The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1868-06-22

all her appointments. Capt- W aikers
and his clerk, Ed. Miller. are as
| pleasant and obIiging gentlemen as
/ passengers ever. trayelc with.
tsIeauimss from our Exchanges.
/ CINCINNATI. - The Commercial Of
Friday says:
The sudden rise in the Licking and
Ohio Rivers swept off some one hun
dred coal barges, containing one mil
lion bushels of coal, together with a
large lot Of saw-logs out of Licking
! River
Here the river has risen Y feet
/ during the "A hours ending last night,
with p feet IN the channel by the
water works mark, and 70 feet under
the Covington bridge for passing
| steamers.
LoUlsvILLE.-The Courier Of Fri
day says:
The steamer Laura, seized at st.
Louis some months ago for carrying
contraband spirits, has been ordered
to be sold by the u. S. District Court
at that place.
| Captain B. A. Oglesby, of the
/ steamer Virginia, arrived here yes
I terday on a visit to his family. On
1 his return to St. Louis he will make a
trip with the Virginia to Omaha, after
which he viii place her in the Louis
Vile and New Orleans. trade
/ The Legal Tender, thoroughly re-
/ fitted and repaired. will come over to
\ the Portland wharf on Saturday to
load for New Orleans, leaving for that
/ point on Tuesday Bext. The horse
/ which adorned her warehouses has
been erased, and we suppose she viii
I hereafter run the "Greeu back policy.
/ The Democrat says:
The Rob Roy Is doing a splendid
/ businessiu the Cincinnati aud Evans
vile trade. She went down yester-i
/ day afternoon, loaded down. She
I discharged here 400 kegs nails and
quite a lot of miscellaneous freight,
which she got from the AFgosy at
| Cincinnati. Among the passengers
we notice quite a number Of beauti-
full sweet sixteens" from the Oxford
Female College, en- route for their
homes 10 Illinois.
ST. LOUIS. = The Democrat of
| Friday says:
The extreme heat continued through
yesterday, languishing, enervating.
Business was carried on spiritedly,
Notwithstanding, but we observed
even those hards fellows, the passen-
ger agents, in an exhausted condition
at times, but they instantly recovered
upon the appearance of any new ar
rival of passenger boat. The steam
ers. wharf boats, pavements. and
house walls fervidly glowed with the
Astounding heat. The air was a hot
blast, and fire bolts everywhere. River
diminishing fast at this point; Hi
nois declining, and lower rapids of
the upper Mississippi gave trouble to
an ascending boat on Wednesday
Receipts good and shipments fair.
MEMPHIS. - The Ava7unche Of
| Thursday says:
Weather warm and su.try. The
river is declining steadily. with a fine
| stage Of water from Cairo down.
/ The Arkansas River Is still on the
1 decline, with two feet in the channel
above Little Rock, and three feet
from there out.
White River Is receding. with a
! fair stage through TO Augusta
The wharf presented rather a dull
/ appearance yesterday Even the idle
negroes that generally form an imped-
iment on The landing, deserted it.
New ORLEANS. - The Times. Of
] Wednesday. SAYS:
The weather throughout the fore
/ boon of yesterday was very close,
with a cloudy sky, which bore the APP
pearance of rain. It. however, did
rain, but nothing more than a passing
| shower, which was Of short duration.
! After the shower old Sol came out
again, and for Anne caused the at
mOsphere to become close again, when
a strong easterly wind came to our
relief, which rendered the balance of
the day cool and pleasant enough for
anybody.
Business on the landing was very
dull. An occasional dray load of
freight was all that could be seen
going to the small number of boats
that were up for departure. With
| such discOuraging times as these, we
cannot see how boats manage to run
at all. and especially when the rates of
freight are al cut down to nothing.
From the7CTesceRt of Tuesday we
clip the following account of a shoot
ing scrape on the Dexter:
yesterday morning, as the steamer
| Dexter. while coming down the river.
was opposite Kennerville, the mate
| ordered one of the newly enfranchised
deck-hands to perform some task,
| whereupOn the cOlOred gentleman
struck him. The mate drew a re-
volver and fred, the ball lodging 10
the freedman's heart, and as matter
of course he fell dead. Fearing the
l ~ 80 4bo DaUw0 orou bo +ooI- ~ n
vawl and started for shore. The boat
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