The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1868-01-04


Tarascon, Captain A. T. Gilmore, is
the regular and unrivaled packet for
Louisville this evening at six o'clock.
This is a grand floating palace. Miles
D. Warren is her courteous and pop
ular clerk.
FoR CINCINNATI.-The elegant and
popular steamer, Fanny Brandeis,
Capt. j. B. Hall commanding, with
Clint. Williams in the office, will
leave at four o'clock this evening, for
Cincinnati direct, carrying through
freight at the lowest rates. She is
good boat, with obliging officers.
FoR New ORLEANs.-The swift
and elegant p W. Strader, Captain
Albert Stein, with that princely gen.
tleman, Captain John G. Benson, in
the Office, having been detained by
delay in the arrival of stock, will pos
itively leave for New Orleans, at 5
o'clock this evening. and offers supe-
rior attractions to passengers and
shippers. The Strader is one of the
most elegant and finely appointed
boats on the Ohio, and no boat was
ever better differed. Captain Stein
is veteran officer, and proposes to
make Evansville a principal point in
his trade.
Meneoraada Of the Steamer CunsJer-
land, from Cairo to Evansville,
Jan. 3, 1868.-Left Cairo Wednesday,
Jan. L, at 10 P. NJ. Boats in port,
Ruth, Mary E., Forsythe. Mollie
Able, Welcome, Westmoreland and
Armenia Net Tow boat and barges,
name unknown, at Fletcher's; Tow
boat and barges, name unknown. at
Copeland's Jan. 2.-Tyroue at Pa
ducah; Michigan and Norman at
Smithland; Tow boat Hawk with tow
of coal at Bay City; Armada and Tow
boat Stella with tow of coal at Col
eonda; Sam. j. Hale at Parkinson 5 :;
Tug Kaukakee and barges at Walk
er's Bar; Mary Irvine at Shawnee
town; Ollie Sullivan above mouth of
Wabash; Quickstep at the, foot of
Slim Island.
Manifestation Fred. r. Huston
& Co.. 522 SKIS. corn; Keller & White.
80 empty boxes: Ragon Il Dickey, IS
bags Of rags; Hubbs, Patrick & Co,
Is brls. pecans; Preston L. Menifee,
2 boxes dried fruit, 2 bags feathers;
Mrs. Ham. Throop, 1 box eggs Own
er on board, $4,000 shingles; P. Pre-
torius, 2 bids leather; Fred. Krener,
8 empty ale boxes; Cook Il Rice, 6
empty beer kegs; Owner on board,
/ deer. For Louisville, z hid. tobac-
co, 4 bags gensaing, / bag rags.
GIeanings from our Exchanges.
LoUIsvILLE.-The Courier OF Thurs
day says:
The river was at a stand last even
ing, with the expectation that it will
be falling this mora ng, with 10 feet
9 inches water IN the canal by the
mark. During the previous "a hours
it had risen only an inch at the head
of the falls. The weather at the close
of our last report was stormy and dis
agreeable with snow storm prevail
ing, but yesterday it cleared off and
was moderating in the evening, the
thermometer ranging at 320 The
barometer indications, however, IA
vored falling weather In the evening.
On the falls yesterday there w-re
z feet 3 inches steamboat water
down the Indian chute, and g. feet
water for boats to ascend the middle
chute, and the river at stand.
THE INDIANA.-By special dispatch
from Capt. 4. E. Neal, we learn that
the great steamer Indiana, the pio-
neer of the Louisville line, left New
Orleans yesterday { Wednesday }
morning, with full load of freight
for this port.
The Mary Davage, with her tow,
which was light, did not receive
pound of freight at this port.
Very few boats do receive much
there. They mostly come here to
load.
New ORLEANs.-The Times of the
18th ult. says:
The weather so far continues un-
usually warm, with no change per-
ceptible.
Business on the Ievee yesterday was
not very active, Notwithstanding there
were several boats at the landing.
The greater number of them are at
the lower levee, while at the upper
landing the Magenta and Great Re-
public are to be seen. The latter
packet received yesterday an unusual
large quantity of sugar and molasses,
and up to her departure, which takes