The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1866-07-03

STEAMBOAT PRINTING.

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STEAMBOAT PRINTING.
No printing establishment in the West
has better facilities or greater ability Tor
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 job printers
in the United States. We are prepared to
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 to.
River and Weather.
The weather yesterday was rather pleas
ant, q pretty stiff breeze serving, to some
extent, to modify the heat, and light
clouds, for most of the time tempering the
suns rays. The river commenced falling
again yesterday, and up to three O'Clock
had declined some two or three inches.
There is a beautiful stage of water now for
all sized boats.
Arrivals and Departures.
The arrivals and departures up to three
O'Clock yesterday, included the Armada,
Cairo to Evansville; John t. McCombs,
Henderson to Louisville; Naugatuck and
Minneola, Cairo to Memphis; Kate Robin
son, Memphis to Cincinnati; Louisiana,
New Orleans to Louisville; Charmer, bone
yard to Cairo; Newsboy, Henderson and
return.
Boats Due.
Among the first boats due here are the
Altoona, FOR Nashville; Lady Franklin,
Yorktown and Wauanita for st. Louis;
the Darling and Liberty No. 2, for Mem
phis; w. p Strader, Messenger and
Argosy, for New Orleans; the I'M
porter, from st. Louis; Tarascon and Mary
Ament, from Louisville; Phantom from
Cairo; j. P. Webb, from Nashville; Romeo,
from Tennessee River.
Miscellaneous.
The John Il. McCombs had a big trip,
Sunday night, and started out well yester-
day morning on her return 1.-The Ar
mazda arrived at II o'clock, Sunday night,
with a big trip, including so hogsheads of
tobacco and a large lot of miscellaneous
freight. She registered 1877 passengers on
the round trip...-~-The Naugatuck and
Minneola had fine trips to Memphis
The Kate Robinson was full of cotton for
Cincinr att. ........The Louisville, from New
Orleans, had a fair show of freight and a
good many people .......The Newsboy, IS
usual, came up from Henderson full of to-
bacco, and returned for a second lOad...-....
The Charmer came up from the bone yard
yesterday morning, and commenced load
ing for Cairo. She is exceedingly pretty,
being painted pearly white outside and in.
Her boilers have been overhauled and
strengthened, a new mud-drum put in, and
her safety valve relocated, and she is now
all that her most ardent admirers could
wish. She was receiving rapidly, and
| would leave with a nice trip. The Daily
Mail Packet deserve credit for the pains
they are taking and the expenses they are
| mourning, to render their boats unsurpass-
able in appointments, safety and speed.
| They are now all as good as new The
| Myrtle had 800 or 400 sacks of corn, and
other freight, engaged yesterday.
| STEAMER TARAsCoN-FoURTH OF july
| The splendid steamer Tarascon, Captain
| a. Lusk, will run as an excursion steamer
! to-day, tomorrow and Thursday next, for
| the special accommodation of the people
along the line between Louisville and
Henderson. The boat has engaged the
| splendid Silver Band of New Albany fol
the trip, and every arrangement has been
made to render the trip the pleasantest af-
fair of the kind ever gotten up on the low
| er Ohio. During the days named, all per
sons will be carried on heTarascon at hal
| fare. Captain Gilmore, Superintendent O
the Packet Company, is determined thai
the people along the river shall enjoy thu
| glorious Fourth in the most pleasant man
ner, and at the smallest possible expense
She will arrive by 10 O'Clock tomorrow
| The Ella Faber will be here to-day in he
place.
Boats Leaving To-Day.