The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1866-08-07

Wilarf-boats will be promptly attended to.
River and weather.
The weather was clear and hot yesterday,
the mercury ranging at so at noon. The
river is rapidly declining, having fallen
twenty inches during the twenty-four
hours ending at O'Clock yesterday. There
is still fully eight feet from Louisville to
Cairo. .,n.oar te ao iuaqr eHf
Arrivals and Departures.
The following constitute the arrivals and
departures up to 8 O'Clock yesterday
afternoon: j. T. McCombs, Henderson
to Louisville; James Gray, Green Riverand
return; Newsboy, Henderson and return;
Darling, Memphis to Cincinnati; Advance,
Cumberland River to Evansville; Sam.
Orr, EaStport to Evansville. -.. eEt
Boats Due.
Among the first boats due here are the
Mary Erwin, and the Rose Hamilton
for ST. Louis, and the Altoona, from
st. Louis; the Ella Faber, Kate Rob
inson and Harry Dean, for Memphis;
Golden Eagle, from Memphis; Tarascon,
from LouisviIle; Phantom, from Cairo;
Messenger, Nick Longworth and Silver
Cloud, for New Orleans; Ada Lyon, from
Green River: Mary Swan, for Cairo. -
miscellaneous. Ca fa9f5y
Business opened up pretty fair yesterday
morning, with large receipts of tobacco
and other freight The James Gray,
Newsboy, Advance and Sam Orr had full
loads ...T The manifest of the Orr, for which
we are indebted to her pleasant clerk, Mr..
Vineyard, will be found below The
Darling was flying rather light. She had q
goodly number of passengers. ......- The Me-
Combs left with nice packet trip yester-
day morning ....... The Charmer was re-
ceiving fairly with q promise of good
trip out.........The Orr brought in large or
ders to our wholesale merchants, and will
no doubt have good trip out to-day .........
Capt Hall is preparing to raise his wharf
boat. He reshipped her guards yesterday,
and viii pump her ont to-day. There is
about four inches Of thin mud ON her floor
.........The decline OF the river is leaving
several inches of mud on the levee, which
should be cleaned off at once ...,..
| Work has been resumed on the pave
ment of the wharf, and it win be pushed
forward till the water recedes........ From
the Louisville papers we learn that Capt.
John Shallcross, one of the oldest steam
boat men on the Ohio. died In Louisville
on Friday last, OF Pneumonia, at the age
of 81 years. Among the steamboats, lie
commanded during his twenty years of ex-
perience we may mention the Henry Clay
No. and No. 2, Hibernia, Favorite, Grey
Eagle and Peytona, the latter famous beat
being the last he com nnanded before re-
| firing from the river. He was, for num-
Der of years, the President of the Steam
boat Board of Supervisors and was the
author of the steamboat laws. Atthe time
of his death he was president of the Louis
willie and Jacksonville Ferry Company
and was a large owner in it. He had, by
Industry and enterprise, amassed a large
fortune, principally in real estate. 4gI
-sg Boats Leaving To-day. De sa
For CAIRo.+The lightningewinged Ar
mazda, Capt, Josh. v. Throop, is the regular
{ Daily Mail Line Z packet for Cairo at 2
| o'clock to-day. The -Arnlada is a model of
/ beauty and comfort Billy Dunn and Val.
Sorenson are in the office, and passengers
will receive the most kindly and courteous
attentions.
Fox LoUIsvILI.E.LThe gay Tarascon,
Captain Jim Lr1sk. is the regular Louisville
packet this evening, Everybody knows
the Tarascon. John, Ouerbacher and Ar
| thur Fields are her courteous clerks.
The Mary Swan VIII pass up for Louis
willie late tonight, leaving here after the
arrival of the train from the North, She
is a new boat, with excellent appointments
| and attentive officers. aiio5 TOO -utst1
| For TENNESSEE RIvEB.--Fhe elegant
| Sam. Orr, Captain Allen Duncan, goes to
Eastport this evening, Offering excellent
inducements to travellers and shippers.
Her officers are pleasant gentlemen, and
give marked attention to passengers. lis
!. For MEAPHIs.-The Ella Faber, Captain
DOLLS, with Frank Banksmith, the inlmit-
able, in the office. goes to Memphis to-day.
Look out for her coming. ia-3 ca,1u1
GIeanings fren Our Exchanges.
! CINcISNATI.-The Co'anlerciat of Satur-
day says:
The-weather yesterday was warm and
| clear. At Pittsburg the river IS stationery,
with Is inches In the channel. There Is
315 inches in the Kanawha, and falling.
| Here the river has fallen 20 inches during
1.-THE past twenty-four hours, There is feet
inches in the pass over the falls
p The Morning Star, after a few days re-
| pairing, lett last night for Louisville, and
while passing the wharf made such large
WAVES to break the head-ehains, lines, &C.,
of the several steamers lying at the land
ing 1876 aTG aEi r8a he
1t is seldom fast boats pass the wharf at
Cincinnati, and the chains, lines &C., were
no doubt taken by surprise.
LoUIsvIILE.-rThe Courier of Saturday
says .4,J ,,- ..,..-5~-t.- .a -,gt rr.5t
/ The river was falling steadily yesterday,
with scant 5t6 feet water in the canal by the
mark, last evening. During the previous
"a hours ii had fallen inches at the head
of the falls, and Is inches at Portla d.. The
| weather continues dry and rather cool, the
thermometer in the forenoonat az and not
over 50 in the afternoon, with good
breeze stirring. 3aEtG -..H A94ANy
| IN the falls last evening there were a.
feet water in the pass down the Indian
chute and falling. ~r,rflaa af -rtfs
Our dispatches yesterday announced the
bdeath of Capt Reynolds, of the Starlight,
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