The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1867-07-24

For Otker Rfper Items See Fuzh Tage.
River and Weather.

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For. Otker Rtper Items See Ftfth Tage.
River and Weather. a
the weather yesterday morning was
clear and very warm. Mercury 92' al
4 noon. The river is declining steadily al
the rate of six inches in twenty-four
hours, and navigation is becoming daily
more and more difficult.
Arrivals and Departures.
The only arrivals and departures up to i
O'Clock yesterday were he Armada, Cain O
to Evansville; Newsboy, Henderson and
return: Mayflower, TO Cairo; Phantom, 10
Eastport.
ROafs Due.
Among the first boats due here are the
Nightingale for st. Louis; Nffhneoia and
Cora s., for Memphis; John d. Perry and
Mary Swan, from Memphis; Legal Tende,
and Louisiana, for New Orleans; Quick
step, from Cairo; Tarascon from L ufs-
Vile; Petrolia No. 2. from Wabash.
Miscellaneous.
There was not a crowd OF steamboats, at
the wharf yesterday, but business was
fair rmada had a splendid trip,
as will be seen by her manifest below.
The Phantom was receiving quite liberal
ly, and was nearly fall at noon, and large
quantities of good intended for her were
still blocking up the sidewalks on Water.
Main and First Streets. at noon The
Mayf1ower was taking laege lot OF corn
from Dunkerson ~ Go. is wharf boat.
She would have good trip out.................
The Armada went to Newburg as soon
as she got her freight discharged, after
lot OF corn. She towed a coal barge up for
SAMSON q There is a strike among
ff.xC III.
work is suspended. The difficulty seems
to be in reference to working out OF the
Docks at, the same price they work in
them. We do not fully understand the
merits of the question The Sam Orr is
in the Docks, and nobody at work on her.
Boats Leaving To-Day.
For CAIRo.-The grand Armada. the net
of the people, is the regular packet for
Cairo and way ports at 4 O'Clock to-day.
Capt. John b. Hall. an obliging gentae-
man and experienced officer, is in COM
mand, and Billy Fowler and Geo. Michel
son, universally popular, are her unsur-
passed clerks. The Armada always car
ries big trips.
For LoUIsvILLE.-The imperial Taras-
con. the beauty of the Lower Ohio, is the
regular packet for Louisville at 6 o'clock
this evening. Capt. A. T. Gilmore Is her
commander, and Miles d. Warren a most |
estimable and popular gentleman, is in
the Office. Dick Hutchinson is her accu-
rate and oblging freight clerk. n
For MEMPHIs.-The beautiful Cora s I
commanded by that accomplished steam
hoat man, Captain Yves Whitlow, goes to |
Cairo and Memphis to-day. She has first |
class appointments. AL. Troxall, famous |
all along the lower Ohio, as one of the most !
no oct Ham 10 h. .k,;a
For GREEN RIvER.-rhe gay VIM. |
White returns to Green River this evening,
and has admirable accomm atoms for
passengers. Captain Drinkwater is in
command, and John Adams is in the Office.
For CANNELToN.-The Ollie Sullivan
goes % Cannelton to-day and is worthy Of
a liberal patronage.
Manifest or the Steamer Armada Cairo
to Evansville, July 23.-R- X Dunkerson &
Co. so hhds. Tobacco and bale cotton: f
ey, Nisbet Il Co ~ bales cotton; L ubbs &
Tells, 10 hhds. tobacco; W. :. Ford L do;
pkgs. beer; Preston Bros. 20 bags yarn:
owner aboard, IS bdls- shindles, 7 bags
disc; Chas. Veile d Co., 6 dry hides II. o.
Babcock, / reaper; Stockwen & Co., / bag
G yarn; Louisville, box tobacco; Carpen-
ter, w & B., bags rags, &c.
daeassings from OUR Exchanges.
CISCINNArL-The Commercial of Mon
day says:
The weather yesterday was clear and
pleasant. AL Pittsburg the river is falling.
with 10 inches n the channel. Here II /,
has receded 5 inches during the past twen- |
ly-four hoars, with4 feet on Rising Sun
bar, the shoalest point hence to Louis
Vile. T
Lou1svTLLE--The Courier of Monday
'ays: sa se4ESss fFslMs1 "A
The river was seemingly at stand yes
erday, though falling very slowly, with 8 |
Get 9 inches in the canal by the mark
During the previous IS hours it had only s
allen an nch at the head of the falls, and
ome inches at Portland. The weather
las been delightfully."- clear and pleasant
With cool nights, though of a genuine I
intense summer heat during the day. .
: a though Louisville is at the head of I :
ow-water navigation, the com ahmed dry
weather. and shrinking river is gradually |
estIicting Its claims, and we may in an
Their week be cut off as well as Cincln-
ati. AS for Pittsburg, it has been shut off
II summer
The Henderson packets find but little
nd that too, with freie hit. They are side
gheel boats, but fortunately have good
ilols, and there is fully five feet water out
y er the bar. fE
The New Albany Ledger says:
Captain Sam. Montgomery has contract
with StucRey, Twomey & Co., of the
merlcan foundry, for new engines Tor
rs steamer. They will be "a inches in d. a.
meter OF cy Under, and 8 feet stroke. The / -
oat will have a battery of nine boilers. :
efficient to make all the steam that the
immense engines can work off, aud expe-
eDced boat builders and engineers pre-
let that Capt. Montgomery will have in |
er one OF the very theetest steamers on
he W eStern waters. sslstEf rs7.s ssE
ST. LoUIs.-The Democrat of Wednes-
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