The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1866-05-31
Arrivals and Departures.


Arrivals and Departures.
There was great scarcity of boats at our
wharf yesterday, the arrivals and depart
ures including only the Anna, Cincinnati
to Memphis; Tempest, Louisville to Ten
nessee River; Rose Hite, Louisville and
return; James Gray Green River and re-
turn; Armada, to Cairo; Ada Lyon, TO
Green River; 'Argosy, to Nashville.
Boats Due.
q Among the first boats due are the Ha-
vana, for Nashville; New York, J. G. Black
ford, and Lady Franklin, for st. Louis;
Robert Burns, Harry Dean, and Liberty
No. 2, for Memphis; David White, for New
orleans; American, Silver Spray, Arizona,
and Indiana, from New Orleans; Charmer,
from Cairo; J. T. McCombs, from Louis
Vile: William White, from Green River;
Golden Eagle and Morning. Star, from
Memphis; j. p. Webb, from Nashville;
Nightingale, from st. Louis .aaa8tses-
Is $40 edg miscellaneous. 81 N
business was quite dull ON the. Levee,
Yesterday, with few arrivals and light
shipments. .....The Anna and Tempest
had good trips. The Anna discharged a
good deal of freight here........ The James
Gray had full load of tobacco for Green
River. ne AQ6 Lynn teAN NSAA-~J -
turned to Green River last evening with
very moderate trips.........The Armada had
4. pretty fair trip of freight and good pas
senger list.......The Argosy seemed to be
getting a pretty fair trip of freight
hay, corn, etc I'VE mad the pleas
IRE. yesterday, of making the ac-
ouaintance of Captain B. F. Beesley,
of st. Louis but now running a couple of
ORLEANS who has
been in the city day or two prospecting.
He has the Plain City under charter, and
is running her from New Orleans to Balize,
and is running the Anna Wagley, of which
he is the owner, from New Orleans to
Bayou Mason Capt. Beesly is well-pre-
served gentleman of the old school, is a
tine talker, and possesses fine business
talents He admires our growing city,
which he thinks manifests more signs of
life than most places he has visited, and
SAYS he is coming here to build a steamboat
next season, which shows he is gent enlan
of good judgment and correct taste.....-...
A man named Waldro, deck hand on
the Rebecca, died suddenly of cholic on
Sunday afternoon at Madison. He had as
sisted in scrubbing the deck in the morn
ing, and was in apparent good health....-...g
The Indiana left New Orleans on Sunday
last, with large trip. Capt Jessey Hurd
has now command of the Mississippi
$500 Boats Leaving To-Day.
FoR CAIRo.-The ever reliable Charmer,
il the elegant mail line packet for Cairo
and all way points to-day at O'Clock.
Capt. Billy South is her experienced COM
mander, and Willie Fowler and Geo. Mich
olson are her popular clerks. The Charmer
has excellent passenger accommodation.
FOR LoUIsVILLE.-The swift and beauti-
3 f,nl Morning Star win pass up at noon to-
day for Louisville, and has no superior in
( fine appointments. Capt. Ike Dallis and
= Frank Banksmith are two sterling gentle
q men and are ever at their posts. di
~ The John I. McCombs is the regular mail
: packet for Louisville this evening, present
4 ing fine attractions to passengers. iasa
For GREEN RrvER.-The old reliable
line packet. VIM. White, goes to Green
River this evening. Capt. A Drinkwater
and John Adams are clever gentlemen and
Z experienced officers. Goto Green River on
the White. eWsa a*g eaii dfau
For MEMPHIs- The famed, swift
{ sailing Liberty No 2 goes to-day to Mem
phis about noon. She is the gayest boat
on the Western waves Captain Sam.
Archer is her commander, and Ed. Judge
is her incompatible Clerk, and two more
elegant, whole-sopled, large-hearted gen.
tlenaen, never did steamboat. G
Gleanins=s from Our Exchanges.
CINCrNSATI.--The Commercial of Tuesday
says: ao
The weather was cool and cloudy yester-
dav-the mercury ranging at $50. At Pitts
burg last night the river was on stand,
with 81 inches in the channel. Here II mas
receded 5 inches during the a hours end iIIlg
n l.0I
There Is feet in the canal. The last arri-
walls report only 8 to "a feet water on
Rising Sun Bar and the Grassy FlaI ,s ana tha
Lower Ohio. The low water is compelling
the larger class of steamers TO haul on, CIV
ing place to the smaller class. The G. i.
Dnmont took the place of the United states
Y Yesterday in the Louisville Mail Line. The
Eaugatuck also leaves for Memphis on
"Wednesday in the place of the Robert
& teSrr1s, in the Memphis and Cincinnati
Packet Companys Line. Capt. Frank Y
Bachelor is in command Of the Nauga-
tuck, with Messrs. Dunlop and Wilson in
fne office. With low water and difficult
navigation an advance in the rates o.
freight may be anticipated to All points
The Rowena and ROBERT Burns nave lale
up owing to low wafer.
~. LoU1svILLE--The Courier Of Tuesday
says:
erinu with scant ~ feet water in the cana
in the evening by the MAJ, ;t bsd f5, l
about an inch at the head OF the taIis, ant
some tree inches at Portland. Weathe
cool, and almost as disagreeab!e as sunday ia;,
which was the most boisterous ana ogi
MAY dsy we ever experienced.
ON the falls there was some thirty 1nche
water, in the pass down the Indian chute
and not muchdenand Tor falis piots.
Our port list was moderately large, yes
terday, and business, considering the du
times prevailing elsewhere, may De Grass
fed as active, though the shipments WEI
light to all quarters. s...... -.tsnsas.u
ST. LOUIS. = The Democrat of Tuesda
says: sse ~ aassse57e 44a vsnt
The river was falling slowly yesterda,
with Il feet of water to Cairo. There is
feet 70 Keokuk, AZ feet on the lower rapid
and 8 feet to st. Paul. The Illinois ";