The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1870-05-25
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The weather continued cloudy till
last night. when it cleared up to
considerable extent. and the stars
were sparkling in the sky.
The additional arrivals and depart
ures were the Wild Duck and barges,
Pittsburg to st. Louis; Bob't E. Lee,
New Orleans to Louisville; Rose
Hite, Louisville and return; City of
Evansville, to Cairo; Pine Bluff, to
Grandview; Sam. Orr, to Eastport;
Evansville. to Bowling Green.
The Wild Duck had three barges,
all fully loaded. one Of them con-
tanning some of the most stupendous
and massive castings we ever seen,
said to be intended for the new water
works at st. Louis.........The Robert
E. Lee arrived at P. NJ, having
towed a large barge, the John r.
Baker, from Cairo. which she left
here to be loaded by the time she re-
turns. She was crowded full of peo-
pie. She will leave here at noon on
Thursday. Mr.. John MAssop, her
noted freight clerk, stopped
off here to superintend the
loading of the barge~......."....~.
The Wild Duck discharged a vast
amount of freight here...........The
City of Evansville. Sam Orr. and
Evansville took out splendid trips.
.........A large number of our most
distinguished citizens made an ex-
cursion trip to Cairo on the City of
Evansville. including, Hon. John
Law and wife, David Macksy and
wife, 81. M. Sweetzer and wife, Mrs.
j. X. Minor, and others..... lathe
Evansville had all she could stow on
board.........The Rose Hite had good
trips both ways......The Nick Long
worth is announced in our telegraph
ic dispatches, as having left Louis
vile last night, in which case she will
be here this evening, en- route to New
Orleans, and is one of the plelsantest
boats in the business......,-The Nal.
lie Rsgon had not arrived at mid
night.
Boats Leaving To-Day.
For New ORLEANs.-The magnff.
cent steamer Nick Longworth, in
charge of those eminent navigators
and highly accomplished gentlemen,
Captain Lew. Hates and Eugene Bow
ers, may be expected here this even
ing, en- route to New Orleans. She
has superior passenger aeeonmoda'
tions.
River Dispatches.
PITTsBURG, May q. - Weather
cloudy with frequent heavy rains
Monongahela 10 feet and rising. Nc
arrivals except packets
PITTsBURa, May 24.--MonoDgaheIe
and Allegheny rivers are rising fast
the former has 9 feet 3 inches in the
| channel, and the latter II feet. There
will be high water. The Arlington
arrived yesterday afternoon. Sh'
will not return until noon to-morroW
as some repairs have to be made
Capt. Moore reports some OF the
Ironsides barges grounded at Butt
ington on Saturday night. The y uli
departs this afternoon for GAINESVILLE
The Belle Vernon continues to loaC
for New Orleans. There will be am
pie water for coal boating. and con
siderable shipments will be mad
this week. commencing Tomorrow
Trade on the wharf is dull owing t
L I
i CINCINNATI. May 24.-River II fee
inches and falling. Arrived. Mes
senger and Anna, from st. Louis
Il Lorena, from Ashland. Departed
Messenger, for Pitt sburg; r. r. Hud
son. for Wheelin g; Champion, TO
st. Louis
LOUISVILLE, May 24.-Departed
Silver Spray. for Gin cinnati; Mic
Longworth, for New Orleans. Rive
falling, declined 4 inches in the las
"A hours; 5 feet inches In the canal
3 feet s inches In the chute. Wealth
er clear and pleasant. Mercury 76'.
CAIRO, May 24.-Port list-W. E
} Brown, s.. Louis to return, 8 P. NJ
Forsythe, Vicksburg to St. Louis, ii
III. Clay Wilson, st. Louis to Pom
eroy, II; Thompson Dean. New Or
leans to st. Louis. A. NJ; Richmond
Cairo to New Orleans, 4; Baltic
Louisville to st. Louis, z; Sam Brown
Cairo to New Orleans, 9; Dick Flu
ton No. 3, Louisville to fVatchez, II
Edinburg, Cincinnati to New Oh
leans, PM; Dictator, from st. Lou
to return, 1; Little Condor, Pom
eroy to return, 1; Mary Ann, Louis
! vile to New Orleans, IL; Silve
g Moon, Cincinnati to Memphis,
j, Tom Rees, st. Louis to Memphis.
Belle St. Louis, st. Louis to Mem
phis, q; Quickstep, Evansville packe
Z. River fell inches. Weathe
: cloudy. Mercury 760.
SINKING OF THE STEAMER CLARA.
}. ST. LOUIS. May 24.-The steame
Clara, bound down the Missouri RiV
f er heavily loaded with grain an
0 hemp, sunk one hundred and fiy
a miles above here. 1t is feared Sd
9 will break into and prove total los
ST. LOUIS, May 24,-The steamt
e Clara, which was sunk in Nilsson
q River, yesterday, was owned by th
e Miami Star Line, and valued at $40
y 600. Insured for 5000 in the Boa
mems of st. Louis; $1,000 each
Is Citizens, Eureka and Boatmen's
Pittsburg, and $4,000 each in All,
gheny, Peoples Western and Monol
gahela OF Pittsburg.
Port -Arrived-Grand Tow,
from Memphis; City of Pekin fro
Peoria; Camelia from Omaha; Johl
son from Keokuk; Jasper. st. Pa,
and Minnesota from st. Paul; To
Reese and barges from Louisville
ALnnn from Gincinnati. Glnndal