The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1867-06-11
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River, and weather.

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RIVER and weather SEQ "a
1.-THE weather continues clear and xceed-
ingly hot. This may rightly be denonlina-
ted the heated term. The mercury at III
O'Clock stood at 2o.sThe river has fallen
feet during the "a hours ending at 3
o'clock yesterday, and is going down
steadily. It is. declining rapidly at all
points above. 7f9ols ~stA ~ - s
arrivals and Departures. +, s !.
Arrivals and departures yesterday were
very large;fncudfng the Cora g., Louisville
to Memphis Havana, cincinnati to Nash
vile; st. aMary,s. New Or. cans to Lor'fs-a
vile; Sam. Orr, Eastport to Evansville;
Sam. Parker. New Orleans'to Cincinnati
Plain City. Green River to Louisville;
Mayfower, Cairo to Evansville Leonidas,
New Orleansto Cincinnati; Sam. +. Hale.
Memphis to- Cincinnati; New York. ST..
Louis to Pittsburgh; News Boy, Hender
son and return: clifton. Cincinnati to
Memphis 4 Morning Star, Henderson to
Louisville; Ollie Sullivan, to Connect IN; Z
Empire, Aefiphis to I.onisville. II aFsa..
,sslfn DROafes Due. afgn9k
Among the first boats due here are the
Emma ,Flosd." tor Mash vile; champion,
and Shermansfor Saint Louis;i Liberty No.
for Memphis 4 Mary Erwin for 7Arkan-
sas Riverssfn St, ST. Charles, I" Indiana
and Emerald,aaL forr New y0rIeans;l
Armada, r. from Cafrol Tarascoii. !. from
Louisville Z Phantom alad Chariner. y from /
Cumberland 8 Hyers Mary Z wan, from
Memphiss yThk Ta1lhM ssss 51
= mtsceiisaeous.. = eIs : fss aefs IS
The landing in front Of our goodly city
has presented a highly animated appear
ance during the last twenty-four hours,
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Mayfower had eighty-nine hogshead< OF
tobacco and considerable other freight, as
will be seen. by her manifest below-.s..The
Sam. Orr had q very good trip, and re-
turns to-day. We are Indebted to, her at
tentive clerks fer manifest, and bespeak
for her a fuIT1oad. she is, let 1t be1remem-
bered, the ErdnspffEe and Eastport packet,
1.-THE Cora 8. and Clifton had good |
trips. The latter discharged IA large
amount of freight and took some. here.
The st. Mary's passed up yesterdaymorn-
ing to2 louisville, Ito repair / She
refused :, to pay her Il wharfage here.
and Garfield off "a the srwharfmas-
ter, but landed him above. That. Is not Il
handsome way for 9 steam boat To do .,, ..-
The Morning Star gathered up a big trip
yesterday morning. and left at 1IIsotlock.
Among her, passengers were Revsr Sims
to deliveraia address before the sCollegfai q |
Institute. and the latter to marry a preach-
er, Rev. Mr.. Rankin...-.The NJ. s. Mepfssm
lies over till to-day to com plete her load |
She is a magnificent steamer, and her offs |
GERS are extremely pleasant gent1emen....
The John D.Perry had moderate tri yup
She leaves positively this evening for |
Memphis, andd should receive the |
undivided patronage of our mer-
chants and hippers...s..,,-..,Ins eonse-s
quence of the scarcity of business we expect |
most of the large boats to lay mp on their |
return from the South.........Capt- Wood, |
of the Mepham, proposes to build a first /
class steamer expressly for the Evansville |
and New Orleans trade-one of unequalled |
beauty and capacity. He asks the people |
of Evansville to take $50 900 of stock IN 1T, |
and he will furnish the balance We hope |
the enterprise win be carried out, as there |
is no reason why we should be always de-
pendent on Louisville and st. Louis boats
tor tonnage, excellipg most other ports. as
we do in shipments. When the Fall trade |
begins the Mepham win ply from this city |
to New Orleans, and we need another fine
steamer to form a weekly line-..-.The /
Empireshad $50 bales cotton and about so |
hhds. tobacco. 80 \ skE4ss q 80
Boats Leaving To-Day.a ~
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Mayfiower. icommanded by that veteran |
commander and desefsedly popular gem
tleman, Capt. J.-v. sThroop. with Billy 4
Dunn, Geo. Throop, and Marsh Walthal1 |
in the Office, is the Cairo packet this after 1
noon. Geo. Jackson is her veteran stew
ard, and nonesiexcelI him. For comfort,
safety, speed. and good living go on the
Mayfiower. s,isas o5As4B5sss -H
For NEW ORLEANs.--The magnificent /
steamer. NJ. 8. 'Mepham. leaves for New
Orleans at 10 o'clock to-day, and has un
surpassed passenger accommodations
Capt. Elljah Wood and Owen G. Gates, her
chief officers, are noted for their expert /
ence in their profession. and for their /
courtesy, affability, and genial good hui
NOR. Go with them for a pleasant and
safe trip. - e4i Hc
For HENDERSON, elegant and feet
Newsboy will make her regular trips to
Henderson, and will leave here at PM.
Captain Perkins is her pleasant conn
mander. r s8s 5f atgs
For MEMFHIs.-The splendid steamer
John D. Perry, Captain j. Lee Finney,
leaves for Memphis this evening, positive
Iy. She has elegant passenger accommo-
dations, and fine freight capacities. Cap
tain Finney Is a pleasant gentleman and
a veteran commander. Henry Miller her
chief clerk, is proverbi;,l for his urbanity
and desire to oblige. Give her good trip
For EAsTPoRT-The ever reliable Sam
Orr leaves for Eastport and all Tennessee
River landings, this evening promptly.
The boat and her officers commend them
selves to travellers and shippers. Captain
Duncan is in command, and Val. Soren-
son is in the office. Load her down deep. |
Manifest of the steamer Mayhower, from
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