The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1866-04-20

River and Weather.

River and Weather.
Yesterday morning the weather was
cloudy, with reasonable prospect of rain
but it changed and was partly clear dur
ing the day with high winds, which set the
dust in nksgion and made the atmosphere
very unpleasant. The river is falling quite
fast, and the Cincinnati Commercial can
change its standing remark that "theLow-
er Ohio is bank flll,'' to there isa good
stage of water in the Lower Ohio"
Arrivals and Departures.
The arrivals and departures yesterday
were quite few, comprising only the
Charmer, from Cairo and return; ]. p.
Webb, Nashville to Evansville; ]. t. Nc
Combs, Louisville and return; Morning
STAR Memphis to Louisville.
Boats Due.
Among the first boats due here are the
Emma Floyd and Leonora No. 2 for Nash
vile; Nightingale, Lawrence and Bertha,
for St Louis; Anna and Robert Burns, for
Memphis; Linnie Drown, for Arkansas
river; Amazon, Madison, Silver Spray and
Melnotte, for New Orleans; Lady Frank
lin, from Arkansas river; Prima Donna,
p. w. Strader, and Indiana, from New Or
leans; Superior, from Cairo; Alice Dean,
from Memphis; Mary Ament and Ella Fa-
Der, from Louisville. fn
MISCELLANEOUS.
We have to record another extremely
dull day on the Ievee yesterday, the only
arrivals MP to evening being the Charmer,
Up Webb, Newsboy, and Curlew
Charmer had fair. packet trip in, and left
with a moderate trip on her return .........
The ]. P. Webb had a nice trip out of the
Cumberland, including large number of
passengers coming 10 the city
to make purchases. The Webb returns to
Nashville this evening, and is one of the
boats that our people should patronize
literally. .-..The ]. Il. McCombs was com
paratfvely light both ways, a sure indica-
ton that business is dull everywhere from
Louisville down 1.-THE J. p Webb yes
terday went to a corn-pile six miles above,
and returned last night.........The Curlew
: went to Newburg YESTERDAYS morning and
brought down a small tow of coal........-A
number of our citizens went to Henderson
Yesterday on the Newsboy to escort the
citizens of that place who came up last
night to attend the theatre. The Crescent
City Silver Band accompanied tfenl.....~..
The Jacksonville and Cincinnati Packet
Company have made contract to bring
ten thousand tons of Government freight
from Jacksonville ito Cincinnati, at low
rates........ The Cincinnati and Nashville
Packet Company have the contract for
carrying ten thousand tons of Government
freight from Chattanooga to Jacksonville,
at twenty cents per hundred pounds.........
The Morning Star had moderate trip from
Memphis, and was behind her usual time.
...-.Four boat loads of powders for our
streets arrived here last week, and are now
moored at the foot of Division street. We
one of our marble yards, we presume,
being unloaded from fiatboat at the foot
of Locust street...-..The wind was high
yesterday, and stirred up the waves in the
river to a considerable extent.
Boats Leaving To-Day.
For CAIRo.-The big Superior, Capt. c.
r. Rudd, viii be at the wharf this morn.
ing, ready to receive for Cairo, and will
leave promptly at 8 o'clock on her return
to Cairo Our pleasant young friend, Jack
Grammar, is in the Office, and Kit Rudd at
tends to the freight.
For L0UIsvILLE.-The Mary Ament an6
the Ella Faber will go to Louisville thii
evening. Both are good boats and finely
differed.
For NAsHvILLE.-TheJ J. P. Webb palvay,
reliable leaves for Nashville this after
noon. Her officers are polished gentlemen
and she is pleasant boat to travel ON
Fill her up.
GIeanirgs from Our Exchanges
The Cincinnati Commercial of Wednes
day says
The weather was clear and warm yester
day, with dark clouds and indications o
rain last night. At Pittsburgh last night
the river was rising, with z feet in tn
channel. Here il has receded six inche
during the twenty-f0ur hours ending las
night, with eighteen feet hence TO Louis
vile.
Parties from Indianapolis and Chicag
have chartered the Rebecca for an excur
sion trip to New Orleans and back. The,
cago friends will find the climate warm il
New Orleans when they get there.
The body of Mrs. Sheets, wife of the mat
of the steamer Winchester, recently burne,
near Steubenville, was found near tina
place few days since.
The levee islined with steamers from on
z end to the other. Business is tolerabI,
fair, with superintendent tunnage. Tn
rates of freight are low to all points.
The Louisville Courier, of "Wednesday
says:
The river continued falling slowly yes
terday with seven feet ten inches in tn
canal in the evening. During the prevfou
"a hours it has fallen about IA inches at tn
wharf and l6 inches at Portland, q dt
crease of water which, IL continued in tn
next "a hours, would render the falls ur
navigable for boats Of the same size as til
very dry and warm with no indication
whatever of rain.
The falls are still nnvigable but some ,
the boats going over last night had scare,
~ IL inches water to spare. There were
feet 10 inches steamboat water down I'll
indian Chute at dusk yesterday evenin
and about feet ~ inches IN the Pass. y
10 inches, and the river was still falling.
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