The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1866-08-10
RIVER NEWS.
STEAMBOAT PRINTING.

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No printing establishment in the West
has better facilities or greater ability for
| doing fine Steamboat Printing, Our assort-
| ment of Job Type. though very large and
complete, is constantly being added to, and
| our job department is under the personal
supervision of one of the best Job printers
| in the United States. We are prepared to
print Posters, plain or fancy, Bill Heads,
| cts, Bills of Fare, Mates Tickets for Labor.
&C., &c. Orders left with either of the
wharf boats will be promptly attended to.
Ioaiy, River and Weather. .rs
The weather yesterday was clear and
cool, mercury at noon ranging at 72o. The
river had declined about 10 inches during
the twenty-four hours ending at three
O'Clock yesterday. s-.5.-, ,.,,..s;
Arrivals and Departures.
The arrivals and departures up to three
o'clock yesterday include the Rose Ham,
bIeton, Cincinnati TO st. Louis; Charmer,
Cairo and return; Nick Longworth, Louis
vile to New Orleans; Newsboy, Hender-
son and return. ~ eisu 29boZ ,79fp9l
Ibu8eTE h9gH boats Due. Vi7o4 ~ eva
Among the first boats due here are the
Mary Erwin and J. r. Gilmore, for st.
Louis; Kenton and TaIisman, from st.
Louis the Golden. Eagle, from Memphis;
Taraseon. from Louisville; Phantom, from
Cairo; Messenger, and Silver Cloud, for
New Orleans; Mary Swan, for Cairo Ada
Lyon, from Green River. "9aH3AG 3l3W
lUN 9a5iee Miscellaneous. r0 a33EiI
The wharf did not present a very lively
appearance yesterday morning, there be-
ing but few arrivals .....@... The Rose HAM
bleton, for St. Louis, had big trip.....
The Charmer had SO hhds. tobacco, a large
quantity of slaves for tobacco hogsheads,
and other freight, and registered 200 pas
sengers on the round trip. That comes of
having handsome and popular officers.
She was receiving largely yesterday morn
ing, and the prospects of a big trip were
very fiattering. .......IThe Newsboy did not
have a very full cargo yesterday morning.
.........The Nick Longworth had very nice
trip for New Orleans, about as much as
she could carry on the water She added
but little, if anything here.........Cox &
Humphrey have 300 barrels -four for At
lanta, Ga, which they will forward to
Nashville by the J. Baker........T The Hyatt
was getting up steam yesterday before noon
to come up to the wharf, for the purpose OF
applying her "syphonps to Capt. Halls
wharf boat. The boat viii be raised and
allright this morning, and Captain Hall
again ready for busine d. Miller
the distinguished river editor of the Gin
cinnati Commercial, left Pittsburg for Gin
cfnnati on Wednesday night The river
coluInnsto of the Commercial will soonEEe
themselves again under his faeile pencil.
T.. Boats Leaving To-Day.
For CAIRo.-La grande Armada, in COM
mand of Captain D. ". Throop, SLOW come
dian,i' and with Billy Dunn and Val Sor-
enson in the office, goes TO. Cairo at two
O'Clock. to-day. The Armada is the star
steamer of the Lower Ohio, and her officers
are popular and accommodating. aE5 bars
GAeanings from Our Exchanges,
CINCINNATI.-The Commercial of w ednes-
tiay saws: sJ .1Itl hft sa @9A1 aiH13
The weather yesterday was cool and
cloudy, with a refreshing shower in the
afternoon At Pittsburg the river is fall
ing slowly, with IA inches in the channel.
The Kanawha is falling, with 8 feet in the
channel. Here the river fell 6inches dur
ing yesterday, and is now about stationary.
There is scant 5feet between here and Lou
isyille, with 4 feet in the canal. .y-
George l.. Johnson & Co. yesterday re-
ceiVed a dispatch from New Orleans stat
ing that the steamer Madison, laid up at
Algiers, was burned ON Monday night. No
particulars are given. The Madison was
INSURED in this city for 81 500. 8t- its 2uI
The Sherman has withdrawn from the
Wheeling trade, and viii take the place Of
the @. L. Dumont in the Madison trade
The &. I. Dumont will hereafter run as a
regular packet in the Louisville trade. ID
LoUIsyI1LE.-The Courier Of Wednesday
says: - r.-...f-.
The river was falling rather slowly YES
terday, with three feet ten.inehes water in
the canal in the evening by the mark
during the previous twenty-four hours it
had fallen only two inches at the head of
the falls, and barely six inches at Portland.
The weather was rather cool for the season,
the thermometer at 79, and quite cloudy all
day, with light sprinkle OF rain. h, sr9
On the falls last evening there were
twenty-five inches water in the pass down
the Indian chute, and falling.
The Messenger, bound for New Orleans, /
from Cincinnati, attempted to go through
the canal Monday, but, drawing too much
water, stuck in that ditch and was still
there yesterday, working her slow length
along. She had to tighten nearly all her
freight into barges. afffaa rtF y s-ffQ
The Democrat of Wednesday says: III
Captain VIM. Eads, an old Missouri
River steamboatman, died at st. Louis on
Sunday. The report of his death started
rumor that Captain Eads, the gunboat
builder, had died suddenly of cholera. -
L. Hackett, a resident of Bangor, fell
overheard from the steamer Des Arc, ON
Saturday night, seventy miles below
Memphis, and was drowned eufhsgN /
RESPECT.-All the boats at the wharf
had their flags at half-mast yesterday,
through respect and in honor of the death
killed on the Inflated Gen. Lyle. on Mon.
day.
ST. Louisville Democrat of Wednesday
says:
The report of water in the river brought
by the Lady Gay, is important, and made
a stir among bOatmen and shippers. There
was nine feet of water below Cairo, but
from Cairo to this point, only seven and a
half feet. There will be of course some
not, we are sure, be at all equal to the rate
of the decline. The sources of water are
about exhausted, andwe plainly foresee an
immediate demand for increase in rates of
freight. for the service of a lighter class Of
boats, and necessity for the regular boats