The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1867-10-28


clines slowly but steadily, and naviga-
ton is growing more and more difficult,
and the lightest boats experience the
greatest difficulty in getting over the shoal
bars.
Arrivals and Departures.
The arrivals and departures up TO 8
O'Clock on Saturday, include the Newsboy,
from Henderson; Cobb-Webb, from Cum
berland river; Louisa. from Cairo; Cora s.,
Louisville and return; Ollie Sullivan,
from Greensboro.
Boats Due.
Among the first boats due here are the
Linton and Lucia from Cairo; Phantom,
from Eastport. .->.-,-
miscellaneous.
There was but little doing on the wharf
Saturday morning, except the discharging
of the cargo of the Michigan. and light re-
ceipts by the other packets There was
but little freight in sight for shipment up
tonoon-....,%TheC Cobb Webb had moder-
ate trip-..-..The Cora s. had not arrived
upto noon, and the probability is that she
had found French Island Bar too formid-
able an obstacle to surmount. ......... The
Fanny Brandefs. over due. had not
arrived at one O'Clock on Saturday ......
The Cora s., from Louisville, and the Lou
both with fair trips........The Cora s. had
200 barrels of cement and much other
freight, and came through without deten-
ton. She left at four o'clock for LOUIS
ville......-The Chattanooga was getting a
big trip for Cairo......T The Louisa will 90
out to-day.....-..The Fanny Brandeis was
aground at Shawneetown when the Lou
lisa Ieft.........It did us good to meet Captains
A. t. Gilmore and John Peckenpaugh, on
the Cora =. Al. CroxalI, her clerk, looks
gay and festive.
Boats Leaving To-Day.
For CAJRo-The Louisa viii, we presume,
be the regular packet for Cairo to-day, and
has excellent passenger accommodations.
Capt. Tom. Boluss is in command, and
Charly CraW ford is her clerk. She is very
light, and her officers are experienced nav
igators.
For OwENSBoRo AND LoUISvILLE-The
Ollie Sullivan will leave at 10 O'Clock this
morning for Greensboro, and will connect
with the Palestine. for Louisville, offering
excellent opportunities to passengers for
all up-river ports. Capt. Ham. Throop is
in command, and Les. Ware is in her Of
fee, both pleasant gentlemen.
FOR CUMBERLAND RIvER.-The neat lit
tie Cobb-Webb will leave at oclock this
er to EddyviIle. Capt. Jim Webb is in
command, and will see that passengers
are made comfortable. -r
GIeanIngs from our Exchanges.
CINCINNATI.-The Commercial. of Friday
says:
The weather, yesterday, was cool, and
cloudy, with indications ofrain. At Pitts
buT0b. the river was falling slowly, with
Is inches in the channel. Here il Is on a
Cfn NIT rannrfa6 ~
mile bar, and "A inches on the shoalest
bars to Louisville.
The old veteran Captain Dick Calhoun,
of the Delaware, is busilyg engaged in re-
fitting his packet. at PITTSBURGH, in order
TO place her III the Nashville trade.
LoUIsvILLE.-The Courier, of Friday,
says: ~-~-stAt
The stage CT water at this point was
about u inches wafer in the canal VI ster-
day morning by the mark, and 30 inches
on til bar between Portland and New AL !
Ifie latest rom Pittsburg says the hopes
entertained that dry weather was over. |
hand have again been blasted, the weather
there having turned cold and clear. fsf9 /
Proposals have been made to the city |
government of Pittsburg TO buy all the |
bridges crossing the Allegheny and Mo- |
pongahela Rivers for 81 ,500,t 90. and that |
'tcT shah be open TO public use free of
toll.
"a The Evansville and Columbus packet |
has punched a hole in ner hull, and gone |
to Cairo to patch. i
Just like the Democrat. In the first place
there is no Evansville Columbus
packet. In the second place she did not
punch a hole in her hull, and thirdly she
did not 60 to Cairo to patch. All the rest
of the story is true.
Capt. King. of the Cora s. and his clerk,
arrived yesterday from Cairo. to learn If a Il
paying New Orleans trip can be procured. |
MEMPHIs.-The Avalanche OF Wednesday
says: 81 aaa
A rain set in on Monday night, and last
ed until nearly noon yesterday. The /
weather now bids fair to remain unsettled |
for some time, ana has turned quite cold |
There is the same old song to sing OF low
Orleans boats are havir 2 trouble at differ
ent points, but Pawpaw,; Bruinsburg and |
Hole-in-the-W Wall are the worst places:
There Is but little IL anything over six feet /
at either of those places. -
ST, LOUIS The Democrat, OF Friday, /
says: . $3.50.
Tbere is vet no sign of deliverance from
the oppressor, unk the fact Of the river |
being apparently on. a stand iast eEenbbn ing
a continued decline at St. Paul, Dubuque,
Davenport, Keokuk and Quincy. Perhaps
we ought to be satish d as long as the dog
en- or so of steamers and larger NUMBER
OF barges continue making tolerably re2u-
lar trips between this point and the Upper |
Missouri, and we are, in q measure. me |
Mis souri, is worse than we remember IL to |
have been for long time past. To nav1- |
gate it is a very difficult task. The Illinois |
Is down to shout twenty inches in the /
channel. Boats viii probably abandon |
that stream. shipments are pretty fair to |
the lower Mississippi. sss "a s. e4u /
NEW ORLEANs.-The Times OF Tuesday /
says:
Yesterday W. had an unreasonable day,
not unreasonable, as the types made us |