The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1868-05-07

Weather and water.
The weather continued warm yes
terday, it being cloudy, with indica
tions of more rain. The river was
still rising, but slowly. During the
twenty four hours up to 3 PM. it had
risen about six inches.
Arrivals and Departures.
Up to noon yesterday. from the time
Of making last report, there had been
no arrivals, except the Henderson
packets, Newsboy and Mollie Norton.
This is unusual for the space of time.
3Boats Due.
Among the first boats due here are
the Grove and Emma Floyd, for
Nashville the }, H. G~roesbeck, from
New Orleans; the Westmoreland,
for New Orleans the Talequah, for
Arkansas River; the Dexter, New
Orleans to louisville; the Legal
Tender. Louisville to New Orleans;
Clifton, for Memphis; P. w. Stra-
der, for New Orleans; Bermuda, for
Tennessee River; Melnotte, for st.
Louis.
MiseeIIaneOus. au
Business was moderate on the
wharf yesterday forenoon. There
were no arrivals or departures up to
noon, except the Newsboy aud Mollie
Norton, Henderson to Evansville,
each Of which had the usual amount
of business. Considerable freight was
being made ready for shipment.........
The Louisa, Capt. Tom Boluss. is
receiving freight for the Wabash
River. She will leave on Friday even
ing. Capt. Tom is a clever gentle
man, and will do the fair thing with
shippers...."...It was unusually dull
for river items yesterday. la
Boats Leaving To-day.
For CAIRo.-The Quickstep, Capt.
Dexter in command, will leave for
Cairo at 4 P. N. She is fast. her off,
GERS are courteous, and withal a pleas
ant boat on which to travel.
FOR LoUIsvILLE.-The Morning
Star will be the regular Louisville
packet to-day. She has splendid pas
senger accommodations and courteous
officers.
FoR HENDERSON. The Newsboy
and Mollie Norton will leave for Hen
derson, at 3 P. NJ. . 41
GleRnings from our
ST. LOUIS. - The Democrat of
Tuesday says:
A freshet of the rivers appears
more imminent than at any previous
time this year. The persistent rains
along the course of the upper streams
have added great volume to the al
ready deep waters, ard consequently
we hear of towns inundated on the
upper Mississippi, and a rapid swell
and threatening. danger along the
Illinois. The rise continues steady
here, and the swell is expected to be
more rapid. q ..
Although the roads are universally
in a bad condition, we are informed
that boats bound down the upper
rivers. have to refuse freight at many
points. Beyond the loss of another
mountain boat, We have learned moth
ing Of Importance from the Missouri.
Business continues active on our
wharf, and the weather was clear last
evening. .e aJ
LoUIsvILLE.-The Courier Of Tues
day says:
The river continues to rise at this
point, and the falls are now ~navigable
for ascending boats. Last evening the
marks indicated 8 feet 4 inches water
in the canal, 6 feet 4 inches water IN
the chute, and 5 feet 4 inches water
on the rocks, a rise of 6 inches since
our last report. The weather was
cloudy and warm yesterday. Rain
fell steadily for several hours during
the afternoon. Business moderate.
New ORLEANs-The Times of Fri
day says:
We had another bright and fair
day on the landing yesterday; the on
lydrawbaek was that there was a lit
tie too much of the %caloric in the at
mosphere to call it pleasant out on
the levee during the middle of the
3 day, but the pleasant breeze that usu-
ally prevails out there is of great help
to levee pedestrians, and its absence
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