The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1866-05-28
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RIVER NEWS.
SHENANDOAH pRINTING.

RIVER NEWS.
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
r ane P Pnatsd states ia We n are PTsPaa 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 viii be promptly attended to.
6io5 River and Weather.
The weather, on Saturday, was cloudy
and warm, with indications of rain, but
none fell up to late hour in the afternoon.
The river is falling steadily at the rate of
about 10 inches per day, and there is no
prospect of aspeedy change.
Arrivals and Departures.
The arrivals and departures on Saturday
included the Louisiana, Louisville to New
Orleans; Golden Eagle, Cincinnati to Mem
phis; Armada, Cairo and return; Robert
Burns, Memphis to Cincinnati; Ada Lyon
and James Gray, Green River and return;
Tarascon and Mary Ament, to Louisville;
Ella Faber, louisville and return.
Boats Due
s Among the first boats due are the Empe-
ror, for Nashville; Bertha, Sherman, and |
New York, for st. Louis Darling, and AM
an, for Memphis; Argosy, and David
White, for New Orleans; American and
st. Cloud, from New Orleans; Superior
from Cairo; Tarascon and Mary Ament,
from Louisville; David White from Green
: River; Liberty No.2, from Memphis; Sam
Orr, from Eastport; Argosy, from Nash
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There was large amount of business
done ON the ievee Saturday morning ........
The Louisiana discharged considerable
freight here, and took a large amount
aboard shipped by Messrs. Cox & Hum
phrey, for New Orleans. The Armada
had crowd of people up. She had good
trip out. ......... The Tarascon and Mary
Ament left with but little freight. .........
The Tarascon gave a short ride to the
large assembly of elegant ladies and gen.
tlemen who enjoyed the Inequalities of
Captain Lusk on Friday night. 1t was
pleasant moonlight night, and all enjoyed
the trip........The Louisiana, Golden Eagle
and Robert Burns, had good trips. The
Burns was full of cotton, her forecastle
being piled with it to the hurricane roof.
The James Gray was full of tobacco for
Cox d Humphrey.........The Ada Lyon had
a moderate trip......... The ladies of
the Henderson Presbyterian Church
will please accept our thanks for
complimentary tickets to their Festival of
Tuesday night, and our ardent wish that
they may make it largely successful, as we
have no doubt they WILL
Boats Leaving To-Day.
For CAIRo-The charming Charner,
Captain Billy Lowth, goes to Cairo at two
O'Clock as the regular mail packet, and is a
good, safe, and pleasant boat. Willie
Fowler, very agreeable young gentle
man, attends to passengers az the office,
and George Nicholson, always active and
ready, looks to the freight.
For LoUIsvILLE-The celebrated John
T. McCombs leaves for Louisville at 10
O'Clock, to-day, with fine passenger APP
pointments and agreeable officers. a IN
The swift Liberty No.2, the most popu-
lar boat aioat, win go to Louisville at
noon, to-day, with the most superb pas
senger accommodations. The Liberty is
lightning on a run, and Captain Sam,
Archer and Ed. Judge are the ne plus ultra
of polite and accommodating steamboat
men. zaa iiH
For GREEN RIvER.-The VIM. White, a
very pleasant and well appointed passen-
ger packet, goes to Green River this even
ing. Capt Drinkwater and John Adams
are her popular officers. eallol
= FOR MEsiPHIs.-The Darling is due for
Memphis, to-day, and is a pleasant boat.
GleamfnGs frOm Our Exchanges.
M CINCINNATI The Commercial of Fri
day says: a,l.l Il IS albi.a's.i u 4
The weather was clear and pleasant yes
teriay. At Pittsburgh last night the river
was falling, with "a feet in the channel.
hours ending last night, with II feet hence
to Louisville. There is ~ feet in the
canal. au 81 ~ sf fIs tiI
Ben. f. Davidson, that the Madison, re-
Gently sunk at Poverty Bend, in the Lower
Mississippi, has been raised, and arrived at
Vicksburg on the morning of the 24th. She
reshipped her damaged cargo ON the Lou
isville, and will go to New Orleans for re-
pairs. Hif1gs
The steamer Memphis, recently sunk in
the Lower Mississippi, has also been raised.
Mr.. Jacob Gruminger is building pleas
ure boat, on the gOdolier model, for the
Newport Club. 1t will be forty-five feet
long, seven feet beam, with thirty inches
hold.
The Alice Dean and John H. Groesbeck
both laid up yesterday. The latter has
been trying to load for New Orleans for
several days.
Captain w. g. voris has taken charge of
the Office of the Emperor.
Colonel Shepperd, of the steamer Myrtle,
was in the city y He e Sas nor
to Memphis from Evansville.
LoUIsvILLE.-The Courier of Friday
says:
The River was falling very slowly yester-
day with scant five feet water in the canal
in the evening by the mark. During the
previous tWenty-fOur hours ii had fallen