The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1867-09-13

ttprilt Posters. plain or fancy, Bill dSaus,
cts. Bills of Fare, Mates Tickets for Labor,
> Sc. sc. Orders left with, either OF the.
Wiiaff-boatS will be promptly attended to-
weather and Water.
The weather yesterday morning was
q bright and pieasart-though pretty hot in
n the sun at noon = The river is falling five,
or six inches every twenty four hours-a
livery rapid decline at this stage of water.
odt Sc Arrivals and Departures.
The arrivals and departures mp TO three;
O'Clock yesterday awere~the News~Boy
Henderson. ito return;;s Rose Hte,z Louis-
WILLIE and return; Charmer, Cairo, to re-
turn.
Boats Due.
Among the first boats due here are the
Michigan and Champion gfrorn Memphis;
the MinneoIa, for Memphis; Mary Erwin,
from Cairo; Ella Faber. from Louisville;
Rob Roy. for So Louis; Bertllas feY = w sfn-
Z isas River YIN. White. from Greeti River.
Ezra Porter, from New Orleans Linton,
from Cumberland River.
miscellaneous.
Business on the wharf continues quite
dull comparatively, The low stsgerof the
y river and the ~dffffculties or caavigation
limits Shipments Foe two days there
have been no arrivals outside the local
packets, which all run light. The Rose
uHite did not get in till TX o'clock yester-
day and returped, at once to louisville.
The Charmer came ia at 81 with a mod
seratee freight tripS but full of people...-.....
The j. p. Webb was receiving ma oderately
and expected to leave at 8 o'clock. The
Tempest, which left Portland Saturday
evening for White River, has not yetire-
ported here. She is, no doubt. aground
above, though she may have slipped by Ia
the dark without landings. 800 Captain
Washington, of Cairo, who has been so Sc
irioasly i'll, IS, we are told. improving, and
hopes are entertained of his recovery.-,s
A large portion of the bar in front of the
city passed above the water during
Wednesday night. The river is lower now
than at any time before this season, but
the cutting ont process leaves a navigable
channel yet. If it continues to fall at
present rates navigation will soon be sus-
pended, and the lightest boats will have
TO stop running. --s.-asJ q uaEA
boats Leaving To-Day.
FOR CAIRo.-The fairy-like Mary Erwin,
Captain Billy Lowth, goes to [ afro at 3
O'clock to-day, Offering superior attrac-
tions to passengers and shippers. Guy.
Vineyard, q pleasant and obligIng gentle
man, is IN herohiee. q ~ va
FOR LoUIsvILLE.-The gay and festive
Ella Faber, having excellent passenger APP
pointments and courteous and Obiiging
officers, goes to Louisville tonight Cap
tain John H. Peckenpaugh commands
and Geo. Patterson is her popular clerk.
!. GIeanings from our Exchanges.
PIrTsBURG.-The Commercial of 1nes-
day says:
Business along the landing was pretty
much suspended, the river being too low
nongahela bridge nothing was done:
above; the little Uncle Sam had the land
ing to herself sne left during ~ TIE after
she wanted. The principal topic of con-
versation was the champion contest AT
H Hewogeg oe.% came out ahead, n9 The news
was received at the Commercial office be-
fore NJ, and was at once placed upon
friends did not believe the dispatches, be-
cause it did not suit them. Before even
eyes; they were forced to sell out. The
Haniillit. S were jubilant, and came up
smiling"
The steamer Spray. Captain. Smith. is
CINCINNATI.-The Commercial of We'd
nesday says:
The weather was cloudy and cool yes
terday. AT Pittsburgh the river is falling,
has receded inches during the past twen-
ty four hours, with feet on Rising sun
bar, the shoalest point hence to Louis
,The AiaSssi lie tpaelset, eanelia, 09ss3d sapl
yesterday on account of having broken
her doctor engine. The Messenger left in
Dispatches received from Portsmouth
yesterday report Captain VIM: McClain
dangerously i'll, and sinking fast. 4 This |
will be sad news for his many friends.
The Commercials Cairo dispatch says:
The steam evers-afe-pushing the Lee |
, into the river at the rate of eight feet per
day. One day more sets her afiOat, unless |
the river falls too fast. The river has |
fallen ten inches since the accident. Those |
inches would have fioated her tonight. |
She is not n'IFts in the east u " QA4
LoUISyILLE.-The Courier. of Tuesday, |
says:
ing very fast, with only two feet ten |
inches. water in the canal by the, mark |
four hours It had fallen scant three inches
at the head of the falls, and five inches at
Portland, The weather was cloudy and I
noon at 70o and clear and delightfully."- |
pleasant in the evening.
The Democrat says: sfiss esanleBd 3df |
ACCIDENT TO A STEAMBOAT AND DEATH I
OF AN sENGINEER---The steamer Warren
Belle bound from New orleans to Shreve- P
port, when near that city, picked up
NAH main deck is and dt entered the engine room:
The second engineer, Theodore Thomson, 4
was caught on the . foot box" by the
snag, and crushed so severely that be lived /
but d few hours, aflerward. .s'atr Il
The Fair Play came down and went |
p oace she looksd usesa board bile
struck by 1ghtniug.
And she is admirably adapted for the |
Louisville trade She InightSdo for the
Louisville and Tennessee River line.
HENDERSON, The Reporter says
The Henderson and Evansville paddle,
nI Pa f,a ", e lost WonSaV