The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1867-07-23

The weather yesterday was clear and not
by noon, though quite cool in the early
morning. The river had fallen six inches
during the "A hours ending at three o'clock
yesterday.
Arrivals and Departures.
The arrivals and departures up to three
o'clock yesterday include the Empire,
Cairo to Louisville; Phantom, PASSPORT TO
Evansville; Mayfiower, Cairo to Evans
vile; Eau Claire, Green RIVER to Evans
Vile; Newsboy, Henderson and return;
Morning Star, Henderson to- Louisville;
Ollie Sullivan, to Cannelton; Leonora No.
q to Cincinnati; Nick Longworth, Louis
vile to New Orleans.
ROafs Due.
Among the first boats due here are the
Nightingale for St. Louis; Darling for
Memphis; John ID. Perry and Mary Swan
from Memphis; Legal Tender, and Louisi-
ana. for New Orleans; Armada, from
Cairo; Taraseon from Louisville; Petrolia
No. 2 from Wabash.
Boats L eayfnS To-Day.
For CAIRo.-The gorgeous Mayfower, a
new elegant light draught side-wheel
steamer with unsurpassed passenger APP
pointments, goes 20 Cairo at o'clock to-
day. Capt Billy I-o"th, an experienced
and highly pleasant gentleman is in COM
maud, and Billy Dunn, Geo. Throop and
Marsh Walthall, three accomplished and
obliging gentlemen, are in the office to
give every attention 10 passengers and
shippers.
For EAsrPoRT-The fleet and elegant
Phantom, Captain Guy Vineyard, with
the unsurpassed Val. Sorenson in the
office, is the regular Evansville and East
port packet this evening, making all way
landings. The Phantom, under the adj
ministration of Captain Allen Duncan and
her obliging officers, is rapidly building up
lucrative trade with Southern Kentucky
and Tennessee and Northern Mississippi
and Alabama, and should receive the I'M
divided patronage of our merchants and
shippers.
For HENDERsoN.-The swift Newsboy.
Capt. Charley Perkins, makes two trips
daily to Henderson. She is an indispensa-
bic institution.
Miscellaneous.
The usual Monday morning animation
was manifested on the wharf yesterday
forenoon, with large fleet of boats in
port 1.-THE Emperor passed up at six
O'Clock with moderate trip. The
Morning Star had an unusually fl sh trip
of freight, inc uding over 100 hogsheads of
tobacco and many passengers. The
season, and brought large orders for her
return trip....-.The Mayfiower was rather
light ........The Eau Claire had a IL IL cargo
of tobacco 1.-THE Quickstep was receiv-
ing literally, and would have a fine trip
out. Her officers report the safe rival of
the Quickstep Base Ball Club at home.
hey expressed great qualification at their
entertainment here and desire to come
again......The VIM. White is putting up new
chimneys.....The Leonora No. had a
poor trip out.......-. Billy Tileston has retir-
ed from the office Of the Quickstep, and
has formed a copartnership with Charley
Malone, in the painting business. We
wish him vast success in his new vocation
I'VE ale indebted TO Mr.. Val. -oren-
son, the accomplished clerk OF the Phan-
tom, for a fest........Dunkerson 81 Co. s |
wharf boat is full of corn for the South
purchased on order......-..There were 45
coops of chickens in front OF Huobs 4
Viets' wharfboat awaiting .he Nick Long
worth........The pilots of the Morning Star
report five feet on Scuffietown bar-the
thlnnest water hence to- Louisvil1e.....The
Longworth arrived at noon with two
barges and n good trip. She added largely
mere, and had ali she could carry on the
water.
Manifest Steamer Phantom. from East
port to sytlle-Wllhelm & Weber "A
Ale Boxes; Ragon & Dfckey barrel flour; |
j. Oakley = bag cotton yarn; GeissleT &
DeLang, pigs clocks; r. Semonin box;
Dun kerson d Co. 2 hogsheads tobacco; COX |
Il Humphrey 100 bags wheat; Hayhurst 81 |
Whitaker 80 bags wheat; Hubbs.eS Viets |
bags wheat and bags bags; Keller u /
White barrel coal oil; i. Scantlin q Son |
/ package; j. & Smith l package; Gum /
sberts & Jaquess package; Lyon q Semo- |
lumber For Point Pleasant-59 cuddys I
tobacco. Cincinnati-l hogshead tobacco, /
10 rolls leather. New Orleans hogsheads |
tobacco. New York-s bales cotton. Louis |
vilie-9 bales cotton, IA hogsheads tobacco, |
IS m shingles, pieces machinery.
GEeanings from eur Exchanges.
CINcINNATI-The Commercial of Satur-
day says:
Captain John Kyle has purchased the
Anglo Saxon for $1,000 We und erstand
placing her machinery in new boat for
the Arkansas River trade.
Captain III. C. Bruce, of the office of the
Louisville, was in the city yesterday He
rains at his home IN Adams county,
Ohio, while the Louisville is laid up.
Passengers arrived at New Orleans from
Red River, Texas, report that on the trip
UP, when about ten miles from New Or
leans, water-spout was seen to form upon I
the river, and for some time fears were en-
tertained for the safety of tie boat. The /
spectacle is said to have been grand in the I
extreme. 1t was witnessed with great adj
miratlon, not unmingled, however, with
terror, as it might have caused the sink
ing of the steamer. A water-spout on the I
river is of unusual occurrence.
A survey of the Illinois river has COM
menced, under Government orders, for a
projected canal from Chicago to st. Louis,
ing to Alton, Illinois. 1t is intended to adj I
nit vessels of 200 tuns burden. /
The second rise in the Minnesota river |
crop of the Minnesota Valley. which is
grown chiefly on the wide bottoms which
line the river. The heavy crop, stimuia-
ted by one inundation, and OVERLOOKED the /