The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1867-09-18

T. Along the lower Ohio the1channel
| is pretty well defined, and none of the
bars particularly troublesome hence
to. Evansville, with 1scant, three feet
water out to that point.ImI 9Hc1q %
ST. Louis Democrat, Of Mon
Edsv says. uo1 co THW Il oHt =
Only dozen steamers at the wharf
last mevening. q A crowd ofsaweary
hackmen waiting on vthe wharf and
wondering why the packets, don't
come in. The river has dwindled
away, so much that it appears here to
have been shornOof half its7width.
The tonnage now employed to bring
produce-to this port are prevented by
the low water zfremJ bringing more
than one thirdT or .onerfourth the
amount they would were navigation
qnobstructed. Hence, should mot
three Iq or four boats be- en-
niingyo Hence .t6escry, of smalfere-
ceipts, and restricted shipmen is South.
We hear pfanoa boat, running above
water water is still deelipipg, Hence TO
NaiiOs AZ lHcIcl 10 AalO2Y9w ltctsa rUt-
low Cairo, 6 feet, reported: to Keo-
kuk, 4 feet scant; about thirty inches
on the lower rapids. There are about
3 feet 9 inches in the lower Missouri,
and only 3 feet. between st. j oseph and
Omaha. while the Illinois has gone
down SO low that only, three or four
steamers attempt s It's navigation.
Weather sultry. We do not look for
the heavy receipts of produce here n-
til more steamers and barges are sent
above or the rivers rise. uf, 9TsW ogi
{ sMEMPHIs.-zThe sAoaldache off Fra
dayasaysi cad .y1bunoI aot ssolo %
.esThe Belle st. Louis arrived yesters
day at noon. She was delayed RI two
nights by fog; and was aground at
Phillips bar a few, hours. She left
the John Kilgouf hard aground lay
ing. in the channel at Phillips bar.
She is drawing more water. than was
on the bars, and viii have to Tighten
over. 9Eu s1s SrsolsHt~f5A- nj Ea4a4sfee.
The Ara1aache Of Saturday. sayssl.
: Weather, warm and cloudy The
river is declining steadily, withssix
feet four inches IN the channel. The
Ohio is still falling, with thirty four
inches on the bars, The Arkansas is
getting low, with twenty-six inches to
Pine. Bluff and twenty inches above
there. The st. Francis River has
evaporated or gone. under. White
River is .receding, with four feet to
The weather y was su,'s again in very warm
yesterday, which is taken as a good
omen Business was more active on
the landing than 90 any previous day
= Captain John B. Davis brought in
a new bale of cotton. shipped by Mil
Ter &, Clark, of, Indian Bay. White
River. Captain Davis had, offered
premium of a barrel of pork. barrel
of -four. a barrel of corn meal. and
free passage to the shipper of the first
M Mes Miller { & clart, D who have e
won it by their. industry and energy.
The Cleaner brought in new bale
from the True Lark plantation, Ar
kansas River Cotton may be. ex-
pected to come in, freely in short
time, when We hope to see lively
times again. -. -. "a I'D
: New ORLEANs, The Times of Fri-rI
day says: rsi 80.
The weather, yesterday, commenced
cloudy and threatening The rain
began to fall in small Showers about |
half past 10 o'clock. but rapidlyin- 4
creased until a perfect sheet of water
fell, which filled, our cutters and
streets, making them resemble mina-d
ture rivers. We never saw a hsrderd
rain in our lives than fell yesterday.
The afternoon, however, was clear,
cool and, pleasant until dark. when |
black inky clouds .obsouredg the sky,
indicating more rain soond VThe loveept
svery- disagreeable, owing toItthe
of mud, caused by the 4
HinIS Business ouAthe landing, was +
quite aetiyes The Red River steam 7
,rsadeffd with the largest trips ofIthe
,easOm 4usIuat@sH ssaIS-5sTn as Head