The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1866-09-25


Green River and return; Norman, Cincin-
natl to New Orleans; Golden Eagle, Gin
cinnati to Memphis; Rose Hite, Hender-
son to Louisville; Plain City. Cairo to
Louisville; Nashville, to Rockport; Cam
den, to New Orleans; Nora Fenton, Mem
phis to Louisville.
Boats Due.
Among the boats due here are the Sham
rock and Champion, for St. Louis; Came
liza, from St. Louis; Harry Dean, 10 Mem
phis; Van Buren,, to Arkansas River; Lo-
tus No. and Indiana, for New Orleans;
Maggie Hays and Nick Longworth, from
New Orleans; Morning Star, Louisville;
]. P. Webb, from PASSPORT. ..a a
miscellaneous. a
Business was quite lively yesterday morn
| ing, with numerous arrivals. The Nor
man and Golden Eagle had full oargoes.
The Eagle discharged some freight here.......
The Plain City came up from Cairo, and
after discharging her freight, left for Lou
isviIle, in charge of Commodore John Gill
bert, President of the Evansville and Cairo
| Packet Company, to be handed over to
| her new owners.........TheN Nashville did not
leave for Rockport until yesterday morn
ing. She will be down to-day. 1.-THE Cam
den had fair trip for New Orleans. The
Rose Hite had a fair packet trip out........
| A raft of logs was blown in shore yesterday
morning, and struck the corner of Huston
g. Co.'s wharf boat, breaking the raft in
two. The wharf boat was not damaged
but there was heavy strain on the chain
but it stood it like little man~...-.Capt.,
Hall has about 1000 sacks of wheat on his
wharf boat, awaiting shipment TO Pitts
| No. uaH
greatly on the excellent job done on the
hull of his wharf boat, by the workmen at
the dry dock. Not drop of water finds its
way inside, unless it runs through the
deck 1.-THE people along shore will be
delighted to learn that the great Morn
ing Star will be in the Henderson
! trade, and will be here to-day, on
her first trip. She is HUNKE DoRI.........
Billy Dunn, the model Clerk, and Frank
| Collins, dispensator of alcoholic finds on
the Armada, have returned from their
rustication in the rural regions, ready to
resume duty to-day ON the grand Armada.
They are both looking well, and feel proud
of the beautiful Armada in her new attire
| ....... The Ada Lyon came out of Green
River Sunday evening and returned last
evening. She will hereafter leave every
Monday and Thursday, going to Wood
bury on her Monday trip, and to Bowling
Green on the Thursday trip. iE
~ Boats Leaving To-Day. 90
FOR CAIRo.-The elegant Sam. Orr will
return to Cairo to-day at 8 o'clock Capt
Allen Duncan is in command, and Guy
Vineyard is in the office. The Orr has fine
passenger accommodations. i"ih
For LOUISVILLE. II The magnificent
M0rpipor bo ndconaa Dax.y
and the leetest and most finely appointed
steamer on the lower Ohio, resumes her
place in the Louisville and Henderson
trade. and will be here to-day on her first
trip, returning to louisville late tonight
We have not learned who will be in COM
mand, but the most popular steamboat
clerk afaoat will be found in the Office We
need not speak in praiseof the Star, she is
too well-known to require panegyric
from US. 7f
GIeanings from Our Exchanges.
CINcINNATI.-The Commercial of Satur-
day says:
The weather was cool and cloudy, yester-
day, with a light misting rain morning
and evening. The mt rcury indicated 50
degrees at 6 A. NJ, and So degrees at noon.
At Pittsburgh the river is rising with II
feet in the channel. The Kanawha is fall
ing, with 80 inches in the channel. Here
the river has risen "a feet during the past
"a hours, with 20 feet hence to Louisville.
LoUIsvILLE.LTh Courier, of Saturday,
says:
The river was at a stand at this point all
day yesterday, having, contrary to general
expectation, risen only few inches during
the night previous. In the canal there
were Ii feet inches by the mark. The
weather has suddenly turned very cool,
with the thermometer down in the fifties
all dal, and fears of frost last night. 1t
n | uI1i a al0n6V all daV hnt if 1T cleared
. off last night there win certainly be visit
I of frost to record in the morning.
On the falls last evening there were but
s feet steamboat water down the Indian
chute, and the river about stationary. For
ascending boats in the middle chute there
were fully feet water.
The magnificent steamer Indiana came
up over the falls yesterday, and was loaded
/ at the city wharf, foot OF Fourth street
. | where she was receiving trelgnt 1Or New
/ Orleans last evening.
: The Morning Star, in fine order, resumes
her place in the Louisville, EVansv1lle ano
Henderson trade on Monday, as the regu
I lar Monday packet. She ascendS the fallS
: tomorrow and starts from the city wharf
ST.. LoUIs.-The Democrat of Saturday
: says:
Having risen eleven feet plum, ant
only three inches yesterday, the river came
o to a stand last evening, and is expected t(
o decline a little to-day. The vast bodies o
j water in the upper rivers will sustain thu
+ stage here for some time. Ihere Is a pow
| ertuI current " DCft1
The weather is very settled in its appear
: ance. 1t Is balmy and beautiful. Lum Der
n cord wood &c, have been carried off b.
the flood from sundry points above Cairo
h business was ordinary yesterday. ship
ments to the Lower M Mss fba
loading for New Orleans.
n r. Hart, of Memphis, has sold five
H. eiohteenths of the steamer st. Patrick Z
Geo. o. Hart, of New Albany, at the rate @
$1,000. -
The Canada, from st. Paul, was storI
!. staid As hours at the lower rapids,
> a little uewsboy. about ten years ole
d fell through hole in the guard of steam
er, when proceeding to board the Agnei
last evening, and was drowned, Man an
" strong arms were ready to rescue him, br
l. his cap floating on the water was the onl
thing seen of him. We did not learn h