The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1870-04-04

Business was fairly active on the
leVee Saturday, with a fair number of
arrivals and departures The Kate
Robinson had a superb trip..".....The
Emma Floyd took 161 bales cotton
and some other freight, and got off
after daylight.........The Alice Dean
had a moderate trip of miscellane-
Gus freight, but no cotton..."...The
Norman and Pine Bluff got off nearly
on time. The Norman had a splen-
did trip, and the Pine Bluff had a
nice packet trip.".,..The Sam. Orr
came in with n of the best trips of
the season."""..The Morning Star
was pretty light. After discharging
her freight. she rounded to, about
opposite Walnut Street, and ran down
by the city in magnificent style,
making the run from the foot of Main
Srteet in FIVE minutes and fifteen Sec
onds. IF she had gone higher before
starting, and had not made so wide an
ofing of the point, she would have
made at least fifteen to twenty seconds
better time.........The Lewellin was
stuffed full, and was fastening her re.
pairs to leave at 3 P.M......The Hart.
ford, Evansville and Clara Scott were
receiving fairly".......The Mary Miller
would be unable to get away on Sat
urday. She is announced for 4 PM.
to day...-....The Pink Varble was full
of freight."......The Rover, with a
large feet of loaded boats, passed
down at noon.
G~Ieanings from Our Exchanges.
CINCINNATI-The Commercial of Fri
day says:
Pilot Purcell. of the Leonidas, reports
meeting last night, adrIft on the river,
just below the mouth Of Boldface, ten
empty coal barges. Eight were lashed to-
gether, with two others drifting In the
rear.
Ell. b. Westfall, of Richie County. West
Virginia, was rescued from q drifting raft
with broken oars. near ParkC1sburR, on
Monday. lie has since died from expo
Parkersburg.
The Gazette says:
Commodore o James. ST., went to
Madison, on Wednesday, and there pur-
CuhScOg ~ CADha1n SAM a. Jones the
steamer Bermuda, for IS 900. He proposes
to put q couple of thousand dollars more
on her in The way of improvements, and
then put her in the Cincinnati and Evans
vile trade as q regular weekly packet.
The Commodore says he has a yoke of OK
en- on Corn Island, and when the river gets
so low that the can't carry tobac-
CO n corn to Cincinnati, he Will hitch up
his oxen and still bring trade TO tho city.
Louis Barry, aged thirty, a deck hand
on the tow boat Samson No 2, who shipped
at Louisville q few days ago, fell OF that
steamer at Pittsburg, Wednesday night
and was droW ned before he could be res
cued. He had been in the rebel army
having enlisted In a Louisiana regiment.
He had also been On the steamer Emma
Graham, and was employed on the Mag.
been drinking to excess for several days.
The Enquirer says:
n st. Marys, which has been running
in Ouachita River the past Winter, is due
here to-day. 1t is rumored that she Will
re-enter the Cincinnati and wheeling
trade.
The captain of the burned steamer q. II.
Durfee telegraphs that that steamer can
be put In thorough repair for SlOOO0.
Major =. p. Armstrong left for CHICAGO
last night, hRving been there
on ccoun of the dangerous illness of his
old friend, Mr.. r. Burt Bell. Mr.. Bell was
Cincinnati and New Orleans rade, but OF
late years no has been engaged IN mer-
camille pursuits8n Chicago.
LOUISVILLE. The Conrier-Journat Of
Friday says.
The weather FOR Inc past two days ha.