The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1868-06-15

CGarksyilla aud all way landings on
Cumberlsnd. River. She is entirely.
new, very light, ana Of good speed
with finely appointed cabin and state
rooms. Capt. n. B. Hayward is her
competent aud obliging commander,
and Cash Thomas is her attentive and
courteous clerk.
The little Cobb Webb will also
leave for Cumberland River this even
ing, to ply between Canton and
/ GAINESVILLE in connection with the y.
P. Webb, during low water. Capt.
Harvey Thompson commands, and o.
G. Miller is her clerk, both pleasant
gentlemen.
For NEW ORLEANs,-Capt. J. Stut
Meals great and popular low pressure
Richmond will be here early to-day.
en- route to New Orleans and all in
ternediate ports. She is g regular
Ohio River packet. and should re-
ceive a liberal patronage from our
shippers. She is unquestionably the
best and most popular passenger
packet ever built, afording superior
comforts to passengers. Her chief
officers, Capt. j. Slut Neal and John
s. Voolfolk, stand at the head Of
their profession, and are Intelligent,
social, and accommodating. Bob
Lodge, the magnificent s~upercargo,
knows everybody from Louisville to
New Orleans, and is familiar with the
history Of every plantation and CLASH
cal spot, and answers questions aud
gives information with inimitable
courtesy. A trip on the Richmond is
equal to a regular course of lectures
on the history Of the Western waters
and the science of steamboating. Tom
MARYLAND gives careful attention to.
the interest of shippers. Anderson
Lewis is her great p~uryeyor. and feeds
with regal mupifcence.
GIeanIngs from our Exchanges.
PITEsBURG. = The Commercial of
Thursday says:
Business was not very active on the
landing. Freights are beginning to
thin out. Boats have to wait some
time before they can procure a trip.
that will justify. 7H
CINCINNATI. The Commercial of
Friday says: aE
The Lottawanna, Capt. Brinker,
was to have left New Orleans for
4 Cincinnati on, Wednesday night.
The Vibbard, on the Hudson River
the other day, made the distance be-
tween West Point and Newburg ia a
little more than fifteen minutes.
rate of thirty three miles an hour.
This is wonder ul steamboat time. IS
The towboat Wild Hoosier struck
a log last evening about 9 o'clock,
five miles below this city, aud imme-
diately sunk in one foot water on the
main deck. Can be raised without
difficulty.
The Gazete says:
On the Ohio No.t3, coming down,
Rev. Mr.. SibIey, who came aboard
/ the boat at Racine, lost $50, by some
thief entering his stateroom while he
was asleep, in daylight, and abstract
ing his wallet from his pocket. Mr..
Newsom, clerk of TIE boat collected
S3l from the crew and passengers to
/ contribute to the reverend gentleman
Mike Keef, formerly mate of the
steamer Starlight, was arrested at ST,
Louis. "Wednesday, on a requisitiOn
iroiumthea Governor. of Louisiana,
charged with burning that boat near
New Orleans in April last. He will
Be taken South to-day. T.
LOUISVILLE. = The Courier of
Friday says:
Weather clear and pleasant. Bust
ness continues very dull. The arri-
walls aud departures yesterday, outside
of the regular packets, were few and
far between. The Norman cot IN
steam in the afternoon and went over
TO Jacksonville, to receive a lot Of
/ Government wagons. After her de.
parture the wharf looked deserted
the only steamer left at the wharf be-
ing a couple that have laid up for
! some time. At Portland, it was. if
possible, duller than on the city
wharf.
The rapid current in the river at
Memphis has caused the caving in of
large quantities of the landing, from
the mouth of Wolf down to the foot
of Jefferson Street. The mainland
has been encroached upon more rap
idly than ever before, until the water
has engulphed a considerable portion
Of the cotton shed near the foot of
Poplar Street, known as the Titus
shed. Ii some action is not taken by
the authorities, and that speedily, the