The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1867-07-03

River and Weather,
For: Other Rirer Items See Fifth Page.

and We need not hope for rain til after the
4th of July. The river is steadily deciin.
ing, and the rise above will scarcely dc
more than check the decline.
Arrivals and Departures.
The arrivals and departures up to three
O'Clock yesterday include the William
White, from Green River, and return; Ar
mazda. Cairo to E~vansville; Newsboy, Herr
derson and return; Darling, Memphis to
C~incinnatii Wild Duck and barges, Gin
cinnati 10 New Orleans.
Boats Dae.
Among the first boats due here are the
New York, to st. LOUIS Emma Nos, and
Waunits, for New Orleans; Kenteu and
P,W. Strader, from New Orleans; Eohn D.
Perry, from Memphis; Pine Grove, from
Nashville; Quickstep, from Cairo; Taras-
con, from Louisville.
Miscellaneous.
Business was very dull on the levee yes
terday, and shipments were lir2ited. The
receipts of tobacco are large. The VIM.
White had 81 ~aaogsheads; the Ada Lyon
had liz h~ogsheads, and the armada had
81, with much other freight-.The in
tense heat yesterday was really pros
trating, b mercury at sc degrees at
noon and rising-----.The Chatta-
nooga and Sam. Orr were filling up
rapidly----.The Mayfower was getting
q fair start. We were gratifed to see Can't.
Josh. v. Throop on board again, much i'm.
proved la health....-. The Mary Swan lies
over till so-day.-..T The Darling mad q
moderate "trip of freight. but a good show
OF passengers-.--.--.The Robert Full
ton went above with a tow of
Dargers-------.The VIM. White re-
turned to Green River early yesterday.
The WIG Duck with q large tow of empty
barges, passed down atlL o'clock, without
landing"--..We were startled while walk.
ing down Locust Streetge by a hail
from the stentorian and well-knownv voice.
with its rich Irish brogue, of our excellent
and hSgh1y-esteemed cid friend, Captain
+. u. O'Riiey, who arrived from New Or
leans yesterday morning. He left New Or |
leans at half past five o'clock Thursday |
evening, on The Great Republic, and ar
rived at Cairo at 9L Monday morning, Just |
. days and 16 hours, having been DELAYED |
u hours by fog, bad nights and landings,
having answered every hail; actual rum
ming time, days and4hours. Capt. OsRiley |
is enthusiastic in his admiration of the
Great Republic, and thinks her the great
est and most perfect steamer ever built.
Her outfit, her tables, and the gentlemanly
bearing OF her officers, he thinks, are UNI
A AC bC1ActCS size VIII prove 1
herself ~unequalledi in speed. This is a high
eulogium, coming from the source it does.
for what Capt. P. q. O'Riley does not know
about a steamboat, is not worth knowing.
Inc Captain has our thanks for files of
worleans papers of Thursday last. He
is locking remarkably well.
Boats Leaving To-Day.
FOR CAIRo.-The splendid Armada,
capt Gus. Dusouchet. with those sterling
and oblixng young gentlemen, Billy Fow-
Ter and Geo. Nicholson, in the office. goes Il
to Cairo to-day promptly at 4 o'clock. She
IS worthy of a liberal patronage.
FOR gay Tarascon.
proverbial for her f~leetness, fine appoint
ments, and genial officers goes to Louis j
vile this evening. Capt. A. T. Gilmo,e is
III COMM nj, and Miles ID. Warren, a most
gentleman, is her chief clerk.
For MEMPHIs-The beautiful Mary
swan leaves for Memphis this evening s
having been unavoidably Diet ined. She
s an Evansville packet, and should be
literally ~patronized by those who desire to
'u1id up Il e trade of Evansville. Her chief
.hcers, Captain Dave Hukill and Billy
'peed, are elegant and pleasant gentlemen.
Ma.or is also aboard, and his genial
cod humor Will add largely to the pleas
re OF the trip.
from our EXCHANGED.
LoUIsvILLE.-The CoGrier of Monday 6
avs: =
The river was at a Last evening with
feet inches water in the canal by the
lark. During the previous 4S hours it
az fallen 4 inches at the head of the falls.
nd II inches at Portland, a very decided
ecilne on the low stage of water. the low
we nave had this season. The weather
continued warm and dry, with no rain tn
] the entire past week, and the Their
lometer -verglng on 80 ia the shade at
and somewhat warmer yesterday At l.
OF
the fails last evening there were
Inches water in the pass down the In
ian cnute, and at a stand, with the ex- a
actatlon that the river will be rising to.
Capt Crider,. of the Buell., informs as
lat the present rather unexpected rise is
ON Inc kanawha. There had been a
Sc OF seven feet in that stream, which ;.
sho9sn 70 noat out the salt fleet, and st'
Nv on its way to this port. TT
The coal ow boat Collier has Just achiey- ID
lots, Runyan and Benninefon the
'llier towed twenty-oRe barges from this
,rtto Cincinnati in forty-eight hours ali
and right, the biggest tow of the seas
LoUIs.-The Democrat of Monday IL
VS.:
The newspapers anu telegrapbers aro 4.
aking known their apprehensions of a
'shet above. 1t is t. ue that the Missouri
steadily rising rapidly, and over its
sippi is swelling, but there is exageera-
N in the report of a forenoon rise al five
at st. Cloud, &c. On Saturday the
Sc at points below. There had beef,
ayy rains away up in the North a week
., but unless there should be more rain An
- "a no 1TeSne. need be apprehended; ma
re wafer, from all sources. Business is