The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1866-07-23

doing fine Steamboat frlntlns. w -. slS9or 49,
nonnlete. is constantly being added to, and
onr iOb department is under the personal
supervision Of one OF the pest Jop pPI rad t
print Posters, plain or fancy, BllI HeaGs,
fills Lading, Cards, Deck and Meal TICK
&c &c. Orders left with either of the
wharf boats will be promptly attenoeo 10.
River and Weather.
This region was flooded with rain on Sat
urday morning-the heaviest of the sea-
son. but before noon the clouds had broken
away and the sun came out hot as ever.
The river was about at stand Saturday
and unless affected by the rain Of Saturday
morning. win be found falling this morn
ing.
Arrivals and Departures.
The arrivals and departures up to 8 o.
clock Saturday afternoon were the Fhan-
tom cairo and return; Newsboy, Hender-
SON and return; Ada Lyon, Green River
and return; Tarascon to Louisville.
Boats Due.
Among the first boats due here are the |
Altoona and R. c. Gray, from ST. Louis;
Lady Franklin and Wauanita, from St.
Louis; Minneola Morning Star and Maui
gatuck, for Memphis; Armadillo, Mel
notte, Argus and P. w. Strader, New Or
leans; Louisville and Messenger, from
New Orleans; Tarascon, from Louisville;
Liberty No.2, and Golden Eagle from Mem
phis.
| miscellaneous.
| The heavy rain Saturday morning rather
interrupted business for time upon the
levee, or at least what little there was to
! interrupt. The arrivals were few-........The
| IL, dc foI1a GiH
BILE other freight. and good passenger
list. Her return trip promises to be rather
lfght..T The Ada Lyon had76 hhds to-
i bacco. and the Newsboy was well loaded.
The Tarascon had fair packet trip.
The furniture we were led to believe was
to go up the river, goes to Memphis by the
Morning Star tomorrow. Huston
Co. ship it for @. Armstrong .........
Captain DeHaven bought the sternwheeI
steamer Sallie List for the Selma and
Montgomery Navigation Company. Price
SO 900 1900. Thieves and gamblers are ply
ing their operations on the Mississippi at
; a fearful rate The Hamilton Belle was
robbed, at vicksburg, of 500 a few days
since. The Sam. Orr, as will be seen by
her advertisement, goes to Eastport to-
day. She is in complete repair and looks
hope to see her go out with a big trip.
II Boats Leaving To-Day.
!, For CAIRo.-The elegant and fleet Char
= | mer. a great favorite with travellers and
shippers, commanded by Capt. Billy
Lowth, a gentleman whom everybody es-
teens, and with that courteous young gen.
tleman, Billy Fowler, in the passage office
and George Nicholson, an accurate and
:, pleasant young gentleman, as her freight
4 clerk. leaves for Cairo at O'Clock to-day
She has splendid passenger appointments
! For LoUIsvILLE.-The beautiful. ane
swift John T. McCombs is the regular mai
I racket for Louisville at o'clock thi
morning. Capt Ed. Order and Miles d
4 Warren. two pleasant gentlemen, are he
chief officers.......The Liberty No. 2, Capt
= sam. Archer, with Messrs. Hewitt am
stewart as her clerks, goes to Louisvill
l. this evening or early tomorrow morning
The Liberty is famous for her fine accom-
modations and her speed.
For EAsTPoRT.-The swift and elegan
= Samuel Orr, Capt. Allen Duncan, havin
Z been thoroughly repaired and put in mas
a. nificent order, will leave at O'Clock TIL
evening for Eastport and all intermediat
Tennessee River ports. The Orr is a nea
and pleasant craft, and her. officers al
worthy and estimable gentlemen. fs.
x Gleanings from Our Exchanges.
C1NC1NNATI.-The Commercial Of Satu
N. day says:
The weather was warm and cloudy We
IT. tarday with several short rain-storu
1T during the day. At Pittsburg the silver
he rising with two feet ten inches IN u
CHANNEL The Kanawha is falling. VIII
OF two and half feet in the channel. be
by the river is about on stand, with fol
5 and q half feet on the shoalest bars 10 Lol
isvIIIe. four feet four inches in the cana
| and four feet on the falls.
:. 4 Yesterday afternoon, between -FOUR III
- five o'clock, a fire was discovered on poal
Or the steamer Anglo-Saxon, lying At the 10
: of Washington Street, Fulton. The alar
was Immediately given, and the engin
< were soon on the spot, but the nre ~
been extinguished before they arrive
The fire caught in a state-room IN Wnl'
several mattresses, bedd1ng, ana carpe
were slowed, and burned several adgolnIl
, o rooms The loss is estimated at 500. II
fire is supposed to have been the work
,er. an incendiary. Ne
ERIK LoUIsvILLE.-The JoarHd9 ol rflu
Vt A says: @si
= The river was falling slowly yesterds
all with four feet two inches water IN the ca
S. al in the evening by the mark. During
previous "a hours ii had receedeo
inches at Portland. The weather Is cnant
lily able, with hard rain evening before n Ia L.
heavy clouds overhead, portentous OF 1ne
rain The rain has materially cooled
atmosphere. the thermometer at no
ranging at IS degrees, and down 10 ~
erK, grees at p. n. -,
I'm. / inches of water in the pass down the
a. dian chute, and the river falling
M i Y The Mary Ament, owing to the preNa