The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1867-08-22

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= ,Forf Creery hs,er Items See FEfth Page. 81
STEAMBOAT PRINTING.
No printing establishment in the West
has better facilities or greater ability icr
doing fine Steamboat Printing. Our assert,
ment of Job Type, though very large an9
complete. IS constantly being added to, ana
our job department is under the persona
supe5yi sion Of one of the best job printers
In the United States. We are prepared 70
print Posters, plain or fancy, Bill H 1.sai
cts. Eills OF Fare. Mates Tickets for Labor,
&c, dc. Orders left with either OF the
wharf-boats will be promptly attended 10.
weather and w-fer.
The weather continued cloudy upto noon
yesterday, with a pleasant breeze me
indications were favorable for RAIN. Ine
4 river is reported about stationary.
Arrivals and departures
The only arrivals up to noon yesterday
were the j. p. Webb, Cairo to Evansville,
and Starlight, for ports below. staN
fEoafs Due. s5
Among the first boats due here are the
Empire and Rob Roy, from Memphis;
Nightingale, from St. Louis, and Mary
Erwin. Cincinnati to Cairo; Alpha, Gin
cinnati to Cairo Ida Rees and Minneola,
Cincinnati to st. Louis. s9iiB s
..f. miscellaneous.
Business was but moderate op tie wharf
yesterday..-..TheJ j. +. Wetb had small
lot of tobacco and q f&ivtflp of miscellane-
GUS freight.........Tfie Starlight passed down
little before noon. with three barges in
tow and lot of soldiers on board. She
has touched ground at about all the bars.
:, ......-.The St. Charles is reported hard
aground at Walkers bar, and the Umpire
is lighting her ,of....-.-.The Charmer and
Louisa were both undergoing repairs yes
terday, but will probably be ready for reg
uIar trips...P. H. Willis, engineer of the
fngoInar, aged g years, was drowned on
the 18th inst. near PIaquemine, Louisiana,
by the sinking OF the boat.
BOATS Leaving To-Day. Ns
For CAIRo-The Nashville is the regular
mail packet for Cairo to-day. She leaves
at 2 O'Clock, P. NJ
The Louisa will also leave to-day for
Cairo and way ports. i}
FOR LoUIsvILLE.-The Palestine is the
regular packet for Louisville to-day.
Time-slx o'clock, p. M.
For HENDERsoN.--The Newsboy will
make the regular trip to Henderson to-
day. dos g.. sa"e8 44
ST. LOUIS. - The Democrat of the goth
River slightly falling. Upper rivers all
falling. Slight rain yesterday. No change
in rates to New Orleans. To all other
lending downwards from competition.
Tonnage to New Orleans abundant barges
Arthur, Dolson and Virginia all loading.
Rates of freight ami passage to Quincy
are, we suppose. anything or nothing.
CINcINNATI-The Commercial of Tuesday
says: 19A
The weather was clear and warm until
freshing rain. At Pittsburg the river is
rising, with 26 inches in the channel. Here
it has been on a. stand during the past
"a hours, with 81 feet on Rising Sun bar,
the shoalest point hence to Louisville.
The Mary Erwin did not get of last
night but will depart for Evansville and
Cairo this evening. with Capt. Josh. V.
Throop in command.
The Alpha isannounced for Cairo to-day.
and receipts the old style bill of lading.
All Othe err steamers at the leyee are holding
out stiff for the new style BIZ OF lading
he Lawrence, belonging to the estate of
he late Capt. John Bradley, at Sl2,5
yard yesterday, where she will remain UNI
til there is more water.
The Mobile Times, of the 18th, has the
following:
The FIT bale OF cotton for the Mobile
market was received yeste rday by the Mo-
bile and Ohio Railroad, consigned TO Z. E.
Thames a. co. 1t was raised Ny Dennis &
Tlllman. Newbern, Greene County, Ala,
was classed strict nlidoliTg. and bought for
IS cents per pound, by E. v. George & Bro,
for STANDARD d Bro.
LOUISVILLE The Courier OF Tuesday
says: sa ~
The river was at a stand all day yester-
day. with two feet nine inches water in the
canal in the evening by the mark. Dur
ing the past twoor three days the river
has maintained the same stage of water.
neither rising nor falling, and we may add
that business is in pretty. much the same
condition. The weather has presented an
unusual phase changing from passably
cool 10 suitry and unendurably warm
every other hour, with threatening clouds
and Impending gales, all to pass calmly
away lust as every one was expecting a
huge storm or q torrent of rain. +