The Evansville journal., 1866-07-21
RIVER NEWS.
sTEAMBOAT PRINTING.

menI of Job Type, though very large and
complete, is constantly being added to, and
our fob department. is under the personal
supervision of one of the | lest job printers
in the United States. We are prepared to
print Posters, plain or fancy, Bill Heads,
et asf Bis of Fare Mates Tcets d si FOR Labor
&C., &c. Orders left with either of the
wharf-bOats will be promptly attended to.
River and weather.
The weather was partly clear and partly
cloudy yesterday, and quite warm. The
river had risen six inches during the twen-
ty-four hours ending at three O'Clock yes
terday, and low water hopes are cores
pOndingly depressed. The rise viii be of
short duration. There is twenty inches on
the Race-Track Shoals in the Cumberland
Arrivals and Departures.
The arrivals and departures up to 3
o'clock yesterday include the Armada
and Nashville, Cairo and return; Pink
XaFhle, Tennessee River to Louisville !;
Newsboy, Henderson and return.
Boats Due. 5A
Among the first boats due here are the
,Abeona and E. c. Gray, from st. Louis;
Yorktown and Mauanita, from st. Louis;
.Minneola and Naugatuck, for Memphis;
-Armadillo, Melnotte, New Orleans, Lou
isvil1e and Messenger, from New Orleans;
Rose Hite aaad J. T. NcCombs, from Louis
Vile; Phantom and Charmer, from Cairo.
miscellaneous.
Business was very dull, and parties who
,have plenty of money to waste in rum
ming steamboats, fer grandeur. are very
successful in heirse1orts....--..Dhe Armada
and Nashville had light trips of freight,
the former twenty and the latter eleven
h0gsheads of tobacco and little miscella-
neous freight. The Armada had ninetys
eight passengers registered up, and a hum
dred and seventeen down, or two hundred
and fifteen the round trip. Pink
Varble passed up with q loadsef old iron
1.-THE Newsboy had a'good trip of to-
bacco from Henderson. .Ruben Daw-
son-not Lawson, as our printers had it
yesterday--UAited States Inspector, was
expected by the Taraseon last night to re-
main few days for the renewal of IL
censes, inspection of boilers, and all
other matters pertaining to his office.........
Our friend Mr.. III. C.. gGassaway, long and
favorably known as clerk Of the st. Charles
of the Peoples Line, has retired from that
position and accepted the position of Sec
retary of the Newfoundland Manufactur-
lers' Insurance Company at Cincinnati.
His hosts of friends will Riss Col. Gassa-
way from the river very sensibly ...,,-,.The
launch of Captain Cannon's new steamer
was effected at New Albany on Wednes-
day, but was attended with slight damage
1.-The breaking of her main hog. chains.
...-.-..The st. Louis Repttblican says: /" The
bids for the bars of the A. & NJ s. S.
packets were opened yesterday and award
ed to A. Jones and George c. Wolff, at the
following rates per annum, VIZ: Ruth,
Mollie Able, w. R. Arthur, Mississippi, Oh
i've Branch, and Lady Gay, each s., 900;
Atlantic and Pauline Carroll, each s., 1000;
Continental and Luminary,, each $500;
Julia and Mary E. Forsyth, each $1,000;
j. G. Swon and Ed. Walsh, each s2,0OO..-....
The Morning Star having been detained
by low water, will not leave Louisville
again until Monday evening and be here
on nTuesday.........The pilots Of the Armada
report four feet large on the worst bars be-
low. The present swell will relieve boats
to slight extent. Ass1j AHa sE3r u ana
BOafs Leaving To-Day. f
For CAIRO, : The superb and elegant
Phantom, Captain Tom Bolus, with Char
ley Irwin and T. L.. Conant as clerks, is
the daily Mail Line Packet for Cairo to-
day. She is very fast and finely appoint
ed.
For LoUIsvILLE.-The great Tarascon is
the daily Mail Line Packet for Louisville
at nine o'clock this-morning. She carries
passengers for 50 so to Louisville. Her off,
GERS are highly popular, and Dabney Page
knows how to feed the people. tle.
For GREEN R1vER.-The Ada Lyon is the
Capt. ALI. Edwards will see that all things
work to the comfort of her passengers.
GIeanfngs from Cur Exchanges.
GINcINNATI.-The Commercial of Thurs
day says: d lae I'll iaH 10
The weather was warm and cloudy all
day yesterday, with the mercury at 80 de-
gress. Towards evening there was a hard
rain and mild storm, which lasted all the
evening. At Pittsburgh the river is falling,
with twenty inches in the channel The
Kanawha is also falling, with two and a
half feet in the channel. Here the river
has sreceded six inches during the past
twenty-four hours with feet on the shoai-
est bars to Louisville, feet inches in the
canal, and 2 feet on the falls. ..tt i 4
Owing to low water, the st. James left the
wharf yesterday for the bone yard. The
Pine Grove left for Pomeroy in her place,
in command of Captain Lon. Bryson.s
"A young son of Captain Vinton, of the
Amazon, while playing with fire-crackers
on Friday last, set his clothes ON fire. Cap
tain Vinton, while trying to saye his child
had his hands severely burned. His child
escaped with q few wounds. e6 Pei
Z Business on the landing yesterday was
better than it has been for some time.
Captain Joseph Patton, of the Galliopol1s
wharf-boat, and Captain Summers. of the
steamer Viola, passed through the city yes
terday en- route to Padncahito take charge
of the, Jonas Powell and bring her to this
city and then put her in the Galliopolis
and Parkersburg trade as regular packet.
I There goes the Cairo and Tennessee River
trade. 5l sH2eG os a9Ii9lF- Ae ra
I LOUISVILLE. The Courier of Thursday
says: l0f .GoLTEW-0ltI gJt stA
The river was about at a stand all day
yesterday, with four feet four inches water
in the canal in the evening by the mark
l1r1al