The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1870-07-20
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The weather continued hot and
sweltering up to near 5 O'Clock, when
a dense, black mass of clouds arose
in the southwest. approaching rap
idly and breaking in a terrific gale Of
wind that filed the air With a dense
cloud of dust, which camo sweeping
up Water Street, shutting out the
river from view. This was presently
followed by a gentle rain. enough to
moisten the parched earth, attended
with moderate thunder. The City of
Evansville had got fairly under way,
and meeting the storm full in the face
passed through it in gallant style.
The Sam. Orr, less fortunate, was
caught in the gale as she was backing
out, and swayed Humphrey, Lewis &
Co.'S wharfboat SO as to part both
guys to one of the stages, and was
unable to straighten up until she
had backed down below the mouth of
Pigeon Greek. By the fue seaman
ship of Capt. Duncan and her pilot,
she got away after a time without
damage. The Evansville attempt
ing to back out was caught by the
storm and beached, but was COTTON
off easily as soon as the wind sub
sided. Though the storm for half an
hour or more vas quite severe. no
material damage was done. The
prospects after dark were favorable to
more rain......The additional arrivals
and departures up to midnight were
tho Palestine. Louisville and return /;
Pine Bluff, Grandview and return /;
City of Evansville. to Cairo Sam. Orr,
to Passport; Evansville. to Bowling
Green; Sam. j. Hale, Memphis to
Cincinnati; Idlewild, from Cairo; Vir-
GINA, New Orleans to Louisville; Elk
change, St. Louis to Cincinnati.
The Palestine had a big trip of peo-
pie and a fine freight list.....The
Pine Bluff was as full of tobacco as
she could hold......The City of Ev
ausvilIe took out an excellent trip of
both freight and people......Tho Ev-
~ansvilIe was literally stuffed full, hav-
ing filed her own orders and those of
the Hartford......Tbe Sam. Orr also
took out a foe trip......The Sam. j.
Hale had a big barge in tow. with
some $50 bales of cottou......The lobe
Hurt discharged her tobacco. but was
making no signs of leaving at a late
hour last night......We learn that DIR.
Kennedy is having new cylinder tim
bers and hog chain braces put into
the Norman, now on the dry dock,
aud will have her put into the very
best order for the Fall cam
paign. We hear it .rumored that
there will be a radical change in her
officers when she starts out again.
DR.. Kennedy will take charge of her
Office in person, a position he cannot
fail to fill with credit to himself and
satisfaction to his understandable
Virginia arrived from New Orleans
at 8:45, aud after discharging consid-
cradle freight here, proceeded to
Louisville, where she will lie Up for
the present. She had but little
freight, but a good passenger list.
Among her passengers was Alex.
Stewart, late clerk of the z. w. Stra-
der. now clerk Of the Cherokee, who
is en- route to Louisville on a brief
visit to his family and friends.........
Admiral Tom. Lee. Of the McCracken
Navy. arrived from Cincinnati by the
Palestine, yesterday, and proceeded
to Paducah by the City of Evansville.
He has been experimenting the
building of the Evansville, Paducah,
and Tennessee River packet, which
was launched on Tuesday of last
week, and which will be here-the
stage of water permitting, about the
18th of August. Her name will be
Florence Lee, the name Of Admiral
Lees beautiful young daughter. The
new boat is represented ia model, as
she will be in finish and appointments,
a great beauty..".....Tbe Idlewild
arrived at II o'clock with a good trip
of freight, and full of people. She
found the storm very severe just be
low Mt. INTERCHANGEABLE Exchange
arrived a little after midnight, forty
eight hours out from Cairo. She dis
charged some freight here, and took
the impatient passengers of the Idle
wild, who would have made time by
stopping yer for the Morning Star
this evening. The Exchange is, how
ever, a new aud nice steamer.
EzaBffesfs.
Manifest of the S Gamer 1dIewild, from
Cairo to Evansville, July 20, 1870:
A e 8hrader so hbd5 tobacco: Weldon
Bros 5 hit DIS tobacco; Hudspeth & Goa hhds
tobacco: Martin Gardner 81 Co 10 hhds to-
baeco: e q Van Ripe 0 hhds tabacco; w
; Ford u nhds tobacco; Mr. l lot
mtnnOw nets; q Stmms 20 Healy
IS4ARS e 20 I nQPiTROa hooks X A Knox