The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1866-07-30

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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 will be promptly attended to.
River and Weather.
The hot weather continues with little or
no abatement. Yesterday there was lit
tie breeze. In the afternoon 1t was cloudy
with indications of more rain. The water
continues to rise. During the "a hours
preceding 8 O'Clock Saturday, it had risen
fourteen inches. AT Pittsburg it is falling
and about on a stand at Cincinnati.
Arrivals and Departures.
The arrivals and departures up to Satur-
| day include the Phantom, Cairo to Evans
vile and return; R. C. Gray, Memphis to
Cincinnati, and the Harry Dean, Memphis
to Cincinnati.
Boats Due.
Among the first boats due here we no
tice: Maggie Hays, Cincinnati to New Or
leans; LadyFranklin and Wauanita, from
st. Louis; Armadillo, Argosy and Night
ingale, st. Louis to Cincinnati; Darling,
Cincinnati to Memphis.
miscellaneous.
Business was little more active on the
Ievee Saturday, in fact it was quite good.
THE Phantom had an excellent trip
of freight and people from Cairo, and
| good return trip......... The Tarascon took
| up on her return trip to louisville, ITO
hhds. of tobacco, besides large lot of mis-
ceilaneous freight.........The r. c. Gray had
| a splendid trip, and the Harry Dean was
heavily loaded, having a good passenger
| trip.........O On Friday night, the wharf-boat
of Mr.. j. B. Hall sunk, at the wharf, up to
| the guards A large lot of freight had been
discharged from the Nashville, which
caused the boat to spring leak. 1t went
down about IL o'clock Friday night. The
lower floor was about half COW
cred with water on Saturday. ...........
The Cincinnati Commercial says there are
five practical steamboat captains on the
Maggie Hays, as follows: Captain D. L.
Hendrickson, Master; Captain R. H. Por-
ter, Clerk; Captain VIM. Attenburgh and
| Captain VIM. Ford, Pilots; and Captain
Jonathan Crane, Mate ......... The second
clerk of the steamer Columbia died sud-
denly on that boat, at the st. Louis wharf,
on Thursday. His name was Mitchell Rep
hart. His symptoms were those of cholera.
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their best to save him, but he died in three
hours. The doctors pronounce it case
of real Asiatic cholera.........It is believed
that the obstacle which occasioned the
sinking of the steamer Vulcan was the
wreck of the Empress. Memphis
papers report a serious accident to
Commodore Matt. Watt, on Monday last,
by his being thrown from q buggy. ........
| T1,a ,OfI IF he Arxy of
ering exploded few days since, causing
| considerable CONSERVATION but doing no
serious damage.....~....The Pink Varble
leaves Louisville to-day for Johnsonville
...It is reported that the Laura Fenton
will take the place of the Liberty No. 2........
The Louisville papers report that Captain
Mcneil will start South in a few days with
his diving bell boat to work on the wrecks
of boats.........We hope that he will operate
on the wreck of the steamer Missouri to the
| extent to remove it from sight. 1t brings
to mind unpleasant On
July 21st the Will S. Hays was sold by EN-
DRY L. Ford for SIS, 900, to ]. H. Mccormick
and others. On Tuesday, oath, Ben. A. Do
zier sold one-fourth of the stern-wheeler
Victory to Amos Abrams, for 81, 500, and o.
seph Gray sold one-fourth OF same steamer
to David P. Green, for ~ 800
Boats Leaving To-Day.
For CAIRo.-The Charmer will leave for
Cairo to-day at the regular hour. She is
one of the safest and best boats on the
Ohio.
For LoUIsvILLE.-The j. T. McCOmbs
will leave for Louisville to-day at 10
o'clock.
For HENDERsoN.-The Newsboy will
make her regular trip to Henderson and
return to-day.
GIeaningS from our Exchanges.
The Memphis appeal of the 18th says:
The weather was very hot again yester-
day, but throughout the greater portion OF
the day there was gentle breeze, which
alone rendered the heat endurable. Bush
ness was tolerably active, and the levee
presents an animated prospect quite foreign
to IL of late. The river is still falling here,
and at all points above. The lower ONO
is getting so low that it is almost 1mpOS-
sible for large boats to go out.
The Memphis Avalanche of the 18th
says:
Mong Chaw Loo has brought suit against
the Muskingham River packet j. II Best,
| because he was refused a seat at the first
table on that boat, last week, on which he
fused for being a ''coIored person" He
lays his damages at SIS, 900, q for mental and
bodily anguished suffered" He is a native
| of Barmah, Asia, about twenty-five years
of age, and has been eight years in this
country, obtaining an education.
The Cincinnati Commercial of the 9th
says:
The weather still continues hot, with the
mercury at IS degrees yesterday. Al Puts
burgh, the river is falling, with "a feet IL
the channel. There is feet in the Kama
wha and falling Here the river has riser
feet during the past "a hours, with "A fee