The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1867-09-27


wharf-boats will be promptly attended ito.
gGm Ysdi shaoiTi +A- OF 10 .sTaEH0I
3gaitnOa Weather and Wafer. 9Tgh
90 Warns days with cool nights and morn
Ijngs prevail. The river is gradually de-
I clining, but there isn0 material change in
the channel depth, and "a inches can still
be found on the shoalests bars by care and
watchfnlness. - -tooH 9feD daao4f g
~+ Arrivals and Departures. ara :
The arrivals and departures up to 3
O'Clock yesterday include the Pink Marble,
Tennessee River to Louisville; Lewellens
Paducah and return, News Boy, Hender-
son and return; Ollie sullivan, Greensboro
to Evansville.
.s.,z..9 - Boafs Due. = ~Fr4
Among the first boats due here are the
Champion, from Memphis; Minneoia and
Starlight, for Memphis; Altoona, from Ar
kansas River; Ezra Porter. from New Or
leans; Linton from Cairo; Cobb Webb,
7 from Cumberland Riser.o rhTooa
tr So - MISCELLANEOUS. 2sb1ufi~
Business was not part icularly lively on
the levee yesterday !.g.ll. The Pink Marble
passed up in the morning light. having
fought Shawneetown all day Wednesday
-........The Lewelleni came up from Paaiucah
with a small quantity of tobacco and other
freight, and sofnes people. She dropped
down to the Rob Roy to take a large.
amount OF Pad1eah freight, and would
leave last evening. -...--..The Ollie Sullivan
came down about IL O'Clock, with a large
number of passengers and some freight.
She was doubtful whether to leave yester-
day or lie over till to-day Fanny
Brandeis was receiving literally. and
would be compelled to refuse freight.
NV, G. Grebb, the popular clerk of the
Minneola, was IN the city yester-
day. He goes by the Ollie sullivan for his
ship at Owensboro...-...The Bertha had
steam up yesterday morning, to try the
perils of navigation below, and w. r. and
Joe Mccullough took their baggage
aboard Merchants and shippers will
take notice that he Phantom will leave
at o'clock to-day for Eastport, and will
give her full trip........The Chattanooga
is reported nearly dry on some bar below.
.........N. b. Hayward, of the Linton, tele-
graphs that the Linton will be here. to go.
X out on Saturday with the mail for Cairo.
f1 boats Leaving To-Day. -'f'd
For CAIRo.-The light draught and
finely appointed steamer Mary Erwin viii
be the regular packet for Cairo to-day at 3
O'Clock. Capt. Billy Lowth is in com mand,
and Guy Vineyard. a pleasant and obliging
gentleman, Is in the office. 9sffl s94l10..s
For EAsTPoRT.-Tbe magnifit emit Phan-
tom will leave at o'clock this evening for
Eastport and all intermediate Tennessee
River landings. Capt. Duncan is her pop
ular and experienced commander, and
Val. Sorenson her unsurpassed clerk.
Load her up.
For GREENSBORO AND LoUIsyILLE.-The
Ollie Sullivan, Capt. Ham. Throop, with
Billy Hugo in the office, leaves to-day at 10
A M. for Greensboro and ali way landings.
At greensboro she will connect with the
favorite Rose Hite for Louisville 49,. !
GIeanfngs from our Exchanges.
T. PITTsgURG. - The Commercial, of Tues
day, says: o,fffBqr4fn e4fsf s -s'ysu4sA
nongahela. a fair amount of activity was
perceptible. The trade on the slack water
is fairly opened. The water is still low.
The boats. however, manage to leave on
time. - ..asf
4 !. c1Nc1NNA THE Commercial Of Tuesday
ra>s. Aa4H HIT Ae1 -,'-L Gce tts-tt 1857
The weather was clear and mild lyester-
day. At Pittsburgh the river, is falling,
has receded one inch during the past
stwenty-four hours, with 30 inches on Me- |
doe andjthe footeofl Kissing Sun bars, the |
shoalest point hence to louisville y-sus I
. The General Buell. came mp from Louis
Vile with two barges in tow. She win lay /
The Spray went down Yesterday in the |
The Messengersha as been withdrawn from |
theIsouisvilte trade, and laid up. 1deS |
The hull of the -Pine Bluff, sunk in the |
been faised, and hes al the mouth On the |
Coyipgton shore. =
!. THERE'S not a single steamers receiving /
for points below, Lpuisyfle,sI al s4Gb |
Mr.. W: c. Grebb, Clerk OF the, Minneola, |
laid ap near Ev<aiasvfli. wing to low wa |
ter. arrived here Yesterday. t@Hs
LoUIsv1L1E.-Thas-Co Courier OF Wednes- I
day, says: .s9gi4 s'T9d3iHa Il
The river cont a9 ao9rt stafisG n ,Sy
canal last evening by the mark. During I
the previous twenty-four hours It haG not +
varied more tnan, haiI an men az the nead /
in the morning, batawarm in the evening, |
almost as warm as summer. /
long season Of low water mas never been
followed by extreme high water, and we
also state as a fact that during the remark
ACTUALLY fallen five and six feet and at one
point nine feet down the banks along the
4ower Ohio IN less than one month, while
the channel depth of water had not been /
lessened a single inch.s This, of course, was
owing to the gradual wearing away OF the
sands.
channel depth over the bars has increased.
while the surface or level of the river has
fallen. According to the trne marks there
ought to be fully four feet water In the
river.
THE Loss OF THE BARGE DAN. RICHARDS.
are in receipt q ad vices from Capt. Ander-
son. Of the r. & SFa roe N na Rgthar d
the head Of lower Blue RIVER Island. II |
sunk at 10 O'Clock on Thursday night. and
lies II hopeless eondi tr o on il sns
The officers of The r.. e. Gray went 70 /
work saving all the freight possible, an9