The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1866-10-02


falling fast, The rise there viii not chsak
the decline here ssnsibiy. af
.ss. Arrivals and Departures.
The only arrivals aud departures up 20
o'clock yesterday, include the Laura Fen
ton, Louisville 10 MemphisI Kate Putnam
~, LaaIis 20 Pittsburgh dreenbaek, Pitts
burg 10 Arkansas RIVER Sam, Orr, Cairo
10 IsVansyiileI Rose Hite, Mcpherson 10
Loaisyiiiei Indiana, louisville 10 New Or
leans AewsbOy, Henderson aHd return,
oharmsr, 10 GaiFoi Superior, i.oneyard for
Cineinnatii Golden Eagle, Memphis 10
Cincinnati, John w. Garrett, Cincinnati
10 New Orleans,
Heats Dpe.
Among the FIRST boats due are the Cham
plan, Geo, d, Palmer, Anna, and I'm
porter, i0r st, Louis, Minnie, Yorktown,
Shamrock, Huntsville. aud Kate fatnam
from ~, Louis; Darling Clifton ana
silver Cloud, for MemphisI Cher
man, for Little Hoeki Maggie Hays,
Louisiana and hlue Wing, from New
OrisansI Manson, Louisville Argosy and
Emma No, 2, 10 New oFleansi j. 4, Me-
Combs, from L0uiavillal GharmsF, nom
cairoi J. T.. Webb, from Passport,
miscellaneous.
business was only moderately lively yes
terday morning on the lsvee .,,.,m,The Kate
Putnam had big trip FOR Pittsburg, aud
was compelled 10 refuse freight here, 81
which there ~ a large amount waiting
shipment.,,,,, Halls wharf-boat IL full or
wheat. and the ether boats had an ahund-
atiee OF freight,".,, "rIhe Laura Fenton
had good tfip,..,,,.,.t.The Indiana was
loaded 10 siG-and- a-haif feet forward ANA
deeper alta beautiful bat highly nlisael-
ianeons cargo, including 1000 heads OF
cabbage, horses, mules, plows, wagons,
buggies, and machinery, ana had her
cabin full OF peoplea,,...,.,.The Sam. Orr
had only moderate trip up The
Rose iiile left with a handsome packet
trip,us,,u, Capt Reuben Neal was ia eom-
mand Of the Indiana, and q. q, shultz and
Harry Walker la the ofiiee-.,.,,,,The su-
perioF Was getting up steam yesterday
morning, preparatory 90 leaving for Cin-
einnati, where she will De broken up and
her machinery oVerhauied and adapted To
tile new boat contracted for by the Cairo
Packet Company, ,u,,..,,T The Cairo Packet
Company held an election for Directors
and officers yesterday. The result will he
found on the 9Th page..,... The Golden
Eagle had ass bales Erection for this port,
and a fair trip for Cincinnati. We are in-
debted 10 her officers for Memphis papers
OF Saturday ,..,a.i@The ,. w. Garrett had
three deeply laden bafges IA tow. She had
an innumerable quantity of empty mo-
lasses barrels. 4ff IiD4af hrH 4mlE
hiaats Leaving Te-Day. iIid
FoR CAME. The superb sam Orr, Capt. ]
Alien Duncan, leaves for Cairo and all way
ports at three o'eleelS promptly tQ-iiay,
Guy Vinyard In hef accommodating clerk,
aud viii carefully attend TO the wants OF
passengers.
Foa LoufsvfLLE.-The elegant and haet
John a, MoCombs wheels into line this
week, and Will be here this evening, To
return TO Louisville. She has superior ae-
commodations, and her officers, whoever
they may be, sgill be pleasant and atten-
tive. We expect Capt. Jiin I.usls IL in COM
mand The Morning Star takes Wednes-
days and Saturdays, while the TaraAeon
lies up.
CINoINsATI.~The Commercial of satur-
day, says;
The weather yesterday was warm aud
pleasant, with the mercury ranging at
72-. At Pittsburgh the riveris falling, with
ten feet in the channel The knnawa, IL
rising, with four feet Ia the channel. Here
the river has reccded three feet during the
past twenty-fonr hours. There h now sew
enty-one feet between the bottom OF the
Suspension bridge and the surface of the
water, thus enabling almost all the ateam~
ers TO pass under without taking down
Captain David Willard las purchased
the Monsoon, and Will put her IN the Low
er Coast trade, plying between New Orr
leans and Fort Jackson AS regular packet
Louisvu.LE,-The Courier OF Saturday,
says;
The river was falling fast yesterday, fully |
M fast as ID had risen, with - feet inches
water Ia the canal In the evening, by tho !
fallan 20lnohes nt the head OF the nils, add
feet at Portland, The weather continues |
clear. and REMARKABLY pleasant for thesear
On me f,iils last evening there we're IL foot
ateamboatwaier down the indiauA shore, |
and the river was falling fast. The broad
horn fleet of coal boats Will hnNc to hurry |
along from Pittaburg, or else they will lose
the present fayoi able tide 20 descend the
rapids.
animated aud bustllng than for sofne time
previous, aud shipments were large To the
lower Ohio, Green River, Memphis, and
plantation landings, and 10 New Orleans.
Sr Louisville Democrat, OF Saturday,
sayaI 9 4fuaf4H} 4 alld I
Low wnter hence To Cairo VIII not be
fact for nt least one week To come, The
decline goes ON steadily from fifteen inches
TO nineteen inches per day We presume
the Illinois IL now falling, The Missouri
and Upper Mississippi decline continues.
The Dubuque papers say that boats--prob-
ably meaning loaded boatsrqRnnot 20
above Winonn, A dozen or 40 small craft
have n busy time, I'LL they can do, running
from saint Paul and head of large steam
boat navigation. business here has not
vet started into brisk lite. There IL still an
unusual abundance OF freight for tha Ohio.
The Kate Putnam and Yorktown left yes
terday with full cargocs, principally for
Ptttsburg, and the ShHmroek leaves for
Cincinnati to-day with all she can carry. q
MEMPuIs.- THE Appeat ofThursday says:
The weather yesterday waA clear and
pleasant Business was dull upon the
ieVee, aud the arrivals were but few, The
river isriaing steadily mt this point nj the
rate of one inch per hour, but the 81. Louis
papers say II IL declining there, and the
Tears of M overflow are now .gronndloss.