The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1866-07-12
RIVER NEWS.
sTEAMBoAT PRINTING.

STEA MBOAT PRINTING.
No printing establishment in the West
has better facilities or greater ability for
doing fine Steamboat Printing. Our assort-
ment of Job Type, though very large and
our Job department is under the personal
supervision of one of the best job printers
in the United States. We are prepared to
Bills Lading, Cards, Deck and Meal Tick
cts, Bills of Fare, Mates Tickets for Labor,
&C., &C. Orders left with either of the
Wharf-boats win be promptly attended to.
River and Weather.
The weather is growing hotter and hot
ter-9Oo in the shade at noon yesterday,
nearly clear, and very calm. River falling
slowly, and slim prospect of a rise. Boats
have now to hunt the deepest water to get
along comfortably.
Arrivals and Departures.
The, arrivals and departures since our
last report include the Mercury, Nashville
to Louisville; Emperor and Anna, Cincin-
natl to Memphis; Newsboy, Henderson
and return.
Boats Due.
Among the first boats due here are the
Tahlequan, to Nashville; Nightingale
and Yorktown, for st. Louis; Harry
Dean, Liberty No. 2, and Golden Eagle,
for Memphis; ]. r. Gilmore, for Ar
kansas River; Armadillo, Melnotte, and
Nick Longworth, New Orleans; David
White, Silver Cloud, Louisville, and Indi-
ana, from New Orleans; j. p. Webb, from
Nashville; Romeo, from Tennessee River;
Charmer, from Cairo; Morning Star, from
Memphis; j. Il. McCombs and Leonora,
from Louisville.
Miscellaneous.
We were quite mistaken in relation to
the cargo of the Armada on Tuesday. She
had 50 hogsheads of tobacco for reship-
ment, 40 of which she received from the
Curlew and u from the Tarascon .........T The
Emperor and Anna had good trips. Both
were aground at Rising Sun bar, which is
the worst place between Cincinnati and
New Orleans. The Mercury passed up
on one engine.........The Phantom had but
little freight on board when we left the
river-indeed the shipments were extreme
ly light yesterday, and business on the
wharf was almost as dull as it has been for
months past at Louisville and New AL
bany .-......T The Ada Lyon was gathering up
very nice trip for Green River.........We
notice that our clever young friend Billy
Boicourt has taken an interest in the
wharf boat of Huston & Co. Billy is 'goOd
man. and has a host of friends here and
all along the river whom he will
take pleasure TO transact business for. -.
The Plain City came off the Dry Dock
few days ago, and is being put into COM
plete order. We have heard it limited that
she will go into the Peoples Line" hence
to Louisville but think it doubtful.........A
ferry boat is building at Leavenworth,
Kansas, to cost $40, 000.......The hull of a new
boat for the engine of the Tom Morgan
Will be launched in few days at a point
below Weimer, and brought to that city to
be finished off, She is one hundred and
five feet long, and will be two feet wider
| than the Morgan. James Morgan, now
mate of the McGilI, it is said, will COM
mand her........One of the Pittsburg papers
has the following in reference to new
boat building at that point for Captain
Donaldson:
The Louisville papers have considera-
| Die to say in regard to a new boat building
at New Albany, by Captain Cannon,
named r. f. Lee. Now we are building
one here for Captain Donaldson that will
! excel the Albany production in about the
| same ratio that General Grant did the
! General whose name their boat bears, du-
| ring the capture Of Richmond. The one
! building here Will be the largest, finest,
/ fastest, and prettiest steamer ever built,
! and will be the j. NJ. White of the Missis-
sippi. She win be S35 feet long, 30 feet
! beam, 10 feet hold. Her engines will be so
| inches in diamater, with 10 feet stroke We
could furnish them with other particulars
| that would cause them to open their eyes
| with wonder, but will forbear for this time
! We are about to build a boat for the
| Louisville and New Orleans trade that we
| and great qualities, even more than the
| Ruth excelled the late Dictator Our new
| boat is to be $40 feet in length, but the other
| dimensions are withheld from prudential
| seasons. We can assure Pittsburg, how
| ever, that the new Louisville boat will
have engines seventy-two inches In dame
| ter. i
ROats Leaving To-Day.