The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1866-12-28

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.
| Weather and Water. g.. nd ii
| CINCINNATI, Dec. I'll PM-Riveri risen
| l9 inches, with now 81 feet inches in the
| channel Thermometer 1872 above zero; 1t
was down to 90 above zero early this morn
ing, and down to zero outside the city. {
The weather yesterday was clear and
bright, but very cold, the mercury stand
ing at l7o above zero at six o'clock yester-
day morning. The river has fallen two or
three inches since Wednesday night, and
| if this cold weather continues we presume
it will continue to recede The Cumber-
land is falling, with seven feet on Harpeth
Shoals nao
Arrivals and Departures.
The arrivals and departures since three
| o'clock Wednesday up to three o'clock
yesterday include the Louisiana, New Or
leans to Louisville; Importer, st. Louis to
Pittsburg; Quickstep and Charmer, Cairo
and return; Plain City, Bowling-G Green to
Louisville; Newsboy, Henderson and re-
turn; Morning Star, Louisville and return.
e. .
Among the first boats due here are the
Havana, for Nashville; Shamrock, to st.
Louis; Rebeeca, from NashyiIle;e Robert
Burns, for Memphis; Messenger, Amazon,
P. w. Strader, Wild Wagner, Stonewall,
and Osceola, for New Orleans; Louisville
and Westmoreland, from New Orleans;
Sam. Orr, from Cairo; Rose Hite, from
! Louisville; William White, from Green
River; Up. Webb and Clifton, from Mem
phis. shise' 3A3. - go = y
III sy}ia Miscellaneous i1ab ~
The Louisiana passed up Wednesday
evening with an excellent trip, mostly
cotton. -. -.-...-.The Importer, not the Jim
Porter as our compositor made us say,
passed up, Wednesday night, pretty light.
........The Quiekstep arrived from Cairo at
Z O'Clock yesterday morning, having made
the run in Twenty-Five hours. She had
three hogsheads of tobacco and four bari
rels of whisky for reshipment. .,....... The Ar
mazda had a big trip going down, and is
coming back with a full load, including
one hundred babes of cotton. 49,. 5000. The
eCharmer was also doing q large business,
and Accommodating the people. She had
not arrived at O'Clock, but would be in
and return to Cairo last night............ The
Qnickstep had scarcely any freight for her
return trip......The Plain City brought fifty
barrels of pork, from Bowling Green, Tor
'reshipment to New Orleans. She had but
little else......The Ada Lyon is repairing
her stacks, and lies over until tomorrow.
1.-THE Chattanooga was receiving qnite
rapidly, and would have a fine trip for the
Cumberland, including 800 sacks of corn for
Nashville....,.The Morning Star and Libel-
ty No. had not arrived at 81 O'Clock 49,.
The Charmer arrived at o'clock with a
big trip of freight ard full of people. Her
freight list included ll3 bales cotton and u
hhds. tobacco for r. h. Dunkerson & Co., Is
bales cotton for F. III. Ehrman & Co., 8
hhds. tobacco for reshipment, and GUAM
tity of miscellaneous freight. She returned
to Cairo last night.........The Quickstep left
at ~ clock, and went bowling.
Boats Leaving To Day.
For CAIRo.-The grand Armada win
leave for Cairo and all way ports. She has
no rival in speed, safety or comfort. Her
tables are famous for excellence through
out the land, and her officers are deserved
iy popular and proverbialIy careful. AS
there will be no opposition to-day, passen-
gers will incur no danger by going on the
grand Armada. Billy Dunn is the courte-
Gus clerk. a..ratt
For LoUISyILLE.-Capt Billiards. beauti- !
full pet, the Rose Hite, is the regular packet |
for Louisville this evening" and has ele-
CANT Recommendations for passengers. Capt. !
Ballard is one of the Oldest, as he is one of
the most affable commanders on the river.
while Geo. Patterson and Jesse Jackson
are unsurpassed in their courteous atten-
tions to passengers and shippers
For HENDERSoN.-The popular and regu-
lar Newsboy leaves for Henderson at the
usual hour to-day. She has comfortable
for passengers on short
voyage, and Capt. Perkins is especially
to passengers.
GIeanings from our Exchanges.
The Evansville Courier says:
We were pleased to learn, last evening
IF the formation of the Green River Pack,
of the Ada Lyon to Capt. !
Charley Vanmeter, of Bowling Green; /
Daniels, Of Cromwell, and Graham, OF /
south CarroIton. The combination will
Vile and Green River boat, Plain City q
Possibly it may necessitate the Ada Lyon
20 seek some other trade, or rather eventu-
1te in having two Louisville packets, the
Dla1n City and Ada Lyon. ftsa1 Hl40 ssI
I Merchants, planters and the people gen.
orally in and around Paducah favor the !
of permanent packet line
between that port and Louisville. 1t Is a
jalro and Paducah packets making Evans
,1lle their terminus, they should extend
heir trips Though to Louisville rie
branch railroad. is in contemplation \
rom Henderson to the Nasty Vile railroad, +
md we think it would be to the interest OF
ne lower Ohio mail line to form connee-