The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1866-05-29


For CAIRo.-The Superior, Captain G. r.
Rndd, will leave for Cairo at o'clock to-
day, offering excellent accommodations to
passengers Billy Bently is her elegant
passenger clerk, while Kit Rudd looks after
the Interests of shippers. fiffias
For LoUIsyILLE-The new and beauti-
full Mary Ament is the Peoples Line packet
for Louisville this evening and has the
most elegant and luxurious passenger ac-
commodations. Capt. Liter is a veteran
commander, and with the assistance of Mr..
Cafrey, and his associates, will make pas
seRgers comfortable.
4 The wild Tarascon is the mail-line packet
for Henderson and Louisville to-day. She
is regular floating palace, and Capt. jim
Lusk, John Pendleton and Arthur Field
are ALT hunkie boys" never so happy as
when they can enhance the happiness of a
cabin full of people. xsli1 mes ,f 45ss
q For EAsTPoRT.-Thatp pet institution, the
Sam. Orr, leaves for Eastport and all Ten,
nessee, River ports, this evening, in COM
mand of that veteran officer and pleasant
gentleman, Capt. Allen Duncan. Messrs.
Vineyard and Breeder are associated in her
office, and will show marked attention to
passengers and shippers. The Orr is run
ming in the interests of Evansville, and
should be literally patronized by our
people. s44a 1i haaea ~
GHeanings from Our Exchanges.
CTNcIENATI.-- The Commercial of satur-
day says: t4asfga
The weather was warm and showerya yes
terday. AT Pittsburgh last night the river
was falling, with % feet in the channel.
Here it has receded inches during the a
hours ending last night, with II feet hence
to Louisville. There is AZ feet in the
The Edinburg's new caliope was the fea-
ture of attraction at the leyee yesterday
afternoon. We don't think n little grtas-
ing would injure its tone. ga.
LoUIsyILLE.-The Courier of Saturday
says: H ~ ~
The river was falling yesterday, with
feet inches water in the canal in the eve
ming, by the mark. During the previous
"A hours it had fallen'2 inches at the head
of the falls, and inches at Portland.
On the falls We're 81 inches water in the
pass down the Indian chute, and falling
slowly. The river is now as clearand nearly
as low as midsummer, and appearances
seem to Indicate a duh season and low
water all summer. ~
ST. LOUIS The Democrat. Of saturday,
says: !.
/ We have scanned the river CLOSELY, some
what in a figuratiVe sense, and find de-
cided symptoms of low water. There are
many spots OF low water, at the present
moment, and there is bound TO be trouble
among the boats from that cause. The de-
cline Continues here and in the Missouri.
Business continues pretty fair. with q
surplus of barge and steamboat tonnage
for New Orleans. Matters in the river line
are gently approaching temporarily Ian
and stirred up by the breaking ont of war
in Europe.
a letter from Memphis says: The strike
of the wharf rats is over; FreedmenS Bu-
reau sent down and gobbled them all up
Tor plantation negroes. so ends the
Memphis strike. There is not left rem
nant of the strike we had here a certain
packet company has men working for s2.Je
per day, and gets them without effort.
Boats get all the deck hands they want at
prices they can afford to pay. e &
MEMPHIs.-The appeal of the 24th says:
Yesterday was another hot, sultry day
upon the levee. The dust has become al
most insufferahle, and the heat intense,
during the middle of the day. There was
very little general business done yesterday,
as our merchants are thinking more Of
shipping themselves and families of to O.
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