The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1867-08-15

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whatboats win be promptly attended to
weather and Water.
Tire was a stiff chilly breeze from tho
eastvesterday morning, but before noor
the eather, which is clear, grew hot and
scoraing. The river is steadily but slowly
faIlig, having declined six inches since
noolMonday.
Arrivals and Departures.
TbarrfvaIs and departures up TO three
o,cldx yesterday include the Cora s., To
Louville; Newsboy, Henderson n re-
turnOilie Sullivan. to Cannelton.
fa9<H Neat Due. ha4
Apng the first boats due here are the
staRht and Empire. for Memphis; Pal
estil, from Louisville; Legal Tender, for
NeyOrleans; Cbarner, from Cairo.
miscellaneous.
Bdness was rather dull terday on
theharf, with few arrivals ...-.The Ollle
SuEan tool out a moaera'e trip.----The
Co.'s. got off 10 Louisville Tuesday night.
Shmin resume her trips to Cairo and
Mephis on Saturday next----The Michi :
gaEas gathering mp an excellent trip for
Mephis. and would get outlate last night
wiftwo barges fully loaded.-..-The Spray
wareceiving slowly, and the encourage
me for continuing in the trade is not
ven1attering-.-The Nashville had about
coDleted her repairs at noon, and would
getfY on time in excellent condition.---..
CAL j. ". Throop left last evening fy rail
for ~ncinnati, to rusticate for a day or
twc...Capt. Dan Weaver, one of the
bespilots that ever held a wheel,
too the Michigan to Memphis.----.
In q mention OF the death of VIM. Long,
the her day, the compositor made assay
he As the mate of the Louisiana. He
washe mate of the Louisa, and we SO
wrt il. We notice the announcement
withe error being extensively copied
1.-The Emma No. 3 passed down Tues
dayith two barges and all the freight
should take on the water...-.The lar
boa engine, shaft and pitman of the
wreed Missouri have been excessively
feIHed, and are in excellent condition.
Thtarboard machinery win be removed
by ) IN of the week. The machinery Is
in IT rate condition-much better thar
it " expected to hnd Il. = We hope the
pee of Evansville viii go to work and
get, a stock company at once to build a
firsiass steamer 10 ply between Evans
villnd New Orleans, and put the ma
chiry of the Missouri in it. No better
waser used in a steamboat.
B0ats Leaving To-Day.
F CAIRo.-The Charmer, M OF the
bes3w water packets or the Lower Ohio,
is { regular packet for Cairo, to-day.
She commanded by that pleasant and
accommodating young gentleman, Capt.
JacGrammer, with Duke Nicholson as
henief clerk. She has splendid passen-
appointments.
+ LoUIsvILLE-The gay aud festive
PaEine, Capt. e. Holcraft in
an0. McMullen and Jesse as her
cles, is the regular and elegant packet
forouisviile. Her officers are magnif-
celgentlenen.
,R MEMPHIS. The z splendid light
drght Empire, with Capt. Yves. Whitlow
in1mmand and Harry Walker and Wal
teB. Pennington in the office. goes to
Afnphis to-day. The Empire is a pleas
1and finely appointed boat.
aaeanines from aur Exchanges.
1rssBuRe.-The Commercial of Monday
sfs:
business on the wharf remain suspend
{. h Steamer Emma Logan aud barges
"a ~" ~ I2 W u ~
trg and way points, in charge of Captain
Gordon. She left on Saturday with
the freight she could manage on boat
al harges. +flea
And that is all the local river news the
numerical contains. What a duh place
ttsburg must be. 9NHaI,
CTNcIsNAT1.-The Commercial OF Tues
" says. ~ II nDtytt taug @<ky
rhe weather yesterday was clear and
tn Is inches in the channei. Here it has
3 inches curing the past twenty
ar hours, with 4 FEET on Rising sun bar.
q slloalest point hence TO Louisville, n
now stationary. sr tf fEaH1 .galft4 Do
The Colder Era reports the river falling
ON PorIeroy here, with thee feet on
an ~ feet by the stick at
amen ester aud Gpyaa, with an iron and
one boat aground in the channel at Man
seSter. rAEEt4
Geo. ID. Hoople is busy putting the
GAMERS OF the Memphis and Cincinnati
sck ct Co. in complete repair for the fall
Jas. Bugher sailed from Liverpool
!, saturday last, in the Scotia, and is ex-
,cted TO arrive here about the 18th inst.
was the hottest day of the
ason, the mercury ranging at ninety
ur degrees at noon. On Change il was
rarsge attendance. Along the levee it
as worse than dull. Outside of the daily
the Starlight, for Memphis, was
a and Leonidas were dfschargine their
rhtc argoes from Memphis and New Or
ans. Drays and stevedores were scarce,
I'd steamboatmen and agents scarcer- |
IT even a picnic in sight on the river.
LeussyILEE.-The Courier OF Tuesday
Us. go
The River was falling very fast yester-
with but three feet two inches water
the canal in the evening by the mark.
uring the previous tv enty-four hours 1t
id fallen three inches at the head OF n
lis, and nine inches at Portland the
has become exceedingly warm,
warm as the warmest days we nave yet
I'd this M with the thermometer
the evening, In the shade, at 90 degrees
NAsHvILLE-The Gazette has the follow
Ike Blake, Mate of the j. l. Graham,
as killed by Caleb Bell, the bar-keeper on
same boat. Blake went to the bar and
lied for whisky, which h bar-keeper
fused TO give him A difficulty ensued,
Rell dreu a niS4ol and 8 red at Rlake