The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1866-11-13

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For CAIRo-The Sam. Orr, fleet as a roe
goes To Cairo at o'clock to-day. Capt.
Allen Duncan Is her Commander and
Val. sorenson and Guy Vineyard are her
elegant Clerks. She is a good boat.
For LouIsvILLE-The Rose Hite, neat.
Meet and popular boat for Louisville
this evening, Geo. Pendleton Is In her Of
fiees assuring passengers the most polite at
tention. 'aHA4 si's @N A44R ahl ~ t9f
For MEMPHIs-The famous Liberty No
2, detained. by fog. win be here to-day posi-
lively. She in one OF the most elegant,
swift and comfortable packets on the low
er Ohio. Capt.J b. Archer, Joseph @. No
'Cnilough and Mr.. stewart are her chief
Officers. and more gentlemaply trio were
never known, Passengers by the Liberty
live like princes Her tables are luxnrl-
Gus. Her stewart is one OF the best ia the
business BIZ. earn is her mate, and Is
an ''old 'un."
Manifest OF the steamer Sam. orr: w
ID. Center, V. w, H., 202 bales OF cotton do.
~ bales or cotton: Cirissola 4 Cassmella,
]. NJ, barrel cocoannts; ChaB. Babcock,
]. VII bal. whips, l bal. collars, l box
hardware; Stonenan q futile, Indian.
apolts, j, W., dozen cedar buckets, / box
pans; Oberdofer d. CO., III. Nj. Steward d
bags cotton yarn; Miner AZ DalIam, III. NJ.
Steward, box shoes; SLockweil q Co, III.
M steward, / kegI liquor; William He'll
man, IL. Nj. steward, force pump, 2 ps.
pipe. Good passenger trip
GIeanings frOIn Our Exchanges.
CINcINNATI ,--EEThe Commercial ofsaturday
says:
The weather was mild ana eIoudy veste,.-
day, and a dense fog prevailed ali day.
Mercury, 66 degrees at noon. Az Pittsbufe
the river Is falling, with 4 feet in the cham
nel. Here the river has receded inches
nj IN wi tan he
v Capt apSs GEORGE H. Alcoke, late freight
has taken charge IF the once OF the Aiii Alice
Dean, leaving for New Orleans this eve-
ming.
and New Orleans pilot. died at his resi-
dence, in the Seventeenth Ward, on Tues
day. -qqfHf efati afil- nifif -saf bas
The steamer st. Charles and the Peoples
Lime wharf boat will be sold at auction
this morning, where they now lie.
LouIsvILLE.-The Courier, Of Saturday,
says. aa1 l1FdN 8ai 30 huuoi gW
Ii The dyerIwas falling slowly last evening,
with 2 feet inches water In the canal by
the mark. During the previous "A hours Il
and o inches at Portland. The weather
was cloudy and gloomy all day, with a
light rain IN the morning. 81
Z Onsthe falls last evening there were four
feet nine inches water for STEAMBOATS,, and
5 feet nine Inches In the pass down the Inc
dian chute, ana the river talilng.
STEAAdBoAr SALE.-Y esterday, as per adj
vertisement, the Peoples Line wharf-boat
and the steamer Wild Wagner were sold
at auction 10 the highest bidder. The
wharf-boat, a stanch new one, together
with all it's appurtepances, chains, lines,
and staging, was knocked down to Nat
Williams, OF the firm of Roberts & VIII
lians, Madison, Indiana, for the sum of
s7025. He designs using 10 as q wharf-boAt
About it = o'clock the wild wagner, as
she now lies at JeifeIsonviIle, was disposed
OF to the highest bidder, and, after some
spirited bidding, was knocked down 10
Capt. j. b. Ford for $4,000. Just as the sale
was closing q dispatch was received from
Cincinnati, from Gaylord & Co., offering
$4,000 or the boat Capt. Fordis IN luck.
- ST. lLoUts.- 1.-The Democrat, of Saturday.
saystfMGl sb sid iia hnR a8HQsoa1g Hal
The rivers are falling. There is, we are
very reliably Informed, only seven feet in
the channel TO Cairo. To keokuk there Is
four and a half feet; to st. Paul, three and
a half feet six feet in the Illinois, and
three and q half feet in the Missouri. A
dense fog yesterday and the previous night
detained all steamers under way Some
were very late In arriving and were there-
by, although regular four o'clock packets,
prevented from leaving yesterday. Freight
Ii abundant for New Orleans. The diner
emit lines agreed upon an increase in the
rates. the higher rates 10 rule from this
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