The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1867-07-10

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River and weather.


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af5 & 99 River and Weather. z
The weather is nearly clear and very hot
at noon, but cool and pleasant
and evenings. The river has fallen six
inches within the last twenty-four hours
Arrivals and Departures.
The arrivals and departures up to three
o'clock yesterday include the Armada.
Cairo to Evansville; Newsboy, Henderson
and return; Hamilton, Cincinnati to Ar
kansas River; Nightingale, st. Louis to
Cincinnati. gas
BOafs Due.
Among the first boats due here are the
Rob Roy and Argonaut No. 2, for st. Louis;
Golden Eagle, for Memphis; John ID. Perry
and Mary swan, from Memphis; Starlight,
for Arkansas River; P. w. strader, Messen-
ger, Leonidas, and Nick Longworth, for
New Orleans; Louisiana and Legal Ten
der. from New Orleans; Quickstep. from
Cairo; Tarascon, from louisville
miscellaneous.
Rusiness was dull on IL levee yesterday,
with few arrivals and little freight offer
ing The Phantom was getting a good
trip .....The Armada came up rather light
1.-THE Mayfower had but little freight
aboard at noon......The Hamilton, a new
boat of small dimensions, arrived from
Cincinnati en- route to Arkansas River,
She draws but IL inches light, and will ply
solely in the Arkansas iver...-.--The
Nightenaalewas deeply loaded, and had a
full oaded barge in tow--...The Sam. Orr
has gone to the o n yard. g
BOats Leaving To-Day.
FOR CAIRo.-The grand Armada, the pet
of the people, is the regular packet for
Cairo to-day. at 4 O'Clock. Capt. John B.
Hail., O veteran river man, and universally
popular, commands, and Billy Fowler and
Geo. Nj cholson are in the Office. Boat and
officers are unsurpassed.
. For LoUIsvILLE.-The great Tarascon,
with Capt. A. T. Gilman on the roof, and
the inimitable Miles D. Warren in the
office. is the splendid packet for Louisville
to-day at 6 o'clock. That. is all that is nee
essary to be said.
For CANNELToN.-The excellent Ollie
Sullivan, Capt. Hugo, with Master Hugo
clerk. goes to Cannelton at 10 o'clock to-
day.
Gleanfngs from eur Exchanges.
C1NcINNArL.-The Commercial of Mon
day says: s96 aH
The weather was clOuuy anu WdIIn yCo-
terday, with a refreshing breeze and eopf-
Gus rams during the afternoon. At Pitts
burg the river Is rising, with l6L inches in
the channel. Here 1T has receded during
the past twenty-four hours, with only Az
feet on Rising Sun Bar, the ShOaleSt point
hence to Louisville.
New Orleans, ON Saturday, with a tow Of
ice. sunk two of her barges, one at Pres1-
lent Island and the other at Helena.
LoUIsyILLE.- The Courier, of Monday
says:
The river continues falling despite the
rain that fell so copiously around C1ncin-
natl. with only 4 feet 3 inches water In the
canal last evening, by the marx. During
the previous 4S hours it had fallen inches
at the head of the falls and 9 inches at
Portland. o.
On the falls last evening there were 2
chute, and falling slowly.
The America and General Lytle are too
heavy for the stage of water, and unless a
speedy rise intervenes, will have to be
Withdrawn and lighter boats substituted.
The Argonaut No. 2, Capt. Gus Everhart,
has 5000 barrels of cement engaged Tor 81.
Louis. The reason she was Withdrawn
from the Columbus trade was that there
were no boats running to owe ports to
reship on.
THE BELLE LEE-IMMENsE CYLINDERS.
Capt. A. McGill has named his new clip
per for the Louisville and New Orleans
trade the Belle Lee, In honor OF the &C
complished daughter of James Bhdgeford,
ESQ, of this city. 1t is a beautiful name
for a boat that is bound to create a sensa-
ton as soon as she appears In public. The
name is appropriate as well as pretty, ana
the boat is expected TO eclipse the once IA
nous Atlantic, built for Capt MeGlil pc
from New Orleans to Hard Times Landing
in t~wenty-four hours, the best run on re-
cord. The Belle Lee IS TO 9e a4oot vine Inc
fully ~one-fourth more power. a Iauilless
model, and abundant steam power.
The cylinders for the Belle Lee have been
aoSr the first I'M Saturday week, ana the
second on last Saturday, each requiring
1900 pounds of motion iron. Ihey Were
B. Davies q Co., n are perfect spe-
cimens, the heaviest ever made in the
city. The casting of the last cylinder On
Saturday was seen by a large number OF
persons who were nxiou to obs erve the
naodus operdadi, and Were highly pleased
with the-to them-novel exhIbltlon. All
pronounced the work complete and per-
feet, and all wished the greatest success 70
the Belle Lee. These cylinders are each "a
inches in diameter with FEET stroke.
From the Metropolis, Ill. Times, we
learn that the crew OF the Rlcnmond egged
The denizens of that little village, on her
last trip up the Ohio. n provecatlon
M~etropolitans of The Richmond on account
of her defeat. The crew took
and as the gay larks had on their unday
go-to-meeting clothes, gave them a shower
of eggs, by way of accelerat1ng their pro-
gress up the bank.
in the sum of Sc so, at Memphis, the other
day, for trying to save an innocent from
the clutches of avaTicfous, over-charg1
express wagon drivers.
ST. LoUIs.-T The Democrat Of Monday
says:
River here still swelling. 1t is a big riv-
er; bank full TO Cairo, and big logs rolling
past. The Rob Roy reports a decline be-
low Keokuk. The rise from the Minneso-
ia, &C, has reached Dubuque. but it is be-
lieved il will amount to little. The Mis-
souri, is high. but its vagaries have beer
slain from remarks as to its movements
Low water is approaching in the Illinois
As m businesS. signs of actiyity-Of q