The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1867-06-28

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River and weather.

heavens as brass and the earth as iron.
good soaking rain would now be a blessing
The river declined about inches during
the "A hours ending at O'Clock yesterday
Arrivals and Departures.
Our port list is small. including only the
Jas. Gray, from Green River; Quickstep
Cairo to return: Newsboy. Henderson and
return; John D. Perry, Memphis to Evans
vile; Morning Star, Louisville to return.
nra 8e boats Due.
Among the first boats due here are the
Havana to Nashville; Shamrock and Ar
Inadil1o, to st. Louis; Empire and Clifton
for Memphis; Louisiana, Ezra Porter,
Waunita and Nick Longworth, for New
Orleans; Ken1on and St. Charles, from New
Orleans; Tarascon. from Louisville; Mary
Swan. Darling and Cora s., from Memphis
Ella Faber and Pine Grove from Nashville;
Belle Vernon and Kate Putnam, from st.
Louis.
Miscellaneous.
Dizziness is still the word on the wharf
with very few arrivals.....-...The James
Gray, as usual, was full of tobacco.......
The Quickstep had p hhds. tobacco, con-
siderable miscellaneous freight, and an ex-
cellent passenger trip. She secured a good
trip to return with, including 1000 sacks
of corn from Observation-Disclosures John
ID. Perry arrived yesterday before noon,
with q full cargo, including nearly 200 hhds.
of tobacco, and a goodly number of pas
sengers-reshipped, many of them, by the
NJ. 8. Mepham, which has laid up at Pa
.dncah to be overhauleda.......We look for
Capt. Wood and Owen q. Gates, in a few
days, on visit...~...The Perry will prob
ably return to- morrow.
rlff. Boats l. eayfHg To-Day.
For CAIRo.-The gay and festive May
flower Capt. Josh. ". Throop, will go to
Cairo at Il ur O'Clock to-day promptly, and
passengers and freight must be aboard at
that hour, as there can he no delay. She |
has superior passenger appointments. and
her officers are those popular gentlemen,
Capt. j. V. Throop, Billy Dunn, George |
Throop and Marsh Walthall, With Capt. |
Billy Lowth as general supervisor. Give |
her all your freight.
FOR GREEN RIvER--The elegant VIM |
White, Capt. Drinkwater, will certainly |
leave this evening for Green River. John |
Adams, the genial, is in the Office,
FOR MEsrPHIs.-The superb Clifton, Capt. |
Frank Stein, with that courteous and ele-
CANT gentleman, G. W. Hunter, in the Of
fee, goes to Memphis to-day. She is a
pleasant boat to travel on, and her officers
are pleasant gentlemen to travel with.
For NAsHyILLE.-The Havana, Capt.
Marsh Clark, goes to, Nashville to-day.
She will go through to Nashville. and per-
sons having til trough freight should avail
themselves of the opportunity.
For NEW ORLEANs.-The Louisiana was
advertised to leave Louisville last night
for New Orleans, and may be expected
here to-day. She is an excellent boat, and
her officers are those sterling gentlemen
Capts. Phillips and Jim Lusk, which Is q
sufficient guarantee for safety, comfort
and pleasure.
GIeanings from our Exchanges.
CINCTNNATI.-The COMMERCIAL oil We'd
nesday says:
At Pittsburgh the river is falling. with
20 inches in the channel. Here it has rece.
ded inches during the past twenty-Iour
nouns, with ll1a feet in the channel by the
water-worIxs marks, (but only ~ feet on
Rising sun Bar. the shoalesr point hence | 1
to Louisville), and 80 feet under me bridge :
Capt. James Il. Thompson of the Edin-
burgh was married TO one of the bellies of {
Newport, KY, last evening. We congrat-
uiate the gallant Thompson his good
fortune.
LoUIsvILLE-The Courier. of Wednesday
says:
The river is falling slowly, with five feet
wa. IN me canai by me mark last even,
fallen an inch at the head OF thesfalls and |
inches at Portland. The wea her con-
4
noneter ra nging at IS In the shade al noon O
on the falls last evening there We're fully
mute, and falling very slowly
:, II. me low low pressure steamer Richmond ar
nsea fon t, ew cTaeans ysestsrday morn
summer quarters at Shippingport. The I j
ow stage Of the river, dull times and the | e:
disabled condition of her larboard engine, u
III combined, have the influence to deter
nine Captain Neal to lay up. Hedesigned,
lowever making but one more trip this Ga
n. advertised |
lie, and hopes his friends will bear with ly
lin, as he could not control events espe-
aiIy the falling waters. The disabled
had been a drawback the
ntire season, yet he hoped with care and e
ow-steam, 1t would have stood the test ~
me more trip.
tent Summer quarters, the Richmond tow +
ng her up to Snippingport landing yester- -
ay. -
ST. LoUIs.-The Democrat of Wednesday
The rise of the water is uninterruptedly
teady. 1t is slow, but would give us :.
cry nigh water mark If il would continue u
Q creep up long enough. Missouri falling
I lower end; rising at and toward sources. OF
pper mississippi very ear a grand de-
line; stationary at Dubuque Monday and IT.
eea .arng Tnesdsy Navigation e3
lost animated. Weather warm. a should ~
e.expected at this time. New wheat will VI
5on arriye nom points oeiow--ssouthern So
Missouri, illinois, Tennessee, and Arkan-
as Other crops viii follow in natural
rder: and plenty will fill the land with
Some time ago some persons from Ohio
ought l6o acres OF land on the Mississip-
!, near brunswick. The timber on II. -
lack walnut, they have cut off and sawed
nd the steamer Glasgow has brought here =
20 ots OF 1t, &c, 900 and 5000 thousand feet
here are one million feet Of the lumber
40 IT brings a hundred dollars per thous,
"a ,,i! IA New New York. and we suppose near as
lnux of capital, skill and intelligence 10 | q