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

STEAMBOAT PRINTING.

SIEAmBOAT PR1NT1NG.
mo printing establishment in the West
doing tine Steamboat Printing. Our assort-
naentsof-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,
Bills Lading, Cards, Deck and Meal Tick
cts, Bills of Fare, Mates Tickets for Labor,
DC, &c. Orders left with either of the
Wharf-boats win be promptly attended to.
River and weather.
Yesterday was partly clear, and would
have been quite warm but for the high
wind which prevailed, tempering the at
nno6phere and rendering the river extreme
~ rough, and the landing or leaving of
steamers somewhat difficult. The river
had risen about one inch up to noon yes
terday, but the rise Is very slow. There is
a rise of two or three feet reported at Gin
cinnati, and slight swell at Pittsburg
Arrivals and Departures.
The following constitute the arrivals and
departures since our last report: Silver
Cloud, St. Louis to Cincinnati; Kate Rob-
inson, Cincinnati to Memphis; Lady
Franklin, Cincinnati to st. Louis; Harry
Dean, Cincinnati to Memphis; Armada,
Cairo to Evansville; Superior, to Cairo;
Sam Orr to Eastport, and VIM. White to
Green River.
Boats Due.
Among the first boats due here are the
j. G.. Blackford and Nashville, for Saint
Louis; Golden Eagle, Liberty No. 2 and
Minneola, for Memphis; J. r. Gilmore,
st. Cloud and P. w. Strader, New Orleans;
Bertha and Nightingale, from st. Louis;
Silver Spray, Amazon and Messenger,
from New Orleans; Rose Hite, from Lou
isville.
Miscellaneous.
Business was pretty fair ON the Ievee yes
terday. .......The Mary Erwin on Monday
evening left considerable lot of cotton
here.........The Kate Robinson and Lady
Franklin had good trips.....The Armada
had the best up river trip of the season, in
Guiding large lots of tobacco and many
people..The Silver Cloud and Harry
Dean had moderate trips........The Sam.
Orr, Superior, and VIM. White had moder-
ate trips out yesterday Messrs. Cox &
Humphrey are having two large stages
constructed for their mammoth wharf
boat and when these are finished the boat
will again take her place at the wharf.........
Captain Halls wharf-boat was literally
crowded with freight yesterday, including
large lot of wool discharged by the Pales-
tine.
Boats Leaving To-Day.
For CAIRo.-That queen of beauty-the
gem of the Lower Ohio, Captain J. ".
TROOPS Armada, most elegant and finely
appointed, goes to Cairo to day, surmounted
by Captain Josh. in his Cave-in Rock chap
eau. Billy Dunn and VAL Sorrenson are
A.
men were ever made. The Armada leaves
at O'Clock,
For LoUIsvILLE.-The beautiful Rose
Hite, Captain Ballard, goes to Louisville
this evening. She is new in all her APP
pointments, and most luxurious.
For GREEN RIvER.-The elegant Ada
Lyon, Captain ALT. Edwards, is the regular
Green River packet to-day, with splendid
accommodations.
Gleamfmgs from Our Exchanges.
CINCINNATI.-The Commercial of Sunday
says:
At an early hour yesterday morning
three steamers, the Ida Handy, belonging
to the A. and M. S. S. Co.. and the almost
worthless steamers Bostona and James
Raymond, were destroyed by fire at st.
Louis near the upper landing. The Ida
Handy was valued at 200, and partially
insured in Cincinnati offices-over $50, 600.
The Bostona and Raymond were in the
s. sere and yellow leaf"-in fact were being
dismantled entirely worthless, save the
machinery. The Bostona was constructed
originally by the veteran Captain VIM.
McClain, of Portsmouth, one of the pio-
neers of the present successful Cincinnati
and Portsmouth u. 5. Mail Line. The
James Raymond was also built in Cincin-
natl " long time ago" by the old show
firm of Spalding & Rogers, especially for
towing the FLOATING Palace" and circus
business generally. The two latter may
be termed worthless boats. The fire is said
to have originated on the Bostona. The
Ida Handy is the tenth or eleventh boat
lost by the A. and M. S. S. Co., since its or
ganization, less than two years since The
hull of the Ida Handy still floats, but is a
charred skeleton. The other burnt hulls
are out of sight.
The Commercial of Monday says:
The weather was cloudy, mild, damp and
showery, yesterday. At Pittsburg last night
the river was falling, with fifty-six inches
in the channel. Here it has swollen eight
cen inches during the twenty-four hours
ending last night, with six feet on the
shoalest bars hence to Louisville.
LoUIsvILLE.-The Courier of Monday
says:
The river was rising Saturday, having
swollen four inches at the head of the falls
up till Saturday evening, making four feet
The weather was extremely rainy Satur-
day, with a heavy thunderstorm in the
evening, followed by light rain yesterday
morning, but clearing off in the evening.
GREEN RIVER PACKET.-We learn from
the Bowling GrS4Sn paper that Capt. John
Robinson, of that place, has secured the
subscription of $4,000 for a packet to ply
the Green River trade hence to Bowling
Green. We hope he will succeed, as a
packet in that trade is very much needed.
Not so much needed as desired by the
Louisville merchants. But it is only
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