The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1869-04-23
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The weather continued warm ana sultry
up till evening, with premonitiOns Of at
other storm ............Our dispatches at noon
yesterday report the liver falling at Gin
cInnatI and rising at Pittsburg. with ten
feet in the channel at the latter port.
Here it was rising slowly yesterd Y eve
ming, and will probably be found falling
to-day, but another swell may be expected
in a day or two THE additional ar
rivals and departures up to midnight last
include the TaraScOu, Louisville and re-
turn; Champion and Silver Spray, Gin
cinnati to st. Louis; Sallie v, TO Mt Yer
non; Mollie Norton, to Henderson; Quick
step, to Cairo: Hartford, to Green River;
John H. Groesbeck, New Orleans to Gin
cinnati r. T. Lee, Louisville to New Or
leans.
The Cora S. had all she could carry.
Captain John Richey, formerly Of the At
Iantic and B. J. Adams, was in command,
Captain Hicks King having stopped of.
She took lot of stoves and hollow-waTe
here........The Tarascou had big trap OF
people and a fair freight list..........T The
Champion and silver Spray were loaded
nearly to the guards, and each dis
charged considerable freight here. ......
The Qulckstep and Hartford had good
trips out........The Robert E. Lee took 120
hogsheads tobacco at Owe nsboro, 200 bar
reIs potatoes at landing below, and had
some 80 hogsheads tobacco and consider
! able other freight to take at Newburg. We
! expect to announce her arrival here be-
fore this report closes.........The re is but lit
| tie freight here for New Orleans - only
| some 80 or 40 casks of meat, 20 or 80 hOgs-
| heads tobacco, and small lots of IA iscella-
/ neous Treight-......The ]. II. Groesbeck
| nine days out from New Orleans. passed
| up last evening with good up-riVer trip
| We We're glad 10 learn that Captain Dan.
Maratta was rapidly improving in health.
.-....... Ca plain John S. Voolfolk, the In
comparable clerk of the big Richmond,
was in the city yes eIday; also, Captain
John IL. Triplett, late OF the Charmer.
They returned to greensboro last night
/ by the Tarascon.......... ....... The Louis
Vile packet Rose Hte viii return
| to Louisville at seven o'clock this even
ing, and will leave every Friday evening
hereafter at the same hour. Captain Ma
Their is her excellent comma 1der, and Pail.
B. Branham and Billy Hail are her popu-
lar clers ........Frank o. Smith and Alex.
Stewart are the clerks OF the Dexter, whlc a
| will be down to-day Patterson,
| formerly with the Louisville and Hender-
son mail line, takes charge OF the Office Of
the Argonaut No. >. lie IS an excellent
clerk r.. T.. Lee arrived at II
O'Clock last night, having picked mp
| enough freight to Loaf common steam
boat, but she was sttll quite hungry. She
added considerab freight at eacn of the
wharf boats here, ana had large engage
ments below. a mong her passengers was
George A. Williams, formerly OF the Lou
IsviIle and Henderson packets, now CHIEF
clerk OF the Frank Pargoud. lie is look
Ing as fine a satin and rs young and
handsome as ever. George has many
friends IN this city ...s..............-...fhe
Petrolia No. 2 was sold at Il. 3. NJ ar.
shal's sale yesterday afternoon. She was
knocked down TO John a. Adams, one d
her late owners, at g. 400. she viii be puI
in complete repair and repainted........The
taking of testimony IA the collision case
between the Quie!zstep aud ollie sullivan,
will be continued to-day.