The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1866-09-01

BOATS Leaving TO-Day.

e For CAIRo.-The superb and elegan
Phantom, Capt. Tom BoIuss, is the regular
Cairo packet at 2 O'clock to day, Charley
Irwin is the attractive feature OF the boat
young, handsome, affable and polite. ht
couldn't fail to be popular. Charley viii
do to travel with.
For LoUIsvILLE.-The palatial Taras.
con, the imperial beauty, goes to Louis.
Vile this morning at9L o'clock. She has
no equal afioat either in magnificence OF
speed. Capt. Jim Lusk is the good Tycoon
/ of the Hurricane deck, with Mr.,
Knight, the model mate, in the fore,-
castle" John Ouerbacker, a great fayorite
/ with the travelling public, is in her office.
Arthur Field and Billy Stephenson are her
| accurate and reliable freight clerks. always
affible and ob1iging. Dabney. Page pro-
v1des raticns with grand munifcence.
The Rose Hite should be down this even
| ing-we should like to say she viii be. and
so would Captain Ballard, we reckon: but
Rose has formed an attachment just
above Green River, and won't give it up.
She can't be called a tickle jade" now.
She is constant in this attachment. The
Palestine or some other boat will no doubt
be down in her place. ilaGt E5 @ aEat
g Gleanings from Our Exchanges.
dLoUIsvILLE.-The Courier of Thursday
The river was falling but very little yes-
terday, with three feet ten inches water in
the canal in the evening, by the marx
During the previous twenty-four hours il
had fallen one inch and a quarter at the
head of the falls and five inches at Port
land. The weather continues clear and
rather cool for the season., the thermoI ne-
ter ranging at about 75o in the shade - tif
On the fails, last evening, there were %
to % inches water in the pass down the In
dian chute, the Failyl Queen being the last
Doat 70 try the hazard of the breakers. She
went through the other day but IN passing
the counter currents and the big eddy. it
made her turn round like a teetotum. She
went WaHzing round the turns more like a
viii O. wisp than a stately queen.
Dense fogs have prevailed ON the Upper
Ohlo all the week. being the cause OF de-
lenLlOn 10 The mail boats and other pack
cts The United States did not arrive from
Cincinnati until after nine In the morning
yesterday. esoees.s ff.s. a.f Vffszall T1T7
ST. LoUIS.-The rapid decline of the.riyer
continues here, and all the upper rivers are
falling, greatly to the delight of light draft
boats and barges. Missouri river boats will
soon be on their way to New Orleans, and a
number of sternwheeiers now idle will
aboutsm onopolizet the business of the upper
rivers. Business is ION the increase. The
weather. yesterday was hot, but we have
good cool nights and mornings The Mis-
souri, must be in bad condition. One boat
is past due, and it is presumed that she is,
or has been aground. a. .ss..s "a,
MEMPHIS. -The appeal of Tuesday says:
On Sunday m orning a steady rain began
to fall, which has Continued almost WITH.
out cessation, ever since Any one at all
familiar with our leyee can Imagine the
reSult.N asoAt k7Att5c9sa ~ts" 4@sA'f "a
Business is alta stand still on the iIeyee
being mnd-bound.B The riveriis still rising
and during the present rise has risen about
four feet. 'stiTifft tt4H tsi-t ~
New ORLEANs.-The Times, of Sunday
last, says: agntEf edw eanf 8aA ,st8O.t
The weather yesterday. although threat !
ened us with rain, was cool and pleasant,
while business on the landing was more
animated than any of the former days of
the week. There were not as many de-.
partures yesterday as we have seen on pre-
vfous Saturdays, but for the number of
boats that left there appeared to be BUSH
ness enough. TT 81. Fr.s.s ef susn4 r&a