The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1866-07-04
River and weather.

| &C., &c. Orders left with either of the
wharf-boats viii be promptly attended to.
River and Weather.
The weather yesterday was rather pleas
ant, alternately clear and cloudy, with a
light rain during the forenoon. The river
had fallen four inches during the "A hours
ending at o'clock yesterday. -
Arrivals and Departures.
The arrivals and departures up to three
O'Clock yesterday, included the Phantom,
Cairo to Evansville; Ada Lyon and ]. Ba-
ker, Green River to Evansville; Harry
Dean, Memphis to Cincinnati; Leonidas,
st. Louis to Cincinnati; Newsboy, Hen
derson and returns Chattanooga to Green
River Ella; Faber, Louisville and return !;
Armada and Nashville to Cairo.
Ha a Boats Due. p4
Among the first boats due here are the
Altoona, for Nashville; Lady Franklin,
Yorktown and Wauanita for st. Louis; ;
Champion and r. c. Gray, for st. Paul :;
Clifton, Anna and Liberty No. 2, for Mem
phis; w. p. Strader and Lotus No. 2, for
New Orleans; the Importer, from st. Louis;
Tarascon, from Louisville; Charmer, from
Cairo; ]. p. Webb, from Nashville; Romeo,
from Tennessee River; Lawrence, from
st. Louis; Morning Star, from Memphis.
miscellaneous.
Business was not especially lively on the
wharf yesterday morning, and there were
but few arrivals........TheP Phantom arrived
at II o'clock Monday night, with good
trip of freight and people. We are indebt-
ed to her courteous Clerks for manifest,
which will be found below The Ada
Lyon had full cargo of tobacco ....T The
Newsboy was also full of tobacco The
]. Baker had all she could bear up under
.........The Harry Dean and Leonidus passed
up yesterday morning both well loaded .......
The Armada left as we close this report
with nice trip of freight, and full of peo-
ple.......".The Nashville made good show
of freight on her guards, but we guess she
could have taken more on the water. ....
We expected to see a little dash between
the two, but just as the Armada was get
ting out in the river she was hailed by the
Ella Faber and waited for her passengers.
1.-THE Curlew left for Uniontown to
carry passengers to Fourth of July cele-
bration.-.......The Ella Faber had a fair
freight trip, and a crowd of people.
We clip the following ill-natured fling at
Evansville from the Louisville Courier.
There is now daily line of packets ply
ing hence to Evansville, and another daily
line plying between Evansville and Cairo. 4
The latter line has been got up especially
for the benefit of st. Louis boats, and the
wharf-boat agents al Cairo. 1t is no great
advantage to the town of Evansville,
rather an injury, as by her daily dribbling
shipments 30 Cairo, the latter point secures
the freight, and its control, making it the
great depot for the packets, while Evans
Vile is tickled with its daily cline of little
dinkies.. Heretofore Evansville was a
great shipping point, now il is only Cairo
pointer. 40 9f+ 1gr HB
The truth is that Evansville, by the con-
current testimony of all river men and
Others, does six times the business that
Louisville does, and, the jealousy. of that
city has often broken forth in such men,
dacity as the above. Evansville has an
excellent Daily Mail Packet Company
hence to Cairo, and shippers are not likely
to hold freight over here, to wait for New
Orleans boats to gather up a trip at Louis
vile, when they can send it through by
the packets by express tine.T
Most of the boats after laying at Louis |
Vile for six TO ten days to get few tons of |
freight, drop down here and fill out as fast |
as they can load, and sometimes they pre- |
fer to stop here, as they can load here |
sooner than at Louisville Moreover the |
packets generally get liberal /
divide with the st. Louis boats for freights
turned over to them. Louisville had bet
Ter try and build up trade for herself /
without stabbing neighboring and rival |
cities. G - - oIt T