The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1868-09-30

Bills Lading, Cards Deck and Meal Tick
sts' Bills OF Fare, Mates Tickets for Labor
&c, DC. Orders left with either of thu
Wnarf-noats will be promptly attended to
Weather and Water. el
The weather yesterday was beauti
ful, warm clear, and cheerful During
the twelve hours preceding II NJ. the
river had risen5tEor feet, and eontin.
ued to rise att the rate of an inch an
hour The water was almost clear OF
drift wood atl12 yesterday. 7on
1-1 ARRIVALS and Departures.
a The arrivals and departures up TO
3, o'clock yesterday are as follows:
Shamrock, Cincinnati to St. Louis
Golden Era. Kanawa1 River to Evans
yille;r G.. A. Thompson. Nashville to
Cincinnati; Noble Norton and Sallie
V5,Henderson to Evansville and re.
turn; and Ollie Sullivan, Evansville
to Cannelton. frasaf T9ss .}rHas
.raiir-t.,l Beats Due. 10
Among the fret boats due here are
the Quickstep, from Cairos Rose
4 -
Hite, from Louisville; Silver, Moon
for Memphis; LOrena Legal Tender
and Melnotte, for New Orleans; Ha.
vana. for Nashville; John Kilgour,
frsm New Orleans; lCharmer, from
Cincinnati MIN lac o,r.,a..r -,-
- Miscellaneous. -
10 Business was but moderately brisk
on the wharf yesterday. There was
not much freight received by the
wharfboats up to The Sham
rock, Cincihnati to ST. Louis had a
fair trip......The Golden Era brought
800 barrels of salt for Ruffner & Co.
1.-THE g. a. Thompson, from Nash
vile to Cincinnati, had cargo of pig
iron. Her officers report % feet of
water on Harpeth Shoals............T The
MoIIie Norton and SaIlie ". donethe
usual amount Of business for those
packets,:"..:.T Ollie Sullivan had
but a moderate trip.........The Ar
mada, a magnificent boat, with that
prince Of gentlemen and 'gaod fell
lows, Capt, Gus. Dusouchet in com
mand,, win carry passengers gers to-day
for Cairo who wish to attend the
grand Republican demonstration on
the LIST Of October. General Logan.
Gen: Palmer, Gen, Raum, and many
other distinguished speakers will be
in attendance. The fare for theround
trip will be reduced At night there
will be grand torchlight procession
given. The trip will be pleasant one.
Boats leaving To-Day.
FoR CAIRo-SPEofAL NOTICE.
The Grand Armada, Clptain Gus.
Dusonchet, is the regular packet to-
day. She viii leave promptly at 2
P. M, in order to carry passengers
early to the Grand Convention of Sol
djers and Sailots q tlGafro, TLe.e
viii be a grand time. with all the dis
tinguish6d orators Of filih6fs present,
and passengefs viii be carried at re-
duced rates: Merchants ana shippers
will please have Bills of fading and
goods aboard at sharp 2 O'clock. -'
FoR LoUIsyELLE.-The pretty Rose
Hite is the regular packet for Louis
vile and all way ports at s O'Clock to
night, having pleasant passenger ap-
pointments and obligng officers. Cap
tain W>R, Holloroft commands, and
- . - .4 b
Miles D. Warren and Jesse Jackson
are her clerks. ~ - 80.
J. FoR HENpERsoN.=The beautiful,
and feet wheel steamer Mollie
Norton leaves as usual. promptly at 4
o'clock this evening, for, Henderson,
having most elegant cabin, aceommo.
dations and great speed, Captain
Charley Perkins and the Terry
brothers, her chief officers, are ac-
complished and acoommodatin gen
tlemen. -, 1T
The new and splendid sid e.wheoI
steamer Sallie V. will leave for Hen
derson promptly at 4 P n. to- day.
She is a beautiful little, boat, with
- = o. q
nice cabin appointments. Captain
Moses Wallen commands, and Robqrt
Brashear is her clerk, Both are
clever and pleasant gentlemen. 1
GIeAmfnigs from our E1chauges.
a. CINCINNATI.-Thei Commercial, Of
Monday says: 2a' isas t.1.' -
3 This morning the water will be
nearly up to the pavement along Gill
-morejs wharf. at the foOtO of Main
Street. The flood will do considera-
Bile damage all along the low corn
bottoms of the lower Ohio. Hero the
river is fuiF6f heavy running drift.
.rdCapt. Henry H. Symmes has closed
a contract with, ALT, Cutting, of Me-
tropolis,. for the hull Of a steam boat
for the mouhtain trade. It will be
stefn-w heel, 1885, feet long, 80 feet
beam, and feet depth of hold. The
power will acensist of two cylinders,
10 iaches diameter; 5 feet stroke, With
three dodble-fued boilers. In order
to ma ke theFrew boat as light as pos
sible, there will be beither cabin nor
texas, officers and crew . roughing
1t on deck. And there will be moth
Ing on the boiler deck but a pilot
house 10 I'd 9Th II GoJ17 ~
The second mate Of the steamer
Empire State, which sunk the
Wilkinson q while since IN
Lake Huron, was arrested on the
charge of manslaughter, the claim
being that through his criminal care
lessness the collision occurred, resultl
ing in killingia lady passenger. The
examination was held at Detroit, be-
fore u. S. Commissioners Wilkins.