The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1866-08-17
River and Weather.

cool. In the morning early The air was
quite cool. At noon the mercury stood at
72o indoors. The river had fallen about
three inches during the twenty-four hours
ending at 3 o'clock yesterday. There is
four-and-a-half feet in the channel to
Cairo and Louisville. r
Arrivals and Departures.
The arrivals and departures up to three
o'clock yesterday include the Leonora No.
2, with DeHaven Co.'s. circus; Laura
Fenton, st. Louis to louisville; Charmer,
Cairo to return; Newsboy, Henderson to
return; Advance, GAINESVILLE TO return.
Boats Due.
Among the first boats due here are the
Mary Erwin, Nightingale, Rose HANDLE
ton and Talisman, from st. Louis; Taras-
con, from Louisville; Lorena, for New Or
leans; Phantom, from Cairo; Altoona and
Sherman, for Memphis.
miscellaneous.
There was but little doing at the wharf
yesterday morning, with but few arrivals
1.-The Laura Fenton passed up with a
moderate trip. She enters the louisville
and Cairo trade during low water, Capt
Sam. Archer in command. Capt. Ed. Judge
will go as clerk if the Laura FentOn is able
carry him on the water -.-..... The Leonora
No. 2 having on board DeHaven's & Co.'s
Circus, arrived from below yesterday
morning, and moored at the foot of Lo-
Gust street. She would leave during the
night for Greensboro, where DeHaven &
Co. hold forth to-day 1.-THE Charmer
came in at 10 o'clock with a big trip,
having been detained by low water and
much business. She had so hhds. of tobac-
% 81 harraIs VIII ond q larUa aYnonnt
of other freight, and good passenger list.
We are indebted to her handsome young
clerk, Billy Fowler and Capt. Lowth, for
highly appreciated favors........In making
up the forms of yesterdays issue, the ac-
count of the burning of the Saratoga and
B. j. Adams. from the New Orleans Times,
accidentIy got placed under the head of
St. Louis. Such mistakes will happen in
the hurry of making up ......The Advance
came in Wednesday night from the Cum
berland with good trip, and was prepar-
ing to leave on her return last evening".
Boats Leaving To-Day 0B
For CAIRo.-The great Armada, the pride
of the lower Ohio, goes to Cairo to-day.
Josh. Throop is in command, and Billy
Dunn and Val. Sorenson are her clerks.
Gleanings from Our Exchanges.
CINcINNATI.-The Commercial of w ednes-
day says: ~ ODDS aHns ad el
The weather yesterday was warm and
clear, with the mercury at 80 degrees. AT
Pittsburgh, the river is rising with 81 feet
in the channel. The KanaWha is falling
with Is inches in the channel. Here the
"a hours, with 4 feet on the shoalest bars
hence to Louisville. There is 80 feet in the
canal.
Poo nd ioA
Eagle a few days since.
The hull of the new tDean Linev Mem
phis Packet Samuel ]. Hale, will be
launched from Mack's Shipyard on Satur-
Gay. -.r- r...s eeal
ger died of cholera on the w. f. Curtis on
her recent upward trip to Marietta. The
fireman was buried at Blennerhassett Is
land. The cabin passenger resided back of
Pomeroy.
| The I. ]. Pickett reports twenty-five
! inches and falling in the Kanawha. She
also reports the Annie Laurie laid up in
| the Kanawha Salines. There were four
cases of cholera on the Annie Laurie,
| three of which were fatal-two being deck
passengers. Mr.. Frank Shepherd, second
engineer of the Laurie, of GalHpolis, died
| last Friday night after ten hours illness.
Two of the victims to cholera were buried
at the mouth of the Coal, and one at the
foot of t'Two Mile" Captain +. A. Laid
| lev was very Ill with cholera when the T.
J.sPIcket left Charleston. 1t was rumored
on the street yesterday that he had died.
| We could not trace the report to any au-
thentlc source, however, and trust 1t may
prove unfounded.
LOUISVILLE. = The Courier Of Wednes-
day says:
The river was still steadily falling yes
| terday, with only 3 feet 3 inches water in
the canal last evening by the mark. Dur
| ing the previous twenty-four hours it had
! fallen % inches at the head of the falls,
| and fully inches at POrtland-qufte fall
on the low water, and after such heavy
fall of rain the day previous. The weather
| was clear and cool all day, the thermome-
| ter ranging at about ITO in the shade:
! On the falls there were only ID inches
water in the pass, or 6 dug chute" which Is
/ almost too low for q dug-out.
i The bar at the foot OF the falls Is assum-
/ ing the most formidable PROPORTIONS, and
even the New Albany ferry-boats have
| some trouble to follow the channefS Iortu-
Gus windings. k
/ The Pink Varble cleared for Tennessee
River last evening with rather slim trip,
| or at best a losing trip to the owners. The
trade must be represented by LOUISVILLE
| boat, or Louisville merchants will be the
| sufferers in the end by having the trade
| diverted from their doors. This just now
the usual dull season, but the packets
from rival cities continue TO ply the Ten
nessee River trade wholly regardless OF
| are looking ahead, expecting 20 reap the
| harvest as soon as Louisville aDandons
1 the trade.
Oh no, Courier, our Tennessee River
! packet has made money almost every TRIP
because the Tennessee River merchants
know it is to their advantage to trade In
Evansville. Try and build the Louisville
and Carrollten trade, Courier. We will at
tend to the Tennessee, Cumberland anc
Green River trade. We understand these
fully. a' ir1
Chas. Howard, carpenter, on the steamel
! Irene. at New Orleans, died of cholera las
| Sunday He leaves a family in this city.
| Dan ABLE'S BARGE SUNK-FREIGH1
DAMAGED,-The new steamer Dan Able
in starting out from Portland, last evening
sunk one of brace of barges she had In
tow AS the river was very low, she hae
to put her freight in barges, and Will,
rounding out the swift current caused hel
to swing with great force against the island
tanning the barge and causing 1t to leai
badly, damaging the freight. A number o
railroad cars were also crushed and dam
aged. She was laden with provisions, bag
cling, and plantation supplies. A protes
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