The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1868-07-17

10 the sun, at sueh temperature
The river has not perceptibly decline
during the twenty four hours endin
at 3 o'clock yesterday,
Arrivals and Departures.
The arrivals and departures up to
o'clock yesterday sinclude the M6lli
Norton, Henderson .tosreturh: Oil,
Sullivan, to Cannelton; Fanny Bran
deis, to Cincinnati; Ada Lyon {fear
River to return; Tennessee, Cairo tt
Louisville; Sam. Orr. from PASSPORT
g Ht Boats Due.
Among the first boats due here are
the Nightingale, to St. Louis; Sham
rock, from st. Louis; Indiana. from
New Orleans; the Cumberland, from
Cairo; Darling and Natomia, for Men,
phis; Linton, from Cumberland River
Tarasoon, from Louisville; g. A.
Thompson, for New Orleans Rob
Roy. from Cincinnati.
s4i miscellaneous.
The wharf presented rather more
animated ppearanee yesterday. though
business was not heavy....,....The Ada
Lyon and Sam. Orr arrived with good
trips, and the Ada was receiving for
her return trip yesterday eyening......
The Tennessee passed up yesterday
morning with a fair trip for Louis
vile. She proposes to run as a regu-
lar packet between Louisville and
Cairo.........The Fanny Brandeis was
receiving fairly for Cincinnati. She
was never in such complete order,
and never looked as beautiful as now.
........The Ollie Sullivan left with
considerable freight and some peo-
ple......".....The Mollie Norton had
fair trip from HendersOn...........
The Sam. Orr left the John Kilgour
aground at Walkers bar. The latter
had not arrived at3 o'clock yesterday.
.,.......Walker's bar is a bad place,
also Shawneetown. At the former
place the water is hard to find, and.
while the Quickstep came through on
scant A feet, the Sam. Orr worked
over drawing nearly a feet.........
The prospect is that there will be
slight rise here, or, at least, the river
will not fall any more for the present,
while the channel will continue to
cut out, and navigation will slightly
improve; but the time for low water
boats is Just at hand, unless, as some
old navigators predict. a general rain
and a general rise takes. place. The
uDpre cedented heated term should
beget heavy rains".".......Mr. b. G.
Murphy, of the firm of Murphy &
Triplett, receiving, storage, and for
warding merchants and railroad and
steamboat agents, Of Greensboro, was
in the city Wednesday night, the
guest of John Triplett, of the
Ollie Sullivan..................The Rob
Roy will be in to-day, and
leave tomorrow for Cincinnati,
and should be well patronized.........
The Louisa will tonight, after the
close of the performance, take on
board Maginley & Carroll's Circus
and carry them to Henderson, where
| they hold forth on Saturday afternoon
/ and evening, and thence viii carry
| them up the river as far as Parkers-
burg, if the river does not become too
low. The Louisa has been put in
/ splendid order, and Capt Tom BoiUs
will doubtless have lots of fun.
1 s Boats Leaving To-day.
/ FoR CAIRo.-The feet and beauti-
ful Cumberland, Capt. Ben. Howard
an experienced, careful, and popular
officer, is the regular Cairo packet at
4 O'Clock this evening. Her cabin
accommodations are really elegant.
Her clerks are those urbane and high
ly accomplished young gentlemen,
Marion Wright and Bruce Hunter.
For EAsTPoRT.-The gallant Sam.
Orr. the feetest stern wheeler in COM
mission. will leave punctually at 4
q clock this evening for PASSPORT and
all way ports on the Tennessee River,
Offering excellent and pleasant ac-
commodation to passengers and ship
pers. Capt. Allen Duncan is an ac-
complished steamboatmap, and
most esteemable gentlemen. The Of
fee is presided over by that popular
and attentive clerk Val. Sorenson,
than whom none better can be found.
He is assisted In the freight depart
ment by Master Reub. Hart and Alf.
Maynard, who will be found polite
and. accurate. The Orr should re-
ceive liberal patronage.
For GREEN RIvER.--The light
draught James Gray will leave this
evening for Green River. Captain J
MoReynolds viii see that passengers
are made comfortable.
For HENDERSON. = The beautiful
and fleet 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 accommodating gem
tlemen.
FoR MEMPHIS. - The splendla |
steamer Darling, Captain Lew. hates'
will be here to-day en- route to MEM
phis. and is one of the finest and most
popular boats in commission. Alex.
Powers, one of the most pleasant gen
tlemen in the world, is her popular