The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1870-05-19
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| The weather continued oppressive
" hot up to midnight last. At dark,
a dense black cloud was rising in the
west, portending rain, but the cloud
settled back below the horizon, and
the night was perfectly clear up to
midnight. The river was rising very
slowly.
The only additional arrivals and
departures, up to midnight, were the
Mary Houston. New Orleans to Lou
isville; Idlewild, to Cairo; Lewellin,
to Memphis; Pine Bluff. to Grand
view; Morning Star. to Louisville.
The Mary Houston had splendid
passenger trip, and considerable
freight. She discharged 80 hhds
sugar, and some miscellaneous freight
here, aud had about $50 tons for
New Albany and Louisville. Among
her passengers were Mr.. Geo. L. Dixon
and wife, and Mrs. Peter Semonin, of
this city, who report having enjoyed
most delightful trip upon the Mary
Houston to New Orleans and back,
The Mary Houston also brought up
the remains of daughter of DR.. Pen
nington, of this city, who died in
New Orleans some two or three years
ago. The remains were taken to
Princeton for interment.........The
Idlewild took out fair trip......The
The Mallie Ragon left with all she
could stow.........The Pine Bluff had
good trips both ways.........The Lew
ellin also went out full......The Lou
isville did not leave at noon as we
supposed, but continued to take
freight up to 6 o'clock......We were
pleased to meet both Capt. Gilmore,
and Frank Dougherty again, at their
posts on the Morning Star, yesterday.
.........The sonorous breathings of the
Louisville, as she left Barrett's farm,
across the point, were plainly heard
at IL o'clock last night.........The
Quickstep had not arrived at mid
night.........The pilots of the Mary
Houston report 81 feet water on
Walkers bar, the shoalest water
hence to Cairo.
THE NEW TENNESSEE RIVER
PACKET. - Admiral Tom Lee and
Commodore John Gilbert have closed
contract at Cincinnati for the
building of the new packet for the
Evansville and Tennessee River trade.
The hull, by James Mack of Cincin-
natl, will be $50 feet long, 33 feet
beam. 80 feet floor, Al feet depth of
hold in the clear, with 6 feet guards.
The engines. by Dumont, of Cincin-
natl, will be Is inches in diameter,
with feet stroke. She will have
three two fued boilers of best Hill
man iron, "a feet long and 80 inches
diameter. She will have full length
cabin, by Thomas Glasscock, of
Wheeling. The painting and glazing.
by James H. Murray, of Cincinnati.
She will be stern wheel, and is to be
finished by the 1st of September. She
will cost, when completed and fur
nished, about $25. 000
River Dispatches.
PIrTsBURG, May 18.-The weather |
is clear. Monongahela feet 8 inches. |
Allegheny feet 10 inches. Arrived |
and departed, the packets. The Sa- |
wanna will leave for st. Louis to-
morrow. and the Belle Vernon for
New Orleans on Saturday.
CINCINNATI, May 18.-Port list
Arrived-Champion and Ironsides,
from st. Louis. Departed-Norman,
to Evansville; Sam J. Hale, to Mem
phis; Alaska, to New Orleans; Iron
sides, to Pittsburg. River Is feet
inches.
LOUISVILLE, May 18.-ArriYed-
Alice Dean and Wauanita, from New
Orleans Silver Moon, from Memphis:
Kate Robinson, from Cincinnati:
Kate Putnam, from Pittsburg. De-
parted-Alice Dean and Silver Moon.
to Cincinnati; Kate Robinson. to st.
Louis; Wauanita and Virginia. to
New Orleans. The river fell 2 inches
in the last "a hours, feet 4 inches in
the canal and 5 feet 4 inches in the
chute. Weather hot, clear and dry.
Mercury 1872.
CAIRO, May 18.-Belle Memphis
Memphis to st. Louis. / AN; Belle
st, Louis to Memphis, AN; Minns-
oIa Cinairnafi tn Memnhis 2 Az.