The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1867-10-29
Weather ane. water.

nearly tyv o inches every tyventy-four hours,
and but for the cutting out process would
soon be entirely unnavigable. A slight
swell has taken place at Cincinnati, but it
is still falling at Pittsburg, with fifteen
inches in the channel. There is less than
thirty inches to Cairo, and only twenty
two inches at French Island, the shoalest
bar hence to Louisville.
Arrivals and Departures.
The only arrivals up to 8 O'Clock yester-
day were the Success, Cairo to Louisville;
Newsboy, from Henderson, and Ollie Sui
livan, from Greensboro.
ROafs Due.
Among the first boats due are the Lin
ton, Luella, and Chattanooga, FROM Cairo
and the Phantom. from Eastport.
Miscellaneous.
Freights were Offering pretty freely yes
terday morning. and the Louisa had
prospect of getting all she wanted ........
The Fanny BFandeis was also receiving,
with the purpose of leaving last evening.
1.-The Gobb-Webb did not get OF last
evening, but will positively go to-day.
Scyster, Ellis q Co., OF Smithland, author
ize the packets to receipt for freight to Pill
points on Cumberlan River to Eddyville,
through them, at one dollar per hundred.
The Success passed up yesterday morning
with few bales Of cotton and som other
freight She is very light.........T The Level
len enters the Paducah and Tennessee
River trade to-day.-.--.-.Jno. Durff, the
river editor of the Memphis AUaIGnche,
has fed. that city for fear of" yellow Jack.
He is sojourning about Metropolis and
Paducah.........A new hull for the machin-
cry and cabin of the General SiegeI was
launched, at Paducah, on saturday, the
II i IN foo Fav, foe R,o 4
feet hold and is expected TO trim on 10
inches. Capt. John B. Hall has secured
the old hull for a lighter, for which pur-
pose it is admirably adapted.......-Capt.
John McCIain commenced loading The
Michigan for Memphis yesterday, and she
IS announced o leave this evening ,........
Capt. Boluss has had a new smoke stack
erected on the Louisa.
Beats Leaving To-Day.
For CAIRo.-The Linton is the regular
packet in turn for Cairo. and will no doubt
leave on time to-day-4 P. NJ. She is a
beautiful new steamer with excellent pas
senger appointments, and is very light.
Captain Nat. Drew. a veteran officer, is in
command, and n. B. Hayward a pleasant
gentleman, is in the office.
The Luella, with Captain Dan. Brady in
cSmm aud, and George J. Hazlett in the
Office, will also leave for Cairo, and VIII
go through without detention. She is an
excellent carrier, and has comfortable ac-
commodations.
FOR OwENsBoRo AND LoUIsvILLE.-The |
Ollie Sullivan viii leave at 10 O'Clock this |
morning for Greensboro, and will connect |
With the Cora s., for louisville, Offering |
Gcellent opportunities to passengers for |
81 up-river ports. Capt. Ham Throop is |
L command, and Les. Ware is in her |
dice, both pleasant gentlemen.
For SMITHLAND.-The Cobb Webb, de- |
tined oy heavy orders, will positively !
lave this evening for Smithland, and wi / |
tie freight for the lower landings on the |
CUMBERLAND River.
EIeamIngs from our Exchanges. |
NcINNATI-The Commercial OF Satur-
da says: |
9e weather, yesterday, was cool and |
sIoTy. with Is inches in the, channei.
. He il Is swelling. with 30 inches re-
on ie shoalesI bars 10 Louisville. ''
Cat. Ben. r.. Davidson received a dis i
pat yesterday morning, dated Browns
ylll,N ebras ka, Get ober "A, from Captain
: u. IPielsel, announcing that the little /
steaer NyHnpb had exploded her boilers.
She a complete wreck, except her hull.
No les lost The Nymph was owned by
CAPS. +. davidson and Capt. Pieisel, OF
ThGolden Era. bound up. broke her
q steaJpipe near GBeenu psburg on Wednes-
day. II - 1ss
LosvILLE.-The Courier, OF Saturday,
says.
Thdver was on a, stand yesterday eve
n1nglth fully twenty -Seven inches in the
cana2y the mark. The weather was
81 cloudand gloomy looking, with a few
drops rain, it being too cold 20 rain,
seasos at hand and the much looked Tor
rain ialI quarters must fall. The bar
ometewas going down gradually, aud up
to thro' clock yesterday afternoon it had
Just dkled enough to hide the dust. The
therIneter stood at 56 degrees in the
atternn.
bridgeOw in course of construction across
the faIto connect Louisville, New A l.
street rs We are inclined 10 think that
the brie when finished will be forInid-
able opsiton-to the ferries plying be-
tyeenis place. and New Albany and
. JeffersviIle. over the bridge there win
Z be Ftiar railroad track for trains,
4 wagomad, a street railway and a foot
walk, tf, aa
The aloeTGt says: -,E
Capt. Pink has succeeded in raising
Uncle ms locomotive on the falls and
landim safely at the foot of Fifth Street,
wherewiH be hauled out mp IN the wharf
to-dayHe swung IL between pair OF
fiatboand took~it over the falls, and
"a came bugh the canal with it to the city
wharf. 4
GI One the main obstacles in the naviga-
Z tion Ote Indian chute on the falls has
been tieft-handed reef rock almost at |
the heof the chute. This obstruction,
at a q stage of water, prevented the
channrom being more than As feet wide.
CaptaPink Marble, on his own respOu-
sibiit,nd for the benefit of the steam
ID boats, Mt to work and blew the obstruc-
tion oof the way with powder. The
fragfne are being removed and, when
clear, channel viii be unobStructed, |
and mad of being IS feet wide will be
- 60 or IOt wide IN the language of :. Yu-
~ ta DanWe eXclaim, - Bully for Pink ~