The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1866-05-16

River and weather.
Yesterday was quite hot at noon, but cool
in the morning and evening. The river
continues to rise steady at this point, and
at all points to Wheeling. At Cincinnati
it had risen. three feet up to Sunday night,
and all the streams on the south side to the
Little Kanawha are represented as pour
ing out. The Kentucky and Tennessee
Rivers are both rising fast, and of course
the Cumberland must rise, though we have
no direct adyics therefrom.
Arrivals and Departures.
The following constitute the arrivals and
TheSherman, It. Louis to Cincinnati; Pink
Marble, Nashville to Louisville; Armenia,
Pittsburg to st. Louis; Armada, Cairo to
Evansville; Mlnotte, New Orleans to Gin
cinnati; Argos, Nashville to Evansville;
Tarascon and larry Ament, Louisville and
return.
Boats Due. s-f i
Among the fist boats due here are the
Havana and Goa s., for Nashville; Night
ingale, Emperr and New York, for st.
Louis; ShamroS and Pocahontas, for Mis-
souri, River; Liberty No.2, Robert, Burns
and Minneola, fr Memphis; Mary Erwin,
for Arkansas Ryer; Westmoreland, Mes
senger and Indiaa, for New Orleans; Ella
Faber, from Lorsville; j. p. Webb, from
Nashville; Shermn, from St. Louis; EN-
erald, from New Deans, and Morning Star,
from Memphis. 4uSrfe H4iH p
sa Miscellaneous. p iaidW
We had another Ntrene4y dull day yes
terday. We have nver seen less freight
offering for shipmenv an steamboat men
were offering to carr. freight for nothing
to the amount of a dzeIof eggs, if some
one of our commison houses would buy
that amount on a vltur.. The Sherman,
from st. Louis ha good trip. ......The
Pink Varble had aloderaie trip........The
Armenia was lli....The Argosy had 100
hhds of tobabo 4 of the Cumberland
she returns to Nhville to-day ......-The
Armada had go trip of passengers in
yesterday mornir..-.--The Melnotte had
a fair trip from N Orleans.......Itw was the
silver Spray thspassed down without
landing on Moay. She was fun of
S freight....The rascon had an excel
lent trip of freigE esterday, Including 500
bbls of lime for + city and Henderson.
She had also f proportion of passen-
. gers ....... The SIS Orr was picking up
fair amount oreight, and was pre-
pairing TO leave this report closed.....
The Superior dot appear to be getting
much freight; eed, there seemed to be
none to ship, e2pt to the Tennessee. ......
The Mary Amehad fair trip of freight
and people, tlEh she had capacity for
more.....The rsboy's people saw the
body of ma1Oating in the river at
Lockheart's TT, yesterday morning.
There was a creitting on the body. They
did not stop rare for it, or ascertain
whose it was.
BOATS avfng To-Day.
rs uFoR CAIRo.-e magnificent Armada
Capt J. ". Thr, leaves at 2 o'clock for
Cairo, and has rival. Billy Dunn and
Val Sorenson her elegant clerks. All
her accommoons are first-class and
snmptuous.
+. For LoUIsvS.-The Ella Faber will be
the elegant pat for Louisville this eve
: ming. She haze passenger accommoda-
lions and plea and affable officers.
For NAsHvi-The fine steamer Ar
COSY. Capt. y:grift, possessing elegant
passenger aprments, win go to Nash
willie to-day atlock. She can carry any
3, amount of fat. and her officers are
pleasant genth. "ss Ell
aaE GHeaningsm Our Exchanges.
ST. LOUIS Democrat of Monday
says: ~ 9n .n4nat W
- - The river svd a little here since our
last The gel thendency here and
above, is to re. The Upper Illinois is
20 falling, but ther portion 0fthat stream
is over its ban The Mississippi, above
the lower ra Is approaching an or
- binary depfhl or6 feet in the chem
e mel between lque and st. Paul. We
's5 had heavy saturday night, and dry
and delightflol weather yesterday.
The tenor ofuque, Davenport, Saint
Paul, and clippers of the Upper Mis-
p sissippi, of tfrst dates, are the same
81. rapidly fallin,ye me lake; water get
I fore many dab on the bars; some ex-
pect q big Jur, and some don't. One |
81 says: The minis and upper country
usual USUAL cr Gro owl which as Vet has has
not been heam, the late diminishing |
having only Participated in by a few |
80 of the upper 5, and not those of the |
extreme nortdistrict. So prepare for |
the June rise. sz te ~
.aa Observation-Disclosures of Saturday |
says:
The weathsterday was clear and
pleasant. BIS on the landing was |
duh. The frdoT Arkansas and White |
inches at this during the past twenty
four hours
The AraIGnpies an item from the
% JouRNAI. re.to a German who had |
been driven anity by the Memphis
riots. jumplFboard from the Minnie
ola, near Shfown, and credits it to
the CincinnsanserciaJ, and to add in
suit to injurots its truth. 1t is trues
nevertheless
New ORLIThe Times OF the 9Th
says: ..,s.sas-e "a
The weatBterday was suItry-lixe,
-. and the si1kened more rain. The
.ss heavy showch occurred on Monday
evening, dieem to lay the dust effec-
tually, as i i8l 81 snort oil onraIlon- W.. We
i'm the next -four hours it may rain
enough to their wants, and put
tlamper on It for many days.
- ConcerniIness operations on the