The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1866-09-22


doing fine Steamboat Printing. Our assort-
ment of Job Type, though very large and
complete, is constantly being addedtos and
our job department IS under the personal
in the United States. We are prepared to
print Posters, plain or fancy, Bill Heads,
Bills Ladipg, 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.
as 'sfa p" River and weather, -.
The rain, we believe, is. over, and yester-
day morning shone out clear and cool,
bright and beautiful, 1 .dicating that we
are to have glorious weather next week.
The early morning was quite cool, but the
day grew pleasant as the sun mounted the
heavens. The river literally run up, the
rise amounting to at least twelve feet dur
ing the thirty-six hours ending at noon
yesterday. At all points above the same
rapid rise is going on, and by Monday the
river will be out of its banks. The river
here at noon yesterday had reached nearly
the upper line of the paving now going on
upon the wharf.
Arrivals and Departures. s..t
" The arrivals and departures up to three
o'clock yesterday include the Nashville,
Cairo to Evansville; Robert Burns, Gin
cinnati to Memphis; Newsboy, Henderson
and return.
Boats Due.
Among the boats due here are the Sham
rock and Champion, for St. Louis; Came
lla from st. Louis; Golden Eagle, to Mem
phfs; Van Buren,, to Arkansas River Lotus
No. Q, Indiana, and Altoona, for New Or
leans; Maggie Hays and Nick Longworth,
from New Orleans, Rose Hite, Louisville;
Charmer and Plain City, from Cairo. ~
Miscellaneous. -..s
Business was quite dull on the leyee yes
terday morning. The wharf boat men
were generally engaged in efforts to pre-
vent the water getting up the levee faster
than they could follow. Halls wharf-boat
was an island in mid-ocean, but he had
her "yanked In ''........The Nashville had
moderate trip up. Her officers and crew
moved their /" dunnage and traps" over to
the Plain city, and the Nashville went to
the bone yard ......,,T The Plain City. was re-
ceiving rapidly yesterday morning. and
would have good trip out. She is q
handsome and elegant boat, and very fast.
49,. .......The Robert Burns had a big
trip for Memphis, She discharged
some freight here ...... THE Newsboy.
Capt. Sterrett's two propelIers with two
barges In tow, passed down without land
ing. They are designed for the New Or
leans and Galveston trade, and we thought
they made about as good time as II they
had been built at Louisville.....--From the
Memphis papers we learn that the steam
er Kate Bruner, Capt. streeper, struck
wreck of sunken gunboat on White
River near st. Charles, Arkansas, and
sunk in nine feet water on Friday morn
ing last. She broke in two, and viii prove
a total loss! AS the boat was settling down,
an office lamp was broken, which came
we'll nigh adding a ccnfiagration to the
disaster. But the fire was extinguished by
the clerk, who was badly burned in the eff
fort. The chief engineer of the boat died
while she was sinking, being in very poor.
health previous to the disaster, and during
the excitement, a blood vessel burst, which
resulted fatally. The Bruner belonged to
E. s. Plummer & Co., of Memphis. She is
insured in New York for $1,000 She cost
her owners $4,000 AT the time of the dis
astershe had about 200 tons of freight on
board, most of which was shipped by
johnson & Wright, from the star wharf
boat at Memphis. 1t was valued at about
quarter of a million OF " dollars.
Mr.. Marshall the second clerk ran down
into the hold of the boat, with an arTnfuf
of blankets to stop the leak, and came near
losing his life, as the vessel filled before he
could get out. 1t was he who put out the
fire in the office, caused by the exploded
lamp, and afterwards made his way into
the vessels hold, but too late to do any
good. .........The Armada has not been sold
and is not going to New Orleans. In all
other respects the item i'm the Courier of
Thursday, relative to this boat was correct.
The Armada will take her place in the
Evansville and Cairo packet line,I on We'd
nesday, or at farthest9 by Saturday next,
and will be the prettiest as she is the most
popular boat on the lower Ohio. .l9at
& T8nn Boafs Leaving, To-Day. ii-