The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1866-07-10
Roats Leaving To-Day.


For CAIRo.-The beautiful Armada is
the regular daily mail line packet for Pa
ducah, Cairo and ali intermediate land
ings, at 2o'cloek to-day, The Armada is adj
mirably and sumptuously appointed, and
isjustly popular, as are her officers with
the travellers and shippers everywhere.
Capt. Josh Throop, Billy. Dunn and Val
Sorenson are three sterling gentlemen
and treat passengers with great courtesy.
The Nashville is the peoples Line"
opposition packet for Cairo, at o'clock to-
day. She is a roomy and fine looking
boat and of fine speed. Capt c. r. Rudd
is in command and Capt. James and Billy
Bently are associated in the office.
For LoUIsVILLE.-The great Tarascon
and the beautiful Mary Ament are the
Mail Line and opposition " Peoples Line''
packets for Louisville this evening. Capt.
Jim Lusk is in command of the Tarascon,
with John Ouerbacker and Arthur Field
associated in the Office, all highly popular
and deserving gentlemen. Capt. Liter and
Mr.. Caffery are the popular chief officers
of the Mary Ament.
For NAsHvILLE.-The elegant steamer
Myrtle returns to Nashville this evening
and has very comfortable accommodations
for passengers Capt. John McClain is in
command, and Billy Conant is in the Of
flee, both experienced steamboat men. and
pleasant and obliging gentlemen, who are
never more happy than when making
others happy. We hope to see the Myrtle
go out full. @
For HENDERsoN.-The Newsboy, Capt,
Perkins. with Pat. Burke as clerk, goes to
Henderson as usual at O'Clock this even
ing. rsFff} r-ra Ae
COMPLIMENT TO THE. ARMADA.-At a
meeting of the ladies and gentlemen of
Golconda, Illinois, on board the steamer
Armada, Sam. Clark was called to the
chair, and DR.. H. w. Mccoy appointed
Secretary; when the following preamble
and resolutions We're adopted:
WHEREAS, through the courtesy of Capt.
Josh. V. Throop, Will Dunn and Val. Sor-
Armada, we have been participants in one
of the most delightful pleasure excursions
ever known to the people on the Ohio
river. Therefore,
ResolUed, That the officers of the Armada
are hereby rendered our sincere thanks for
their liberality, courtesy and gentlemanly
conduct during the excursion.
ResoLUed, That we take pleasure in COM
mending the Armada to the travelling COM
munity, as a safe, reliable, and elegant
steamer, and the officers as gentlemen dis
tinguished for their courtesy, urbanity,
and attentiveness to the comfort of their
p aSSengerS
fceSOtCeQ, 1naC q copy OF the foregoing
resolutions be sent to the Golconda Herald,
Pope County Transcript, and Evansville
Journal with a request they publish the
same. SAINT CLARK, Chairman,
H. w. MCCOY, Secretary.
r STR. ARMADA, July 4, 1866.
GIeaningS from Our Exchanges.
CINCINNATI.-The Commercial of Satur-
day says:
The weather continues very hot. Yester-
day afternoon it had the appearance Of
rain but at the present writing the signs 4
have failed. At Pittsb1rg the river is still
falling, with scant two feet in the channel.
The Kanawha is falling, with three feet
six inches in the channel. AT this point
twenty-four hours, with nine feet on the
ShoaleSt bars to Louisville, with five feet
in the canal and three feet on the falls.
A Committee from the Chamber of Com
merce, of this city, consisting of Theodore
Cook, r. NJ. Bishop, VIM. Hooper, William
Glenn, A. NJ. Searles and Thee. Scowden
left last night to make an examination of
the Louisville and Portland Canal, and re-
port the amount it will take and the time
in progress of enlargement
LOUISVILLE The Courier of Saturday
says:
The River was falling very slowly yeSter-
day with five feet water in the canal in the
evening, by the mark. During the previ-
Gus tWenty-four hours it had fallen only
an inch at the head of the falls, and three
inches at Portland. The weather was ex-
ter at noon running up to ninety, in the
shade, with clouds threatning rain and
storm but only few drops of rain fell,
and the storm passed off elsewhere.