The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1870-08-23
RTVER 1870
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more active yesterday than on any day
for month and a half, aud shipments
were unusually large.
The additional arrivals and departures.
up to midnight, include the Nick. Long
worth, Louisville to New Orleans: EvanE-
vile. to Bowling Green; Judge Baker,
from GAINESVILLE; City of Evansville, TO
Cairo; Pine Bluff, to Grandview.
The Judge Baker brought in about sew
enty tons Of pig-iron. She is announced
for GAINESVILLE this evening at 4 O'Clock.
The City of Evansville, Pine Bluff and
Evansville had good-excelIent trips out.
.......-Among the passengers by the city of
Evansville were Captain Dan. Weaver and
wife, who go to spend a week with friends
at Mt. Vernon, and Captain Alex. Howell,
of Howell & Millspaugh, of ShaWneetoWn,
who was "on f. ;" to the city yesterday.
-......One item of the City of Evansville's
freight was magnificent portable engine
and saw mill complete, from the celebTa-
ted works OF Christian Kratz. The engine
is of the largest class, and its fine fin
ish and gigantic proportions were the
admiration of all beholders............
The Nick Longworth arrived at : 80, en-
route to New Orleans, with the biggest
trip of freight ever taken down this river
in August. she added q very large amount
of freight and several people here Capt.
Hates and Eugene Bower, her distin-
guished and most excellent officers. were
in nne health and spirits, AMI are Justly
proud of their noble craft, which we never
saw looking so well as now. She has been
thoroughly repaired and repainted from
kelson 10 the top of her Jack-stafF and ii.
lot house Her hull is as sound as on the
day she was first launched, ami her ma
| A.
she has all the appearance of a new boat
on her first trip, and altogether we
believe she Is one of the best, the safest,
and most pleasant busine boats that ply
these waters. Her officers stand at the
very head of their profession, ard none
know better how to render their passen-
gers comfort and themselves. and their
boat popular.-......~.Capta J. IL. TripIctt
left by the Nick Longworth, last night, for
Vicksburg, where he expects to take po-
sition with Geo. A. Williams on the mer-
chants wharf boat. Captain Triplett is a
good business man, and thoroug b gentle
man, and we wish him unboanded pros
perity where ever he may loeate...............
Jim. McFadin, the great G ain manipuia-
tor, was IN the city again yesterday en-
joying the Inequalities OF his frfends.........
Captain Lee Howell leaves by rail this
morning for Cincinnati.-....s......-....T st
Marys, Captain Andy L. Robinson, Jr., is
announced for New Orleans on Friday.
We omitted. from our port list yesterday,
the Anna, which passed down early yes
terday morning, en- route to Memphis
with a good trip-.-........The IdlewIld ar
rived at 80 this morning with an excel
lent trip, as viii be S EN- By her manifest
below.
For CLARsKvILLE.-The Hght-draught
steamer Judge Baker, Will leave for
GAINESVILLE and way landings, at Pm. to-
day. Captain Col. Brooks and w. j. Dyer,
will give every attention to shippers and
passengers.
Manifest of the steamer sam. Orr, from
Eastport, Aug. q:
Lyon & Machen, lSl bags wheat; Martin,
Gardner & Co., IS bags broom corn q bags
wheat, 1 hid tobacco, 2 head cattle: w q
Brown & Co, 8 obls bark extract; Preston
Bros, 9 bags pea nuts; sam Orr & Co,
KEY mule SHOES, 8 hubs ;Jno Bowen s bales
cotton: ] SinZich q Son, box sugar: Chas
Vlele q Co, l box peaches l Dbl -four; BAD
cock 81 Steele, balls sash, transom; II o
Babcock, L thresher; Frick q Co, lot ale
boxes; w w owen, 80 head cattle: Well
don Bros & Co, 81 bags rags; I & ID Heiman.
l bdI whips. 4 ale boxes; Capt Duncan,
cane mill; r agon, Dtckey q Ragon, lot
rags, bag feathers, l bag ginseng, bags
81
Co, 10 bags of wheat; AL Maynard. 20 bcx-
es peaches. -
Newburg-4 $50 feet lumber.
LouisvifIe-16 bales cotton, 30 pEgs rags
and ginseng, 90 tons pig iron.
CInctnnatI-207 bags pea nuts, 81 bales Of
cotton. n bags wheat. pkgs feathers and
Memphis rolls leather, 2 bbIs bacon. l
St. Louis-s7 rolls leather.
Discharged beloW-I4 900 feet OF dressed
lumber.
Manifest of steamer Mary Miller, from
Cairo to Evansville. August p. 1870.
Observation-Disclosures Building Com
-four, 20 sacks do, 20 sacks bran.
EvansvilIe-J. q. Inwood, / box mdse;
Weldon Bros & CO, tub tobacco; Martin, |
Gardner & CO, 8 hhds tobacco: Hodge d CO, |
IL boxes tobacco; Z. d J. f. Reitz, tables; |
8. e. Gilbert q co, n bbls. keg; g. Arm
strong, 2l bdls chair splits; Kahn Vile, |
paper pkg; ID j. Lock- pigs sundTies; |
BIomer, Schultz & keltman, b1l leaves. |
RESHIPPING.
Rockport-48 pkgs iron.
New AIbany-u head OF cattle, sacks /
IouisviIIe-2 bales tobacco case tobacco.
Cincinnati-1 box drugs.
Manifest OF steamer Idlewild, from Cal.
70 to Evansville, August %:
Martin Gardner q Co hogsheads tObac-
CO: VIM 8 Ford hogshead tobacco; A z
Shrader 81 hOgsheads tobacco 20 rolls Il
leather FREQ SbrauO & Co boxes ham
dies bundles do; 5 Kahn boxes peaches;
BroWDelIer q GRANVILLE box machinery: /
Toppf Long g. Co l bundle sheep peIts /
dry hides; N H Carr II packages household
goods; Heucke IL Lemcke bags wool bx
dry goods; Lyon q Machen Ia sacks wheat
IgIeh art & Co 535 seeks wheat; VIM Cald-
10 barrels crackers; Parson Scoville & Mof-
fit barrels crackers; John Wymond two
Ddls flour sacks; Cloud Aiken IL Co boxes
drugs: Mackey Nisqet& Co empty boxes;
@ Armstrong spring mattreass; Warren
d Conyngton tam BOURNE; w Heilmau 2 |
pkgs machinerys Decker e. Son bx balls;
McLeuan hhds tobacco.
RESHTPPING.
Louisville-lS sacks wheat, hogshead TO-
Cincinnati -lee packages miscellaneous
freight.
River Dispatcher.
PITTsBURG, August Electromagnetic
feet inches and falling slowly. No arri-
walls or departures except the w. +. Curtis,
from and to Wheeling. Nothing doing ON
the wharf. Weather clear and pleasant.
Thermometer 79o.
CINCINNATTI, August 22.-River IA feet
inches and falling. Departed-St. Marys,
to New Orleans. Weather warm and
clear.
LOUISVILLE, August 22-The river has
fallen inches in the last "a hours with 4
feet inches In the chute. Clear and warm.
CAIRO, August %. = Port List - Grand
Tower, Mem pbis TO st. Louis, 1 Am; EN-
ma ElOVd. Louisville 4 &. I