The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1866-07-18

Yorktown and Wananita, from ST. Louis:
Minneola and Naugatuck for Memphis
Armadillo, Melnotte, New Orleans; Louis
vile and Messenger, from New Orleans
Rose Hite, from Louisville; ]. P. Webb,
from Canton; Charmer, from Cairo; Anna
and Emperor, from Memphis.
Boats Leaving To-Day.
For CAIRo.-The fleet and elegant Phan-
tom is the regular Daily Mail Line Com
pany's packet for Cairo and way ports at
2 O'Clock. Capt. Tom. Bolus is in COM
mand, and our clever and pleasant friend
Charley Irwin is her passage clerk, and is
deservedly popular with passengers. T. L.,
Conant is her active and attentive freight
| clerk.
| For LoUIsvILLE.-The beautiful and adj
mirably appointed Rose Hite, Capt Aaron
Ballard, a veteran boatman in command.
and with George Patterson in the office.
will be the packet to Louisville this even
ing.
miscellaneous.
Business was not very lively yesterday,
the heated term having, to some extent.
wilted the energy of shippers. The Rose
| Hite, Harry Dean, and Liberty No. 2 had
good trips. The latter was full of people,
but little behind time. ...... The Rose HAM
bleton had some financial trouble here and
laid over till noon, when, having straight
| ened matters up, she proceeded on her way
rejoicing 1.-THE Phantom had a good
trip of people and conside rable freight,
The Ada Lyon and James Gray, were full
of Tobacco..-...The Tarascon and Mary
Ament had moderate trips of freight. The
Taraseon had good many people The
Armada had an excellent trip of freight
and considerable crowd of people out.
The Nashville had a tolerably
fair trip of freight ............. Commodore
Mitchell, of the Minyoung, informs
us that there is new channel cut
ting out inside the bar that lies opposite
the upper part of the city, near the shore
up to the mouth of the bayou then bear
ing out some distance around the bar to
the point. Commodore Mitchell saws he
has not found less than seven feet water in
the new channel at any time this season.
proposition has been made by capital
lists to the Cairo City Property Company to
establish marine railway, machine shop.
foundry, boiler yard and shop far the man
ufacture of steamboat cabins in that citv.
The Democrat at that place urges the accep-
lance of the proposition. 1.-THE Emperor
passed up from Memphis with a fair trip.
Gleanings from Our Exchanges.
CINCINNATI.-The Commercial of Monday
says:
The weather continues clear and warm
with the mercury at So degrees yesterday. |
AT pittsburgh the river is falling with y |
inches in the channel. The Kanawha is
falling with three feet in the channel At !
this point the river is swelling very SLOWLY
with five feet on the Shoalest bars to Lon. |
1svllle, feet in the canal, and feet on the !
falls. The Cumberland is falling, with Is |
inches on the shoals.
Col. Hurd is in the city. He leaves for
Evansville, on Wednesday, to Join his neat
low-water packet Myrtle.
The Commercial, of Sunday says:
Friday evening. while the Mary Erwin
was towing the Shamrock, crippled at
Rising sun Bar, she let her drop back on a
sunken barge, breaking in portion of her /
dead wood, causing the Shamrock to take
a little water. Captain Cullum soon stop
ped the leak, and after building a bulk
head, the Shamrock was towed up by the
Mary Erwin, arriving yesterday morning. |
Captain Cullum entered protest at Rising
sun. The Shamrock will be all right i'm = |
few days, and load for St. Louis again.
LoUIsvILLE.-The Courier of Monday
says:
The river was about at a stand, or SLOWLY
swelling, last evening, with scant four feet
water in the canal by the mark. During
the previous forty-eight hours the stage of
water had not varied an inch at the head
of the falls. The weather has continued
CIGdI anu very WARM IOr several 0aVS. the |
thermometer ranging at so degrees in the
shade.
On the falls there were about two feet
water in the pass down the Indian chute
last evening, and the river, which was quite
muddy, had the appearance of swelling.
ToW-BoAT SoLD.-The famous tow-boat
Robt Fulton has been sold to General
Buell., to be used in towing coal from the
Green river mines. Under the manage
ment of General Buell. the mines on Green
river are destined to become prolific and
the coal popular as fast as brought into |
general use. 1t is conceded to be of better
quality for manufacturing, and all other
purposes, than any coal this side of the |
mines.
The Democrat of Sunday says:
Capt. Perry McNeeley, of Petersburg, /
KY, was at work near the foot of Third
Street, yesterday, with q diving bell boat, |
the balance of the wreck of the
Daniel G. Taylor, which was burnt and
sunk at that place some two years ago.
Capt McNeeley wrecked the Taylor some
time since, but portion OF the wreck was l
left, which, since the low water, has be- {
come troublesome to river craft. The Cap
tain is going to make thorough Job of it
TINS time. He will be through in a couple
Of days. and will then go down with his
BOAT to the neighborhood of Evansville.
ST. LoUIs.-The Democrat of Monday
says:
river falling, weather hot, and prospects
oI ram. The Missouri is falling. with six
ieel In the channel. The Upper Mississippi
- ~ al, !atItlng, with five feet to Keokuk, and
1niIIfy inches between Dubuque and st.
fa4l. me Illinois is lower; only thirty !
tIGeS 80 OH Naples flats. Business was quite {
oI TIE on saturday, but as q general thing,
will be quiet for some four weeks vet s
me spray, which arrived at Pittsburg z
from the tennessee river, some DAVIS ago }
Is in trouble. The crew 1t seems, have :