The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1870-05-12

For olaer River Items See Third Page.

After a pleasant and delightful
day. clouds gathered in the south
west last evening. and a copious rain
fell between z and 8 o'clock, with
prospects of a wet night.
The additional arrivals and depart
ures up to midnight were the Idle
wild, to Cairo; Pine Bluff, to Grand
view; Morning Star, to Louisville;
Mallie Ragon, to Nashville; Quick
step. from Cairo; Clara Scott, from
Wabash River.
The Mallie Ragon went to the
mouth of Green River, where she
took some 1900 or 1000 sacks of
corn, and returned here at dark.
She was filling up rapidly. but
would be late getting away.....""....
The West Wind, after dischargiDg her
cargo, went to the bank near the
mouth of Pigeon......The Idlewild
got a good trip of freight and a great
crowd of p~assengsrs. While in port,
the diameter of her Wheel has been
increased ten inches, which, it is be-
lieved, will add greatly to her speed,
as it will reduce the revolutions of her
wheels, and enable them to strike the
water to better advantage. She ran
to Henderson in 80 minutes ....Capt.
John Gilbert and Tom Lee have
gone to Louisville to contract for a
new boat for the Evansville, Padueah
and Tennessee River packet trade,
to be completed with all d~ispatch......
The stockholders ofthe Evansville,
Paducah & Cairo Steam Navigation
Company held a meeting in this city,
Tuesday evening, and elected the fol-
lowing Directors: Capt. Frank p.
Carson, Capt. Gus. Dusouchet, James
e. Rankin, Esq, Capt. J ohm Gilbert
and Charley Carroll. The Directors
subsequently elected the following
officers: Capt. John Gilbert, Presi-
dent; Gus. Fowler, Superintendent;
Gus. Lemcke, Treasurer. Capt. Gus.
Fowler was elected master of the Idle
wild, and w. P. Fowler, chief clerk....
The Clara Scott didn't arrive yester-
day evening. having been detained,
doubtless by tn low water in the Wa
bash. She may be positively expect
ed to leave to-day.."".........Captain
Joseph McReynolds has had the
shaft of the Hartford welded at the
Railroad Machine Shops, and fitted
at Heilman's Foundry. The Hart
ford will be in complete order, and
leave at 6 this evening. Get your
freight down........The Mallie Ragon
got off at 10 O'Clock with a good trip
..."..The Quickstep arrived at II 80.
Her manifest will be found below.
...... "A heavy rain fell from 10 P. NJ.
till midnight, with signs of continu-
ance.........The Clara Scott arrived at
midnight from Wabash River, and
will depart at 3 P. NJ. on her return to
hat classic stream.
Boats Leaving To-day.
For GREEN RIvER.-The excellent
steamer Hartford, will commence re-
ceiving this morning, and will leave
at 6 P. NJ. for Rochester and all
Green River way landings. Capt. Joe
McReynolds aud Billy Liter are her
excellent officers.
ManIfesfs.
Manifest of the steamer West Wiud,
Ailard & Son, Paducah, SAG bags wheat.
on steamer City OF Evansville
w. q. Brow & Co., 81 tierces lard, SO bar
rels pork, II kegs lard, 5,ll6 bags oats, 226
Wabash 5 feet scant and falling.
Manifest of the steamer Clara Scott from
Wabash River, May nth.
Humphrey, Lewis 81 Co, 100 barrels
meal. l,l20 bags of corn; A Christ. 5 empty
boxes: Cohn q Terry, 10 bags bran; Preston
ner Il CO.. 3 hogsheads tobacco; Sam Orr,
Co, 100 scrap iron O Smith, lot wal
nut lumber: w q Brown q Co. 3 boxes
1 wooden drum.
Put of at Mt. Vernon. 100 bags corn.
Manifest of steamer Quickstep, from
Cairo to Evansville, May 18th 1870:
w s Ford ! hhds tobacco; Martin Gard
ner & Co l hid tobacco: 1T Davis l horse;
Gruen q Kehr l bag sundries Fred
Finchler l calf; Jacob Meyers q Bro 10000
shtngles; Kahn& Well 7 m t kegs and m /
/ ha bbl; A Gumberts p bags feathers
oil hides; Kelly s. Co l25 sacks bran;
Z Schaum 81 Co one bundle sacks;
II II Umble, q bdles empty sacks; r X
& Co, l sKi6: Chas Babcock 81
Co, 6 bdI saddle trees: q w French, 2
pkgs mdse; has Lockett, 4 pkgs mdse;
NJ Dinklespiel, l COW and calf.
RESHIPPING.
acknowledgements q Co. l liz tobacco.
C~incinnati-L r, 4 chests, 1 key.
River Dispatches.