The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1867-02-16
River NEWS.
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STEAMBOAT PRINTING.
No printing establishment III the West
has better facilities or greater ability fol
doing fine Steamboat Printing. Our assert
ment of Job Type, though verylarge and
complete, is constantly being added to, and
our job department is under the personal
per Sf The Pstj06 pad5e r.
print Posters, nlain or fancy Bill Heads,
Bills Lading, Cards, Deck and Meal Tick
cts, Bills of Fare, Mates Tfcketsfor. Labor,
/ &C., &c. Orders left with either of Z the
swharf-b boats win be promptly attended to.
Ialnnp River and weather. pes
CINCINNATI, Feb. 15..-The river
rose ten feet two inches in the lasti24
hours, and. still rising three inches
and q half per hour, with 40 feet in
/ the channel. Weather cloudy, with
4 no rain of consequence since yester-
] day. Thers 49olaa .ftn9n sl4 81
4 The rain that set in at B o'clock
Thursday Hevening continuedlwithodt
cessation until 10 O'Clock yesterday
vast quantity of water having fallen
in the mean time. Before noon the
clouds grew light and thin, and the
sun could be seen through the. light
curtain that concealed the blue sky.
The day was warm, andiit is not i'm.
probable that we shall have more rain
before this morning. 91ai94 agissb
The river had risen, since noon of
Thursday, up to 3 o'clock yesterday
afternoon, fully seven feet-7an an
precedented rise at this stage of the
river. It is now literally bank full,
with the low bottoms covered and the
secondary bottoms menaced. An
overwhelming food is imminent ma
Arrivals and Departures. pra
The arrivals and departures since
our last report, up to 3 o'clock yester-
day, include the Tarascon. louisville
and return; Advance No. 2, Captain
Eastman, Wabash River to return;
Newsboy Henderson and return;
VIM. White, Green River, to return;
Advance No. 2, Captain Lancaster, to
Wabash River; Phantom, Eastport to
return; J. Baker, to Green River;
Charmer,, Cairo to return. l'l
Boats Due.
Among the first. boats due are the
Havana and Emma Floyd, for Nash
vile Rebecca from Nashville; New.
York and Pine Grove, to St. Louis;
Golden Eagle, for Vicksburg; Cliff
and Importer, for Memphis !;
Minneola, Robt. Burns, and J.
p Webb, from Memphis; An
glo Saxon, Huntsville, Centralia,
Tahlequah,and Mary Irwin, for Ar
kansas River; Argcsy, j. W. Garrett,
Leonidas, Laurel Hill, Swallow.
and .aStonewall for New Orleans;
Morning Il Star, from Louisville;
Henry Ames, Virginia, David White,
and Messenger, from New Orleans;
Quickstep, from Cairo; Chattanooga,
from Nashville. il
miscellaneous. 81.
The prevalent fogs have sadly de-
ranged the running of steamers, and
all the packets are off of time, So
that it is scarcely possible to announce
the movements of boats. Captain
Eastham's Advance No. 2 arrived out
of the Wabash yesterday, morning
with full trip, and proposed to re-
turn last evening. She will hereafter
ply as a regular packet between this
port and all points on the Wabash to
Mount Carmel and Vineennes........
The Charmer arrived about noon with
a big trip Of freight and people. She
had, with much other freight, $50
barrels whisky; 400 barrels oranges,
100 boxes lemons, and 122 green hides
for reshipment aton LOUISVILLE She
would return,to Cairo late last night
......The Phantom arrived atlqnoon
from the Tennessee River, full Of cot4d
ton and tobaeco.d She will not re- /
turn until Monday evening, having
heavy orders to filk She has orders
enough to load two steamboats,, and
will turn. IA 81 partr of them
over to the Sam. Orr............
The VIM. White had moderate
trip out of Green River, and expected
to leave last night..... The mud on
the wharf is about mark twain" in
depth and rising fast. We are in
debted to Bill Green and his drays for
our visit to the river yesterday FORE
noOn........The Tarascon arrived from !
Louisville abouta3 O'Clock, yesterday
morning, and left on her return about
g o'clock yesterday~...-...The river
is now about ten feet below high water