The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1867-09-24

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The weather yesterday was clear and
early in the morning quite cool. The river
continues to decline slowly at the rate of
an inch or two daily. Two feet of water is
all that can be found ON the shoalest bars
to Cairo and Louisville.
Arrivals ard Departures.
The only arrivals and departures up tn
O'Clock yesterday were the Linton. from
Cairo. and the Newsboy, from Henderson
and return j. P.rwebb. for Cincinnati.
6 l- B0ats Due. ~
z Among the first boats due here are the
Champion. from Memphis; Minneola, for
Memphis; Rob Roy, for st. Louis: Altoona,
from Arkansas River; Ezra Porter, from
New Orleans; Lousia and Mary Erwin,
from Cairo; Phantom, from Eastport;
Tahleqnah, from Cincinnati. " 9sidf OFT
u0-f miscellaneous. tis lsa
The river is now only few inches above
the low water mark of 1856, and although
a rise of two or three inches has taken
place at Louisville and Cincinnati, old
boatmen do not expect any material rise
until November. but expect a still lower
tide, as low, probably, as that of 1855, or
possibly that of 1928, next 10 the lowest on
record. which is that of 1873. None but
running-.--..The Linton came up about
midnight of Sunday with over fifty hhds.
tobacco and full of people, proving her the
iightest boat In the Captain
Gus Limcke and Captain John McClain
went out on the Mary Erwin Saturday, the
latter for Shawneetown and the former
for Paducah. They returned on the Lin
ton, leaving the Mary Erwin hard
aground at the foot of Diamond Island.
1.-THE Newsboy goes out fully loaded
daily ....-.There is an excess of freight
over tonnage for Cincinnati None of
the boats reported at French Island Bar
on Sunday morning had arrived up TO
noon yesterday ...-.-.. The j. p. Webb left at
noon with good trip of freight and peo-
pie for Owensboro and Cannelton.........
Captain Yerkes, of the Bertha, is in the
city studying patience and praying for
rain.
Boats Leaving To-Day.
For CAIRo.-The splendid light draught
steamer Linton, Capt. Drew, with N. B.
Hayward in the office, is the packet for
Cairo and all way landings this day at 8
o'clock. The Linton is the lightest boat
on the water. carrying one hundred tons
on twenty inches. Her officers are oblig-
ing gentlemen, and her passenger APP
can take all the freight that offers.
For LoUIsvILLE.- The Ollie Sullivan,
Capt. Ham. Throop, with win Hugo in
the office, will leave for Greensboro to con-
meet with the Louisville packets at nine
O'Clock this morning. tla
For CrNCINNATI.-The splendid light
draught Tahlequah may be expected to
leave at ten O'Clock this morning for Gin
cinnati direct, Offering unequaled attrac-
lions TO shippers and passengers. The
Tahlequah is light and Capt. j. III. Triplett
is indomitable in his energies, and is sure
10 go through. He will not overload his
boat.
Gleanin<s from our Exchanges
PITrsBURG.-The Commercial of Fri
day says:
Business along the lower part of the
ing to low water. Above the bridge the
low water boats are making regular tfips.
On Saturday the big sidewheel boats will
CINcINNATI.-The Commercial of Saturday
says:
The weather was clear and warm yester- |
day, with high winds and indications of |
rain last night. At Pittsburgh the river is |
stationary, with Is inches in the channel. |
Here IL has been on stand during the |
past twenty-four hours, with three feet on |
Medoc bar, the shoalest point hence to |
Captain Palmer has returned from the |
wreck OF the Henry S. Turner, recently |
sunk in the Missouri. She has been rails /
ed, and goes 10 st. Louis for repairs. &
Captain Mace Irwin and Captain Yves. |
Whitiow, OF Louisville, were in the city |
few hours yesterday. Captain Irwin tried |
to charter the Success for the Louisville
and Henderson trade, but her owners re- |
fused e to eharser as they RuiIt her 70 sell
washington, @ ssttze up ois GoT s NM ut
I. Two bqothersanamedP urcell, clerks of
the Mittie. stevens. were recently charged
with stealing bag of'gold deposited in
matter has been fully explained, andYth
Chilly party arrested. who 1t appears, was
the porter of the steamer, and all the
missing money recovered but etgaty-five /.
dollars. a.------ II
Captain John Freeze, well Known on
gently at New sOrleans.Iof yeiIowgfeeer.
Relatives OF the deceased uyein w heeling
LoUIsvILLE.-The Courier Of Saturday
says: ga
The river was at stand yesterday with
twenty. eight inches in the canal In the
evening by the mark. This is the same |
channel depth as the day previous. The
weather continues oppressively warm.
before, the thermometeter ranging from |
ninety to niety -eight. as to position. This
is four degrees lower than yesterday.
Out over the Portland and New Albany
bar yesterday there were not over twenty
seven inches water. and all the boats going
ont rub on the bar. TEAE tmm4
! The pilots of the Rose Hite report barely
thirty inches water in the river over the
bars to Evansville, French Island and
Chenau.t's beach. being the shoalest
aground at French Island, not
over 26 inches water can be found at that
point. srsrs--5 sd .4Hts8 e1
The Courier gives the following statistics
of low water which, though slightly in
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