The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1867-08-05

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weather and Water.
The weather Saturday morning was
clear, hot and sultry. The river is steadi-
ly declining, and is now dead low; indeed,
too low for any practical purpose, except
to let the pavement of the wharf be ex-
tended towards the bed of the river.
Arrivals and Departures.
The only arrivals and departures up to 3
O'Clock Saturday include only the News
boy, Henderson and return; VIM. White,
Green River to return.
-F, Boats Due.
Among the first-ooats due here are the
New York for St. Louis; Empire and
Champion, for Memphis; Minneola, anu
Mary Swan, from Memphis; Ezra Porter,
for New Orleans; Mayfiower, from Cairo;
Phantom. from Tennessee River; Leonora.
from Cincinnati; Rose Hite and Ella Ea-
Der, from Louisville.
Miscellaneous.
The wharf on Saturday wore mcsf des-
olate aspect, reminding us of the Louis
vile wharf in the busy season, with the
Tennessee River packet line in full feath-
THE News Boy was the sole arrival
up to noon, and seae returned early to Hen
derson, leaving the Eau Claire in sole
possession of tEle wharf 1.-THE Eau
Claire laid over to make some repair ...-..
A dispatch from the Nashville reported
her at Nit. Vernon taking tobacco, and
that she would be up at four o clock, to re-
turn Immediately, and states that she
would take nothing but packet freight.
The VIM. White, Plain City and James
Gray were all long over due from Green
River, and had not arrived at noon Satur-
day. They are PROBABLY fading difficult
navigation in the classic Green.......Tile
compositor, on Saturday morning.
made MS say the ''land bar liz
longer" whereas we wrote sand
bar is larger" The entrance to the har-
Dor here rs becoming somewhat difficult.
and we direct the attention of the city au-
thorities to the matter. Something must
be DONE or our wharf will be inaccessible
to even light draught boats. A good
dredging boat would be an excellent in
vestsnent, and by it a splendid channel
could be opened inside the bar and the
wharf Kept clear. 1t is reported that there
are bat 80 feet of water on the reef at the
entrance of the harbor........The Coarier
stiu persists in putting Jesse Jackson on
the Ella Faber, first, as Clerk, now as Sec 1
ond Clerk. Joe Carr went out as Freight
Clerk, and George Patterson as Chief
Clerk. Jesse Jackson has been on the
Star, and takes the position of Freight
Clerk on the Palestine..........The VIM.
White came in at 10 o'clock on Saturday
with a full cargo of tobacco-95 hogsheads-
She was aground in the race at Rumsey
and also at Spottsville. She lies over tin
Monday.
Boats Leaving To-Day.
For CAIRo-The 4uickstep is the regular
alrQ Of for Cai ro n. dox OF A n,c to-
probable, however, that the Charmer will
take her place if she gets through from
Cincinnati in time. Both boats are finely
appointed. and have obliging officers.
For LOUISVILLE - The splendid light
draught Palestine, Captain E. Holcroft
with Mr.. McMullen as clerk, and Jesse
Jackson. the inimitabe, in charge of the |
freight department, will leave for Louis
Vile at ten O'Clock to-day. The Palestine
is in faultless condition, and her officers |
are highly pleasant gentlemen.
For CINCINNATI.--The Leonora No. is
the regular Evansville and Cincinnati
packet at ten O'Clock to-day. Her officers |
are those pleasant and obliging gentlemen, |
Captain VIM. Davis and j. H. Triplett, |
iD command. eg
For CUMBERLAND RIvER.-The famous |
Captain Henry Scott, with |
The affable and polite Kit Rudd in the Of
fee, goes to the Cumberland River to-day. |
She is deserving of a big trip, and we hope |
sne will get it.
For GREEN EIvER.-The elegant VIM.
White, Captain Drinkwater. with John
Adams in the Office, goes to Green River
o-day.
GIeanings from our Exchanges.
CINCINNATI.-The Commercial of Fri.
lay says:
The weather yesterday was cloudy and
warm, with several refreshing showers
Turing the day. At Pitt SbuIgh the river is
tationasys With 70 I inches IN ,n the chan
he past "a hours, with B feet on Rising |
sun bar, the shoalest point hence to Lou
SviIle.
The Mary. Erwin Capt. George Wolf,
pound from Tennessee River to this city
when at Rising Sun Bar, early yesterday |
morning, struck the wreck of a sunken
,oal boat, leaving the stern in the water
Z is feared that she may break in two |
The Champion No. left for the wreck
with a complete set of wrecking |
apparatus, tor the purpose OF raising her.
fhe Mary Erwin is new stern-wheel
'l5e00 in the following offices in this city:
Central. American. Union, and Lafayette.
or $1,000 each, and Ohio Valley and To-
1acco, each. 81 500.
LoU1svILLE.-The Cot4rier of Friday
avs: o s-
The river continues falling at all points,
With only three feet water in the canal
asst evening, by the mark. During the
previous "a hours, it had fallen two inch
Is at the head of the falls, and inches at
Portland. The weather as intimated yes
erday, has changed with one or two
light showers of rain, and the thermor-
ter In the shade ranging as high as s..
The mercury in the barometer was falling
little during the day, though inclined
o rise in the evening. A good rain, how
YER may be expected. G&h
1t has been raining North and East, and
light rain fell at Cincinnati, with fall
# two inches in the river at that point
Unless we have a general and