The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1868-09-19
Boats Leaving To-Day.

Il OR CAIRO. - Inc magnificent Ar
mazda is the unrivaled pack let for Cairo
and all way points at o'clock to. day.
She was never in such perfect order,
having been thoroughly renovated
throughout Captain Gus. Dusouchct
is one of the most popular and pleas
ant commanders that como to this
port. and in his efforts to oblige pas
sengers and shippers is ably and most
courteously assisted by Will. 2. Fow-
Ter, George Nicholson, and Billy Will
liams. Fill the Armada full to-day.
For LOUISVILLE The beautiful
Rose Hite will be the regular Louis
willie packet at 8 o'clock tonight.
She has first-class cabin appointments
and good speed. Captain w. II. Hon-
croft is her excellent commander, and
Miles ID. Warren and jesse Jackson
are her popular aud obliging clerks.
For GREEN RIyER.-Cap'ain Joe
McReynolds will turn the Prov of
the James Gray towards Green River,
leaving at 4 clock this evening, and
passengers and shippers will receive.
careful and courteous attention.
For CINcINNATI---The feet and
elegant steamer Charmer. Captain p.
K. Barclay, will leave for Cincinnati
and all way ports at 10 AN. to-day,
positively. The Charmer is finely
appointed steamer, and Captain Bar
clay is courteous and obliging Off
Ger. Mr.. Kounz, one of the most
popular clerks on the river, is in the
Office. AS there will be no other
Cincinnati packet to-day, we hope to
see Captain Barclay get full load.
For HENDERsoN.-Yhe beautiful,
and feet side-wheel steamer Mollie
Norton leaves as usual. promptly at
o'clock this evening, for Henderson,,
having most elegant cabin accommo-'
dations and great speed. Captain
Charley Perkins and the Terry
brothers, her chief officers, are ac'
complished and accommodation gen
| tlemen. Jet. IL no E ad 2ah1G
The new and splendid lside-wheel
steamer Sallie V. will leave for Hen
derson promptly at 4 P. M. to-day.
She is. a beautiful little boat, with
nice cabin appointments. Captain
Moses Wallen commands, and Robert
Brashear is her clerk. Both are
clever and pleasant gentlemen. a
For NAsHvILLEg-The finesteam-
er Fanny Brandeis leaves to-day for
| Nashville, to which port she will run
as regular packet She has excel
lent passenger Accommodations. Capt.
Henry Miller and Kit Rudd, her
chief officers. are noted for their
urbanity and courteous attentions to
passengers. Fill the Fanny Brandeis
with freight to-day. She leaves at a
Eo'elock. aIls g T5isi9d o. lfoii9 ~5' 2
GsIeanings from our Exchanges. =.
i CINCIENATI-The CopaD1ercidk OF
Thursday .says;lfL uaTi sirogaT 19a.
Here the river has risen R8lnches
during the twenty-fOur hours ending
lost NIGHT. with23 feet5 inches In the
channel BY the Water works mark,
when it was still rising. There Will
he rs feet under the Covington bridge
to. day for passing steamers. 5alsm
Captain G. w: Bachelor, of Pitts
burg, is in the city. re- -f... ESQ.,
: Dumont is casting new cylinder
for the Altoona, which will be com
pleted and forwarded to St Louis
within week.IH7aIk1 n II
A third test Of the steel boiler was
made at Pittsburg, yesterday 1t snsr
tanned higher pressure than on pre-
vious trials, hepressure haVingreach1-
ed 780 pounds to the square lnch,
when the rivets in a portion of the
boiler gave way, and. of course, the
test was at an end. The immense exr
cess Of pressure which steel boilers
can sustain, compared with IRON ones,
is thus fully demonstrated.