The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1866-09-10

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STEAMBOAT PRINTING.
No printing establishment in the West
has better facilities or greater ability for
doing fine Steamboat Printing. Our assort-
ment of Job Type, though very. large and
complete, is constantly being added to. and
our job department is under the personal
supervision of one of the best lob printers
in the-United States. We are PREPARED to
print Posters, plain or fancy, BilYHeads.
Bills Lading, Cards, Deck and Meal Tick
cts, Bills of Fare, Mates Tickets for Labor.
&c, &c. Orders left with either of the
wharf-boats Will be promptly attended too
River and Weather.
The weather on Saturday was clear and
pleasant. The river had risen about in
ches during the "A hours up to noon, Satur-
day, and was very nearly at stand.
Arrivals and Departures
The arrivals and departures up to 8
o'clock, Saturday, include the Laura Fen
ton, Cairo to Louisville; Phantom, Cairo
toreturn; News Boy, Henderson, to return.
Boats Due.
Among the first boats due here
are the Golden Eagle and Harry Dean,
for Memphis; Camelia and Tails
man, from st. Louis; Kate Robinson, from
Memphis; Argosy, from New Orleans
Navigator, and Silver Spray, to New Or
leans; Nashville, from Cairo Nightingale,
for st. Louis; Van Buren,, for Arkansas
River; Tarascon from Louisville; j. r.
Webb, for Tennessee River.
miscellaneous.
There was no business transporting on
Saturday morning to speak of........~.. The
Phantom from Cairo had a moderate trip.
The, Newsboy made two or three trips
to Henderson, bringing up loyal Kentuck-
ians to hear the speaking........The Laura
Fenton :passed up Friday night, not the
Minneola, as we We're informed and re-
ported. For additional river news see
fifth page. .1aaaa
Boats Leaving To-Day.
For GIRO. = The splendid passenger
steamer Charmer, Capt. Billy Lowth, is the
regular packet for Cairo to-day at 3 o'clock.
Willie Fowler, gallant youth, graces the
office, and Geo. Nicholson is her attentive
freight clerk.
For LoUISvILLE.-The neat and fleet
John T. McCombs will leave for Louisville
at 81 o'clock this morning. Capt. Ed Cri-
der and Miles d. Warren are her popular
chief officers. Go for the John Thomas.
She and her officers are all right.
GIeanings from Our Exchanges.
CINCINNATI.-The Commercial of Friday,
says:
The weather was mild and cloudy, yes
terday, with slight indications of more rain
last night. The mercury ranged at 70 de-
gress at noon. At Pittsburgh the river is
falling, with 80 inches in the channel. The
kanawa.is stationary with 30 inches in the
channel. Here the river is receding slowly,
with feet on the shoalest bars hence to
Louisville.
The g Express Line" plying between Gin
cinnati and st. Louis has been revived.
Capt. ]. A. f aZier leads off with the tidy
Nightingale, leaving for st. Louis to-mor-
row, to be followed by the Shamrock, Cap.
tain G. w. Cullum. Two or three other
fiTst-class steamers will be introduced in
the line in their regular turn. The :. Ex-
press Line of old was reliable and sue
cessful Institution, and it is the intention of
the conductors of the new line to make 1t q
complete success. f E
GREEN RIVER PACKET CoMPANY.-At a
meeting of the stockholders of the Louis
vile and Green River Packet Company,
held at the Merchants Exchange in this
city, on the 9th inst, the GLOWING named
gentlemen were elected to serve as direct
OrS for the ensuing year: H. G. Murren, E.
P. Neal, John A. Carter, ]. D. Allen, of
Louisville; John A. Robinson, of Bowling
Green; E. c. Guest, of Rochester; and John
Kittenger, South Carrollton, Ky. At a
meeting of the directors at same time and
place, H. G.. Murrell was elected President,
and j. J. Hayes, Secretary.
The Armadillo has reshipped her New
Orleans freight, and will remain quiet for
are the only steamers in the ring for New
Orleans at present.
LoUIsvILLE.-The Courier of Friday says;
The river continues to recede, though not
falling quite rs fast yesterday as the day
before. In the canal last evening there
were four feet nine inches water by the
mark-a decline of three inches at the head
of the falls in the previous twenty-four
hours, and nine inches at Portland The
weather was cool all day, and quite clear
in the morning, but cloudy in the evening,
the thermometer ranging at " in the shade.
On the falls last evening there were two
feet nine inches water in the pass down the
Indian chute, and falling slowly.
John LoWrie sold one-eighth of the
steamer Magenta to John G. Sinnott, New
Orleans, for $4,000. John F. Tolle sold one
eighth of the steamer Magenta to Anthony
Pauly, engineer of that boat for $4,000.
David White sold one-eighth of the steamer
Magenta to Thomas p. LeatherS, of that
boat, for $4,000.
The Democrat of Friday, says
A dispatch was received by Messrs. Sher-
ley & Voolfolk yesterday, stating that the
Rose Hite had got out of the mud at Green
River, and was on her way up. All right,
Rosey.
MEMPHIS. : The Appeal of Wednesday
says:
The weather yesterday was of the same
sultry nature as its predecessor. Business
on the levee showed but little activity.
Cotton shipments are dead, IN fact ship
mentS north of this are dead letter. The
river has fallen inches since last report.
We are pleased to announce to the river
men that, the river reporter OF the Appedt,
Major Will O. Woodson, who Is so popular
with them was married yesterday to Miss
Texie Macpherson, and Immediately starts
ed on bridal tour to Paris, Ky. With all,
we,wish Willie much happiness and pros