The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1866-09-20
RIVER NEWS.
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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 Job printers
in the United States. We are prepared to
print Posters, plain or fancy, Bill Heads
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.
CINCINNATI, Sept. I9.-The river is rising
with unprecedented rapidity. Up to six
O'Clock this morning it had risen three feet,
and up to noon It had risen five feet and six
inches additional. and is still rising at the
rate of ten inches an hour. 1t rained
heavily and steadily all last night.
The weather continues cloudy, but is
more pleasant. An unprecedented guam
tity of rain fell during Tuesday night and
yesterday morning, flooding streets, cellars,
DC. The river remained stationary up to
noon yesterday, since which time it is ris-
ing with prospects of a very high river.
The rain appears to have been general, ex-
tending from Chicago to New Orleans, and
across the entire continent.
Arrivals and Departures.
The only arrivals and departures up to
three O'Clock yesterday, were the Advance,
Cumberland River to Evansville; News
Boy, Henderson and return; Sam. Orr. to
Cairo; j. p. Webb, to Eastport.
Boats Due.
Among the first boats due here are the
Shamrock, Champion and Yorktown for
st. Louis; Camelia, from st. Louis; Rob-
ert Burns and Minneola, to Memphis; Van
Buren,, to Arkansas River; ArmadilIo and
Altoona, for New Orleans; Maggie Hays
and Emperor. from New Orleans;, Rose
Hite, Louisville; Nashville, from Cairo.
miscellaneous.
4 There was no special activity on the
wharf yesterday morning. and but few ar
rivals..............TheH Harry Dean disch arged
about 100 bales of cotton for the South
western Freight and Cotton Express Com
pany.....-The Advance had nice trip out
of the Cumberland River, and returns to
that stream to-day ......-The Webb and Orr
were both getting considerable freight, but
not big trips by any means..~....The new
stacks for the Armada have been sent
down to the boat, and will be put up to-
day or Tomorrow. ...T The Nashville upon
her return here will lie up, and the Plain
City, which has been put III magnificent
repair, will take her place until the Arma-
da Is ready for business, ....-...... Captains
Lemcke, Throop, and Dexter left for Louis
vile and Cincinnati by the Tarascon last
night, to look after the interests of the
Cairo Packet Company in those ATTITUDES.
Boats Leaving To-Day.
For CAIRo.-The gay and festive Charm
er, the best stern wheeler on the Lower
Ohio, will "back out" for Cairo, at 8
o'clock to-day, In charge of that princely
gentleman and veteran officer, Capt Billy
Lowth, with the urbane and polite clerks,
Willie Fowler and Geo. Nicholson in the
office. Go for the pretty Charmer.
For LoUIsvILLE-The fleet and elegant
Rose Hite is the regular packet for Louis
Vile this evening. The Rose is one of the
finest and most popular boats afioat, and
Capt. Aaron Ballard, her good head center,
is veteran commander; and George Pat
terson and Jesse Jackson are two pleasant
and courteous young gentlemen.
For CUMBERLAND RIvER.-The light
draught steamer Advance leaves for Cum
berland River this evening, in charge of
competent and careful officers. The Ad-
vance, though small, is neat and pleasant
Get down your freigh. early.
GIeanings from Our Exchanges.
CINCINNATI.-The Commercial of Tuesday
says: ,,.,,
The weather was warm and cloudy yes
terday, with copious showers of rain last
night. At Pittsburg the river is falling,
wha is falling, with 40 inches in the chan
mel. Eere the river has receded II inches
during the past tw anty-four hours, with So
feet ON the shoalest bars hence to Louis
vile. , 80 %"
LoUIsvILLE. The Courier of Tuesday
The river was falling slowly yesterday,
with feet Tinches water in the canal in
the evening, by the mark, During the pre-
vious twenty-four hours II had fallen 3
inches at the head of the falls, and inches
at Portland. The weather was lowering In
the morning, threatening rain, but clear !
ing off in the evening.
On the falls last evening there was feet Z
inches In the pass down the Indian chute,
and falling. Il i5s3.ts sf,.....f .oo- Il rt
Business on the wharf was only moder-
ately active yesterday, with but few boats
in port. 1t was rumored that the old mail
line had advanced their rates OF freight
and passage to Cincinnati, but no mate
rial change has yet been made.
ST. LoUIs.-The Democrat of Tuesday
says: aads as tT.al
The weather continues wet and hazy.
The river continued falling pretty fast
yesterday. The Upper Mississippi is APP
parently stationery throughout its entire
length, but 1t is reported that there is big
swell making in the Illinois. The Missouri
is likewise reported on the rise. To Cairo
there is eight feet of water. and the pros
pect is for more Business was dull on the
wharf yesterday, but it will improve from
this out. Grain and other kinds of pro-
duce are beginning to move on the upper
rivers, to market, more literally than here
tofOre. Still, steamboat stock continues in
remarkable excess.
The following are the last steamboat
sales at this place: John NJ. Leavenworth
and Zebulon Leayenworth, one-fourth of
the Henry Ames, to L. L. Crawford, for |
s., 900. l.. r Hart, one-half of the Com
mercial, to Captain John Il. Davis, of Mays |
Vile, KY, for 5000. David White, one
half of the McPorter, to Captain Henry H.
Eggers, for $780,
NEW ORLEANs.-The Times of Sunday |
says:
There is some prospect that the rainy |
spell has passed off. Yesterday was clear |