The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1867-08-24

STEAMBOAT PRINTING.
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$ 8. STEAMBOAT PRINTING. a9fiey
No printing establishment in the West
doing fine steamboat Printing, Our assert,
complete, is constantly being added to, and
our job department Is under the i.,.s
supervision of one Of the best jon IN ~
prtnt Posters, plain or fancy, Bill Heads,
Bills Lading, Cards. Deck and Meal TICK
cts Bills Of Fare, Mates Iiek st i9r II aa3 fbs
wharf boats viii be promptly attenoeo 70
sss. s.ana weather and Wster. sl
The weather yesterday was clear and hot.
The river made feeble attempt to rise on
Thursday but seems TO have given IL up
in disgust. and was about stationary yes
terday. 1t is again falling at Cincinnati
and swelling slowly at Louisville.
Arrivals and Departures.
The only arrivals and departures up to
8 o'clock yesterday include the Palestine.
Louisville andfreturnN News Boy. Hender-
SON and return; Mary Erwin, Cincinnati
to Caro-; Ollie Sullivan, to Cannelton;
Michigan. Memphis to Evansville.
Boafs Due.
Among tne first boafs due here are the
and, Rob Roy. FROM Mer4nhis; Nightin-
gale, from st. Loui-; Alpha, from
Cincinnati; Ida Rees. Cincinnati to 81.
Louis; Minneola. for Memphis; Charmer,
j. p. webb, Sam. orr and. Spray from
Cairo; Phantom, nom Passport. and Chat
tanooga, from Cumberland River; Pales-
tine and Rose Hite. from Louisville.
miscellaneous.
There has been considerable fog on the
river for several nights past, and boats
have thereby been delayed as well as by
low water an elevated sand bars.......-.The
Palestine did not arrive from Louisville
till nearly morning and returned from
here ....-...The Mary Erwin arrived from
Cincinnati at 9 O'Clock yesterday morning
with large amount OF freight for
the lower Ohio, and commenced re-
ceiviDg for Cairo. She is a beautiful
and admirably appointed boat, light as
a fairy, and can have no trouble getting
over the shoalest bar with a large freight.
Among her passengers were Capt. Jim.
Lnsk en- route to Cairo to join his ship"
the Louisiana, and John Hamilton Nc
Neeley, the distinguished book and job
printer, with his family, directly from
Niagara Falls and Northern tour, in fine
health and spirits, ready to execute all or
dsrs of job printing for steamboats, and
others in astyIe and with a dispatch un-
equalled in the Mississippi Valley ...-.... The
Nashville lies over till her regular Time
O'Clock this afternoon. a. j4es boss 81.
boats Leaving To-Day.
For CAIRO The elegant light draught
steamer Nashville, VIII. p. Fowler, Mas
ter, Geo. Nicholson, clerk. is the regular
packet for Cairo and all way ports to-day.
She has splendid cabin appointments, and
her Officers are magnificent gentlemen.
Y y rIcSs@ lf.co
Hite, Capt. Combs, is the regular and eie-
CANT packet for Louisville tonight. Dick
Hutchinson, a young gentleman of rare
excellence. is her popular clerk. The Rose
is very light, and treats her guests with
marked courtesy. s@eNA tlxiaEl
For GREEN RIvER.-The gay and peauti-
full VIM. White is the regular Green River
packet this evening. and is uuSpsrpassed in
cabin appointments Capt A. L.inkwater
and J ohm Adams are her popular and ex-
perienced officers.
GIeanfngs from eur Exchanges.
PIrrsBuRG.-The Commercial OF Wednes-
day says: E. A M
The river fell yesterday TO Is inches, but
was rising again last evening. The Leni
Leoti did not 20 out, but expects to leave
to-day should the water continue to rise.
The new light draught packet Linton is
attracting q good deal Of attention. Sheis
handsome AFFAIR. ana Hb iULSNdkt-- Ctlc
will be announced during the week for one
They have succeeded in forming Ten
uesSee and White River packet line. AS the
line is snow formed let them go to work :
and patronize the same. and let the papers
quit abusing boats that hail from other
ports Louisville is q pref extensive
place, and only lacks two things OF heing
the largest city in the West-houses and
inhabitants. Esd
CINc1NnATI-Tne Commercta, of Thurs
day says: - asa
The weather was mild and cloudy yester-
day. Al Pfttsburg the river is at stand.
with 50 inches in the channel. Since Fri
day last the river has risen altogether II
inches Here 1t has receded 2 inches
during tie past "A hours, with feet on
Rising Sun bar. the shoalest point hence -
t tpSe AIphs dspartsd Tor 0aircwith mod
crate trip. having loaded below the rega-
Captain Hugh Campbell, late OF the ST.
frsisS SSi t 8 I'M flade. : Yf S-sss 90
Lou1sy1LLE.-The Courier of Thursday
saysi
The river continues 10 rise slowly. with
2feet II inches water n the canal, last eve
twenty-four hours it had risen an inch at
the head of the falls and 8 inches at Port
e tanu with Clouds ana rain n predominaainT
and the atmosphere cooled down very ma
terially- 1t was raining slightly in the
morning and rather heavily In the eve
ming, and the barometer indicating mora
rain. s-s
The bar at the foot of the falls at Port
land is shifting about and cutting out, with
some go feet OF water over the shoalest
point.
Joshua Throop, an anclens mariner, who
came over in the Maynower vas at the
wharf yesterday en- route for Evansville.
Clur St Louis exchanges have informs-
ton from the Upper Missouri to the effect
that the Mountaineer had been released
from the bar where she had grounded and