The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1870-01-04
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~ oths- RiDer Iie,as See Bossrfl naoe.
Weather aad vyafar

prevailed. The river was falling more
/ slowly yesterday, but has declined 81 feet
since Friday night
Arrivgzs ana Bepurgurcs.
The arrivals and departures on satr.rCay
i include the sam. Orr, Cairo and retern
West wind, Wabash River and return ;
4 Mary Houston, Louisville 70 New Orleans;
4 Morning star, Louisville and return Nor
/ man, TO Cincinnati; Petrolia No. 2, Hen
/ derson and return Evansville, from Green
River; Spray, Cincinnati 10 Nashville;
+ Quickstep, from Cairo; Olie Sullivan,
/ from Nashville.
] SUNDAY-TaragcOn, Louisville 10 Hem
derson Tom Reese and barges, Cincinnati
/ to Tennessee River; Silver Moon, Memphis
| 10 Cincinnati.
MoNDAY-Leweilin, Eastport to return /;
/ Tarascon, Henderson to Louisville; Petro-
la No. 2, Henderson and return; Falls
City, Bowling Green 10 Aoulsvillei Robt
| Burns, Cincinnati to Memphis.
BOats Due Here.
Among the hrst boats que here are
the sam. Orr, from Cairo Arose Hite, from
Louisyillei Fanny Brandeis and Mime.
ola, from Memphls Rapidan No .. from
PASSPORT; Richmond and Virginia, from
New Orleans; Sam. ] Hale, for Memphis;
Emma Floyd, for Nashville; Emma No. 3,
for New Orleans; West wind, from Wabash
| River.
Boats Leaving To-Day.
For CAIRo--The elegant, fleet, side
wheel steamer Fayette will leave for Cairo
aud al way ports promptly at 4P n. to.
day, and has magnificent cabin and state
room appointments. Captain Charley @.
/ Perkins and Duke Nicholson are her chief
officers, and are proverblal for their court
eous attentions TO passengers. Ed. Thomas
and Bob Castle are her accurate and at
tentiye freight clerks.
FOR LoUIsvILLE.-The elegant passenger
| packet Rose Hite will leave this evening
for Louisville and all way points,in charge
Of those eminent navigators and true
gent emen, Captain w. r.. Hollcroft, Mr.
Beck and Billy HAYES, all OF whom are
proverbial for their attentions TO passeu-
gers.
For CARMI.-The fine, new steamer
Hartford Will leave at 4 p. N. to-day, for
Carmi and all intermediate points on Wa
bash and Little Wabash Rivers. Captain
Joe McReynold commands, and VIII. Ii
ter is her obliging clerk. Fill her mp
promptly.
/ For HENDERsoN.--The renowned Potro-
liza No. 2 will leave promptly at 3 P. NJ. for
Henderson, having pleasant appoint
ments for passengers. Captain William
Cole commands, and Messrs. Durlana and
Story are her exceIleut clerks.
| FOR NASHVILLE. - The Ollie Sullivan,
with pleasant passenger appointments
will leave at A PM. to-day for Nashville
and all way points. Capt. W. d. Coving-
ton and r. G. Utterback, are her chief
officers, and arc pleasant and obliging gem
| tlemen.
| miscellaneous.
Business since Saturday morning has
not been at ali active, the observance of
the holidays having materially curtailed
active operations. The boats, including
the packets. had generally fair trips, and
the transient boats were generally deeply
loaded ............The Mary Houston had a
/ splendid trip Of both freight and passen-
gers, ana got away at noon on Saturday
.........The Tom Reese and barges passed
down Sunday night for Tennessee River,
after iron GRE and pig-metal The
Quickstep and Lewellin had very fair up
river trips.......The Silver Moon, which
was sunk a few days ago, short distance
above Memphis, was, by the assistance Of
the Thompson Dean, raised IN about ak
| hours and soon repaired. She passed up
at IL o'clock Sunday night, with a full car
go ofeotton......The Robt. Moore, ON Sunday
morning, when i've miles above Golcon-
| de, en- route, from Nashville to Cincinnati,
with about 200 tons of pig iron and some
| miscellaneous freight, bursted her main
| steam pipe, blowing up the floor Of the
ladies' cabin, slightly inJuring the second
engineer and bar-keeper, and filling the
cabin with steam, which melted ali the
candy hxings and the confectionery pre-
pared by the steward. Captain John Fer
rell was talking with q passenger In the
ladies' cabin at the time, and was lifted up
and Landed IN the nursery, but not ipJur-
ed. The chief engineer, Mr.. John VIM
ston, came up on the Lewellin to have the
pipe mended at Heilman's machine shop.
and expected TO return TO the Moore last
evening.........We regret 10 learn that Miles
ID. Warren, the pTincely clerk OF the Tar
ascon, is suffering with lame foot to such
an extent that he has been compelled tenn.
porarily to retire from his position. We
hope to see him back again very soon.
Captain Frank .. Smith, late of the Dex-
ter, is for the present In the Office OF the
Tarascon. Captain Mather, who had been
suffering from vlllainous toothache, cali
ed upon DR.. 1. Haas, yesterday morning,
and found instant relief........The Evans
vile expected to get or last evening for
Bowling Green, and the Pine Bluff was
preparing to go TO Wabash RlVer-.........
Ed. Parmele. -book-keeper for Morehead &
&C., Of Louisville, Capt. Geo. Dickinson,
formerly Of the Mercury, ]. McEeal. saml.
Black and Elias Brown, of Louisville,
arrived In the city Sunday evening, TO
look after and give testimony in the suit
of Burnett & Bros, OF Commerce, Bissis-
sippi, VS.. Pink VarbIe, b. c. Levi and VIM.
j. May, owners OF the Mercury, now pend-
ing in court in this city. II appears the
Mercury had some goods on board for
plaintiffs and the river being too high to
land them, took them up Arkansas River,
and when returning sunk in the cut Off
and the goods were lost. This action is
brought to recover the value Of the goods.
1.-THE aspects of the weather, yesterday
afternoon, were highly favorable to big
snow storm. are informed by a
gentleman from Louisville, that Captain
J. Slut Neal, OF the Richmond, vas award
ed sI7 500 on the Wild Wagner and cargo.
aIeanfnKs from our Exchanges.
PIrTsBURG.-The Commercial Of Friday
says:
The new packet City OF Evansville, Capt.
II. I. DeXter's new boat, is progressing
rapidly TO completion. The draymen OF
Evansville have got up splendid suit OF
cOlOfB for presentation, no Otner peraOn
being allowed to contribute to the purchase
but themselves. The citizens OF Evansville
intend presenting her with a splendid
/ plano. There is at this time five new side
wheel packets being completed az the
| landing, viz: Captain Dexter's City of
Evansville, Captain Dan Moore's Cincin-
natl packet, and two boats for the North
ern Packet Line.
CIEoNEATr.-The Commercial Of satur-
day says:
The new submarine steamer TT. Eek
ert, just completed here, was built and IS
owned by the underwriters of Cincinnati.
for the purpose OF raising sunken boats