The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1867-07-19

River and Weather.
For. Other Rfrer Items See Fgnh Faee.


River and Weather.
The weather yesterday was delightfully."-,
bright clear and beautiful-cool and pleas
ant in the morning but warming up as the
day advanced. The river has not percepti-
bly, changed it's tide during the last twenty
four hours. There is five feet reported
from Louisville to Cairo.
Arrivals and Departures.
The arrivals and departures up to
O'Clock yesterday include the Cora &,
Louisville to Memphis; Quickstep, Cairo
and return; James Gray and VIM. White,
Green River TO return; Ollie Sullivan,
Henderson and return.
Boats Due.
Among the first boats due here are the
Nightingale and Charleston for st. Louis;
Darling, for Memphis; John d. Perry
and Golden Eagle from Memphis; Louisi-
ana, Messen er, and Nick Longworth, for
New Orleans; Legal Tender from New
Orleans; Quickstep, from Cairo; Tarascon,
from Louisville.
miscellaneous.
Business was very fiat on the levee yes
ter6ay........The Quickstep had a nice trip
of freight and people, The VIM. White,
James Gray and Ollie Sullivan were fun of
tobacco....-.The Cora :. lad a fair trip for
Memphis. Capt. We. Willow was in
command.
Boats Leaving To-Day
For CAIRo.--The magnificent Mayfower,
Capt. ]. ". Throop, goes to Cairo at
O'Clock to-day. She is stupendous. Billy
Dunn Geo. Throop. and Maj sh. Walthall
are her elegant clerks.
FOR MEMPHIs.-The Empire, Capt. Hicks
King, with Harry Walker and Walter B.
Pennington in the office, may be expected
to-day, en- route TO Cairo and Memphis.
She Is a good boat. with obliging officers.
GIeanings frsn our Exchanges.
CINCINNATI.-Thecom Commercial of Wednes-
day says:
pleasant. At Pittsburgh the river is rising.
with - inches in the channel. Here 1T has
yeceded two inches during the past "a
hours, with five feet on Rising Sun BAR, the
shOaIest point hekco to Louisville.
Capt, A. Q. Ross and the National Base
gers for Louisville last night. f'7'- :.
LoUIsvILLE.-The Courier of Wednesday
says: Haa .e
The river was slowly rising yesterday,
with feet inches water in the canal in
the evening py the marx. During the pre-
head of the falls, and inches at POrtlan nd.
The rise is attributable to the heavy rain
of Monday night The weather yesterday
was clear and pleasant the Thermometer
ranging about 500 in the shade.
On the falls last evening there were 26
inches water in the pass down the Indian
chute, and slowly swelling. @
ACCIDENT.-The mallboat Major Ander-
son, on her last trip to Cincinnati, broke
the wrist of her starboard pitman, causing
il 10 run through, or break the alter-head
OF The cylinder, and Gripping the wheel,
and she had to complete the trip on one
wheel. She is now laid up for repairs.
ST. LoUIs.-The Democrat of Tue-day
says:
The river is still declining at this point,
with a fine stage above and below. All
the upper rivers. are still falling; this con-
ditior calls for no special comment. Bust
ness was active on the wharf yesterday. I
Weather again warm. 1t is a singular
fact that during the high water of three
sand has been washed out OF our harbor.
White River is declining steadily, with 4
good stage TO Jacksonport, and he Ar
kansas is receding with six feet to Little
Rock.
Captain Piny A. Afford, an old an we'll
known boatman, breathed his last at his
residence IN this city yesterday forenoon,
and the steamboat Gags were suspended at
half hal mast: CAPTAIN Afford IAl commerce
became a. pilot Having accumulated
means, e bought the side-wheeler Martha
Mississippi. He sold her to Captain
Slaodeford, who ran her up the Illinois, I.
and was ousted, and the command trans
1erled TO the more economical CAas. ).
Ebaugh. He Then built a Side-whee er and
called her the Grey Cloud, and took her up
the Missouri two trips. He sold her to the
Government. The White Cloud was then
built by him, and he ran her in the st.
Louis and Upper Mississippi trade until he
sold her TO the afterwards unfortunate and
lamenied Missouri River lighting line COM
pany. The last boat Captain Afford built
was the Northern, TOR the Upper Missis-
sippi trade. He put her into the Northern
Line, and his stock in that company is a
portion Of the estate which has been duly |
willed. He was for some time commander |
also OF the stern-w heller Laclede. About |
two years ago, he entered the employment |
of the keokuk packet company, and he |
became well-known as master of the Rob /
Roy.