The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1866-06-15

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cts, Bills of Fare, Mates Tickets for Labor,
DC, &c. Orders left with either of the
wharf-boats viii be promptly attended TO.
River and weather.
Yesterday was partly cloudy, but very
not, with some indications of rain........T The
river has fallen about or inches during
the "a hours ending atnoOn yesterday. The
decline Will doubtless be more rapid hence
forth. At Pittsburgh the river is again
falling.
Arrivals and Departures.
The arrivals and departures since our last
report include-the st. Cloud, from Cairo
to Cincinnati; Argosy, Cairo and return;
j. P. Webb, Nashville to Evansville;
Morning Star, Memphis to Louisville; j.
n. McCombs, Louisville to Henderson and
return.
Boats Due.
Among the boats due here are the EN-
peror for, Nashville; Rapid Ann, for Ten-
nessee River; Argonaut, Nightingale,
lawrence, Shamrock, and Bertha, for
st. Louis; Golden Eagle, Anna, and Lib
erty No. 2. for Memphis; Navigator, Silver
Cloud, Nick Longworth, and Louisiana,
for New Orleans; Armada, from Cairo;
Tarascon and Mary Ament, from Louis
vile; VIM. Butler and Louisville, from
New Orleans; and Ada Lyon, from Green
River
Miscellaneous.
The weather continues hot, and business
dull. There have been but few arrivals
up TO tile time of closing this report,........
The Argasy had a fair trip in yesterday
morning, Including 81 hogsheads of to-
bacco. She was receiving fair freight
list for her return trip.......The st. Cloud
turned over her New Orleans freight at
Cairo to the p. w. Strader, and returned
to Cincinnati light...-..Thet ]. P. Webb
had splendid trip from the Cumberland,
including lao hhds of tobacco. She will
probably go 10 the Wabash for a lot of
corn and line tomorrow, for Nashville
......If the local of the New Albany Ledger
could stand upon@our levee a day or two,
and see the constant influx oftobaeea, even
in these dull times, it would make his head
swim. But fast as IL comes 1t disappears
as rapidly, and is, Speedily transferred to
the East by the admirable arrangements of
the r. d G. r.. R.....-.The Cflarnier viii
leave the dock this evening Tomorrow
morning, and will be followed by one OF
the Henderson wharf-boats. We are glad
to see the Dock kept fulI....~~The Taras-
ICON and Mary Ament will be down and lIc
over here tonight.
Beats Leaving To-Day.
FOR NAsHvILLE.-The j. p. Webb is the
regular and reliable packet for Nashville
to-day. She has fine passenger accommo-
datiOns, and Capt. Hodge Brown and Tom
Wilson are two excellent and accommo-
dating gentlemen, and will see that pas
sengers are made comfortable.
Gleanings from OUR Exchanges.
CIScINSA4a--The Commercial Of ~
1oxy <yarxr-rr<gf VESF9SIs~
day, With the mercury above e0S at noon
Several faint showers of rain during the
day, did not have the desired effect ofeoel-
night, the river was falling, with{ feet II,
the channel. Here it receded inches ,dur-
ing the "A hours ending last night, with
vile. There IL oa IN the ee cana e Louis
Inc me. Anderso Re bridge-tfee and
at JeffersonviiIs Capt. Georee F; Pans,
new boat + nan apfd Ann, not Rapi-
dan, as stated v lay. The Rapid Ann
was built exp the Tennessee River
The Steamer n .s.trt sfAora s,,o,ts 80
tin box, suspen ded between her chimnies
Strange as it may appear, it has been in
habited by this species of birds for some
ST hsra months sh, VINO fEavei with the boat
~eral trips to Pittsburg and back.
LoUIsWELE-T'he Courier of Wednesday
says:
The river was falling slowly yesterday
with hve feet seven inches water in the es
nal IN the evening by the mark. During
the previous "a hours 1t had fallen 8 inches
at the head of the falls and 9inches at Port
land.
The weather was excessively warn,
though tempered at times with n breeze' |
the thermometer ranging as high as S9o in |
sne shade. There were two showers of rain |
On the falls last evening there were 3
feet water in the pass down the Indiana
cnuLe, apd the river slowly falling.
ST. LoUIs.-The Democrat says:
The weather is very sultry. business On
the wharf fair. We iearB there continues
70 be considerable offerings of freiohf for
the ONO. The Blackford registered some
passengers yesterday for Ohio river POINTS. |
immediately upon her arrival. The river
mere continued swelling yesterday, with
large stage to Cairo, and probably ten
feet on the bar at Plum Point below Cairo
The Missouri is high
The Democrat further says that the r. l.
Woodward, sold on Change on Monday
last. was built at Paducah. She was built
at Evansville She sold to Dan Able for
$500
The Republican, says:
The A. & M. S. 5. packet Mary f. For
Louis, with the Sd Michigan on board, and
her cabin full of passengers, blew out her | .
iarboafd cylinder head Wednesday morn Z
ing, FIVE miles above Friar7s Point. The
CONSERVATION caused by the escape of
steam 50 frightened the deck passengers
and soldiers as TO cause three priyafes and |
one negro TO jump in the river The SOL
diers were rescued, but the poor negro
found a watery grave. The accident dam
aged the machinery of the FORSYTH. She |
transferred her passengers TO the steamer
Mississippi.
MEMPHIs.-The appeal, of Sunday, says:
The weather yesterday took a spree in |
the forenoon, and with the assistance. of {
old Boreas, caused for awhile quite a COM 4
motion among the shipping but luckily