The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1866-08-03

ona, from st. LOu1Si Golden Eagle ana
Harry Dean, for Memphis; Darling and
Ella Faber. from Memphis; Tarascon,
from Louisville; Phantom, from Cairo
Messenger and Silver Cloud, for New
Orleans; Mary Swan, for Cairo; Ada Lyon,
from Green River.
miscellaneous.
There was but little business done on the
wharf yesterday morning ...... The Nick
Longworth, which passed up on Wednes-
day, from New Orleans, was Inadvertently
omitted from our report of arrivals and de-
partures yesterday. She had a good pas
senger trip. The Argosy, with a tow of
empty barges, passed up without landing.
1.-THE Naugatuck had two barges in
tow, and had fine trip. She discharged
AZ bales of cotton here for the Merrett's Ex-
press. The j. r. Gilmore had barge
in tow. She had a rather moderate trip.
1.-The Newsboy had a medium trip.
...-...The Charmer had 46 hhds. of tobacco,
and a fair passenger list..--Freights are
not offering very freely at present.........
There is a large lot of rags and some melted
retorts on the wharf awaiting SHIPMENT.
The wreck of the Missouri is again pretty
well submerged. We expect daily to see
the wreckers to work on her.,-.......The
Plain City is being put in splendid order.
She will be as pretty Kentucky belle
arrayed in filters, and sporting a huge
waterfall ..........-..The VIM. White went to
Wabash River oa Wednesday and return
ed yesterday with load of lumber.............
The Curlew was belching forth vast vol
umes of black smoke yesterday afternoon,
preparatory to starting to Rome ana the
stone quarrieS.
Boats Leaving To-Day. EKz
For CAIRO. = La grG7lde Armada, the
pride of the Lower Ohio, is the regular
packet of the Daily Mail Line Company
for Cairo to-day. Capt. Josh. V. Throop,
veteran officer and gentleman of the
old school, is chief in command, while the
duties of the Office are discharged by those
courteous and popular gentlemen Billy
Dunn and Val. Sorenson. There is no
pleasanter craft to travel on.
The opposition Peoples Line steamer
Nashville also goes to Cairo to-day. Capt.
Rudd, Capt james, Billy Bentley, and Kit
Rudd do the honors on the hurricane-deck,
in the office, and on the quarter deck.
GIeaninSs from our Exchanges.
CINCINNATI.-The Gazette of Wednesday
says:
The weather yesterday was warm and
clear. At Pittsburgh the river is falling,
with 2feet in the channel. Here the river
has fallen 10 inches during the past q
hours, with feet lUinches in the pass over
the falls, Efs
Captain P. K. Barkley, received dis
patch, yesterday, announcing the death of
his brother George. Captain Barkley left
for Pittsburgh on the last nights train.
The r. r. Hudson and Anna have been
chartered by the Ohio and Mississippi, and
the Indianapolis and Cincinnati Railroad
Companies, to carry freight and passen-
gers from Lawrenceburg, Ind. to this city,
until repairs can be made to the culvert
that was caved in by the heavy rains of
last week.
Rose & Robinson received a dispatch from
Little Rock, yesterday, stating that there
was three feet and falling in the river at
that place.
Lou1sv1LLE.-The Courier of Wednesday
says:
feet water in the canal last evening by the
mark. During the previous "A hours the
river had fallen SincheS at the head OF the
falls. and feet at Portland. The weather
was again clear and pleasant, the Their
mometer ranging no higher than So IN the
shade Two consecutive clear, bright days
are the wonderful eraS that mark the END
of July. From the middle of the month
TO the close hardly a day has passed WITH
out rain.
The Cumberland river was also swelling,
though not very fast, and the navigation
of that stream may be considered as Virtu-
ally suspended for the season.
We have hopes that the fall and winter
trade along the Cumberland River will be
more prosperous and lucrative than that
of the past season. The owners OF the
Cumberland River packets hence to Nash
vile, have had great nerve to continue
their boats in the trade, as IL has been I'M
profitable from the start. The crop pros
poets, especially tobacco and cotton, look
very favorable, and other productions
promise well, in addition to WhIcn we
learn that four of the iron mines are TO be
put into Immediate operation along lnat
river, the greater portion of the product OF
which viii come to this market. IL Is aIso
expected that much of the cotton ana To-
bacco of that region will seek this market
That would give the packets good return
ing trade was all one way, Louisville send
I inc SunnIieS to Nashville without an ade-