The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1870-06-22
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The only additional arrivals aud
departures up to midnight last, were
the Robt. Burns, from Memphis to
Cincinnati; Advance No. 2. to Wa
bash River; City of Evansville, to
Bowling Green; Sam. Orr, to East
port; Pine Bluff. to Grandview; Rose
Hite. to Louisville; lobe Hurt, from
Paducah.
The Robt. Burns had big barge
and considerable freight...".......The
packets generally had fair to excellent
triDs........The Evansville was stuffed
full of both freight and people.........
The Rose Hite was taking on board
large quantities of tobacco and other
freight.........Among the passengers
by the Robt. Burns, was Mrs. Capt.
r. E. Neal. of the great Indiana,
which boat is now laid up at Padu-
cab. She will probably repair there,
but may go to Carondolet. The Ma
genta will also be laid up and re-
paired.........The lobe Hurt arrived
from below last evening, and will
leave to-day, at 4 PM, for Carmi and
all points on the Little Wabash Riv-
er, in charge of the veteran Captain
DORIS. Smedley.........The Mallie Ra-
gon will be at the wharf. this morn
ing, receiving, and will leave at
5 Pm. for Neutrality-suspicious..
Col. j. V. Guthrie, late Supervising
Inspector of this Maritime District,
was a passenger by the Robert Burns,
yesterday, from Memphis, en- route
home to New Albany. His health is
not very "robustuous" ...."......By
private dispatch last evening. We
learned that the Natchez. left Mem
phis at o'clock yesterday morning,
aud was expected at Cairo, at o'clock,
last evening. The following is her
time from New Orleans to Natchez and
Vicksburg: ''Time to Natchez. IL
hours and 81 minutes; &c hours to
Vicksburz; beat any "A hour run
ever made. She made five land
ings. The time of the steamer
Eclipse, from New Orleans to Vicks-
burg, On the next trip after she made
her famous run with the Shotwell,
was % hours and IL minutes, and her
time to Louisville was days. 9 hours
and 30 minutes. being 8 minutes
quicker time than she made on the
previous trip, and 90 seconds better
time than the Shotwell had made.
The Duke of Orleans. in April, 1913.
made the run from New Orleans to
Louisville in days % hours, and in
May, 1874. made the run from Louis
vile in days. @ hours and 40 min
utes, and TO Cincinnati in 5 days Is
hours, including l hour and 40 min
utes lost in passing through the
canal.........The Natchez arrived at
Cairo at 1920 last night. three days,
four hours and thirty-fve minutes
from New Orleans, pulling up the
stakes set, thirty years ago. By the
j. Nj. White, never before touched,
and setting them eighteen hours and
twenty-five minutes ahead. She made
sixteen landings, and had no relays of
steamers to furnish her fuel, as had
the Eclipse and Shotwsll. Captain
Leathers can now go slow" and
take Understandable Liberty No.
4 was announced to leave Cincinnati,
positively, last evening.
Boats Leaving To-Day.
FoR CARSII-The good low water
steamer lobe Hurt is announced to
leave to-day, at o'clock, for all
points on Little Wabash River. Capt.
DORIS Smedley, one of the oldest and
most genial commanders on the Ohio,
is her skipper" Load her up full
to-day.
River Dispatches.