The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1866-06-16

our fob department is under the personal
supervision of one of the best job printers
in the United States. We are prepared to
print Posters, plain or fancy, Bill Heads,
Bills Lading, Cards, Deck and Meal Tick
cts, Bills of Fare, Mates Tickets for Labor,
&c, &c. Orders left with either of the
wharf-boats viii be promptly attended to.
River and Weather.
Yesterday was clear and hot despite the
strong breeze that prevailed. In fact we
are not quite certain that it was not the
hottest of the season. The river here is
nearly at stand again, falling, if varying.
very slowly. "a
~ Arrivals and Departures.
The only arrivals since our last report
( up to three o'clock, yesterday-were the
Victor No. 2, Shawneetown and return;
Lady Franklin, St. Louis to Cincinnati;
VIM. White. Green River; and Tarascon,
Louisville to Evansville.
Boats Due.
Among the boats due here are the En-
peror for, Nashville; Rapid Ann, for Ten
nessee River; Argonaut, Nightingale,
Lawrence, Shamrock, Rose Hambleton,
Talisman, Lenora and Bertha, for st.
Louis; Naugatuck, Morning Star, Anna
and Liberty No. 2, for Memphis; Naviga-
tor, Silver Cloud, Nick Longworth, and
Louisiana, for New Orleans; Argosy from
Cairo; Rose Hite, VIM. Butler, Argosy
and Louisville, from New Orleans; VIM.
White, from Green River; Sam Orr, from
Passport; Myrtle, from Nashville.
miscellaneous.
We have another dull day to record, with
SCARCELY any arrivals Tobacco is arriving
in large quantities, nearly every boat ar
irving having more or less. THE Victor
came up from Shawneetown Thursday
night; what her purposes were we did not
learn. The Lady Franklin had an ex-
cellent trip on herself and barge.-.....,.Thel
Vm. White was full of tobacco and slaves
rom Green River. The Argosy got of
some time during Thursday, after repair
ing some of her machinery, which was the
cause of her detention THE Tarascon
mad very nice packet trip down yester-
day, including crowd of passengers,..,%...
The j. p. Webb was arranging to leave
yesterday evening,,...-,T The officer Of the
s Tarascon inform us that the Liberty No. 2
has determined TO lay over until Tuesday,
and will be here next Wednesday.
ROats Leaving To-Day.
For CAIro.---The Grand Armada, the
queen of beauty, will be the elegant packet
FOR Cairo to-day. Her commander is that
veteran officer and genial gentleman, Capt
Josh. v. Throop. Her clerks are those
courteous and affable gentlemen, Billy
Dunn and Val. Sorenson. No better boat
or more pleasant officers can be found any
where.
Fols LOUISVILLE THE Tarascon, the pref
test sailor on the Ohio, and the tidy little
Mary Ament, go to Louisville at O'Clock
this morning The accommodations on
both boats are admirable, and the officers
proverbial for their courtesy to passen.
gers.
For GREEN RIvER.-The Ada Lyon, Cap |
tain ALT. Edwards, whose aim is to please,
is the prompt and elegant Green River |
packet this evening. She will leave at 8 |
o'clock.
For MEMPHIs.-The swift-winged I.iber- |
ty No. 2, the most popular and the best
boat afioat, goes to Memphis to-day. Cap |
tain Sam. Archer and Ed. Judge are her |
elegant and popular officers. Very Princes |
of steamboat men are they.
For MEMPHIS ELECTROMAGNETIC great |
Morning Star is the regular packet for /
command, and Frank Banksmith and |
Billy Fields are her inimitable Clerks.
Gleanings from Our Exchanges.
CINcINNATI.-The Commercial of Thurs
day says:
The weather continues clear and hot
with the mercury ranging above 90o nearly /
all day.. At Pittsburg, last night, the river |
was falling, with feet in the channel
Here it has risen inches during the "a |
hours ending last night, with 7 feet on the /
shoalest bars hence to Louisville. There
is 9 feet in the canal
Two hundred soldiers belonging to the I
the 18th Reg ulars left Newport Barracks,
last evening, for Little Rock, Arkansas 1
They go to Louisville on the Navigator,
where they will be reshipped on the Lou
isiana.
Capt Lon. Bryson has taken charge of
the Office ofthe Pine Grove. go
Mr.. John Brady, mate of the Luella, died
at Fort Rice, Dacotah Territory, on the 18th
of May, of lung fever. He resided at Wells
vile, Ohio.
LOUISVILLE .-The Courier of Thursday
says: 1873 ka
The river continues to recede quite slow
", with scant % feet water in the canal
previous "a hours il had fallen only about
an inch at the head of the falls, while at
Portland it had fallen but two inches up to
on the falls last evening there were 5
feet water in the pass down the Indiana
chute, and the river slowly falling.
The tow-boat Windsor met with quite
disaster yesterday. She came down from
Pomeroy for fleet of empty barges,
Browns salt barges included and brought
the most of them up through the canal,
taking in tow brace of barges laden with
old iron. In coming up from the mouth
Of the canal, the boat got too far out from
the shore, and finally ran, or drifted, on
the reef at the head of the falls. AS soon
as she grounded the barges broke loose
and scattered like a flock of sheep. Some
of the boats took the middle chute down
the falls. A brace of them got caught in
the suck, over the backbone, at the head of
Goose Island, and one OF the boats laden
with iron stuck hard ON the rocks The
other one was got off and landed at the
upper wharf. OF the feet of harges, some
thirteen in altogether, only two or three
stuck to the boat.
The accident occurred about o'clock in
the morning and the boat was still