The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1866-07-11

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be River and weather. lI
Yesterday was clear and hot, with but
little air astir.g The river is falling rather
fast, having declined some fifteen or six
teen inches during the twenty-four hours
up to 3 o'clock P. NJ yesterday. The break
of the bar above the city wharf is plainly
visible. There is a slight rise at Pittsburg,
but not sufficient to affect the river here.
Arrivals and Departures.
The arrivals and departures up to three
o'clock yesterday include the Phantom.
Cairo to Evansville; Minneola, Memphis
to Cincinnati; Myrtle, to Nashville; Ada
Lyon, Green River to Evansville; Curlew,
Rockport to Evansville; Newsboy, Hen
derson and return; Tarascon, Louisville to
Henderson and return.
Boats Leaving To-Day.
Ah1O1ls .Il4S ll1ot Doetbo 0NtC aAClNf tAC VIC
Nightingale and Yorktown, for st. Louis;
Harry Dean, Liberty No. 2, and Golden
Eagle, for Memphis; ]. r. Gilmore, for
Arkansas River; Armadillo, Melnotte, and
Nick Longworth, New Orleans; David
White, Silver Cloud, Louisville, and Indi-
ana, from New Orleans; J. P. Webb, from
Nashville ;sRomeo, from Tennessee River;
Charmer, from Cairo; Morning Star, from
Memphis; Rose Hite, from Louisville.
MISCELLANEOUS.
Business was unusually slack in the city
yesterday, with the Hghtest shipments of
the season. ......... The Phantom had a mod
crate trip in, comprising % hogsheads to-
| baceo and some miscellaneous freight.
The Armada and Nashville both went out
light.........T The Minneola had pretty good
| trip. She discharged few bales of cotton
here....... The Tarascon had fair packet
trip, with numerous passengers for this
point and points below. The Curlew
returned light from Rockport. .,....., The
Ada Lyon had full load of tobacco and
grain out of Green River. ......... The News
| boy came up from Henderson full of to-
| bacco. ........We learn that Mr.. Hisgen has
his new boat building at Hazelton about
completed, and that she will make her
trial trip this week. She is called the Pc
! tersburg, and is intended to ply between
| the Wabash River and Petersburg. She is
IS feet long and "a feet wide, with side
wheels. We wish her enteTprising pro-
/ prietor abundant success ana no g Peoples
Line y to lessen her business or her profits.
Boats Leaving To-Day.
For CAIRo.-The beautiful and fleet
Phantom is the regular and only packet
for Cairo and way points to-day. She is an
excellent boat, neat, clean and Well APP
! pointed. Capt. Bolus and Captain Irwin
| are experienced boatmen, and always
ready to accommodate their passengers
and make them comfortable. T. L. Con-
ant is her faithful and accurate freight
clerk. She leaves at o'clock.
For LoUIsvILLE.-The elegant Rose
Hite, fully repaired, with Capt. Ballard in
command, will be the favorite packet for
Louisville this evening. George Patter-
son is her elegant clerk, and handsOmer
or cleverer young gentleman would be
hard to find. e5ssE
/ For GREEN RIvER.-The superb steamer
Ada Lyon, under command of Capts. ALI
Edwards and Graham, will leave for Green
River this evening, with admirable ac-
| commodations for passengers. The Ada is
/ becoming popular institution on Green
River.
GIeanings from Our Exchanges.
| CINCINNATI-The Commercial of Monday
says: Ef.4 a.t,5g
The weather was damp and showery yes
| ,terday. At Pittsburgh the river is still
falling with scant two feet in the channel
| The Kanawha is falling with 30 in. in the
| channel. At this point the river has re-
ceded inches during the last 2 hours, with
| 8 feet on the shoalest bars to Louisville,
with feet in the canal, and three feet on
the falls. astNf9fs sti3 q Ck
The Anna, bound for Memphis, collided
with the Wild Wagner near CuHum's
/ Ripple, on Saturday night. The Wagoner's
! wheelhouse was damaged. The Anna pro-
| ceeded on her trip. lag vita 1Hg.59TJ
LoUIsyILLE.-The Courier Of Monday
says: 49,.
The River was falling rather fast yester-
/ day, with only four and a half inches water
on the falls in the evening. During the
| previous fOrty-eight hours, the. time of
/ our last report, 1t had fallen six inches at
! the i:eai of the iahs, and eighteen inches
at Portland. The weather was quite warm
/ Saturday but cooler yesterday, with good
| heavy dash of rain in the afternoon, which
/ very materially tempered the atmosphere
| as we'll as allaid tile dust. 1t had been
! threatening a storm for two or three days,
| and more or less rain has fallen all around
| us, with indications for another dash last
| ON the falls there were thirty inches
water last evening in the pass down the
| Indian chute, and falling. That channel
4 continues nayigable, the Mary Swan,
new craft, from Cincinnati, descending
the chute in the forenoon.
/ CANAL ENLARGFMEST.-A committee
| from the Cincinnati Chamber of Commerce
/ was in our city yesterday to devise ways
and means to complete the new canal locks.
| They decided to memorabilia Congress to
/ issue bonds for one million of dollars to
| complete the work r..a+e t..ra es.f
/ ST. LoUIs.-The Democrat of Monday
says: sf4 s rtfi -
| Heavy rains have fallen almost without
/ interruption, for thirty hours or more, All