The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1867-10-12

For Other Rfrer Items See FIFTH Page.
STEAMBOAT PRINTING.

STEAMBOAT PRINTING.
Nc, printing establishment in the West
doing DOL fine Steamboat Printing. Our asssort-
ment of Job Type, though very large and
complete. is constantly being added to, and
supervision of one of the best job printers
in the United States. We are prepared to
a9s1er plain or nsf faney Bill BILL H Tc
cts, Bills of Fare, Mates Tickets for Labor.
&c, &c. Orders left with either of the
wharf-boats viii be promptly attended to.
Weather and Water.
n The weather yesterday morning was
clear and cool-warmed up towards noon.
and was decidedly pleasant. The river is
declining slowly, having fallen some ~
inches during the twenty-four hours end
ing at O'Clock yesterday. asa M III
Arrivals and Departures.
The arrivals and departures up to 3
o'clock yesterday, INCLUDE the Newsboy.
Henderson and return; Chattanooga,
Cairo and return; Success, Pittsburg to
Cairo. sya,.
Among the first boats due here are the
TahleQuah, from Cincinnati; Fanny Bran
dies and Linton. from Cairo. ars.s.t.gT
a $3.50 miscellaneous. oaaia. H
Business was quite lively on the levee
yesterday, and large amounts of freight
were shipped for all ports below. The
Chattanooga had a big trip of freight and
people both ways..-.-..Tne Michigan was
receiving rapidly, and would have all she
could take on the water..-..-.. The Success,
from. Pittsburg, arrived yesterday morn
ing. AS a handsome light draught boat
she is o perfect success. We VI ere glad to
find our very elegant and accomplished
friend Captain Marsh Clark in command.
He is a princeIy gentIeman.......-TheC Cobb
Webb was filling up rapidly, and would
have boat and barge loaded to the channel
depth ,..-.....The propeller Kankakee is hard
aground at French Island. She is loaded
with lime for Baird & Start and has
loaded barge. The latter was gotten over
the bar. ,s-=e 5s. a.-i-ti
Boats Leaving To-Day.
For CAIsO.-The Linton is the regular
packet in turn for Cairo, and will no doubt
go out at O'Clock, offering superior &C
commodations and facilities to shippers
and passengers. Capt. Nat Drew and N. B.
Haywood, her chief officers, are accom-
plished gentlemen A ~
For OwENsBoRo AND LoUIsvILLE.-The
Ollie Sullivan will return to Greensboro
to-day. Capt. Ham Throop is in command
and Les Ware is her clerk.
For CINCINNATL--TheT allequah, hav-
ing been detained by low water, did not
get In in time to go out yesterday. She
may be expected to leave to-day.
Gleanings from our Exchanges.
PITTsBURG.-The Commercial of Wednes-
day says:
We have good news to report. Dispatch
es from Brownsv lille report rise of four
d over Il DAM ana no and I No. MAS ranidlg
filing up. This will no doubt enable the |
big boats to resume their trips to Browns |
vile and Geneva.
CINCINNArI. = The Commercial of Thurs |
day says:
The weather, yesterday, was cool. cloudy |
and showery. At Pittsburgh the river was |
falling yesterday, with IL inches in the |
channel. Here, 1t is swelling slowly, with |
thirty inches on the shoalest bars hence to |
Louisville.
the United States steamer Northwest, died |
at Little Rock, Arkansas, September q, of |
cholera and was buried at Little Rock. |
The deceased was In the th1rty-ntnth year /
of his age. and resided in Newport, Ken
lucky. He was a worthy man, and enjoy
ed the esteem of all who knew him.
ing here for "a large freight steamer for the |
Southern trade. The dimensions of the |
hull VIII be go feet long, 30 feet beam, 80
feet floor. with feet depth of hold. She
will have seven double-fiue boilers, 50 |
inches in diameter and % feet long. the /
cylinders being rs inches in diameter. with
10 feet st oke. She will carry $500 tons,
and her fuel for the trip. Ntf
Capt. Miller returned to the Mlnneola
laid up at Evansviiies yesterday.
LoUIsv1LLE.-The Courier of Thursday
says: gts 81
The river is stationary, with % inches
water IN the canal by the mark. The wea-
ther was rainy this morning. though the
howeve as and nd estaSlished the theory that
three successive white. frosts will bring
rain The Thermometer stood at IS at noon.
Capt. John Cannon was in the city yes
terday. The Robert E. Lee is awaiting a
rise at Mound City
of the steamer Bermuda and has gone to
the Tennessee River, and the BERN uda
will return here.
If she ever gets off French Island bar.
The Democrat of same date says:
Col. w. T. May has returned from the
East, and Will be found at his Office as
usual.
The Louisiana is aground at Island "a.
the Norma at Phillips bar, and the Sher-
man at Hat Island. /
The Grey Eagle arrived at New Orleans
Tuesday, with the largest load of cotton of
the season--l ,34S bales.
The steamer Only Chance arrived at ST,
Joseph Sunday, direct from Fort Benton,
this being her second trip this year to that |
point. She took all her through freight to
Benton, being sixty tons, over sixteen
inches water, and stemmed the current at
Drowned Mans Rapids without warp or
line, q feat accom- plished by no other
boat save one. She brings down 100000
in treasure and. about two hundred pas
latin, wrecked at Rondus Rapids on the
Sth of September.
The st. Patrick spoiled her upper works
and upset her chimneys near Memphis by
picking up snag.
ST. LOUIS. = The Democrat. OF Thursday