The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1866-08-01

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RIVER n EWS.
STEAMBOAT PRINTING.
No printing establishment in the West
| has better facilities or greater ability for
doing fine Steamboat Printing. Our assort-
| ment of Job Type, though very large and
/ complete, is constantly being added to, and
| our job 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,
| ets Bills of Fare, Mates Tickets for Labor,
| &C., &C. Orders left with either of the
wharf-boats will be promptly attended to.
River and Weather.
| The weather is rather increasing in heat,
and is intensely hot during the day, al
! though the nights are pleasant and rather
cool towsrds morning, with a gentle breeze
from the northeast for two nights past.
The river was stationary all day yesterday,
| and win no doubt be found falling this
| morning. 1t is falling rapidly at Cincin-
natl and other points above.
Arrivals and Departures.
The arrivals and departures up to three
o'clock yesterday include the Phantom,
Cairo to Evansville; Ada Lyon, Green
River to Evansville; J. P. Webb, Dyens-
Jul : " ENdncN114Cg 4NCMSOOys I1CndCISOu
and return.
Boats Due.
Among the first boats due here are the
Talisman, for st. Louis; Columbia and
Altoona, from St. Louis; Golden Eagle and
Harry Dean, for Memphis; Darling and
Ella Faber. from Memphis; Rose Hite,
from Louisville; Charmer and Mary Swan,
from Cairo Messenger and Silver Cloud,
for New Orleans; and Argosy, from New
Orleans.
Miscellaneous.
Transactions on the levee were moder-
| ately fair yesterday, though the arrivals
were few........The Ada Lyon and j. D.
Webb had fair trips in....-...The Sam Orr
was filling up fast, and would go out with
an excellent trip. 1.-THE Armada was also
doing well. Among her freight were 1900
water Enthusiastically better freight at
five cents each than empty flour barrels
| 1.-THE Nashville did not seem to be do
ing as well usual.........The water got
pretty well up on Halls wharf-boat before
ii came to a stand......The Liberty No. 2,
we are told, is laid up at Cairo, and part of
her crew has gone home-'cause so little
business doing at Louisville.........The tug
Hornet, with d fine tow of coal, passed
down yesterday........ The .Tigris, Albion
and Stella are on their way down with
lows for New Orleans, and the Star, Tom
Jones and A. j. Bigley for Memphis.
Boats Leaving To-Day. .
For CAIRo.--The wild winged Phantom,
Capt. Tom Boluss, with Charley Irwin and
Thad. Conant in the office, is the Daily
Mail Line Company's packet for Cairo, at
2 O'Clock to-day. She is finely appointed,
and is the fieetest of the fleet.
For LoUIsvIILE-The beautiful and
finely appointed Rose .Hite, in charge of
Capt. Aaron Ballard, a veteran officer, is
the mail boat for Louisville this evening.
Mr.. George Patterson is her elegant and ac-
complished clerk, and passengers can't fail
to enjoy the trip. fa,f rt 81
The Mary Swan, from Cairo, will pass up
for Louisville to-day. She is beauty, and
has excellent officers. FL
For GREEN RIyER.-The superb Ada
Lyon is the regular Green River packet
this evening ate O'Clock. Captain ALI. Ed
wards is the pleasant commander.
For CLARKsvILLE.-The old reliable J.
?. Webb is again in port, and will leave
for GAINESVILLE and all intermediate Cum
berland River ports, at o'clock to-day.
Captain Hodge Brown and Tom Wilson
are high trumps, and will show much po- 4
likeness to passengers. Give the Webb a
big trip.
Gleanfngs from our Exchanges.
LoUIsvILLE.-The Courier of Monday
says: ia 80
The river was at stand Saturday, but
slowly swelling yesterday with eight feet
two inches water in the canal by the mark.
During the previous 48 hours it had risen 2
inches only at the head of the falls, and g
inches at Portland. The weather continues
excessively warm with the thermometer
. nearly up to ninety most of the time, and
several hard showers of rain Saturday and
the promise of more yesterday. A change
was expected with the change of the moon,
but the only change apparent is the same
that has prevailed during the past quarter,
alternating hours of heat and hard rains.
The sun would shine out with its lntenSeSt
rays for an hour or two, then would be
suddenly overcast with huge black clouds,
and an hours heavy rain would fall,
threatening another deluge.
On the falls last evening there were six
feet two inches water in the paSS-down, the
Indian chute and slowly falling. There
were five feet four inches steamboat water
on the falls
The fleet Morning Star. Saturday, per-
formed the very difficult feat at the pres
ent stage of the water of ascending the
falls through the Indian chute. She made
the turn and came out of the eddy in fine
style, though many " old hands +" thought
she couldn't do it. The great length of the
boat was the only drawback, as she had to
encounter three currents at once, which
all know who are familiar with the falls.
The bead, or channel, is at right angles,
with the "big eddy" in the middle, and
when the boats bow struck the swift water
above the eddy, the stern would still be In
the counter current below, running like a
mill-race. That required a skillful pilot
like Pink VaIble, as well as lively boat,
to accomplish the feat.
Capt. h. E. Neal has gone to Paducah to
Superintend the repairs on the Indiana.
She is to be hauled out on the Marine Ways
at that point to be overhauled, and the
seams can ll5ad NZhereYar NECESSARY.