The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1866-05-14

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O'Clock, enjoying a pleasant ride and q lit
tie fresh air, alta trivial expense.
lRoats Leaving To-Day.
For CATRo.-The elegant CharIner, Capt.
Billy Lowth, with Willie Fowler in the of
flee, goes to Cairo at 2 O'Clock to-day. She
has excellent passenger accommodations,
and her officers are highly pleasant gem
tlenen.
Fox LOUISVILLE The sprightly little
S John Thomas McCombs leaves for Louis
vile at 10 O'Clock to-day, having fine pas
senger appointments and clever officers.
The wild-winged Liberty No. 2, the queen
of the Louisville and Memphis line, goes
up to Louisville this evening. and has
splendid accommodations for passengers.
Everybody knows Capt Sam Archer and
Ed. III. Judge, her chief officers, and two
more pleasant gentlemen to travel with
never ran a steamboat.
For BOWLING GREEN.--The superb
steamer VIM. White, Capt. A. Drinlwater
with John Adams in the Office, leaves for
all points on Green River this evening,
offering fine attractions to passengers.
For WABASH RIvER.-The fine steamer
Argosy, Capt. vandegrift, goes to the Wa
bash River at 10 o'clock this morning. She
has fine passenger accommodations.
GReamangs from Our Exchanges.
C1NCIrNATI.-The Commercial of Friday
says:
The weather yesterday was clar and
pleasant. The river here has receded
inches during the "A hours ending last
night, with Is feet hence to Louisville.
There is six feet in the canal. n
LOUISVILLE. The Courier of Friday
says:
The river was fs,~ g very slowly yester-
! day. with 5 feetT 1ehes water in the canal
in the evening I 1.-THE mark.
On the falls there were Scant feet water
+ in the pass, last evening, and falling slowly.
The canal was closed yesterday for the
purpose of cleaning out the locks The
lated to a very considerable extent but as
long as the river kept at @ good stage the
necessity for cleaning 1t out was obviated..
( Now that the stage of water is less than
six feet the dredge boat can be successfully
used, while at the same time the mud pre-
vents all but the lightest boats from work
- The Amazon, for New Orleans. was de-
tanned at the head OF the canal all day
The me Canal Company may throw omen the
! locks to-day for the passage Of light
y draught boats, but while their hands are
in, the mud they had better effectually
men will not get stuck in the mud, or
threaten to demoIish the se-called ditch,
or go and dig another on the other side of
~ In the river column yesterday the recent
4 trip of the Liberty No. 2 " to Memphis and
= back was stated as the "quickest on
record The time cannot be regarded as
the best, though most excellent run on a
business trip. The distance il about 1900
miles, but it was half of 1t made with the
current and the other half against the cur
rent. Now, it is a well-znown fact that our
regular louisville and New Orleans pack
made ne bnsness rpS rom New Orleans To
this port, all against the current, in less
than five and q half days-the time of the
Liberty No. 2 to Memphis and back.
We only allude to this to preserve our
consistency as u correct journalist, and not
to misrepresent or detract from tile merits
of any but facts cannot be contrUverted.
The Eclipse and Shotwell, ON their famous
race, came to this port from Memphis in
As or 40 hours, and the down trip has been
repeatedly madein less than As hours, or
four days for the round trip.
In former times when the daily line of
packets was plying between tins city and
Memphis. consisting of the Alvin Adams.
Fashion, Southerner and others. the time
was always made in six days, and very fire.
quently a good deal less II the occasion re-
CURED
ERMEsfpHIs- The Bulletin of the 9th says:
The weather yesterday was variable first
cloudy and sultIy, and then clear and hot,
and the heavy fall of rain on Monday night
had filled up the holes on the levee and
made it rs spotted as fawn. Business
was dull and but little freight left the port
The river is falling steadily, and since our
The Des Arc cleared for Vicksburg with a
2 q good trip. Among her passengers was Gen
Y - b, BUckner.
Commodore Ned Montgomery and fam
ilv left on the Morning Star last evening
on Northern tour. asss- ss
NEW ORLEANS. - The Times of Sunday
says sEFa SOB b safes
The weather yesterday was about tn
same as its predecessor--dark and cloudy
a with the appearance of rain.
Gf Business on the landing was quite brisk
6s. il being the last day of the week, and tn
> number of departures being unusuaH.
large. created quite a stir among the ha
bitues of the levee. f5l4 t ttHf
Es There were few arrivals since our last
s. 1.-The Doubloon from Red River; the En1er
aid came in from Cincinnati with a goo'
trip of Western produce. and the INDIAN