The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1867-06-26

For Othcr Lirer Items zee FIFTH age.
River and weather.

River and Weather.
The weather is not quite so hot as for a
day or two past, and though the sky was
mostly clear, the heat was modified by a
pleasant breeze from the southwest. The
river fell about twenty inches during the
"a hours ending at o'clock yesterday, and
extreme low wafer seems now TO be only
a question of time.
Arrivals and Departures.
The arrivals and departures up 10 3
o'clo4 yesterday include the Armada,
Cairo to Evansville; News Boy, hender-
son and return; Champion, t. Louis, 10
Cincinnati; Ada Lyon to Green River;
Iarling, Cincinnati to Memphis
ROafs Due.
Among the first boats due here are the
Havana TO Nashville; Shamrock TO st.
Louis: Liberty No. 2, and Clifton Tor
Memphis: Louisiana, Indiana, Ezra Port
or Richmond. Waunita and Nick Long
worth. for New Orleans; NJ. s. Mepham.
and st. Charles, from New Orleans; Quick
step from Caro- Tarascon, from LOUIS
vile; John ID. Perry from Memphis; Ada
LYON. and VIM. White from Green River
Miscellaneous.
gusiness on the levee continues dull and
shipments are light. The receipts OF to-
bacco continue heavy..-..-.The Wm " bite,
on Monday evening, had Ie5 hhds....The
Ada Lyon about S0.-....-The News Boy
brings about 120 daily........:The Armada
mad Isl. and the Sam Orr 60 or 70..-...Capt.
Gns Lerncke arrived from st. Louis by the
Mayfiower on Monday morning. Capt.
Josh " Throop being slightly indlsposed,
stops off this trip, and Capt. Billy Lowth, a
most careful and popular officer, assumes
command ........The Armada had an I'M
mense passenger trip, many of whom were
for Louisville and Cincinnatia She turned
over thirty-five passengers 10 the CHAMP
ion..The Ada Lyon hastened Of yes
ferday, and will return TO leave On her reg
ular time this evening-.....-The Daring
arrived about noon yesterday with q Dig
trip. she was detained by low water, hav-
ing been aground at Rising sun Bar, and
again near greensboro. She discharged
considerable freight here, and took about
as much ... The Nightingale had trouble
with her barge after getting through the
canal. and had not arrived up to late
hour Yesterday afternoon. She has good
trip for st. Louis. e
Boats Leaving To-Day
FOR CA1Ro.-The pet of the people, the
grand Armada, Captain Gus usouchet,
with those elegant and deservedly pop, lar
Young men, Will. :. Fowler and Geo. Mich
elson in the Office, leaves at O'Clock TO
day for Cairo and all way ports. she mas
magnificent passenger appointments, and
is o. exec lent speed.
For LoUIsvILLE.-The lightning winged
Tarascon, A. T. Gilmore, Master, is the TT g
uIar packet to Louisville this evening. She
is grand floating palace, Apxuriously APP
pointed and unsurpassed in speed. Fer
chief clerk is that urbane and evel ohliging
gentleman Miles ID. Warren, with DICK
Hutchinson the accurate and courteous, as
freight CLERK.
FOR GREEN RIvER.-The gay Ada Lyon,
ALI. Edwards in command, and Joe Nc
Reynolds in the office, is the regular Green
River packet this evening
FoR NEW OkLEANs.-The magnificent
Louisiana, Capt Phillips, may b. expected
to-day for New Orleans and way ports. she
has elegant passenger appointments. Capt.
Jim Lusk is her popular and obhging
clerk and none on the river excel him.
The Louisiana is a delightful boat to travel
on, and Capt. Phillips and Jim. Lusk are
most communicable and genial gentle
men to travel with.
GIeanings from our Exchanges.
CtNCINNATI.-The Commercial OF Mon
day says:
At Pittsburg the river is faliir z, with 81
iEcne- in the cnannel. mere IL mas receeieu
six inches during the past twenty-four
hours with II feet in the emanuel, and 81
feet under the bridge for passing steamers.
The Hudson arrived from wheeling last
evening, with a fair freight trip, including
LEGO kegs of nails for Chicago, and ninety
tuns for st. Louis. Sh ships the latter on
the Shamrock. The Hudson brought over
3eoO kegs of nails. She reports meeting
the tow. boat Diamond, with fourteen
barges in tow, aground in Burlington. The
Hudson found Al feet on Burlington.
The Darling, for Memphis, was aground
at Rising Sun, when the mail boat passed
LoU1svILLE..The Courier of Monday
says:
The river continues tt fall steadily about
2inches in "a hours at the head OF the falls,
and6 inches at Portland with feet inches
water in the canal last evening, by the
mark, and feet 3 or inches IN the pass
down the Indian chute. The weather has
been clear and warm for three days. the
three longest in. the year, with the Their
nometer III the shade ranging at ~ Ia Inc
evening. This has effectually cured and
saved the wheat, though at the same time
il mas dried up trade and the river.
The Cumberland at Nashville Saturday
evening was s., stu III. swelling lin 2 1sttiei win
rival of the Sigel from Paducah, and the
departure of the Nashville for Cairo.
The macon, from New Orleans, arrived
yesterday, bound for Cincinnati. A pas
senger " no registered his name as j. A. /
Bright. was drowned by jumping over |
board from the boat, the first night, from |
the boiler deck. His true name was a. j. |
stoke. of Mobile, and he was supposed to
be insane. stA
The Coss-icr quotes Capt. Meals dispatch
of the Richmond's magnificent run to
Memphis, and then goes off as follows:
The above dispatch is concise and to the |
point, stamping the Richmond unrfvaied |
an western