The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1866-11-05

For CAIRo.-The feet and beautiful
Charmer Is the regular packet for Cairo at
O'Clock to-day. Captain Lowth, Willie
Fowler and George Nicholson are her ele-
CANT and popular officers, and never fail to
draw a crowd. lsia sflfls shufafff -oa6#f
For LoUIsvILLE.-The gay Rose Hite
goes TO Louisville atm o'clock this morn
ing, and will lie over there until Thursday.
and will come down again Thursday even
ing, and be here ON Friday, taking Tues
day and Friday hereafter. Captain Bal
lard is not aboard this trip. He has stopped
off for purpose. There must be no flick
ering this time, Aaron. George Patterson
and Jesse Jackson will be found aboard, as
usual, with a clever head-center. ss IaIfq
GIeanings from Our Exchanges.
CINcINNAgI,-The Commercial of Friday
says: aa 93f4b
The weather was cold, cloudy and windy
Yesterday, with the mercury ranging at 60
degrees at noon. At Pittsburgh, the river
is falling, with 10 feet in the channel.
Here the river has risen inches during the
past "a holrs, with eight feet hence to
The T. ]. Pickett reports the Kanawha.
rising, with seven. feet from Charleston to
the mouth. Yesterday morning at three
O'Clock, she discharged 208 barrels of coal
oil, belonging to the Union Coal and Oil
Company, on a float or gunnel barge at the
Maysville wharf, when 10 accidentally
caught fire and was burned. Loss, So 500,
TheT. ]. Pickett had hardly time to cast
OFF nom the barge, narrowly escaping be-
ing burned also. The oil and barrels burn
ed leaving the skeleton hoops, without an
explosion. Captain Holmes says ne is now
convinced Camel coal oil will not explode,
There was considerable excitement on.
change yesterday. relative to New Orleans
freights, owing 60 the introduction of Capt,
James Goods new tow-boat Sam Parker
and barges in the trade. The regular rate
to New Orleans, at present, by steamer, is
forty cents per hundred, while the under
writer's charge fifty per cent. additional for
Captain GOOD reduced the rate to III to
so cents per hundred on his boas and
barges. -}-sai 93h rsass
LoursvILLE.-The Courier, of Friday,
says: s fes fa4a
The river has risen three inches during
s 0sr pest st ye ineRes In the canal by the
THE weather is cIear.and pleasant, with
strong wind from the southwest;
Business on the wharf was dull yester-
| day. There were but few arrivals or de-
partures outside of the regular packets.
The Die Vernon LETT Memphis 90 on tne
| of Texas cattle, and 100 tons OF otner
freight. She picked up snag near Mound
City, carrying away all her starpoara sl9e'
running into the ladies' cabin, and KNOCK
ing overheard about 40 head OF cattle. NO
passengers were injured. -
The Democrat, OF Friday, says: s.
Billy Scott went fishing, back of Muck
| port a few days ago. He found the follow
| ing q notus " posted upon tree: " L0st-A
| red kaf-had white spot on / of his be-
| hind leqQs. He was she KAT. Twill give 3
| dolers tn everybody wat VIII bring hymn
hoam.p Signed, 1--WE can't spell it, Whos
We saw Captain Ballard, of the Rose
| Hite, in town yesterday. "Suthtn's up.
! He looked pIeasing-more so than usual;
! Well, we III wait and " see what we shaii
see.'' Go 1t, Captain! we ii hold yer coat.
| We know what the Captain contem-
plates; but we guess he won't want you
about when he takes Off his coat. g
As the towboat business is beginning to
slack up between st. Louis ana New Or
leans, we are to have lot OF boats 10 run
/ between this port and New orleans. Thls
will oe jumping out of the frylng-pan into
the fire.
Frankly said, Democrat.
ST.. LoUIs.-The Democrat of Friday
says: st
The river above enabled the Northern
| Lane packet Minnesota, from This port, to
/ pass over the lower rapids, ana we presume
"A she will go through to 81 Paul. Probably
othersWill go over, and secure the Dene-
dts to be derived from q through trip. They
will get all the freight they want. The
| river Is falling here, with ten feet to Cairo
| aVd boats Uo Down loaded TO the QuardS