The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1866-09-04
BOats Leaving To-Day.

For CAIRo.-The elegant Nashville,
Capt. Fred. Huston, will leave for Cairo
and all way ports at three o'clock to-day.
She has fine passenger appointments, and
good speed. Her chief clerk is that elegant
and accomplished gentleman, VAL Soren-
son, assisted by Master George Throop,
whose affability and accuracy are proverb-
ial. s. 'siif i4ff
For LoUIsvILLE.-The gay Tarascon, the
pride of the louisville line, is the regular
packet for Louisville and all way points
this evening. Capt. Jim Lusk, John Ouer-
hacker, Arthur Field and Billy Stephen
son, form her grand quadrilateral of popu-
lar and courteous officers. They are atthe
top of their profession. Dabney Page, the
world renowned Steward, provides for the
appetites of passengers, and no boat pro-
vides better table. Go for the good Tar
ascofl. .. ~ aasihats @9' @-tt tsA
GIeanings from Our Exchanges,
fCINcINNATI.-The Commercial of Satur-
day says:
The weather yesterday was clear and
warm during the day, and cloudy with in
dications of rain last night. At noon, the
mercury. indicated IS deg; Al, Pittsburg,
the river is falling, with 80 inches in the
channel The Kana@kaA is stationary,
with Is in ches in the elfanneL Here the
river has receded inches during the past
"A hours, with feet ont the shoalest bars
hence to louisville fsS|u. 'it So etA 4Ah
LoUIsvILLE.-The Courier of Saturday
says - llFi4 =. hino ad 81 ica NtaI
r The river is still gradually receding
about an inch at the head of the falls in
twenty -four hours, or three inches at Port
land, with three feet eight inches water in
the canal last evening, by the mark. The
weather has turned warm, and was cloudy
at times, the thermometer ranging as high
as $40. We are now verging on the close of
the second week OF uninterrupted dry
weather, and rain is desirable for navi-
gable purposes, and to alIay the dust. The
crops, we believe, can just now get along
better without rain than with it.
The falls a; no longer navigable for any
steam craft, and the falls pilots can take a
leave of absence until the next rise.
ST. LOUIS. : The Democrat Of Saturday
says:
At this point the river is falling at least
six inches per day. Seven feet scant to
is another. Two days ago the Illinois, Mis-
souri,, and Mississippi were low and falling
steadily. There was 80 inches in the 1lli-
nois, 81 feet in the Missouri, ana feet
near st. Paul. Perhaps this has all become
changed.
The rains of last evening fell first far
awayin the north, and were h mere real perIe ra
heavy along the upper rivers. The season
has been remarkable in this respect; that
on two or three occasions the rivers were
about PLAYING out, and the time tor some
scores of Very light-draft steamers to nearly
monopolize the trade of the upper rivers
had Just arrived, when heavy rains would
fall, and 10 the rivers were up again This
may be good for the people, but the owners
of 1ight-draft boats consider 1t anything
but a joke. 1fsE a1l sahnh
kJBusiness was dull yesterday. The rain
began to fall at so late an hour in the af-
ternoon that it interfered but little with
shipments. Dispatches from Fort Smith
report rise of eight feet, and still swelling
We may look for big rise in the Arkan-
sas White river is reported rising at Au-
gusta, with five feet in the channel.
MEMPHIs-The appeal, of Thursday,
says: ra
The weather yesterday was clear and
pleasant, and the air felt bracing, and we
have hoped that it might have good effect
upon the cholera, but our hopes have been
dispelled, as Will be seen by the reports in
our local columns.
Business was comparatively dull on the