The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1870-02-21
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Yesterday the weather was clear,
and the coolest of the season. The
mercury ranging at So at A. NJ, 20
at noon. 160 al 6 P NJ, and falling.
Wind light from the Northwest.....
The river during the Fl hours ending
at 5 P. NJ, yesterday. had risen fully
8 feet......The arrivals and departures
since 3 P. NJ, Saturday, were the
Morning Star, louisville and return !;
Anna, New Orleans to Cincinnati;
Shamrock, St. Louis to Cincinnati;
Quickstep, from Cairo; Clara SCOTT,
from Wabash River; Sam j. Hale,
Memphis sto Cincinnati; Tarascon,
Louisville to Henderson Emma
Floyd, Cincinnati to Nashville;
The Anna and Shamrock had grand
trips. The latter discharged consid
cradle freight here......The Quiekstep
and Clara Scott were full Of freight
and people. The Quiokstep had SO
hhds tobacco, 80 bales cotton and a
variety of miscellaneous freight......
The Sam j. Hale was full of cotton.
.........The Clara Scott reports the
West Wind having gone to Paducah
with full lead, and, of course, will
not be here to go out o-day.,........The
Wabash is rising faSt..........We re-
ceived, on Saturday, the following dis
patch:
LOUISVILLE, Feb. 10.
J. n. sILvRRTHoRN: The Id!ewiId was
launched this evening. SIZE went in all
right aud looks splendid
GUS. FOWLER.
The Emma Floyd was deeply loaded
she was compelled to lie up IS hours
on account of high winds.........Th
Tarasoou'ha good packet trip. She.
too, was greatly detained By the wind,
and did not get il until s o'clock.
She reports meetiog the Louisville
above uawesville. going up the river
in search of freight pile she had
passed. ....The Milbrey will be at the
wharf this morning ready to receive for
Memphis. We DO hope our shippers
and merchants will make al especial
effort to fill her up at good rates......
The Petrolia has gone to the docks to
be fully repaired.
On Thursday night. during the snow
storm, as the Morning Star was feel
ing her WY up the river, blowing her
whistle, every few minutes, to warn
any descending steamer of her ap-
proach, and while turning a sharp
point above Concordia, her pilot sud
denly discovered the new ferryboat
Fl. G. Mutt coming down under a full
head OF steam, and giving no signals
to announce her approach. Wash |
Elder, who was at the wheel,
blew the whistle for sides, and |
stopped the engines. but the |
ferryboat neither answered OF
changed her course, and the two
boats collided almost square stem to
stem. damaging the ferry boat consid-
erably, but the t@o boats glanced
apart and passed, the saucy little craft
blowing her Rhistle for the first time
after she was struck, and proceeded
on her course. The Star was not
hurt in the least The conduct Of
the pilot Of the Mutt was highly
reprehensible, but fortunately no
ono was irjured...............Ca Captain
Coon, Local Inspector of bulls,
having finished his work here, left
by the Morning Star, Saturday night,
for Louisville, and Ben. f. Egan left
For Nashville by the Alpha, on Saturs
lay.........The Lady Pike is due here
from Memphis, with over 500 bales
IF cotton for R. X. Dunkcrson & Co.
She will probably lead for MempLhIon
By the Cincinnati papers we leS
hat the Edinburgh has been with
Irawn from The Cincinnati and Ev- {
nsviIle trade.........1'he Louisville
vii be found at the wharf this morn
ng, en- route t. New Orleans. with
APT. Jim. Lusk IN command