The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1866-07-04
The Commercial Of sunday saws.


|, Capt. James Remission yesterday assumed
command of the z. w. Strader. Captain
L. Murdoch yesterday sold the General
Thomas to Captain ]. L. Thompson, of
Wheeling, West Virginia, for Sl2 600 The
Thomas is side-Wheel boat.
LoUIsvILLE-The Courier of Monday
says:
day with feet 3 inches water in the canal
in the evening by the mark. During the
previous 4S hours it had receded inches
at the head of the falls and Is inches at
Portland. The weather continues clear
and dry, gradually getting warm, the
thermometer up to so yesterday.
On the falls last evening there were 4 feet
inches water in the pass and falling. It
will be falling pretty fast to-day as it was
falling at the rate of nearly an inch per
hour at Cincinnati.
The p. w. Strader came down from Gin
clnnau yesterday and descended the
falls to Portland The Naugatuck, bound
for Memphis, also descended the falls.
SoLD.-Varble & Co. have sold the stern
wheel steamer Fanny Brandets, as she now
lies at the city wharf, to parties in Nash
vile, Tennessee, for the snIn of Sl2,0 She
is about to load for Nashville.
The Democrat of Sunday says:
We are glad to learn that our friend,
Capt. Kline, who was struck by lightning.
at Carrollton, some time ago, has nearly
found his lamp.
River last evening with fair trip. She
Will run as a regular packet hereafter, and
leave every saturday.
Well, she may have left Louisville with
what they call a " fair trip but she
brought nothing here.
ST. LoUIs-The Democrat of Monday
says: 1F f -ks
The riverwa rising Saturday morning,
but about stationary, yesterday. The Up
per mississippi and Missouri are rising, and
Illinois low and declining. Excepting the
latter stream, there is good water to all
points above st. Louis. Business contin-
ues unchanged; receipts of grain heavy;
from st. Paul. Weather has been cool, but
yesterday there were symptoms of rain,
and of hot weather. Among the steamers
of the Western rivers there are two Impe-
rails, two GlaSgowS, two Starlights, and
some other couples of the same name,
Two Imperials are in this port to-day, one
Tor Nashville, and the other for st. Paul,
and few days ago there was Glasgow
loading for the Missouri and one for the
Ohio. t. 81
There are also two Argosys; one lies at
the Bank here, and the other has gone to
New Orleans. The Democrat further says:
The Walter d. Dance, on Friday night
from Fort Benton, brought down for vari-
Gus parties, an aggregate of 1889 ounces of
the "dust," worth, in greenbacks, about
slO0, 600; also $3.50 in gold coin, besides
quite sum in treasury notes. Mephan
received from her male and female owl,
the largest ever seen on Locust Street, and
). f d. Cousins was presented with long
pipe stem made of animal skin. The In
1ians cal. it 6upnisG1dlo.
The Atlantic and Mississippi Steamship !
Company have decided to aba ndon the for
wardIng branch of their business. Conse-
Wi M of vI,a II
Memphis, Napoleon and Vicksburg. The
company proposes to sell said wharf boats |
20 parties who viii carry on the business
and act for the Company as
agents.
MEMPHIS Aratahche of Friday |
;ays:f H-E 4f3eEeiH -a tas1f
The weather yesterday was cool and
pleasant Business ON the landing con- |
inues dull. Freights for Arkansas and |
" mite klyers continues scarce. The river |
hours. Arkansas and White Rivers are |
rapidly, with sufficient water in |
he channel for boats. 30 6ru4 -rf'l L |
The Avdldlche of Saturday says:
The river here rose two inches in the past |
hours. Arkansas and White |
iyers are bank full but falling steadily. l.
The river business at this port is not in a /
thriving condition, and we hear COM I
plants OF a similar state of thing at near /
y all other points The most of the boats |
It the landing both come and go with slim
rips, excepting those from st. Louis, which
appear to have fair share of freight and
PEOPLE. i
NEW OELEANs.-The Times of Friday last
avs: G if A @ ttApA
There was no perceptible change in the
weather. yesterday over that of the pre- |.
'ious day, pleasant breeze having pre-
allied the most of the time, which con-
ronted those who had been complaining
+ the intense heat which prevailed "A few
ays ago.
Business on thelanding was quite slack,
here being scarcely anything doing on
ither landing; there were several arrivals
II OF which brought a favorable trip OF
reight.
Manifest of steamer Phantom from
airo-For Louisville, hhgs tobacco;
irown, DunkerSOn & Co., y hhgs tobacco;
Walter Gardner & Co., u boxes 0fmerchan-
Use; j. II. Bartlett & Co. q bags ginseng;
reston, Bro q Co., i box; discharged a Il
ackages way freight; registered in the
ound trip l65 passengers, 81 through to \
lett Cairo Sunday, July LIST at
p. NJ, arrived at Evansville July I'd at IL +
:, making 81 1andings.aef r#fI ~ r.
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