The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1868-08-26
+ ArrivaIs and Departures.

1enced by even the light draught boats
on some of the bars. relas
A rr Arrivals and Departures.
4 The arrivals and departures up 10
three o'clock yesterday include the
Shamrock, St. Louis to Cincinnati
Rapidan No. 2, from Cairo to New
burg and return; Mollie Norton and
Sallie ", Henderson and return
Sam, J. Hale, Cincinnati to Memphis
Ollie Sullivan, to Cannelton; James
Gray, from Green River.
Boats Due.
I Among the first boats due here are
the Quickstep, from Cairo; r. G.
Gray, for st. Louis; Rose Hite, from
! Louisville; America, for Memphis
| John Kilgonr and Legal Tender
from New Orleans; Linton, from
Eastport; Maggie Hays, for New
! Orleans. o2.-4i 49," .. - L
lA-is 3a7o1 miscellaneous. 51 trd
There was a rather light business
done on the wharf iyesterday..... The
Rapidan No. 2 had nice trip. After
diseharging her cargo she went up to
Newburg for lot of hay and other
freight...!.....The Shamrock aud Sam.
j.. Hale had full cargoes for self and
'bafges".....The James Gray came in
about noon yesterday loaded to the
guards. She is doing a regular land
Office business in her lone navigation
of Green River. She returns to THAI
stream o-day.........There is scarcely
any down river freight here except
| packet freight, and Memphis and New
Orleans boats get nothing. .du
For GREEN RIVER.-The James
Gray will be the only Green River
packet this evening, and will leave at
4PoM. Captain Joe McReynolds is
her pleasant and attentive COM
mander. Ill gT G 5ua -r
FoR HENDERsoN.-The beautiful
land feet side-wheel steamer Mollie
Nortonaleaves as usual, promptly at A
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 gen
ltlemen!si $3.50 r19 aua
= The new and splendid side-wheel
steamer Sallie ". will leave for Hen
derson promptly at P. NJ. to-day.
She is a beautiful little boat, with
mice cabin appointments. Captain
Moses Wallen commands, and Robert
! Bfashear is her clerk. Both are
clever and pleasant gentlemen.
booze boats Leaving To-Day.
For o Cairo. - The fine steamer
.Rapidan No. 2 is the regular and
splendid packet for Cairo and all way
points, at 4 o'clock to-day. She has
first-class passenger appointments.
/ Capt. Lee Howell, Billy Fowler and
Geo. Nicholson. her chief officers, are
highly accomplished gentlemen and
first rate officers, with whom it is a
! pleasure to travel. Ht
i, Ron LOUIsvILLE.-The favorite
Rose Hite is the regular packet for
Louisville this evening, on arrival of
the Quickstep from Cairo. She has
\ splendid passenger appointments. Her
chief officers are those estimable gen
men, Capt w. r. Hollcroft and Miles
| d. Warren,
| 80 u,...,...-, $500, .,,,.. Eswo,,a,,.-o
| CINCINNATI-The Commercial of
Sunday says:
Capt. John B. Davis, Superintend-
ent of the White River Packet Com
pany, has recognized that line, and
has now three boats in the trade, as
i follows: The Commercial. Liberty
i No. 2, and Mayfower; leaving Mem
phis Tee times a week-Tuesday,
4 Thursday, and Saturday.
Capt Henry ShillitO, formerly OF
the Alabama River packet Jcwess'
has contracted with Madison builders
ID for a steamer for the Alabama River
She will be 40 feet long, 50 leet
beam. 30 feet floor, 81 feet hold. she
will have three boilers and two en-
gines, with 2O-inch cylinders, d feet
stroke.
III, oU1sv1LLE.-The Courier of
Business along the river and the
wharf is rather light, with, however,
an inquiry for boats for St. Louis,
there being considerable freight
awaiting shipment from that quarter,
II SAINT LOUISVILLE Democrat of
: Monday says: I'LL
|. y Riverreporting has become more
difficult occupation than it has been
since the opening of the year. The
cause of the difficulty is the swift
decline Of the rivers above st. Louis.
Upon certain day, certain steam
boats should arrive, and not one OF
the certain steamers come to time.
But we shall instantly abandon this
vein. and clearly state facts. RIVERS
above here. and the Mississippi here,
steady on the decline. MISSOURI
River boats have suffered more than
any Others during the last few days,
Il bv being aground, time being expense.
! Rut for the low water, they would
realize profts--large profits. The
= weather continues fine, and the ex-
nected rain has not yet fallen. With
g ont being able to tell our readers Of
the particulars of any new arrange
ments, we have to inform them that
the large New Orleans packet, Henry
.Ames, will come this morning to the
Mississippi Valley Transportation
ComDany's wharfboat, at the foot of
n Poplar Street, to take freight and two
barges in tow for New Orleans. avg
+, q fMessrs. Wolff q Hynes have sold,
for a long term, the bar of the first
class Missouri River packet Octayia'
at the rate 500 per year. to Mat
d Coneen This shows a great decline