The Evansville journal., 1870-07-22
RIVER WIS.
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twenty four hours ending at 3 Pm
had fallen four inches.
Arrivals and Departures.
The arrivals and departures up t
3 pm. yesterday. were the Fayette
Henderson and return; Tsrascon
Louisville to return; Pine Bluff
Grandview to return.
BORts Due Here.
Among the first boats due here
are the IdIewiId, from Cairo
Palestine, from Louisville; Abeona
from st. Louis; Judge Baker, from
Nashville; Evansville, from Green
River; Emma Floyd, for Memphis,
Alaska, for New Orleans; Sam Orr,
from Eastport; Bermuda. from Gin,
cinnati.
Boats Leaving To-Day.
FoR CA1Ro.-The elegant new pas
senger steamer City of Evansville Is
the regular and unrivalled packet at
4 PM. to-day for Cairo and all wav
way ports, having the most luxurious
accommodations for passengers. and
great freight capacities. Capt. III. T.
Dexter, an officer of vast experience
and great popularity. is her com.
mander, and Nick Pennington, San.
Laughlin and AL. Maynard are her
elegant and accomplished clerks.
FoR LoUIsvILLE.-The pretty Pal
estine is the regular Louisville packet
at 6 P. NJ. to-day, and is a pleasant
aud finely appointed boat. Captain
w. r. Hollcroft is her. eminent COM
mander. and G. A. Van Kirk and
Lewis Branham are her gentlemanly
and obliging clerks.
For GRANDvIEw.-The fine pas.
senger steamer Pine Bluff leaves
promptly at 3 PM. for Graudview and
all way ports, in charge of Captain
Lafayette Elder commanding, with
John A. and Robert Adams in the
Office, all pleasant and courteous gen.
tlemen.
FoR HENDERsoN.-The fine steam
er Hartford leaves for Henderson at
BPM, in charge of Capt. 40. Dur
land, Negley Rudd and Jerry Boyle,
all accomplished and accommodating
gentlemen.
FoR CLARKsvILLE.-The very light
draught but staunch steamer J udge
Baker. will leave for Clarksville and
all way landings on the Cumberland
River, at Pm. to day, in charge Of
Captain HI. V. Thompson, who. will
give strict attention to the interests
of shippers. Captain Thompson is a
citizen of Evansville, and should be
literally patronized.
MIseeIIaneOus.
Business was very dull yesterday,
with not single arrival except the
local packets............The Hope and
barges, loaded with iron ore, passed
up.........The Quickstep was receiving
literally. This is her last trip, az
she will lie up here when she returns
from Cairo, and the Mary Miller will
take her place for sixty days, after
which the Mary Miller will enter the
Evansville and Memphis trade, for
which she was built, for which she
was bought by Capt. Liter, and for
which she is admirably adopted. ........
The Quickstep will have some neces-
sary repairs done upon her machinery
and boilers here, after which she will
De taken to Mound City, where Capt.
Bill Hamilton will take her out upon
his ways and give her "cross scissors"
or in other words be he will go through
her with a lighted candle, and give
her most thorough o7erhaulipg.
Walter Pennington will transfer his
broad pennant to the Mary Miller,
and the old friends of the Quickstep,
when aboard the Mary Miller, will
feel just as much at home as ever,
while the steward, Will. Steele, and
Red Tail, chief of the Narragansetts,
will be found on the jib boom and out
riggers. watching for the Racker,"
and other signs of = suffering"
GIeanIngs from Our Exchanges.
PTrTsBURG. - The Commercial of Tues
day says:
feet ten inches on the Monongahela ma arks
and four feet eight in the Allegheny. A
continuation OF the present weather is
calculated To dry things up generally.
CIHCINNArI - The Commercial OF We'd
nesday says:
The stern-wheel steamer Right Way ex-
pIoded her boilers, on Monday morning,
near .,,il LhilDaaeaux, on Bayou Lafourche
are Leon Comeaux, OF Assumption, bar
keeper; Nike smith, of ST. Louis. hrst
wounded-T. Nfcoll. OF st. Jan1es Parish,
first CLERK, severely; l. Dossan, second
Lockport, severely; V. jacob, pilot
OF 81. James Parish, slightly; 5. s.
S1lIIvaP sedH 6ab9 nate slightly Thomas Ford
Good, and some coIored deck hands, were
ipjured by lnhaling steam. John Larkin,
passenger, OF Thtbadeaux, was scalded So.
Verely; James II. Legendre. Of hibadeaux,
scaided slightly. The Right Way was
roi, ~ ,lg eacaiS IN, IN lS5I Dy capt.
l,0O0 bales of cotton.
A dimcuIty occurred on Sunday after
noon batween white and black passengers |
on the steamer Creole, when near Mis- IS |
sippt City, on Lake Ponchartrain, and two |
negroes were killed and another severely /
beaten.
Henry Wake, hitherto sixth IN rank up /
on the list of active Commodores, has Deen /
appointed by the President Rear Admiral /
in the navy, TO fill the vacancy caused Dy |!
the death OF DabIgren. This puts the new /
Rear Admiral at the foot OF tne usL OF ten Il
in that grade. Admiral Dahlgren having /
been the third. The new appointee served |
with the President in the Misstssi ppt River /
campaigns. He Is native OF Virginia and |
is 81 years old. He entered the service as /
a Gn1iddle" in 1877, from Chillicothe, Ohio, /
but did not participate in any naval en-
counter till the battle of Belmont, in 1888. |
in which he commanded the Carondelet. |
He also took part in the battles of Forts
Henry and Donelson, and Island No. TO- |
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