The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1867-03-01

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doing fine Steamboat Printing. Our assort-
ment of Job Type, though very large and
! complete, is constantly being added 10, ana
our job department is under the personal
supervision of one of the best job printers
in the United States. We are prepared TO
print Posters, plain or fancy. Bill Heads,
/ Bills Lading, Cards, Deck ana Meal TICK
cts Bills of Fare, Mates Tickets for Labor,
| &C., &C. Orders left with either of the
wharf boats viii be promptly attended to.
River and weather.. ~"
CINCINNATI, February 28.-River
fallen 6 inches; 46 feet 4 inches in
the channel. Weather cloudy. Their.
mometer So.
The river continues to recede, but
quite slowly. Up to noon yesterday
| it had fallen about two inches. The
rain commenced yesterday morning
again, and up to- o. clock it was stead
lily pouring down, with fair prospect
of continuing all day.
Arrivals and Departures.
The arrivals and departures since
last report are as follows: St. Charles,
New Orleans to Louisville; Robert
Burns, Memphis to Cincinnati; Cora
S. and Alice Dean, New Orleans to
Cincinnati; Memphis, to Louisville;
Columbia, Pittsburg to St. Louis; Ar
mazda, Cairo to Evansville, and return;
and Louisiana, New Orleans to Evans
vile, and return from this port.
Boats Due.
Among the first boats due here are
the Glasgow, from New Orleans to
Evansville; Pine Grove, Ezra Por-
ter, and Champion to St. Louis;
Mayfower, Anna, and Sam. J.
Hale for Memphis; Huntsville, Ber-
tina, Centralia, Talequah, and Nora,
for Arkansas River; Argosy, Leonir
das, Alice v, Alice Dean, Amazon,
Silver Spray, and Liberty No. 4, for
New Orleans; NJ. S. Mepham and,
Virginia, from New Orleans; Ida,
Columbia, Julia No. 2, Havana, and
Rowena, for Nashville.
Miscellaneous.
Business was moderate on the levee
yesterday forenoon. The St. Charles
had a fair trip up......The Robert
Burns had a fair trip. She discharged
good deal of miscellaneous freight
at this place, leaving yesterday morn
ing......The Cora s. discharged 427
bales of cotton for r. K. Dunkerson
& Co. She had fair trip.........The
Columbia discharged large lot of
freight, principally iron, large part
Of which was for our estimable fellow
citizen, Mr.. Samuel The
Armada had light trip, consisting
in part of tobacco and cotton.........
The Louisiana came up with a mod
crate trip. She will return from this
place.........The steamer Laura Fen
ton was burned yesterday morning.
At the time the fire broke out, she
was moored at r. X. Dunkerson &
Co.'S wharf boat. But little was
saved. Full particulars of the con-
hagration will be found in the local
columns of the paper this morning
......It is hardly probable that the
Mayhower will reach here before
Sunday or Monday. A trial trip was
made, of which the Cincinnati Com.
mercial, of the 18th, says:
Capt. j. v. TROOPS new Evans
vile and Cairo mail packet Mayfower
made trial trip yesterday, before
coming to the levoe at the foot of
Broadway, where she is loading for
Cairo and Memphis. direct. She per-
forms handsomely. and in point of
speed and all other, desirable requi4
number Of Capt. Throop's friends
were on board, and more than de-
lighted with her performance, as well
as the bountiful feast and = good
cheer" Capt. Warren's Silver Band,
from Evansville, discOursed most elo
quent music, to the admiration Of the
shore people as well as the guests on
board. $50 1r. 600 o1r elaQ9q III
A jolly timeis no doubt being had,
as may be inferred from the follow
ing, which is clipped from the Com
mercial of the date above named:
Alta meeting of the large party en-
joying the hospitality Of the Evans
vile and Cairo Packet Company on
board the new steamer. just built for
them at this port, bearing the beauti-
full name of May Flower" the fol-
lowing resolutions were passed unani-
mously:
We copy two Of them:
"Resolved, That in the steamer May
Flower we End an A No. l vessel,
with unsurpassed capacity as a pas
senger and freight steamer; that IN