The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1866-08-28
Boats Lenving To-Day.

paint. He will be ready for business this
morning.
Boats Leaving To-Day.
For CAIRo.-The feet and elegant Nash
Vile, Capt. j. ". Throop. backs out for
Cairo at o'clock to-day. She has excel
lent passenger accommodations. Billy
Dunn and Val. Sorenson are her popular
clerks.
For LoUIsvILLE.-The palatial Tarascon
resumes her place in the Louisville Line
to-day. She has no equal ON the Lower
Ohio for speed or elegance of her appoint
ments. Capt. Jim Lusk, formerly of Mo-
bile Bay and the Bigbee River, is her gall
liant commander. John Ouerbacker, Ar
thur Field and Billy Stephenson, are her
corps of polite and attentive clerks. Dab
ney Page is her unsurpassed steward, and
passengers by the Tarascon feed like
princes.
For EAsTPoRT.-The popular and ele-
CANT j. p. Webb will return to Eastport to-
day. Capt. Allen Duncan is her expert
enced commander, and Mr.. Vineyard is in
the Office. The Webb has first-class passen-
ger accommodations.
GIeanings from Our Exchanges.
says:
The weather yesterday was clear and cool
with the mercury at IS degrees. AT Pitts
burgh the river Is fallings with two feet in
the channel The KanaWha is falling, with
twenty-five inches in the channel. Here
the river has fallen nine inches in the last
twenty-four hours, with nine feet on the
shoalest bars hence to Louisville. There is
six feet in the canal.
The General Buell. did not arrive from
/ louisville until noon Yesterday. having
been detained by fog. Among her passen-
gers we found Capt. j. Stuff N Teal, of the In
diana, who is now engaged in building the
Richmond for the low-pressure machinery
of the famous Jacob Strader. He says he
intends to make the Richmond the largest
finest, safest and fastest steamer af1oat
The frame of the hull is set up, and he con-
templates to have the famous marine
structure completed and ready for business
by Christmas next.
A gentle frost prevailed along the river
above the city during Thursday night
alarming the tobacco-growers, yet pleasing
the cholera public generally.
Captain ID. l.. Hendrickson-" old Stone
wall''-of the Maggie Hays, just from New
Orleans, reports a large amount OF cholera
and yellow fever scarce, along the Lower
Mississippi, Whsle the authorities notify
passing steamers not to land sick paSsen-
gers.
says:
Inc river WAS ldlllDS ySSl0Iudys Will
feet 10 inches water in the canal in the
evening by the mark. During the previous
tWenty-four hours it had fallen inches al
the head of the falls, and u inches at Port
land. The weather was cool, the thermom
eter at noon at $50, while at sun-up beyont
the city limits it was down to 90 ana Il
was reported that light fall of white fros
was experienced in the vicinity We, how
ever, think it a little too soon for frost IL
this latitude, though frost has been repeat
eddy known to occur in August.
a. On the falls last evening there were Zee
| 10 inches water in the pass down the In
dian chute, and falling.
John Ellsworth, passenger ON the MARY
Erwin, died August 23d, and was buried a
Otter Creek, KY. He was supposed TO pc
resident of Covington, KY, and had beer
soldier of the l3Sth Ohio volunteer In
1 fantry His effects can be obtained by ap
| plying at the office of the steamer Mar
| Erwin.
| sissippi river near Helena on last Sunday
| Telling trees and doing considerable dam
| age The steamer Commercial was blown
on the Helena bar, and came near LOSING
| her cabin, which was raised four inches
! She was pulled off again by the Des Arc.
ST. LoUIs.-The Democrat, of Saturday
says:
The river was stationary at this poin
| Yesterday. There is six feet to KeokuE
| and q fair stage to ST. Paul, but declining
i The Illinois is again in good condition
| The Missouri is stationary, with five fee
TO st. Joseph. Hence to Cairo there
eight feet of water. Business was YER
quiet on the wharf yesterday. Epidemi
4 excitement all over. Freight is beginnin
/ to accumulate along the Illinois and Or
| per Mississippi, and will soon be undergo
ing shipment to this point Weather coo
and pleasant.
The illinois steamer VIII s. Hays, brok
| hot ct