The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1867-01-01

Bills Lading Cards, Deck and Meal Tick
cts, Bills of Fare, Mates Tickets for Labor,
&C., &c. Orders left with either of the
whartboats viii be promptly attended to.
Weather and water.
CINCINNATI, Dec. 3l.-The river has fallen
% inches since Saturday; % feet inches
in the channel. Weather cloudy. Their
PITTsBURG, Dec. 8l.-The river is feet
and falling Weather clear and mild.
The weather is cloudy and cold, bnt not
so cold as ON Sunday. The river is rising
slowly and is full of ice, some of it quite
heavy. Above Louisville navigation is
suspended, and so doubtful was the pros
pect of boats getting down from Louis
Vile Sunday night, that passengers for
this city come through by rail.
Arrivals atad Departures.
The arrivals and. departures up to yes
| terday afternoon, not before reported, in
Guide the Morning Star, Louisville and re-
turn; Plain City, Louisv1He to Bowling
Green; Phantom, PASSPORT to EVANSVILLE;
Nora, White River to Cincinnati; Pink
Varble, Tennessee River, to Louisville.
Sam. Orr, Armada. and Qaickstep, Cairo
to Evansville; Newsboy, Henderson to
return; Charmer, to Cairo. -i
le- slsi sTtN Beats rEsEse. -
Among the first boats due here are the,
Havana, for Nashville; Shamrock and
Arabian, 10 st, Louis; Naugatuclz, from
ST. Louis; Emma Floyd and Chattanooga,
from Nashville; Messenger, P. w, Strader,
Henry Ames, and OseeoIa, for New Or
leans; Louisville, Indiana, Alice Dean,
Newton, and .Westmoreland, from New
Orleans Rose Hite, from Louisville; Law
River; Liberty No. 2 and Clifton, from
Memphis; VIM. White anu Ada Lyon.
from Green River. .t5g
l1ziseeg1aue Gems. a.....
As we expected, tie wharf presented "a
most animated appearance yesterday
morning. On visiting the river, we found
a perfect cluster of steamers, including the
three regular cairo packets. the Morning
Star, Pink Varble, Nora. PhantoBl,a and j.
P. Webb, and the Quicfstep and .NJewsboy
arrived shortly after 1.-The Pink Marble
had thirty-two bales of cotton for F. H.
Ehrman & Co. and was still lying here at
noon, evidently afraid to try the thick
rGnning ice above .-, The Phantom has
81 bales Of cotton for various consignees
in this ctty......~, The Nora is fuIl of cotton.
and lies over here to await the movern mt
of theice .-...--.........The- Morning star and,
Pain City arrived here quietly about
O'Clock Sunday night, and the star left at
101s O'Clock yesterday with good passen-
ger trip, in hopes of reaching Louisville
There was some doubt of the result.
From Geo. Throop, the attentive freight
clerk Of the grand Armada. we learn that
the White Cloud struck a snag early on
sunday morning at Birds Point, and sunk
Immediately. 30 lives were lost.......-The
Qniclzstep broke some Of her machinery
coming up, and had to ie.pp at Shawnee
town to repair. She arrived here at 10
o'clock yesterday, and it was reported she
would return TO Cairo yesterday afternoon,
in which case the armada would also re-
Furn, Is sheis determiued to Say with the
Quicllstep, and says to her in the language /
OF Ruthto Naomi, ''ltntIeat me not to leave
thee; for where thou goest I will 90. ana
when fhou lest over I win wait for thee. -.
Capt. J. V. Throop arrived from CTncin-
natl yesterday morning by rail. III OBJ
feet OF his mission has not yet been deveI-
oped. He left The new'bostin a safe con
dition, and the work is being pushed sor-
ward with much energya.,;.The TaraScon
Will be the regular packet for louisville
tomorrow; but it is impossible just at
this time to keep the run of the Cairo
packets. f- ~ -
Boats Leaving To-Day.
FoR CAIRO. r. The grand Armada, the /
feetest and most popular steamer on the !
Lower Ohio, is sthe regular Evansville and |
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