The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1867-09-09
STEAMBOAT PRINTING.

For Other RiUeT Items See Fifth Page.
q STEAMBOAT PRINTING.
No printing establishment in the West
has better facilities or greater ability for
doing fine Steamboat Printing. Our assert,
mens OF JOB TYPE though very Large ge a and
our job department is under the personal
supervision of one of the best job printers
in the United States. We are prepared 70
Bills Lading, Cards, Deck and Meal TICK
cts, Bills of Fare, Mates Tickets for Labor.
&c, DC. Orders left with either OF the
wharf-boats will be promptly attended 10.
=" % weather and Water.
The weather Saturday morning. was
unpleasantly cool, but grew rapidly
warmer as the day advanced. The river
had fallen three inches up to o'clock on
Saturday, and 1t is going down rather
rapidly. with no prospects of change.
Arrivals and Departures.
The arrivals and departures up to three
O'Clock on Saturday were the News Boy,
Henderson, to return; Linton, Cumber-
land River, to return; Nashville, Cairo,
to return.
Boats Due
Among the first boats due here are the
]. p Webb, from Memphis; the Cham
pion, for Memphis; Mary, from Cairo;
Ella Faber, from Louisville; SILVER Cioud,
for New Orleans; Rob, Roy. New York,
for st. Louis; Bertha, for Arkansas River;
Phantom. from PASSPORT; Leonora, No. 2.
from Cincinnati
yea Boats Leaving To-Day.
For CAIRo-The gay Charmer, Captain
Jack Grammer, with that model clerk,
Duke Nicholson, in the Off ce, is the regu-
lar and approved packet for Cairo and all
way ports, to-day. Her cabin appoint
ments are frst-cla~ S, and her officers are
accomplished gentlemen.
~ oR LoUIsyILLE.-The beautiful Pales-
tine, Captain Z. Hollcrofi, is the regular
and uprivaled packet TOR Louisville, this
evening. Her clerks are those pleasant
and accomplished gentlemen, Miles d.
Warren and Jesse jackson, whose courte-
sizes 10 passengers are proverbial.
miscellaneous.
Business on the levee on Saturday was
very dull, with but few arrivals......-..The
Linton, the new and beautiful Cumber-
land River packet, arrived from Ingram's
shoals with 66 hhds tobacco and other
freight. She was preparing TO return Sat
urday evening". The Louisa was re-
ceiving fairly, with the prospect of good
Memphis trip.........Mr.E E. G. Miller. the ac-
arrived here on Saturday morning, hav-
ing come through by rail to attend to some
business. He was looking hourly for the
arrival of his ship.........The Nashville ar
rived at noon with fair trip, having been
detained by fog. She at once commenced
to load for her return trip-........ We notice
that the Indiana is advertised In the Mem
phis papers regular Memphis and
New Orleans packet We have no idea she
will continue long in that lean trade. She
will have to extend her trips to Evansville |
to make them pay-........The Nashville had |
40 hhds. of tobaooo........ Captain Billy
Fowler is again aboard, with his new ci- |
gar case an ingenious invention. sF
Gleanings from our Exchanges.
PITLsBURG.-The Commercial of Thurs |
day says:
Trade along the landing was very duh.
There were no departures for the lowe |
ports since saturday. Above the bridge |
the light draught 81 Gamers Uncle Sam and |
Traveller had the trade to themselves. |
They are making regular trips, and carry !
ing freight through TO Morgantown. Tie /
repairs on the dams are being hurried to |
CINCINNATI.-Tbe Commercial, of Friday,
says:
The weather was warm and clear yester
day. A. EitJsDurg the rive, is fail ing, with
Is inches IN the enamel. Here it has re-
coded five inches during the past twenty
four hours, with FIVE feet on Rising sun
bar. the shoale-t point hence TO Louisville.
Mi. Tho>. :. ROyse, of the Dean Line"
left for the East last night, on a matrimo-
viousto his departure. We congratulate /
the gentleman on MS good s f9rtnne. ona
the Altoona. Captain Patterson is refit-
ting hi~ packet in excellent style.
James w. Johnston, brother of George
l. Johnston. OF this city; died in New Or
SHORT fitness. fne deceased was formerly
clerk of theold Madison Rackets but had
long been Identified with the New Orleans
and Red River trade.
LOUISVILLE. = The Courier. Of Friday
says: -. IFS u JARB"E n
The river was receding slowly last eve
ming, with 3 feet . inches water In the
canal blythe mark. During the previous
"a hours it had fallen about 2 inches at the
Ia,s Of ne fails and nse inches at Port
The Louisiana, Capt. Phillips, and bound
for New Orleans fromiCairo, passed Mem
pnlS aboard from Newport Baeracks
ahefrarne Of he new Green River pack-l
ct, mention of which was made in the
Courier y esterday, Is nearly up, and NadaI
& Son, the huh builders, have all the plank
ing cut and ready, and the boat will be outj
before Evansville gets chance to sell out.
Evansville "aint ~ anxious to sell out.
Our Green River packets are willing to
have you starve one or two more of your
packets.
ST. LoUIs.-The Democrat of Friday saws:
Weather warm yesterday; indications
of rain but none fell. The decline con-
tinues in all the rivers. Business fair tor
the season. The movement of the crops
along the upper rivers southwark has
scarce begun; yet all the boats running
a boye do not bring a that offers. A
movement is on loot 10 operate number
of boats between this port and New Or
leans outside OF the Atlantic line begin
ming with the John kiigour, t. l.. McGilI,
a "a Stnpewalf he Two latter having come /