The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1866-11-05
.ApDrTIoNAL RIvER NEws.

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cIHcIHHATI. NOV. 3,--The river has risen
8 feet inches with is feet one inch in The
channel Weather cloudy, and rained
some this morning. THERMOMETER, 50F.
PITrsBUR0, Nov. 3.-River feet and
falling. Weather cloudy. with indications
| OF ram. i4Iu r Hflf8 fU
There was a neat little thunder storm
just at dark Saturday night, with quite
heavy shower of rain, The clouds passed
away, howeYer, and yesterday was clear,
warm and genial as mild summer day.
In the evening the wind veered round TO
the north aud blew quite chilly. The river
continues 10 rise slowly, but no considera-
BILE swell is expected The additional
arrivals and departures on Saturday even
ing were the Louisiaiia, Louisville 10 New
Orleans; Laura BenCon and Liberty No.a,
Louisville 20 Memphis; Stonewali, New
Orleans to LonisviiIe5 j. Il. MeConbs. Lon-
isviIle and returns Ada Lyon. 10 Green
River. The arrivals and departures yes
terday include the Cuba, Cincinnati TO
New Orleans; Cbauners Caire 20 Evans
Vile; Bermuda, Memphis TO Louisville;
Rose lite. Lpuisyille.t 10 HenderHon -y7..
The Laura Fenton, Louisiana, Liberty,
6tonewali and Cuba had splendid trips
The Liberty took freight at Tell City for
seven hours, and was loaded 10 b er@guarae.
Two more pleasant and accomplished gem
Llemen or better business men than Capt.
J. ID. Archer and Joe q. McCulioch never
ran on the same boat, and under their adj
ministration the lightning packet can not
fail TO be the most popular boat afioat....
The Htonewall brought up the Die Yer
mons trip, consisting OF $50 bales of cotton
for this port, I26 head OF Texas cattle, and
fifty toms ~ assorted freight for Louisville.
She IL q drst-class side wheel boat OF
eight hundred tons register, and proposes
TO run regularly between Louisyille and
New Orleans. Capt. Haines and Mr..
Thorndyke, her chief clerk, are pleasant
gentlemen, and can not fail to make the
| Stonewali popular ,.a.,.Th Charmer had a
| very good trip as far as to 'Hsnderson,
| where she discharged o large amount of
her cargo .......Tise Bermuda had moder-
ate trip ........ The Ada Lyon left for Green
River, Saturday night, with about all the
| freight she could. The sales TO Green River
merchants, on Saturday, by our Wholesale
houses, especially OF dry goods, were Inn
mense .......1he Vincennes Sun, OF Friday
announces the death of Mrs. Eliza East
ham, wife OF Col. /. N. Eastman, which sad
event transpired in that eity on Thursday
| morning. Mrs. Eastman was mother-in-
law to our much ekteemesi citizen, Capt.
| j. +. Cox, OF the Arm OF Cox & Humphrey.
She died, aftera lingering illness, in the
| 66th year of her age ......The j. r. Me-
Combs made her last trip TO this city, for
the present, on Saturday evening. She
lays up on her return 10 Louisville. and the
great Tarascon takes her place as the
| Wednesday and Saturday paclcet.a. The
Morning Star leaves Louisville this even
ing and will be here early Tomorrow, and
will return with despatch. Comes out
again on Wednesday, and again on Satur-
day evening, and will, hereafter, be the
Mail-boat on Thursdays and sundays.........
| the Rose Hite win not be back until Fri
day. and Tuesday will be her day hereafter
Capt. A. 4. Gilmore will command the
Tarascon, and John ouerbaclter will be
| her chief clerk. He is a good one........
The Emma No. passed up last night
from st. Louis with good trip. She had
been aground at Cottonwood. The Rose
| Hite had an excellent trip OF both freight
4 and people. ...i! I'VE are told the Plain City
has laid up to repair. She had not arrived
az a late hour last night, which confirms
the report. A friend suggests that a. As
probably her exchecquer that needs re-
| pairing ....-.The rantankerous steamer,
"Flying Jennie" from Madison, Indiana,
Capt. 4. G. CUNNINGHAM, James Graham,
Clerk, "lit'oot" yesterday for New Orleans
and all stopping places. She is loaded with
plowA, wagons, drays, and other garden
sass." Her pilot, VIM. Lutz, is from the
hooppoleregion OF ifoseyl county fy..-,iThe
Hoosier arrived last night with tow OF
powders for Mr.. Lowry. She had the mis-
fortune to sink one of her largest, boats,
containing about 1870 perches Of powders
at Scuffietown.