The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1866-12-12

weather and i water. /

weather and Water.
PITTsBURG. Dec. n,-River feet q in
ches and falling. Weather cold and freez-
| ing #aGs l{ .snaE 91as ad5 70 81 gi
/ / inch. There are 81 feet and inches in
/ the channel. Weather cloudy. Their
mometer 81. igasin743 aga szia them fa-.T.
| Theweather is cold and partly clear, real
delightful weather, with the mercury
ranging rom 2Oo to 400 above zero. The
river at Pittsburg at last reports, had 10
feet in the channel and falling AT Gin
cinnati 1t had Commenced raining
again. Here the river has receded about
inches and is going down very slowly.
There Is a splendid stage of water for
boats Of all classes NsRi9 4Rlnqog eoFI 5e1'
Arrivals and Departures. OF
The arrivals and departures up to 8
o'clock yesterday afternoon, include the
Nick Longwortff and sAmazong New Or
leans to Cincinnati; Armada, Cafdolto re-
turn; Newsboy, Henderson to return ;
Rose Hite, Louisville To return; u. Baker,
Green Rlverto Evansville j. P. Webb, to
Memphis. -stuHa a5iW 49slgq.
19 2 baie' Boats Due suoma4 aar
Among the first boats due here are the
Havana, for Nashville; Naugatnck, for St
Louis; Golden Era, Sherman and Anna,
from st. Louis; st. Cloud and S. j. Hale,
for Memphis liinneola, Laura Fenton and
Liberty No. g. from Memphis; Nora,
Altoona, 'Tahleguah and Bertha, for Ar
kansas River; Messenger, Swallow, Em-
peror, M. 8. Mepham and aAfgosy, for
New Orleans; David White and Indiana,
from New Orleans; Charmer, from Cairo;
Tarascon, from LouisviIle; Phantom,
from PASSPORT; Chattanooga, from Nash
VILE. f i
aa-nen miscellaneous. sse-f s,7e
There was considerable activity on the
levee yesterday morning, although the ar
rivals and departures were few. Freights
are in pretty fair supply. ...,....The Nick
Longworth and Amazon from New Or
leans, had rather light trips, as had also
the Armada FROM Cairo, She, however,
was receiving rapidly yesterday, and had
a good trip out.........The ]. P. Webb did not
leave for Memphis on Monday night, as
we announced. She went to Newburg for
lot of hay, and, breaking steam pipe,
had TO lie over till noon yesterday, when
she left with right nice trip.....-,.Steam-
boatmen complain that the wharf boats
are crowded too close together. We can
see no good reason why they might not
move q little, so that there would be room
between them for boats to get in to the
wharf. It would save boats much labor
and expense, and would be better for the
wharf boats themselves. Huston d. Co.'s
boat should move mp short distance, as
there is plenty of water and nothing in the
way. Boats loaded with cotton find 1t
both tedious and expensive, rolling cotton
across a wide wharf boat. We cali the at
tention of the Wharf Master to this mat
ter. Steamboats, pay liberal wharfage
and should have every possible facility
for the dispatch of business .4s........a
The following blockade runners were sold
at Mobile by the United States Marshal:
The Mary was knocked down to Col. Mar
tin at the insignificant sum of S66 ,666. She
cost the magnificent sum of 1900 pounds
sterling. The Red Gauntlet was bid in by /
Charles Cameron, of New Orleans, for the
small sum of $500. She cost L, 900 pounds
sterling. The gentlemen who purchased
these fine steamers have not yet deter
mined to what use they viii convert them
They have laid IN the river opposite Mo-
bile since the close of the war, and the
names of the Mary and the Red Gauntlet
are familiar to every Confederate in :. Dixie
Land" The Red Gauntlet was originally
built for the opium trade, but failed by a
few knots TO meet the speed required, and
was sold to the. Confederate Government.
Boats Leaving T0.Day..f.fst. f,fls
FoR CARo.--The Sam. Orr, Captain A.
Duncan, is the packet to-day, at 8 O'Clock,
in place of theArmada, the latter having
returned.to Cairo yesterday. Val. Soren-
SON and Billy Tileston are associated in
the office, and are pleasant and accommo-,
dating young gentlemen. The Orr Ia q
" last uns 'aihaa eds f8 nofsne8 ia slsf
For LoUIsyILLE.-The magnificent Tar
ascon, CAPITA. Il. Gilmore, is the nnriyal-
ed packet for Louisville and allway land
tngs to-day at o'clock. John 0uerbacker.
one of the best steamboat clerks in the
business, lis in the office, and Mr.. Hutchin-
son, q veteran, is in charge of the freight
department. If you want to go to Louis
vile handsomely and speedily go on the
Tarasconrs = gs7 rs.
The wild Liberty No. 2 is due from Mem
phis to-day. Capt. Archer and Joe McCul-
loch are her elegant chief officers. The
Liberty is g sumner"
For GREEN RIvER.-The elegant Ada
Lyon is the regular Green River packet
this evening, and is an admirable passen-
ger steamer. Capts. ALI. Edwards and w.
E. Graham are her great head centers, and
see that all things go right. 6
For NEW ORLEANS magnificent
Mepham is advertised for New Orleans