The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1866-12-10
Roats leaving To-Day.

For CAIRO The splendid Charmer, Cap
tain Billy Lowth, is the regular mail and
express packet for Cairo and way ports to-
day. She has superb passenger appoint
ments. William Fowler and George
Nicholson are her accomplished Clerks.
She leaves at o'clock.
FoR LoUIsvILLE.-The great Morning
Star is the unrivaIled mail and Adams
Express packet for Louisville this ntorn-
ing at 10 O'Clock. She is one of the 1eetest
on the wave. Captain Ike DOLLS is in
command, and that highly courteous gem
tleman, Miles ID. Warren, is her princely
Clerk. He is good one g5i sos lssi ga
GIeanings from our Exchanges. q r
CINCINNATI. -The Commercial, of FRI
day, says: II" &s y ,alna3 tah sw
The weather was mild and clouds yester-
day, with more rain during the night pre-
yioqs. The mercury ranged at So a. noon.
feetin the channel Here the river has re-
coded inches during the past twenty-four
hours, with 70 feet hence to Louisville. 81.
The Bertha, from Arkansas river brings
l39 bales OF cotton from one Of the planIa-
| tions of Messrss Faran d Mclean, on that
stream. Our lneighbors of the Enquirer
have been more fortunate with their cotton
crop than many oftheir subscribers.
We regret 10 announce that Mr.. Locke
river editor of the Cincinnati Gazette, has
of the cholera. He was improving last
evening. INV ss4ylfe .ft +aa..-f> 4ill7
Ein LoUrsvILLE.-The Courier of Friday says:
The river was rising vrey slowly. yester-
day, with ii feet OF water In the canal in
the evening, by the mark. During the
previous tWenty-four hours 1t has risen
3inches only at the head of the falls, and
inches at Portland, exactly our estimate
of yesterday Of the extent of the rise. The
weather was warm and close all day with
heavy rain in the morning.
On the falls last evening there were feet
of steamboat water in the middle chute,
and feet in the Indian chute, and the
| river about stationary. ~
John Morgan, watchman of the Mem
phis and Haile's Point packet Lady, while
showing some negroes how to roll bale of
cotton, slipped and fell into the river, near
Pekan Point. A skiH was put out for him.
but he sank before he could possibly be
reached. Nu Is
ST. LoUIs.-The Democrat of Friday says:
The river is on the swell. Away up in
the North, as well as here, spring-lke,
mild weather has prevailed. The rains
have also been pretty general. When the
johnson left Keokuk, the rise amounted to
ten inches. The swell was above as well.
as below the lower rapids. The Illinois is
probably also swelling. There is now five
feet to Keokuk and seven feet to Cairo.
Business was interrupted by rain yester-
day. We have indeed extraordt nary
weather for the season saf.s
MEMPHIS.-lne APpeUe VI uASuaS S<aSo'
The weather was pleasant during the
greater part of the day, but along toward
/ the "shank of the evening, clouds, dark
and threatening, gathered overhead, pre-
paratory to general "outpouring," the
mn dement's of which were soon sholOered
upon MS, commencing about o'clock, and
continuing throughout the night. Woe to
levee pedestrians to-day! ~
na The upper rivers are about on stand.
The A rkansas. White and ST. Francis Riv-
ers are rising. AT this point the river has
risen feet in the past "a hours and is rap
idly going up.