The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1866-12-07
RIVER NEWS.
Weafher AMID WRfer.


weather and Water.
The weather is as fickle as coouettish
female About 9 O'Clock Wednesday night
| it commenced raining and increasing in
violence until near morning. An immense
quantity of rain fell during the night,
which viii serve still further to swell the
now inevitable flood. The river at this
point is rising at the rate Of nearly an inch
per hour It viii soon be to the top of the
low banks. The Cumberland is still at
flood height, while the Tennessee is falling
with good stage OF water to Florence.
The weather Is Mid and humid, II.
"H Arrivals alld departures.
The arrivals and departures up to 8
O'Clock yesterday include the Bertha, Menu,
pfiis to Cincinnati; Chattanooga, Nash
vile to Evansville; Charmer, Cairo and
return; News Boy, Hend erson and return !;
Phantom, Eastport. to Evansville; Emma,
No. 8, Cincinnati to ST. Louis; Morning
star, Louisville and return; Plain. city;
Green River to Louisvilles Pink Marble,
Louisville to Tennessee River. - -
Boats Due. ny 800. .,.,+
Among the first boats due here are the
Emma Floyd and Camelia, for Nashville;
Naugatuck and Armadillo, for st. Louis !.
Havana and Rebecca, from Nashville;
Golden Eagle, Sherman, Pine Bluff, and
Ezro Porter, from St. Louis; Liberty No..2
and Clifton, for Memphis Silver Moon and
J. p. Webb, from Memphis; New York
Abeona and Nora, for Arkansas River;
Messenger, Swallow, Louisiana, Emperor
and stonewall, for New Orleans; Louis
Vile, Nick Longworth and Amazon, FROM
Nexvxy ID II
Sam Orr and Armada, from Cairo; Ada
Lyon, from Green River. III 1850 =
miscellaneous. NJ ttasi "a
The water having got above the paved /
portion Of the wharf, the mud is becoming
terrible, and it is task to get to the river
and back. Business yesterday morning
was quite lively. Large quantities of
freight were being hauled down. and ar
irving boats had good trips.....The Bertha
had good trip from beIow.v...The Emma
No. 8 was loaded to the guards....., The
Charmer had a moderate trip of freight,
and was full of people-....The Chattanooga
was rather light......The Phantom had an
excellent trip from the Tennessee River.
We are glad to find our friend, Joe Carr.
on the Phantom as freight clerk With
Capt. Hodge Brown, Tom Wilson and Joe
Carr, it is not strange the Phantom is be-
coming extremely po9l lar on the Tennes--
see River. She brought large orders to our
merchants, and will go out full to-day,
leaving promptly at o'clock. Get her |
bill down early......The Charmer was re-
ceiving literally, and would go out with a |
big trip......The Plain City had but little |
freight and few passengers The Morn |
ing Star had moderate trip..-...The EN- |
ma No, discharged 900 kegs of nails here
for various consigneesr- The Morning /
Star. had 500 hoop-poles, large lot of I
and considerable miscellaneous
freight and much people......The Pink Var
BILE had very fair trip.
b Boats Leaving To-Day. q j.
For CAIRO. The Sam Orr is the Cairo /
packet to-day at5o'clock. Capt. Duncan is
N command, and Val. Sorenson and VIM.
rileston are her clerks. A good boat and |
excellent officers.
For LOUISVILLE. The feet and beau
-iful Rose Hite, Capt. Aaron Ballard, is the
regular packet for Louisville tonight. She
has superb accommodations. Geo. Patter-
son and Jesse Jackson run the office, CIV
ing every attention to passengers and
freight 81 slset
For EAsTPoRT.- The gay little Phantom
Is thereguIar Eastport packet to-day, and
is a clipper. Capt. Hodge Brown, Tom.
Wilson and Joe. Carr are her elegant on
GERS. s..4s.4ef Is Ysse afIs r r1H II
For MEMPHIS The splendid.L liberty No.
!, goes to Cairo and Memphis to-day, and
mas no superior in speed, safety oreornfort.
Those elegant and popular gentlemen, h
Capt ]. B. Archer and Joseph McCulloch8
are her popular officers.
For NAsHvILLE.-The feet ar light L
1raught steamer Chattanooga ia the FreguI
ar packet for Nashville and all way Cum
oerland River landings at 6 O'Clock this
evening. Capt. Henry Scott is her veteran
and experienced commander, and Bob.
Ferguson and Kit. Rudd are her attentive
and accommodating clerks. We hope to 1
zee the Chattanooga go out full. avaeT
Manifest steamer Phantom, Passport to
Evansville Dec. 5.-R. X. Dunkerson & Co.,
10 bags peanuts and 70 bales cotton; Pas
Ienger, 10 bales cotton Ragon d Dickey,
bales do; J. FL. Ehrman, 8 bales do;
Nesbitt & CO., IS bales do Sam. Orr, bars
ron; r.. Adler, 6 sacks dry fruit; GuInberts
Z jacques, II dry hides; Munor g. Dallum,
box shoes; Rocker. d Blount, 90 tons of
iron. f0
GIeanings from our Exchanges.
CINcINNATI.-The Commercial of Wednes-
lay says:
The weather was mild, clear and pleas
mt yesterday The mercury ranged at $50
1t noon. AT Pittsburg the river is rising,
With 1917 feet in the channel. Here the
liver has risen 8 inches during the past "A
hours, with 20 feet hence to Louisville.
The Naugatuck, Capt. p. X. Barkley, is
he first boat in the Express Line for ST.
Louis. a
Last night the distance was seventy-five
eet from the bottom of the Covingtoni
bridge to the surface OF the river.
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