The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1866-08-16

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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 win be promptly attended to.
River and weather.
The weather yesterday was chiefly clear
and hot; thermometer $40 in the shade at
l o'clock. a cool breeze prevailed all day.
The river is steadily but slowly declining.
with AZ to 5 feet reported on the bars to
Cairo and Louisville. A sudden rise of six
feet is reported at Wheeling, but it will not
affect the river here.
Arrivals and Departures.
The arrivals and departures up to three
O'Clock yesterday were the Ada Lyon,
Rumsey and return; Newsboy, Henderson
and return; Mary Swan, Cairo to Louis
vile.
h@ Boats Due. a9 y
Among the first boats due here are the
Mary Erwin, and Talisman, from ST.
Louis; j. T.. McCombs, from Louisville;
Sherman and Lorena, for New Orleans;
Armada, from Cairo; Altoona for Men,
phis; Advance, from Cumberland River;
Ada Lyon, from Green River.
Miscellaneous.
Business on the levee yesterday morn
vals. The Ada Lyon was unable to pass
the locks at Rumsey, on account of low
waterThe Mary Swan had a nice trip
Fl ON Cairo. Captain Champion reports
considerable excitement existing in
Cairo, on account of the cholera,
several deaths having occurred there .....,..
The VIM. Brown is aground at Walkers
bar, near Golconda 1.-THE Lady Gay is
aground 10 miles below Cairo, and the Mis-
sissippi is aground six miles above Cairo.
The acting chief clerk is said to have died
of cholera, since the Mississippi left ST.
Louis. Mr.. CondiR is the regular clerk of
the Mississippi, but was reported day or
two ago as going home on visit. We re-
greet to learn that our good friend F. NJ.
Humphrey is confined to his home, sick.
We hope to see him out soon.
Boats Leaving To-Day.
For CAIRo.-The beautiful and SPLEEN
didly-appointed Charmer, Captain Billy
Lowth, is the regular packet for Cairo to-
day. Billy Fowler and George Nicholson
are her handsome and gallant Clerks, and
are both " hunkie" boys. 4.a
For LoUIsvILLE.-The elegant John T.
McCombs, Capt. Ed. Crider, is the regular
packet for louisville at 6 O'Clock this
evening. That courteous and afable gem
| tleman, Miles D. Warren, is her popular
Clerk.
GIeanfngs from Our Exchanges.
| CINCINNATI.-The Commercial of Tuesday
says:
| The weather was warm and cloudy yes
terday, with refreshing rain last evening.
| At Pittsburgh the river is on stand with
/ 2 feet in the channel. The Kanawha is
rising, with 80 inches in the channel. Here,
| the river is falling slowly with A feet
hence to Louisville, and 81 feet in the
| MT. John Riggs, the efficient river police
man, died at his residence of cholera, yes
terday morning. We regret to announce
that the wife of William III. Pierce, Inspec.
tor of Hulls in this city, died at her resi-
dence in this city, of cholera, yesterday af-
The r. R. Hudson, Captain J. T. Russell,
will take the place of the United States to-
day in the Louisville United States Mail
| Line leaving at ii A. NJ. The Hudson,
being exceedingly light draught, will re
main in the trade during low water.
LOUISVILLE. - The Courier, of Tuesday
says:
The River continues to recede slowly
but surely, and is falling all the time, with
| only three feet five inches water in tn,
| canal last evening by the mark. During
the previous twenty-fou hours it had
fallen an inch at the head of the falls, anC
three inches at Portland. The weather
that was extremely warm Sunday, was
| followed by a heavy rain before morning
| and more rain yesterday, which has ma
teriaIly cooled the atmosphere and laid TIN
4 : ON the falls last evening there were
barely seventeen inches water in the pas
down the Indian chute, and falling.
The steamer Golden Eagle arrived from
Memphis early yesterday, having been de
q tanned by running aground at Flint lslant
bar. The, channel at Flint Island ma
along the foot of the Island, off toward
the Indiana shore, between two piles Q
rocks. The channel sets down through
| what is now known as the Delaware chute
! and makes a very stiff current. E
ST. LoUIs.-The Democrat of Thursda.
says:
There was a violent thunder storm o.
! Sunday night, which continued almos
into day break yesterday. The rain wa
rains fell Sunday in Illinois, and perhap
in Iowa. Although the fall of water wa
immense, the rise in the rivers will be onl
Temporary. In a few days they VIII pc pac
to the present, or late low stage. The rive
is rising here slowly. The Illinois ha
probably swelled little. There is nv
| feet in the Missouri, the channel haVln
cut ont. Freights to New Orleans advance
{ Yesterday 10 per cent; flour is % cents pc
Z barrel, corn 40 cents per bag, oats 90 cent
y The Mary Irwin will get away sure tc
u day for the Ohio. The Illinois river ros
one foot at Peoria up to yesterday noon
We learned by telegram yesterday that Tn
. Mississippi had risen five feet at savanna
p Bishop McClurg, second engineer OF tn
r steamer Virginia, died of cholera on sun
day night, and his remains We're burle
Yesterday. He was previously IN caplts
health, McClurg was from Galipolis, Ohi'
I'D Another disastrous steamboat fire ocul
red here on Friday morning, at 3o'clocl
It appears that fire broke out on boar
the I'D river brigade boat, b. j. Adam
2 wing at the ievee between Jackson an
/! st. Philip street. Fourth District, ana j
r. swift and sure was the fire-king, that u
= | steamer Saratoga lying alongside, 500
became prey to the devouring elemen
How the fire originated we were unable !
=, learn but suppose it to be the work OF q
IL incendiary. The Adams, twill be remen
bered, caught fire from the Maria DENIM
when the boat burned at Alglers, ana nt
al har nflot house and texas and conside
II able norton of her roof burned, att
m T,hich she was taken to her moOrings, TO