The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1867-06-21
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For Other Rirev HENS zee FIN Iage. d
HyasA River and weather.
The weather yesterday was warm and
clear The rive. had fallen about inches
up to three O'Clock Pm. At Louisville and
Cineinr att ii is falling slowly.
Arrivals and Departures.
The only arrivals and departures up to
three o'clock yesterday were the Quick
step, Cairo, to return; Newseoy. Hender-
son and n Turn. nH
Boats Due.
Among the first boats due here are the
Pine Grove, for Nashville; Nightingale,
for st. Louis; Liberty No. 2, Cora s., Ar
gonsut No. 2and Sam. j. Hale, Tor Mem
phis; p. w. Strader, Indiana, Legal Tender,
and Nick Longworth, for New Orleans;
Richmond, NJ. .. Mepham, Louisiana and
Louisville, from New Orleans; Mayfiower,
from Ca 70 Tarascon, from Louisville
Mary Swan. from Memphis; Ella Faber,
from CIarksvllle; William White, James
Gray, Eau Claire, and Ada Lyon, for
Greer River. 81 q
miscellaneous. alf5
From midnight of Wednesday up to
noon yesterday, the only boats at our
wharf were the Qnickstep, and the News
boy from Henc erson. and she left again be-
fore noon.----The levee looks desolate and
deserted except by TOBACCO hogsht ads and
a few thousand sacks of corn. The Quick
step had good. trip OF both freight and
passengers. Among the latter was r. F
Taylor, River Reporter of the Cairo Demo
crat, who is on q fiier'' to the liyest city, as
ne AYERS, that he has listed for months He
liz charmed with the evidences of improve
ment manifest on every hand, with the air
OF life and hustle, with our public schools.
and with one or two of our school
marns.Y He represents Cairo as dead, and
st. Louis no better. In the latter city
river men are really suffering for the nee
essar,es of life, and families of Steamboat
men have been compelled to separate and
60 among friends toescape starvation. the
picture he paints is fearful. TO contem-
plate...---..The John ID. Perry is hard
aground at Mt. Vernon, and will be COM
PEELED to tighten of, or lie up all Summer.
The Mary swan will be up to-day, and will
return forthwith to Memphis. Shippers
should hold their Memphis freight for their
own packets.
Boats Leaving To-Day. -.
FoR CAIRo-The splendid new Mayhow-
er, the pride OF the Lower Ohio, is the un-
riyaled packet for Cairo. and all intel me-
dfate ports, to-day at 8 O'clock. Captain
JOSH "! Throop, her commander, is one OF
the most popular commanders afioat. Bill
ly Dunn is the peoples favorite, and has
charge Of the Office. George Throop and
Marsh waithstii are her careful and atten2
tive freightcierkst Gen. George Jackson Is
her unsurpassed steward. and her pa SEN
gers fair sumptuously. ~ iAh q i-+t |
FoR MEMpHIs.-The Sam. J. Hale, one
of the most regular and pleasant steamers
that ply The waters, will 60 to memphis
this morning. Capt Walker and Ed. |
Miller, her chief officers, are careful, |
courteous and ooIising, and take pleasure
in administering to the comfort of pas
sengers.
For CANSELToN.-The elegant Ollie Sui |
livan is the regular accomni odation packet |
for canpelon and way ports to-day. She |
stops at all way landings, and her officers |
are practical business men and obnging |
gentlemen. e@
lsIeanfngs from our Exchanges.
CINcINNATT.-The Commercial of Wednes- |
day says:
At Pittsburgh the river is falling, with |
three feet inthe channel Here it has re-
cedGu one lncn curing The past twenty
four hours, and is now stationary. with |
fourteen inches in the channel, and IS feet |
under the hi idge ior passing steamers
Mr.. Geo. w. Alberts. late clerk of the |
Nora, recently sunk u the Upper Missls- |
sippi arrived here from st. Louis, yester- |
day mo- ming, and had been here only a |
short time when he received Intelligence |
of the drownir of his brother, J.. Edward |
Alberls. clerk OF the Lorena, who fell over |
board from his boat, on Monday. five miles |
below RavenswoOd. His brother left for |
that place immediately upon receiving the /
body had not been recovered. We, deeply |
sympathize tn the family of the de- |
ceased in their sad bereavement.
LoulsvInE.-The Cou,fe, of Wednesday
The River was about at a stand all day
Yesterday, and slowly recedlng In the eve
canal by the mark. During the previous
twenty -four hours it had fallen barely an
inch at, the head OF the falls and two I
inches AZ Portland. The weather has /
the thermometer at noon ranging at n in |
the shade Il
On the falls last evening there were four
feet one inch In the pass down the Indian
chute, and the river failing very slowly.
TAX ON PAssENGERs.-We hear that def
mite Instructions have been received from /
the Department at Washington reviving
the gross amount of receipts of steamers for
passengers This is to take immediate eff
feet, and all the steamboatmen and owners
have been notifit TO make out their lists
since August, 1866, and pay the accruing
taxes. This will, we know, be a very heavy
tax upon some of our Western boatmen,
cent. profit on their entire Season S bbusi-
ness. ss.s..z
The Democrat says:
Luce Murrell goes out head clerk Eontheai
A rvonaut to-day Luce Knows mis- .sbiz ~ Ill
Stal <a fell ard FROM \, A II