The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1868-06-19
very fast. Capt. Duncan ID the plo-
naar In the Ewansgilla and Tennessse

IncfedsSs ~ 444TGEMT8TEE 1t
should DO hbeFallz p@5tgy9annll55ssa 9y
merchant, Val PorenRo2, hls teFnlef
clark, Is a most estinqbie gsptiefman
aman Of solid and iptripslq worth
Reuben Hart, Jr., i her freight clerk
For New ORL4ANs.-3The pew
stately, and magnificent Belle Lee,
one, of the finest apd, most popular
passenger steamers ever, Ppilt, will De
here this afternoon en- route to NeW
Orleans, and should receive what
ever New Orleans freight there L
awaiting shipment Beg state-rooms
are spacious and finely appointed
narlors. cool. clean, and finely ven
tilated. Her officers are first among
the renowned mariners on these
Western inland seas. Captain a.
MeGul. a veteran navigator and :
highly accomplished gentleman, Is
6rst n command. Adolph Martin, q
gentleman Of the old school, i her
chief clerk. assisted by the afaole-
courteous. and ever attentive I'd
B~rouehton. Captain Dick Fuller, a
gentleman Of vast experience and
practical good sense, accurate and
obLiging in business, has charge Of
her freight department. The renown-
/ ed CANADIAN IS her Commissary Cen
eral. and feeds most s~umptuously. 1t
IS not strange that such a boat Is
always crowded.
G-leansngs from cur Exchange.
PfrrsBUrRG. = The Commercial OF
Tuesday says:
W~on6nebela marks. three feet SIX
4 inches; Allegheny marks hye Ieet.slx
inches and falling; OIL City. two ieet
sh Rneiness in the vicinity Of the
l.a5;nc continues very dull. The
low water IS beginning to- interfere
w;4h trade. The St. Marys, from I'm
einnati, brought up a tar trip or ne
wafar she returned OCfncfnnah last
-evaninr with all the freight she.oould
carry on the river ualess tne river
takes a%'notion to rise, she viii not pe
able to make another trip.
CINcINNArI. = The Gosstte, d
Wednesday, says:
The river Is falling here rapidly
+. The decline in-the M hours proceed.
ing 4 o~'eIock9last evening. was three
feet3Ieaving IL. feet In. the channel
The Westmoreland left for. New
. Orleans last evening with all thu
/ fraioht she wanted. She was drawing
5 61 feat. and had barge with consld
erabIe freight aboard. Pilots, Brysoi
Purcell and George M0l0ney.f
The Rob Roy arrived from Evans
" Vile with a moderate trip, . leaEe
again this evening.
OnT Memphis dispatch yesterda.
!, morning announced the sinking OF tn
little steamer Fort Smith q ArkanS1a!
River. Only a short time ago, appll
II lion was made. to several CihcinnaI
is ;5snga ncet conpdnies to- accept risk
,e on her. But they refused. a
III -ThesK entRckg River packet pqy
! No. 2, which saPuld AYE deIiTttt
last evening, laid over. Tnts viii I
II htTa Iast tfip She will make, On "a.
a count of the low wateTaIn hat 5freaf
! Il Hereafter she viii take the place
the Wren in the trade between Lo39I
y vile aud. the mouth q hen'ucA
y RIVER
$ Lortias 4 - The Courier
n Thursday says !.
II. The Lou siana has received the f
ng loving lots: 600 bbls. OF pork =
r. bbis. 81 lime, 300 bbls Of cement
4. bbls. OF. oil, 30 casks OF bacon, anq
i lot of miscellaneous freight.
AZ t-E ELr -.# H.E
- The Denlocfdt says
Andv Robinson, IT,, clerk Of
he ct Charles, reports that parties "
ed NJ We been prospecting for silver NJ
ret Rinley Landing, jackson Coun
liz West Virginia, have .struek a "
ne twentv.two inches thick. which vie
'ed pni6ety-fve per Gent. of pure silly
eft dreaf excitement prevails through
At that section of the country.
ain ST. LOUIS. The Democrat
he Wednesday says:o
at Under the searching rays Of
hottest Of suns business, operat!
~ ~Ianguish n,the wharf, and the II
Is rapidly declining. At b 50
Few lime We are advised Of a rapid rise
the Upper Mississippi and trlbutar
from heavy rains. and OF a real y
ted rise in the Missouri at Benton
will below. This insures an extenslol
e. the navigable season to a later pei
iol nerhaps than usual. For the sea
business is brisk.
ruce The government contract tor TT
lea p~ortation of some 300 tons trelgh
i the upper Missouri, was awarde'
; = Cantain ID. K. Hgziett for the ste
e OF 80 IA GtCekdale and HHuntSv