The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1866-06-19

STEAMROAT PRINTING.


No printing establishment in the West
has better facilities or greater ability for
doing 6ne Steamboat Printing. Our assort-
ment of Job Type, though very large 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,
Bills Lading, Cards, Deck and Meal Tick
cts, Bills of Fare Mates Tickets for Labor,
&C., &c. Orders left with either of the
wharf-boats win be promptly attended to.
River and Weather.
The weather since Saturday evening
has been really cool, on Sunday rather
unpleasantly so. Yesterday morning we
had a nice rain, since which the atmos-
phere is more pleasant. The River has
fallen two or three inches here, while it is
rising at Cincinnati and Pittsburg. The
Tennessee and Cumberland are in good
navigable order.
Arrivals and Departures.
The arrivals and departures since our
last report closed-inelude the ]. g.
Blackford, Saint Louis to Cincinnati; Ber-
muda, Louisville to Tennessee River; Rose
Hamilton, Cincinnati to st. Louis; Wa
White, Green River and return; VIM But
Ter, New Orleans to Cincinnati; Sam. Orr,
Eastport to Evansville; Altoona, Nashville
to CINCINNATI; Naugatuck, Cincinnati to
Memphis; j. T. McCombs, Henderson to
Louisville; Curlew, Rome to Evansville;
Argosy, TO Cairo.
R0afs Due.
Among the FIRST boats due here are the
Emperor, for Nashville; Rapid Ann,
for the Tennessee River; Lawrence,
Shamrock, Lenora and Bertha, for st.
Louis; Anna and Liberty No. 2, for Mem
phis; Navigator, Silver Cloud, Nick Long
worth, for New Orleans; Armada from
Cairo; Argosy and Louisville, from New
Orleans; Ada Lyon, from Green River;
Myrtle, from Nashville; Harry Dean from
Memphis; Argonaut No. 2 and Norman,
from st. Louis; Pine Bluff and Memphis,
for Arkansas River.
miscellaneous.
The receipts of tobacco continues to be
large from all points, but it goes forward
with such dispatch by the old reliable
route, the E. and c., T. H. and R. and Belle
fontaine Railroad, that the wharf is kept
clear There was a regular fleet OF
steamers at the wharf Sunday night
The Rose Hambleton discharged large
amount of freight for various consign-
> ees The Bermuda had moderate trip.
She had two empty barges in tow for her
return trip, which will consist of govern
ment freight-..-..-.The VIM. White had a
very good trip in from Green River...........
The Altoona had a moderate trip......
The Naugatuck was well Ioaded..
The Sam Orr had a very moderate
trip from Tennessee River......
Some important revelations are promised
the Local Inspector at Memphis if he with
holds his decision in regard to the explo-
sion of the City of Memphis. The evidence
is to come from New Orleans. ave
think" says a contemporary, "Mr. In
spector has had evidence enough in regard
to that boat. The report of the engineer,
on duty at the time, that the boilers were
leaky and unsafe, ought to be enough.
e We can cite fact that possibly has been
overlooked: The engines of the City of
Memphis, sometime ago, were taken out
and the engines of the Mollie Able put in
their place. The latter were smaller than
her own, requiring less steam TO I'LL or
work them, while her boiler power re-
manned the same as before. Possibly she
made more steam than the engines could
work off," Hamilton N. Smith, Sc
verely scalded on the city ofMemphis, has
reached his home in New Albany. He
was badly injured, but is improving and
will recoverable Curlew took O tow of
empty barges to Rome, Saturday night.
She returned yesterday.
Boats Leaving To-Day.
For LoUIsvILLE.-The Wild Tarascon.
Captain Jim Lusk in command, and John
Ouerbacher and Arthur Fried in the Of
fee, is the Louisville Mail-line packet for
Louisville this evening. She is gorgeously
magnificent in her appointments. The
splendid Mary Ament also goes to Louis
vile this evening, in command of that
veteran and experienced commander, Cap
tain Liter, with Mr. Caffrey in the Office
The. Mary is fine as silk and fleet as the
roe. Passengers win fare sumptuously on
her.
For EAsTPoRT.-The Sam Orr is the reg
ular Evansville and Eastport packet for
this evening. Her commander is that
popular officer, Captain Allen Duncan,
whose great delight is to please the people
and build up live trade between Evans
vile and the Tennessee River country.
Pheasant gentlemen win be found in her
Office, and passengers viii be made COM
Portable. Give the Orr big trip.
For NEW ORLEANs.-The Nick Long
worth, splendid steamer, goes to New Or
leans to-day.
CINcINNATI.-The Commercial of Satur-
day says:
The weather was clear and warm vester-