The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1866-10-18
Boats Leaving To-Day.

For CAIRo.-The splendid Charmer is
the regular packet for Cairo, at 3o'clock
to-day. Capt. Billy Lowth is her elegant
commander, and Willie Fowler and George
Nicholson are her popular and attentive
clerks. Give her your countenance and
your freight.
For LOUISVILLE The beautiful Rose
Hite Is the regular packet for Louisville to-
day. Capt. Ballard is in command, and
Geo. Patterson and Jesse Jackson are I'm
the office. They are three elegant gentle
men.
For EAsTPoRT.-The fleet and elegant
Phantom, Capt. Hodge Brown, will leave
for Eastport and all intermediate Tennes-
see landings, at 4 O'Clock, to-day. Tom
Wilson and J. r. Webb, two highly pleas
ant and popular gentlemen, are associated
in her office, and passengers and shippers
will be courteously and carefully accom-
modated. FIJI her full to-day.
GIeanings from Our Exchanges.
CINcINNATI.-The Commercial of Thurs
day says; - A H9t4ta ll
The weather continues clear and pleas
ant. AT Pittsburg the river is falling, with
seven feet In the channel. The Kanawha
is rising, with twenty feet in the channel.
Here the river has risen ten inches during
Saet Fence ~ T6l1sviile gSf N+' it''eeii
ST. LouTs.--The Democrat of Thursday
says: errs.asaf @
The dearth of water Is increasing, and
navigation becoming more and more
difficult. Added TO this, and a consequence
of it, the cry for more steamboats, to move
produce Is becoming more loud and earn
est The number of steamers running on
the Upper Mississippi is indeed large, but
If the number were doubled IL is likely
that they would have all that they could
do. There is, however, one important in-
ducement wanting = higher freight rates.
During the last week or more, boats have
lost a good deal of money between this
point and Cairo.
No one will doubt that who reads of the
grievious delays on sandbars boats have
been subjected to. Subjects, Vancils and
the Sisters have been sloughs, or rather,
bars of despond. The Illinois Is yet ingood
condition, but the Missouri, we suppose.
is a small creek now as regards lis stage of
water. The boats going up and coming
down that stream are In despair. We have
seldom seen time when navigation was
so difficult, and its requirements so poorly
met Rates are so low that most of the
owners of the smaller boats which could
get along with freight, are not Justified in
taking them out OF their retired quarters.
It's all very well to seem to be doing big
business, but very unpleasant 10 lose
money while wearing out ones boat. The
weather is dry and warm.
The Adam Jacobs found the Common
wealth aground at Vanctls, and lying
above and against her the Julia, also
aground. Vancils little feTryboat was
taking freight off the Julia and IL was be-
lieved she and the Commonwealth soon
got of. The little steamer Gov. Sharkey,
hound for the Arkansas, was aground at
cambridge in what was last years cham
mel. A towboat with barge was sent to her
from this point, and she is probably of.
Capt. Dan. Able has been elected TO the
Tennessee Legislature.
MEMPHIs.-The ApGIGnche, of Saturday,
says;
Weather clear and pleasant. Business
fair. The river here is declining rapidly.
The Arkan sas is falling, with three feet
and a half to Little Rock. Whlte river is
falling, with five feet to Jacksonport. ~..
NEW ORLEANs.-The Times OF Sunday
says:
The weather since our last was fine and
pleasant while business movements ON
the landing bore an unusual animated
scene, and from the number OF departures
one would readily suppose old Tunes had
come again once more. We nOJlced each
packet which left having on board ample
heights besides good trips OF people
STRAYED.