The Evansville daily journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1870-1875, 1870-11-28
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For Ohsr Rfprr Tens. see Fourth Faos.

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FOR Oahsr RfDsr I,s1ns See Fourth Eaes
The weather on Saturday was delightful
The day was beautifully clear, and thi
, wind, which came briskly tom the south
/ east, was mild and bracing LIE IN early
October. The mercury ranged from 3 "a
St. The river was, we thinzs slightly
I swelling Saturday afternoon, but the rise
hele Will be immateTial until there are
heavy rains and SHOWS At the head OF the
/ hollow. We have Etill faith IN oug hrst
prediction, 5hat there would be no big wa
ter tn after New Years. We believe. how
ever, there VIII be- fair navigation for me-
dunn class boats.
Arrivals ana DepaFtuEts.
, Tue arrivals and departures up 20 p.
n. lturday, include Only the Hartford,
Henderson and return; Idlewlld, Cairo 10
return.
Among the frs. boats due here are
the MaIlie Ragon, from Cairoi Rose
Hite, from Louisville; st. Marys, for New
I Orleans; Commercial and Mary Miller.
from Memphis Tom. Reese and barges,
4 from New Orleans; Sam. J. Hale. for Mem
phis; Kate Robinson, Tor st. Louis.
Boats Leaving To-day.
FOR CAmo.-The beautiful, Wild-Winged,
IoW-pressure QuiclEstep IS the regular mail
and express packet for Cairo and al way
landings at p. N. to-day, and Is unexeslled
IN symmetry, speed or elegant appoint
msnts, by few II any boats aflOat, having
just been thoroughly renovated, repaired
and refurnished throughout. Capt. III. Il.
/ Dexter, one OF the oldest and most re-
| nowned steRmbOatmen in com mission, is
her popular commander: Walter b. PEN
1 n aid
phrey are her clerks, and are Justly pro-
| verbal for efficiency, courtesy and strict
! attention to business, and solicitors for
| the comfort of passengers. Theo. Hum is
L chief of her commissariat, and provides
bountifully and OF the best.
For LoUIsvILLE.-The peerless TarascOn
Is the unriYaIled packet for LOuisyII and
ali way ports az 10 O'Clock this morning.
She is a grRnd floating palace, and finely
/ oficered. Capt. James Msther, compe-
tent omcer and an accomplished gentle
man, commands, and Frank o. Smith, one
CT the most popular gentlemen In the BUSH
ness, is her chief clerk, assisted by J. L.
McAIeans, who will be found courteous,
accurate and oblging.
FOR BOWLING GREEN.-The beautiful
steamer Evansville viii leave promptly at
4 O'Clock this evening for Bowling Green |
unexceptioDable cabin and state-room ac-
commOdations. Captain Sam. w. Coombs |
commands, and William holland and /
Leopold Kahn have charge OF the ofIice. /
All win be found especially ObligiDg and ]
attentive to passengers and shippers.
FOB HENDERSON. The magnificent /
side-Wheel steamer, Fayetts, having been |
Just completely overhauled and put in |
thorough repair, and greatly improved by |
the addition Of new wheel and side houses, |
new texas, new paint and new outfit /
throughout, resumes her trips to-day as the I,
regular e. H., & N. r. r. transfer packet, /
and will leave for Henderson at Ar. and /
PM. commanded by Captain A. o. Dur
land, a most elegant and accomplished /
gentleman, with James n. Letcher, q very /
competent clerk and most mable young I
gentleman in the once.
FoR MRMPHIs,-The famous steamer /
Commercial, is announced for Memphis I
and all way ports, to-day, at 4 PM, having /
great capacity for freight and elegant pas |
senger accommodations. She is COM
manded by Captain G. r. Rudd, with Les I
| Ware, an attentive and courteous gentle. /
man IN the of5ce. assengera and ship /
pers viii ma this good opportunity for |
going and shipping South.
Miscellaneous.
6uhluGS3 was not especially uE41E on the ]
levee Saturday, though the IdleWild and |
Hartford, the only arrivals mp to noon, |
brought excellent tr Ips........ The Hartford i
was full Of tobacco, about the first ship
ments of the
The Milbrey was receiving literally, I
aud would have all she could carry 4
on the water, even when assisted by a /
/ lighter TO Cairo...........The IdlewlId went i
through 10 Cairo and back Without wet
/ ting spar, carrying out one OF the best /
| trips ever taken through on three feet /
Of water. She reached Cairo with 1000 /
dty barrels, 900 SACKS corn, 259 bags |
wheat and p tons sunddes, running /
the Grand Chain safely in the night 4
an achievement highly credItabIe to her
pilots. Frank Dusohehst and Wash. I
Patllips. The Idlewild has prove / herself /
one OF the lightest drGught boats fher 1
carrying capacity on the river, and could /
no doubt continue 10 run throughout the |
season, but her officers and owners do not /
wish TO strain her by running on shoal
water. 1t is probable the Tyrone wiz take
her place next week, unless q rise sets In.
Among the passengers by the IdleWild on /
Saturday, was Captain: John Gilbert, OF
GoIconda, who comes 70 look after the 1
Florence Lee.........The Fayette was getting
up steam at noon Saturday, to make
trial trip 10 see that all her machinery
was In proper condition ...........
The steamer Emma Floyd, with two
barges and a full cargo OF freight and a
large crowd Of passengers, en- route from
Louisville to Memphis, in attempting to
make landing, at o'clock Saturday
morning, at the head Of French Island
Bar, 70 await daylight, struck a large syca-
more log near shore, tearing out her lar
board side, causing her 10 sink immedi-
ately and as is supposed, break In two for
ward of her cylinders. Though
fully loaded, but little of her
freight comparatively Will be dam
q Bed or lost, the chief item of damagable
freight being 500 bbls. OF cement. She lies
on the log with the water two feet over
her main deck on the outside and the Inc
side above water. The freight on her
barges Is not damaged. She had between
seventy and eighty passengers on board.
Her clerk, Robt. W. Wise, came TO New
burg In a skin, and thence to this city
In a buggy to arrange for forwarding her
passengers The Emma Floyd was built by
Capt. w. B. Donaldson, at Pittsburg, in 1858,
and is owned by the Cincinnati q Nash
vile Packet Company, was valued at $4,000
and insured for 81, 900 In Cincinnati onces.
She was commanded by Captain James
NJ. ChenOWeth, an experienced and careful
officer, this, we believe, being his FIRST &C
cldent.........-....Captain Owen W, Davis ar
rived here Friday TO look after the John
Lumsden. He viii load her to-day
or tomorrow with coal at NeWburg
for mphis................. ...................
The Eckert Is making good progress on
the wreck OF the City OF Evansville; at the
same time Captain Reese DuRan Is en-
gagged with crane boat and barRes, wreck.
ing the Norman and Pine Bluf......- Capt.
Jas. W. Batcbelor teiegraphsd TO Captain
Dugans Saturday morning, to look after
the wreck OF the Emma Floyd. bIr, Camp
bell. his diver, proceeded to the wreck,
Saturday night.
GIeRnfnEB from Our ExehRnRea,
PIrTsBURG. The Commercial Of Friday
Says
The marks last evening indicated three |
feet ten Inches and rising slowly. We had |
heavy rainE on Thursday night and a |
slight fall OF snow. How much water IL