The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1866-06-18
Miscellaneous.


Business was quite lively on the wharf
Saturday morning, with large receipts of
tobacco and other freight........The Arma-
da had 70 hhds. tobacco, 10 bales of cotton,
much miscellaneous freight, and a cabin
full of people. She was receiving a good
return trip, including rs barrels of whisky
and large quantity of beer for reship-
ment........The people along tine coast be-
low are beginning to conclude it is to their
interests to stand 10y the regular mail
packet line, if they desire daily mail or
any mail at all, and we hope to see a daily
line built up and well patronized, so that
we may have daily communications with
the down-river towns, and the people
along the coast should look with q jealous
eye on all efforts to break down or cripple
the mail line, unless there are iiisuperable
wrongs practiced by the company, and
we have heard of no complaints. We
do not care who runs the pack
cts and.carries the mails, but we do want
to see a we'll established, and well sup
ported daily line Theinterests of the city
and of the people along the river demand
it. IF the present Company don't render
satisfaction, let other parties buy
them out and try their hand. The
TO carry the mails, and they are
not likely to hand it over to others for no
thing. .......The Clifton had fair trip from
Memphis Ada Lyon was full of
tobacco. She is doing good business, as
we are glad to notice.. The wharf on
Saturdaytwas covered with hogsheads of
,tobacco-not pig-tail kegs, but whaling
great big hogsheads averaging ], 800 pounds
7 Of arru
from Louisville Saturday afternoon with
a good trip, having a loaded barge in tow.
She got a large amount of freight here.
Boats Leaving To-Day.
For CAIRo.---The favorite Argosy, Capt
Vandegrift, goes to Cairo at o'clock to-
day, with elegant passenger accommoda-
tons and highly accommodating officers.
For LoUIsvILLE.-The famous j. T. Nc
Combs is heregular packet for Louisville
al o'clock this morning. Her chief officers
are those popular gentlemen Capt. Order
and Mr.. Warren, who carefully attend to
the comforts of passengers.
For GREEN RIvER.-The superb VIM.
White is the regular Green River packet
for this evening. Capt. Drinkwater and
John Adams are her elegant and popular
officers f
GIeanings from Our Exchanges.
CINcINNATI.-The Commercial of Friday
says:
The weather was cloudy and warm yes
terday, with an occasional refreshing
breeze. At Pittsburg, last night, the river
was falling, with 5 feet in the channel
Here it has been ON stand during the "A
hours ending last night, with feet on the
ShoaleSt bars hence to Louisville. There
is 5 feet in the canal.
= LOUISVILLE The Courier of yesterday
says:
The river was about at a stand all day
yesterday, with five feet six inches water
in the canal in the evening, by the
mark. During the previous twenty -four
hours it had not varied half an inch at the
head of the falls, while at Portland it had
the appearance of slowly swelling. The
weather was cooler and more pleasant, the
thermometer ranging at about 50, with oc-
casional clouds and sunshine, and two or
three light showers to lay the dust and les
sen the heat.
On the falls there were three and a half
feet of water in the pass down the Indian
chute, and that passage was not called into
use yesterday. The port list was tolerably
fair, but the boats that did not land at
Portland made use of the canal.
The tOw-boat Windsor. that had lodged
on the reef at the head of the falls, man
aged to work off yesterday, and, having
steam up, struck out for deep water The
most of her tow of barges were also got Off,
The Democrat says: