The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1867-10-24

STEAMBOAT PRINTING.

MI, STEAMBOAT PRINTING.
No printing establishment IN the West
bas better facilities or greater ability for
doing Gne Steamboat Printing. Our assort-
menf OF Job Type. though very large and
complete ~ constantly being added 10, and
OR Job department is under the personal
asaIpfv isiop Of one of the best job printers
print Posters, plain or fancy, Blll Heads,
Pills .ading, Cards. Deck and Meal Tick
ets, Bills OF Fare, Mates Tickets for Labor,
&C., &c orders left with either OF the
wharf-boats win be promptlyihttended to.
aTHHtT Uuf -~-7 feff eIlfFitt
tff Il, weather ana water.
The weather has cleared up bright and
beautiful, and pleasantly cool In the morn
ing, but pretty hot from eleven o'clock TN
night. The liver Is almost stationary, not
having declined more than an inch per
day for tho past three days. IL is now
As $40 feet below high water mark OF last
spribg and ~ l!b below the inlet cap, at
Hodge, Car g Co.E, corner of Water aud
Sycamore streets. Lau-tft
iIt Arrivals ANA Departures.
Theonly arrivals and departures upto3
O'Clock yesterday was the Newsboy. from
Henderson TO return and the ollie iEuni-
van, 20 owepsjoro. flHI srM ,I.9xl 80
mi .-4il i, Beats Due. f4fW enid
Among tho first boats due. iherel hfe the
Luella, Louisa, and Fanny Rrhndeis, from
Cairo; Cobb+M ebb, from CunberlandRiy-
er; and Michigan from Mem phiRs ,,,-...
miscellaneous. a..
. The Linton was receiving fairly yester-
day forenoon, and would have all the
freight, BY her hour OF departure, she
could sAfely take. I....., Tine ONE Sullivan
drew dpto the wharf yesterday morning,
hRv9ng completed her repairs, and was
pbcpArink 10 leave for Greensboro, nd Will
make regular trips as heretoforeA. d..4 Nh
have mo- further ativlceB ffron the Michi-
gan switch passed Glsiro sunday idvenipa.
with over 2QDbales Of cotton for.F. r. Hus-
ton, agent Of The White Line, She WIN
probably be found 40 the wharf In mora
lAls, aud viii return early to Mepphis,,.,,.
me VIM, White has been treated 20 o new
STAT of paint, insideland out, fnd her new
smoke stacks were being put up yesterday
and look very handsome. The White is a
neat and pretty craft, and Captain Drink
water ~ Justly proud OF her ......... Messrs
Couett a Jennison ilre building a nice new
towboat for Capt A. Liter, to be used I'm
towing coar nom MS mines on Green
River ft ofs egnty-fve feet long, and
eighteen feet wide, square bow and stern
wheel, with a tubular boiler, and two en-.
gines. She Is a substantial looking craft.
We notice that the water Is now very
low dowfSupon the old hull OF the General
Lafayette, which Ties above The foot OF
Walnut Street Five pIanks and about
three ihehes or the sixth are bare. we put
this on record for future reference. ........
There being none OF the owners OF the
Cairo packets in the city except two, the
petition so numerously' signed by mer-
chants and shippers, requesting them TO
ei.aar int
yet beer submitted. and consequently no
decision has yet been reached, ......... We |
hear of parties who propose to put two |
good fleet beats in the trade between this |
city and Memphis, on the single condition |
that our merchants and shippers win |
guarantee them their undivided patron |
age. We would prefer TO see the boats |
owned here......... Captain Gus. Fowler OF |
Paducah. is In the city. He complains OF |
the tiullness of the times, the low water. |
and the general suspension of business, E |
Boats Leaving To-Day. Daaa |
FOR CAIRo.--It is uncertain what boat |
Will leave for Cairo to-day. The Louisa, /
capt. Boluss, should be the first i'm regular |
order, bat 10y our last advices, she was /
aground at Shawneetown.f The Luella, |
Capt. Dan. Brady, should have been back |
ere now. but we have no intelligence ot |
her. The first boat in will be the first to !
leaXe,- and either is worthy of O liberal /
patronage.
= GIeRotugs from our Exchanges.
NPfrrsBUfeG. The coh,st5elsSeof Monday |
says:
We have nothing new to furnish our
readers In legaTd 20 busin ess.. Tradegwas
very dun below the Suspension Bridge;
above, the United States Mail and Peoples
h1i 2 ~ sscssetst'tHFs an thfe 6usinesssthey
Captain james +. Griffith, who took the
Government steamer {. j. Caffrey up To-
~. Paul, reports that-the citizens OF st.
Paul are so deeply interested in the inn
provement OF navigation on the Upper |
n e sa yil4t d 81 esorStaSyt
tiers are charging any wharfage whatever
10 steamers QWn ed py GoYern men t,rr-rsrw !
cfSciSSA14.1 THE c5nintertiAf.a Of Tues
day says:
The Alaska, Cept Gin Frank J. Cakes |
new boat, was ont on trial trip yesterday
The eXcuruonists were well pleased with
feet Success. 7IlI36 2f7Gu1oG -
LoUIsYILLE. 80 The Courier, of Tuesday,
says:
The river Is receding slowly, with scant
Two ieet anu twO lnsnes WaterIn the cana
decline OF about half inch. In the previous
The weather yesterday was partly clear
and warm, with the thermometer ranging
at IS degrees in the shade n the afternoon 4
and the barometer tncunedtogo down.
stfohg ind Ic5st ionS or At least aEood shower.
but mp 20 a iatesihotirf yesterday evening /
not a drop or rain. had- fallen: Business
Yesterday BIAS -rf19EiN ts1l1 tHE T-fA ~ i
We learn thst the spray, which has
has been cor demned and put
on the ways no Madison TO Ibe aoSerhauled.l Il