The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1870-05-26
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The dullness that prevailed upon
the levee during the forenoon con-
tinued up till late last night.
There were no additional arrivals
up to a late hour. The Pine Bluff.
to Grandview. Idlewild to Cairo, and
Morning Star to Louisville, departed.
The Hartford, from Green River.
arrived; also the Nick. Longworth,
Louisville to New Orleans.
The Pine Bluff had good trip in
and out........,The Idlewild took out
splendid trip of freight and people.
Among her passengers was Hon.
James Casey, Collector of the Port of
New Orleans, and brother-in law of
President Grant, en- route home, from
the East............The Mallie Ragon
passed Uniontown at P. NJ, and the
Nick. Lougworth passed Hawesville
about the same hour. Both were due
here about midnight........The Hart
ford arrived at 9 o'clock with an ex-
cellent trip. She returns to Green
River to- OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Gill
more received dispatch from Ovens
boro advising him that there were 100
hogsheads of strips ready for the
Stara..........The Nick. Longworth
arrived at a quarter to one A NJ, with
a slim trip, of course, coming from
Louisville. She lies over here till
noon to.day. and shippers will find
her frst-class and reliable packet.
Boats Leaving To-Day.
For NEW ORLEANs-The magnifi
cent steamer Nick Longworth, in
charge of those eminent navigators
and highly accomplished gentleman,
Capt. Lew. Hates and Eugene Bowers.
Will leave here at II NJ. to-day, posi-
lively, for New Orleans and all way
ports. She is a first class passenger
packet and has plenty of room for
freight. Give her fair show.
River Dispatches.
PITTsBURG, May 25.- Weather
cloudy. Thermometer To. River at
Greensboro and Brownsville 3 feet 3
inches and stationary. Monongahe-
la falling. 8 feet inches Allegheny
10 feet 6 inches and falling. The
Belle Vernon. leaves for New Orleans,
| tomorrow evening. The new steam
er r. l. Lockwood, is loading for St.
i Louis on Saturday. Trade on the
| landing was quiet. There is consid
cradle activity among coal merchants,
who are making large shipments. A
number of towboats have already de-
parted. The following towboats have
gone, and others are preparing to go
for Cincinnati: Whale, Fearless,
Leopard. Coal Valley, Lion, Coal
Hill. Lake Erie No. 3, Resolute,
and Blue Lodge. conveying barges con-
tanning $4,000 bushels coal and
135, 900 coke. For Louisville: Stella,
Warner, Fred Wilson No. 2, Coal
City, Sam Roberts, Panther, Wild
Cat, Tom Reese, Tiger, Leader, V. f.
Wilson, Keystone, Lioness and Grey.
hound towing SIC, 0O0 bushels coal.
The water is falling so fast that it is
doubtful whether any other lows will
get ready to leave.
PITrsBURG, May 25.-River falling
4
Allegheny 10 feet 4 inches. Departed
Arlington; Belle Vernon leaves for
New Orleans tomorrow.
CINCINNATI, MAY 25.-River. IL
feet in the chanhel. Arrived-Nor-
man, Evansville; Silver Spray, New
| Orleans; Minneola, Memphis. De-
parted-Norman, Evansville: Alice
Dean, New Orleans; Ro0t. Burns,
Memphis.
| LOUISVILLE, May 25.-Arrived-
Shamrock, st. Louis; Jonas Powell,
ma Floyd, Nashville; Robt. E. Lee,
New Orleans. Departed-Champion,
st. Louis; Shamrock and Emma
Floyd, Cincinnati; Robt. e. Lee, New
Orleans. River stationary, with 5
feet inches in the canal and3 feet 8
inches in the chute. Weather pleas
ant and clear; mercury 73O
| CAIRO May 25.-Arrived-Belle
Memphis. Memphis to St. Louis, A.
NJ; Mary Alice, New Orleans to st.
Louis, q. Ella Hughes. Nashville
| packet, 8; Alpha, Nashville packet,
noon; J. N. Kellogg, st. Louis to
New Orleans. 4 PM; Wild Duck,
Pittsburg to st. Louis, 5; Fany Bran
dies, Tennessee River to Keokuk, 3;
Simpson Horuer, Louisville to Cairo,
| z; Julia, st. Louis to Vicksburg. 8:
Bismark, st. Louis to New Orleans.
8. The river has fallen 3 inches.
Clear. Mercury 720.
ST. LOUIS. May 25.-Arrived-Tur-
ner, from Omaha; Glendale and Col
lier and barges, from Pittsburg;
Thompson Dean and Atlantic and
barges, from New Orleans; Forsythe,
| from Vicksburg; Rob Roy. from Ke-
okuk; Illinois, Peru and Belle Mem
| phis, from Memphis; Bengal Tiger,
from Cairo; st. Johns, from Daven-
port. Departed-Jasper, for st. Paul;
| Grand Tower, for Memphis; Post
Boy. for Kansas City; Great Repub-
lie, for New Orleans; Rob Roy. for
Keokuk; Kate Robinson, for Ciacin-
natl; City of Pekin, for Peoria; Bon
Accord. for Mound City; David
Watts, for Tennessee River. River
/ stationary. Weather clear and oool