The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1870-01-13

above 81 ali day. The river, during the
twentytfour hours ending ut 3 PM had
fallen s inches The rains Of the last two
days may check the decline.
Arrivals aEss Departures.
the arrivals ard departures up 10 P. N.
include the Peytona and b1rges, New Or
leans to Louisville; Wauanita, Kew Or
leans to Cincinnati; Petr0lia No. 2, Hen
derson and return Tom Reese and barzes,
Tennessee River to Cincinnati; Hartford,
to Little Wabash; Morning Star, Louis
vile to retura.
Bonis Due Here.
Among the first boats due here are the
Quickstep, from Cairo Tarasc0n and FAILS
City, from Louisville; Sam. J. Hale, from
Memphis; Rapidan no. ?, from PASSPORT;
I. W. Strader, Indiana, and Mary Houston,
from New Orleans; alice Dean, for Mem
phisi Lawrence, Tor Nashville; Louisville,
for New Orleans; Evansville, from Green
River Alpha and Emma Floyd, from
Nashville; Norman, from Cincinnati.
SORts Leaving E8-Elay.
FoR CAueO.-Tne fleet. Iow-ptessure
Quic6step is the regular packet for Cairo
and all way ports at / O'Clock to-day, hav-
ing unsurpassed cabin accommodations.
Capt. Jack Grammer commands. and
Walter b. bennington is her popular clerk.
She gives through receipts for freight or
passengers to all points South or West.
The QuicSstep IS a greatfayorite along the
coast.
For LoUIsyILLE-The magnificent Tar
ascon is the unriva.ed packet for Louis
Vile n all way ports at g o'clock this
evening. II is a grand floating palace,
and finely differed. The veteran ptat
James Mather commands, and Frank o.
Smith, Phil. Beverly and Charley Warren
are her clerks, all pies SAINT ami popular
gentlemen.
For GREEN RIyER.-Tne fine teamer
Falls City, a popular boat, with superior
cabin and state-room appointments, Will
be here to-day, for Bowling Green and all
Green River way Iandin IS. Captain John
Robinson is her grand commander, and
Murray Bewley is her g~entlemanly and
attentive chief clerk.
For HENDERsoN.-The gay AM popular
Petrolia, Captain VIM. Cole, will leave for
Henderson at P NJ. ATessrs. Durland and
story do She hOlors OF the Office, n are
obliging gentlemen.
FOR WABASH R~IvER-The excellent
steamer West Wind VIII leave for Mt. Car
mel ana All way landings on Wabash
River at 4 PM. to-day, offering superior
advantages to pa 7sengers Il shippers.
Captain Alb. Macaey IS her skiIlfuI and
popular commander, and Marsh WaIthall
is her polite and obliglng clerk. The West
Wind has excellent passenger app3int-
ments.
For Nkw O~RLEANs.-The big Louisville,
one OF the most pleasant passenger steam
ers ahoat, Will be here to-day, en- route to
New Orleans, and her superior Cabin and
/ cfa a. roam Sn.fnfnaop - g,oof-,rs trof,bs
capacities, and her superior accommoda-
lions for stock, recommend her TO passen-
gers and shippers. In addition, she is In
charge OF those distinguished ~navigators
and highly accomplished gentlemen, Capt.
j. Alex: Frazier and J.. l.. Eagon, than
whom no p%leasanter gentlemen can be
found. II 0 have New Orleans freight
TO ship, prepare to ship 1t now.
sTE-sceIIaneBus.
There was not much doing on the wharf
yesterday morning...~...The Hartford was
receiving. some freight for the Little
Wabash, and was preparing to leave at
noon..... TIKI Sam. Orr had very fair pros.
poets OF q trip".~..Ths Peytona and barges
passed up with q moderate trip. She dis
CHARGED here 10 casks OF chains, imported
direct from Europe bye. s.sonntag & Co.,. :.
The Wauanita had q magnificent cargo of
'"EN- 49, "+N1B 49, ~ 5AC 0A1lAAtNA zNAA
nothing here, we believe, and did not
want anything, except stores..4..-..The
PetroIia No. 2 had a far freight and many
people from Henderson ,........A heavy fog
gathered on the river in front of the city
and across the point about 10 o'clock,
almost thick enough to be cut with a
knife, but it was blown away before noon.
~.......Several OF our cotemporaries have
published the following:
"The wreck of the Armada was sold
Thursday, at Evansville, 10 Capts. North
ern, Joe Fowler. and Tomlin. OF Padueah,
as she lies, for tG.t09."
Tomlin, is a Geographic misnomer for
Tom Lee-..-.A Cincinnati paper says:
There are 1920 head of stock for the
South at louisville.
That has been the estimate for the la.t
month, and we presume the South could
obtain tEat amount of stock at Louisville
but they ont seem to be needed. We vii
see what the Virginia and Louisville do tc
relieve Tie livery stables of Il Falls City.
.--.~.The Tom Reese passed up yesterday,
with three barges heavily loaded with
Tennessee iron oge........The Morning SLal
arrived q quarter before three p. NJ, fuu o
people but with a moderate freight trip.
GIeHsiEEsGs fFoss1 our ExeAnauzoA
PTTTsBURG.-Tho Commercial of Monday
says:
InG AllGZHfIlN- AOuOIlHdnGGd anu ONO
Rivers are f II OF heavy lee. It would not
be safe for a boat To venture cut before the
weather moderaies.
ClEcIENATI.-The Commercial Of Tues
day says:
5 The Underwriters have decided that. al
the river was falling, they would do moth
ing with the wreck of the Swallow until
the water got below her boiler deck.
JON D. Nicholson Of the Corps OF Uni,
ted States Civil Engineers, who mapped
the Nj isissfppt River, from its mouth To
Xankt0n. is III the city. He has been as
signed to lighthouse duty at Baltimore
: and viii leave for his new post in a few
1 days.
Captain W. Ross, who commanded the
Spray last Summer, when she was in the
Cincinnati and MaysVilte trade, has beer
- elected a member of the City Couneil OF
Maysvilie.
six hundred and seventy boats arrived
and departed from Quincy during IS5J
: The aggregate amount OF freight broughi
by each boat was 10 tuns, making 30.05.
t1ns handled during the year.
On The way down, n of the Anderson
deck hands, at Marietta, was pulled over
: board while IN the act of drawing a bucket
/, of water. The man cTawled on q cake o.
ice, when he was rescued by Mate Pep
} pers, vino went aHer him with the yawl
I after floating two miles down the river or
. the cake or ice. Mate Peppers had two o
3 his fingers frosted in rescuing the poo
fellow.
AIeck Guthrie, the welI-known engineer
g who was reported dead some time since
G was in Nashville, on Friday, looking as
hale and hearty as he did years age
Captains Throop and EagOn'snew Nash
e vile and Evansville packet was launchel
l on Friday. In memory OF their Old favor
Q tie, she was named the Countess.
5 There must be some mistake about TIA,
: launching, al Least as we are positive W
saw her go into the water on Tuesda.
Z evening, and as there is already one Count
ess, we should think they would ~scareel.
= Give her that name.