The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1866-11-16

NSVII1LE DAILY JOUR
RIVER NEWS.
STEAMBOAT PRINTING.
No printing establishment in the Wes
has better facilities or greater ability FOL
doing fine Steamboat Printing. Our assert.
ment of Job Type, though very large and
complete, Is constantly being added TO, and
our job department Is under the personal
supervision OF one OF the best Job printers
In the United States. We are prepared "a
print Posters, plain or fancy, Bill Heads
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 will be promptly attended 10.
River and weather.
The weather was beautiful yesterday
with rather raw keen wind. The river is
falling steadily at the rate OF about half
an inch per hour. IL IN falling at all points
above.
Arrivals and Departures.
The arrivals and departures up TO three
o'clock yesterday include the Alice Dean.
Cincinnati 70 New Orleans; Charmer,
Cairo and return; News Boy, Henderson
and return; Morning Star, Louisville and
return.
| Boats Due.
Among the first boats due here are the
| Silver Cloud, Champion, Kate Putnam, and
Nightingale. for st. Louis; New York,
Kate Robinson and Bertha, from ST. Louis;
Mlnneoia and Clifton, for Memphis;
Bertha, for Arkansas, River; Amazon.
Louisville and M. =. Mephan, for New
Orleans; Carrie, Louisiana, and Virginia,
from New Orleans; Rose Hite and Morn
ing Star, from Louisville Armada, from
Cairo Phantom, from Eastport.
Miscellaneous.
There was a large accumulation OF poui-
try and eggs on the wharf and wharf boats
yesterday morning, awaiting shipment
South. This whole country will soon be
drained OF fowls. We, also, notice "a ship
ment of twelve large cases Of wooden
goods from the wooden factory OF Schmfer
Kerr to Memphis. Large quantities of
furniture, manufactured by the Union
Furniture Company, are also, shipped
daily. II IN gratifying 10 notice these evil
dences OF the thrift and enterprise OF our
city......The Alice Dean had a splendid
trip for New Orleans. The Charmer had
good trips both ways. She had her boiler
deck full of furniture........T The News Boy IN
bringing up, daily small lots OF tobacco
and takes out nice trips........T The Phantom
had not arrived up TO two O'Clock,
but was hourly expected. .......The Adj
vance had not arrived up 10 "a lnta
hour yesterday We are told that she laid
over ut Canton, TO afford her passengers
and crew an opportunity TO good deer
hunting. Much freight that had been
waiting on her two days, was shipped on
the packeis.....~..Th Morning Star had
fair packet trip down, and considerable
freight had accumulated for her return
trip. She and the Tarascon viii hence
forth make sure connections with the Cniro
packets, and IL ~ 10 be hoped that the Rose
Hite viii be able To do so also. IL will be a
great advantage to both lines, and a great
convenience to the travelling public.
Keats leaving To-Day.
FoR CAfRo.-The fleet Sam. Orr IS the
Cairo packet ut 3 o'clock to-day. Capt |
Duncan ~ In command, and Val. Sorenson
and Guy Vineyard are her accomplished |
clerks.
For LouIsvILLE-The Rose Kite, Can't. |
Aaron Ballard, Is the regular packet for |
Louisville to-day. She will leave at @ |
o'clock this evening, instead or 10 o'clock |
tomorrow, as has been her habit George |
Patterson and Jesse Jackson are her anna
bic and highly esteemed clerks.
MEMPHIS. The appeal OF Sunday saws;
The weather was not by any means coll
culated 70 increase the dust during the
the levee was covered with mad, cotton. /
and miscellaneous freight. Business was
better than conld have been expected dur
ing such heavy ana continuous rain.
The river ut this point has again started
on the rampage and Is slowly rising. The
rise for the twenty-fonr hours, ending at
dark last night, was fully four inches
The Mfrble City departed for St Louis
last ever Ing. Among other things she
carried on four families who We're on their
County, Miss. Choctaw IL a prolific part |
of our sister state, If we judge from the
Personal appqrtenha a ie, Of the emigrants
headed youngsters. Each had n package
OF snuff and did his or her own "dipping'5
Of appearances,
NEW oRLEANs.-.The Times, OF Sunday,
says: 0gf nil @gH HaW 9iGTo
The weather yesterday was dark and
tended with q couple OF showers, which
had but little effect on the dust.
Business on the landing, for the end Of
ticed the majority OF the packets leaving
with very good trips. Among the depart
ures yesterday was the w. X. Arthur, for
~. Louis, WITT 900 tons on board, besides
good passenger list. Part OF the Arthur'a
trip was 1900 sacks OF corn for Memphis.
Just think OF that, We Western grain ship
pers. The iden OF corn being shipped back
10 within few hundred miles of the place
on which IL was matured. But as the old
adage will have IL, it's q poor rule that
won't work both ways"
There were but few arrivals. The Cuba
came in from Cincinnati.
The Louisiana came IN from Louisville
with large freight and full of people. and
leaves again on Monday, at g. r. M, FOR Lou