The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1866-12-05
RIVER NEWS.
weather and water.

rising slowly. 1t may come to stand, bu.
will rise again, as there is rapid rise
g again at Cincinnati.
II Arrivals and Departures.
The arrivals and departures up to three
o'clock yesterday, npt-previously reported
include the Liberty No. 2, Memphis to
louisville; Armada, Cairo to Newbura
and returns Newsboy, Henderson and re-
turn; Rose Hite, Louisville and return
Advance, Wabash River to Evansville.
Boats Due. ~ ss79il
Among the first boats due here ares The
Havana, from Nashville: Emma FVIoroS,d
and Camelia, for Mash VILE Emma No i
for st. Louis; Nightingale, sherman ana
4 Minn1e,7 from st. Louis Laura FentorI
for Menphis: Silver Moon. sFzro P6rta,
i Glasgow, Golden Era, and Bertha. from
/ Memphis; New York, Altoona. and Nora
for Arkansas River; Westmoreland VIM
Butler, Messenger silver Spray, swallow
Louisiana, and Stonewall, for New Or
leans Iarascon,from Louisville; Charmer,
rom Caro- louisville, Sam Parker, and
NICK LongWorth, from New Orleans afs
Miscellaneous. asffss5t Fl
The weather has become fine over head.
out the wharf and especially Water Street.
are quite muddy, and 1t is a task of no lit
Lle risk to get to the river, especially in the
dark. Business was not brisk on the leyee
Yesterday ..-......R.g X. Dunkerson & Co. on
Monday evening, shipped LOSS sacks of
wheat by the Silver Cloud. They also
gave rhe Indiana about as much freight |
as she brought here. Cox & Humphrey |
also made good shipment The Lfber- |
ty No. Q arrived about o'clock yesterday |
morning, with moderate trip. She dis I
charged over 200 bales of cotton here. she
returns to Memphis on Friday. 1.-THE +
Armada had good trip of passengers but /
a rather slim freight list. She went to
Newburg yesterday for lot of hay and
other freight........ Frank Collins has re-
turned from an extensive, but rather mn.
successful hunt in the hill country of L
Egypta.......Th Sam. Orr had fair PROS i
poets OF trip....-~The Rose Hite had q
lalr packet trip...-....The Armada on start
ing Tor Newburg. backed down below the
landing and went up in grand style, show
ing her mettle to good advantage. She is a
regular clipper and no mistake........t
coal barge sunk. near the foot of I.o-
;ust street during Monday night. 1t was
being unloaded yesterday, and will proba
by be raised at once.....The Curlew has | /,
aer new engine aboard and is all right 4
gain. She was to leave last night for
SeWburg to take ton of coal to Island
No. Is, in the Mississippi, for the use Of the
&c. Louis and New Orleans packets. 1.-THE
oURNAL Office was never so well prepared
Q DO elegant job work or blank books OF
very description for steamboats, on short
office and reasonable prices Orders left | r
'lth either of the wharf-boats viii receive
rompt attention........ We are indebted to
le Liberty No. 2, for late Memphis papers.
aa Boats Leaving To Day.
FOR CAIRo.-The grand Armada is the Y
'gular Mail and Adams Express steamer z
II Cairo to-day. She is the ia vorite of the
eopie, and is admirably appointed. Capt
!. 4. dexter, veteran officer, is in com. E
and, and Billy Dunn and Geo. Throon J.
ave charge of fthe Office. The Armada
axes close connections with through
pats TO Memphis. Vicksbnrg and New Or
ans. Our shippers should patronize
pats that work in the interests Of Evans r
lie. 9sfis9 H
FOR sLOuIsVILLE.-The imperial Taras- =
m, the prettiest and fleetest S; eamer-l 3
toat,s Is the regular mail and express
leket for Louisville this evening. Capt.
T. Gilmore highly popular officer, is -
command, and John Ouerbacker, one of On"
thousand, is in the Office
For GREEN RIvER.-The Ada Lyon il the
gular Green River packet at 8 O'Clock
is evening. Captains Edwards and -
aham are her chief officers. Give her ~
ur freight.
Gleanings from our Exchanges. I'LL
Commercial of Mon.
y says: 3 .tSfstAA3 As e
The weather was clear and cool vester.
". The mercury ranged at fifty degrees Ill
noon At Pittsburg the river Is falling.
ver has risen is inches during the mast d ff
urs, with Is feet hence to Louisville.
he Covington and Cincinnati Bridge ww,
ans, yesterday, from morning till night. ID.
Is the great attractive feature at pres c "a
4oUIsvILLE.- The Courier of Monday an
70: E of
he river was at stand yesterday at i fl !
bh fee inches water in the canal nv rIo
! mark. The highest point 1t had at cor cor
ned on the present rise was feet tru
hes in the canal. On Friday evening SaS
re We're feet inches water in the ca | ovf
!. the rise since amounting to 10 inches o's
weather has been freezing cold until v
teTday, when It cleared off mild, and shi
> moderating all day. ed
n the falls last evening there were six
half feet water for steamboats, and
en- and half feet in the pass down the a
ian chute. In the middle chute there che
re about five feet water for ascending ,,.o
lad fallen about two and a half inches inches lad
Cortland, and We expect il to be falling L1U
e to-day. wy
he river at Pittsbr-g had attained am nae'
er good coalboat tide Saturday at noon, 9th,
b fourteen feet water in the channels
arge number of towboats were ready 10 Tt
7 SouLh with coal, including the new line
ooaL Grand Lake. She is destined for due
orleans. n. E cars
az hentucky river has been rising any
tty briskly for a few days. which has f. ii
.erially added to the volume of water
z, ana Y may keep the river from fall sep2
until the Pittsburg rise gets here ~-
o Nashviiie IS wholly yum 1hir s1d Rs ME
apting by dull times, W ich are greater 4 II
wbacks than low water -
lie Sam Merwin with barge in tow s.