The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1867-07-27

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weather and Water.
The weather was cloudy yesterday
morning, but sultry and hot. The rain of
the night revious not materially modi-
tying the atmosphere. The river falls
steadily at the rate of fou or i've inches
per day, and boats are finding bottom
more readily and more frequently than
they desire. kEE&
Arrivals and Departures.
The arrivals and departures up to three
O'Clock yesterday were the News Boy,
Henderson and return; Mayhower, Cairo
and return; Ollie Sullivan to Canneison;
Eau Claire TO Pond River; James Gray,
Green River to Evansville. ~ 3.
Boats Due.
Among the first boats due here are the
nightingale for st. Louis; Mlnneoia and
Empire, for Memphis; John ID. Perry. OAR
ling and Mary Swan, from Memphis; Lee
gal Tendel silver Cloud, Ezra Porter and
Louisiana, for New Orleans; Armada
and Quickstep, from Cairo; Tarascon,
from Lcuisville; Petrolia No. 2, from Wa
bash; Chattanooga. from Cumberland Riv-
err; Phantom, from Eastport; Leonora
No. 2, from Cincinnati.
Miscellaneous.
There was but little doing on the levee
yesterday, with scarcely any Arrivals.
The Mayflower had IG0 ~hugsheads tobacco,
100 bags bran, 20 boxes peaches, Is dozen
cedar buckets, 5 bales cotton, s casks bacon
and other miscellaneous freight, and a
good passenger list. HeT pilots report but
four feet water ON the shoalest bar, but
Mr.. Tucker, her sterling mate, has never
had to unlash his spars. The Maydower
is extremely light, and her pilots know
where the deep water runs-.-.The Armada
spent a night OF shawneetown Bar.---.
The Newsboy had a good trip of tobacco
The Ollie Sullivan and Eau Claire left with
Moderate trips-..A telegram, dated Menu
phis. July 25th, from Gates, Wood 4 Co., to
Fred. r. Huston, that the Mary
Swan LETT Thursday evening with 400 bales
o fcotton for this port. She will be in to
night OF early tomorrow, and will return
to Memphis on Thursday. Shippers will
bear this in mind and give her a big trip
..--..The difficulty at the Dry has
been healed, and everything is lively there
again.
Boats Leaving To-Day. 81.
o CAIRo.-The splendid and finely
appointed Armada, Capt. J.. b. Hail, one
OF the best steamboatmen afoat, goes to
AxtLIO dt = NIOCh O-Ad D1Aiy OwI a1o
Geo. Nicholson are her obliging and popu-
lar Clerks. r. 81 .# e& EF
For LoUIsvILLE.-The palatial Tarascon,
with Capt. A. It. Gilmore commanding,
will make her valedictorya this evening
and after returning to Louisville will go
into summer quarters, and be vanished
up for the fall campaign. Those who de-
sire a luxurious II Zip up the river, should go
-n srxn ua 4hfC AGIlAn II
Warren is her popular first Clerk. and
Dick Hutchinson has charge of the freight
department.
For HARTFoRD.-The sprightly James
Gray, Captain Stinson, with Joe Mercy
nolds in the Office. goes to Hartford and
all way landings this evening, offering
pleasant accommodations to passengers.
FoR MEMPHIS. To-MoRRow.-TRe fleet
and elegant steamer Empire, Captain
Hicks King, with Harry Walker ana Wall
ter B.. Pennington in the office, goes to
Memphis tomorrow evening, and Will
afford fine accommodations to passengers
and shippers.
4GIeanings from our Exchanges.
CINCINNATI.-The Commercial! of Thurs
day says
The weather yesterday was clear and
warm. AT Pittsburg the river is falling,
with Is Inches in the channel. Here it mas
receded ? inches in the past twenty-four
hours. with 4 feet on Rising Sun bar, the
shoalest point hence to Louisville.
Capt. Jas. III. Pepper left st. Louis Tues
thur, for New Orleans. Capt. Pepper IS a
competent commander and a nrst-c ass
gentleman. and will prove a valuable ac-
eession to the a. and Nj. Steamship Com
pany. p
Capt. Mart. Walt, of Memphis, has pur-
chased the Mollie Able from the A. and
NJ StnnFnOhin CnmnAnN for "a NM a ftar
spending some SIS, 5000 in repairs. he will
place the Mollie Able in the Memphis and
New Orleans trade.
The Golden Eagle, after ~diseharging her
Mem his trip, went to Fulton and Laid up.
Mr. J. Wilson Johnston, Secretary of the
Memphis and Cincinnati Packet Compa-
ny, leaves for the. mountains of Pennsyl-
vania to-day, on q three weeks recreative
tour. May he have g good Inc Emnse On Tues
Maysville, on her way down, Mr.. John
Wells, a deck passenger on the boat, fell
was given, the boat stopped, and a yawl
sent out. but he sunk before the boat could
reach him.
LoUIsvILLE.-The Courier of Thursday
says:
The river. Judging by the canal mark. is
water in the canal last evening. The
weather has continued dry, and yesterday
the thermometer In the evening ranging
as high as SO in the shade. This is likely
to cause a storm or a change in the shape
of rain. The barometer, however, indi-
Gates but very little change, though rather
inclined to wet instead of fair weather.
We can at least hope for rain.
We learn that Captain John Cannon was
in the city yesterday-may be about to
contract for another Bob Lee. There can
be but one Robert E. Lee.
1t will be seen on reference to the COM
merci / in another column,
that the merchants and members of the
Board of Trade have taken prompt action
in organizing a permanent line of boats