The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1867-08-14
Weather and W-ter.

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The weather yesterday morning was
very pleasant, with a stif breeze blowing
from the East; but before noon 1T had
grown very hot in the sun, while them er-
curry was down to So in the shade Vhe
river has fallen about three inches, and IS
declining slowly,
Arrivals and Departures.
The arrivals and departures up to three
o'clock yesterday include the News6oy,
Henderson and return; Legal Tender,
New Orleans to Louisville; Spray, Cairo
to Evansville; Leonora No.. 2, to Cincin-
natl; Michigan, from NewDurg.
Boaas Due. SIS rs
Among the first boats due here are the
Starlight n Empire, for Memphis; Rose
Hite, from Louisville; Emma No. =, Tor
New Orleans; Charmer, from Cairo.
as Miscellaneous.
Matters on the levee for the past two
DAYS have been quite lively and the wharf
being constantly crowded with teamer
coming and going, loading and r~e-loading
...The n No. 2 left for Cincinnati
Yesterday at IL o'clock with a fair trip.
Among her passengers were the represen-
tatiyes of the Greensboro Base Ball Club
.--..The Legal Tender, with two barges
and 40 bales of cotton, arr we'd from New
Orleans, being out from that port just one
week. The officers and crew are all well.
She had but little freight for
parts above.----~-..The Spray arriv-
we'd from Cairo with a moderate trip of
tobacco and other freight. She lies over
till to-day-.....Captain j. v. Throop and a
portion of the crew of the Mayfiower, ar
rived here by the Sam Orr on Monday, and
will rusticat till the river rises ......-.The
Sam Orr was receiving fairly, and had a
good show for a nice trip out....a.The
Phantom was also receiving liberally--...
The Newsboy made two trips from N to
Henderson yesterday THE cotton by the
Legal Tender was conslgnedto Fred X. HUI
ston, the general agent of the famous White
Line, by which twill be forwarded with
dispatch to the east.-....-The Chattanooga
could not get off on Monday. bat was pre-
pairing to leave last evening with a good
trip-----The Michigan was detained I'M
avoidable, and will not get off till this
evening. h has large engsgements..---.
Billy Speed. the versatile and jolly clerk OF
the Mary Swan, Is in Z the city settling up
neer of the Legal Tender brought up a live
about two feet long, but Is such a pet as we
should not like to play with.
Boats Leaving To-Day.
FoR CAIRo.-The elegant light draught
steamer Nashville, with the veteran Cap
tain John B. Hall in command. goes TO
Cairo at three o'clock promptly, to-day,
having been pat in complete order. She
has elegant passenger appointments. Cap
Will. p. Fowler and George Nicholson are
her gentlemanly and accomplished clerks.
The Spray, Capt. Jim. Matheny In COM
mand, with Master James Kennedy in
the Office, leaves at 2 o'clock to-day for
Cairo and all way ports.
FOR LoUIsvILLE.-The beautiful Rose
Hite, Capt. A. t. Gilmore, Is the regular
packet for Louisville this evening. Dick
Hutchinson, well and favorably known as
an obliging and pleasant young gentle
man, is her clerk.
For MEMPHIs.-The Michigan, having
been detained, win positively leave for
Memphis this evening.
GIeanings from our Exchanges.
PIrrsBURG.-The Commercial of Saturday
says:
Business on the landing was dull. This,
With The exception of buiidins new side
wheel steamers, and the general reitting
up of passenger and ~tow-boats, we have
The light passenger packet Emma Lo-
gan No. 2, and barges, in charge of Capt.
John Gordon. leaves this day. positively,
for Wheelil g, Marietta and Parkersburg,
having pretty much all the freight on
board h can manage. Capt Gordon
has the reputation OF being one of the
best Informed pilots that comes to this
port .E.k.AL .NA4E A
Captain Gordon reports the river i'm
proved at several points, and expresses the
hope that Glass House ripple will receive
an early visit. We have no doubt IL will
receive the proper attention before long.
CINcINNArI.-The Commercial of Mon
day says:
The weather yesterday was clear and
warm. AT Pittsburg the. river is falling,
with IS inches in tn @ channel. Here it has 4
receded 3 inches curing the past twenty |
the shoalest point hence TO Louisville, and
is now stationary. ~
Captain James III. Pepper. of the A.&
M. s. 8. Co.'S steamer, w. B. Arthur, ar
to his family. The Arthur IS undergoing !
repairs on the CaIondeletsways. Captain
Pepper returns TO St Louis in this even-d
Colonel Isaac Paist, General Agent of
the Atlantic and Great Western Railway, !
and the M Cotton Line, died on
Sunday week, at the commercia Hotel.
Illness. He had been a resident OF
Memphis for about two years. Colonel
Paist was q native of New York. and was
death, and had been universally popular
with river men.
LouIsvILIE.-The Courier of Monday
receding since Friday last, with scant three
feet six inches water in the canal last
eyening by the mark. During the previ-
Gus forty-eight hour it had fallen two
inches at Portland. The weather has con-
tinued warm and dry all the week, with