, OF
i Madison, formerly of the Phantom was
Ia the city Tuesday night. He left by the
| Romeo for Uniontown, and passed up last
| night on the big RichmOnd........The Clara
Scott goes to Wab ash River on Friday
| positively. ........ 1.-The old steamers La
fourche and Grey Eagle are coming
up the river soon to Louisville,
| to have their machinery transferred
to new boats, which are expec ed out In
July. Many people in this latitude Will
regret to see the " Big Grey Eagle broken
up-.......The Quicksiep did not arrive till
/ nearly eleven O'Clock last night. She had
| a splendid trip, including many passen
| gers. Heavy business detained her, rem
| dering IL impossible to reach here before
that hour. The projected moonlight
excursion was necessarily postponed, TO
the great disappointment Of all concerned
........ Our dispatches this morning, bring
intelligence of another steamboat disaster.
The Cora S., from Cincinnati to Ft. Smith,
struck snag in Arkansas River, fifty
miles above the mouth, on Monday, and
| sunk In eight feet water. Her cargo was
| saved. TIE boat is not much damaged,
| and can be easily raised, IL is stated $500.
| rhe Virginia left louisville Ia i evening
for Shreveport and New Orleans. She viii
be here to day.............A large tow-boat,
with large field OF empty barges, passed
up about :l5 last night.........A special
dis patch to yesterdays Cincinnati Com
nlercfdE says the Cora s. is a total loss.
our dispatches this morning, which are
later, say she is not much damaged, and
can be raised
MANIFEST of the Steame~ Ouickstep
rom Cairo, May 20. I869.-kvansviIle-Ma
& Herald, skin, rope, barrel; Ormer,
| horses and mules, W ,gOnE; VIM Cald-
| well, boxes strawberries; Baetheker,
Kellogg q 90, 8 packages merchandise;
Nose & Grothers packages potatoes; A
Gumberts, l bag feathers: J E Gilbert q
| Co, b 2 dried beef; BabcOck & Steel, "a
| doors; q w Henderson, / box merehan-
disc; II b Canal sOt, Ii packages merchan-
disc; Martin Gardner & Co, l box tobacco,
IL hh tobacco: r q VanRipper, hhds
tobacco; r r DunzersOn 81 Z o., % hhds
| tobacco; " IN q Brown & Co, 30 hhds to-
bacco; w S Ford, Ii hhds tobacc.
FOR REsHIPMENT.
| To LouisvLlle--I box tobacco, s Sc ok
WO d, barrels sorghum seed, / barrel ha-
con, Is barrels whisky, IA hhds tobacco.