The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1868-09-08


a.. s,lt ios boilers. moi being sun.
n,en.iy Mnneions' but the experi-
~ 'S AZ s thao. eehonsirated the falldcy
The GozeHe says
According to the metal nj,
the Water Works the river rose 60 81
teen inches IN the twenty fonr ~
ending. at SIX O'Clock last event..
when there were seven feet ten moi
water reported in tae channel ~
Louisville, boats will find seven feel
OF water to-day. From above. advieae
are to the effect that the Monop0,-
hela liver has risen tWenty-six
inches m twenty-four hours, and Il
steadily rising at the rate Of one incl
an hour There IS a prospect of a
coal barge rise. There was quite
food in the YOughioRheDv
River on Thursday. The pilots of
steamer Pine Bluff report 81 feet 10
KanaRha, and falling Big Sandy
was running out strong on Thursday,
and had formed bar IN front Of the
wharfboat, which made { difficult for
boats to make landing MRskingum
is also reported as running out. The
river rose d foot in tWenty-fOur hours
at Ironton. 1t rained hard several
hours between here aud Maysville,
Thursday afternoon. Indications are
That we will have all the water we
want IA the lower Ohio next week.
Some time ago Mr.. Andres resigned
ms position as President Of the VI. =.
4 ia Line of steamers running be
tween mere and louisville. The va
eshTy mas never been filled tin yes
eceEaay, winen Captain E. G.. Pearee
| I ~ merry superintendent, was elected
| : [s:s liltee. ~ 10 serve during the mex
Pearce. who has heretofore baon act
ing as assistant Superintendent, sue
ceeds captain III. Pearce as Super
intendent at this end of the line
I. Who las successor will bo we arc bot
informed, Captain Frank Carter Tho
popular commander of the snianail
United States, viii he SUPERINTENDENT
OF the Line at louisville TIE vii a.
succeeded on the Goited States IN
Captain Il. NJ. Wade, now on the Cen.
Buell.. We. are not advised as 10 who
will take command Of the latter
steamer
,fhe Iotomac Company, according
to a louisville paper. tried to pm
chase.the General Lyle also, but the
figures were too high.
II The UISs Mail hine will builil
new boatva5 mato, to thetsen. Buell.
to take fireplace of the Major Ander-
son. The United States America,
and Genesa Lyle, were all built ia
LoUIsyILLE.-The JomaGl says:
The Webb got a hole knocked in
her hull going up, and win not be
down until Sunday morning.
lSf.1LOUTs!-The Dcm5erae of Sat-
urday says: -.g
Down goes the river towards the
low water mark. Comparative good
water yet southwark to what there
wild be after a while We presume
six feet is the channel depth to Carlo.
Fogs prevail with the darkness, and
have detained boats from below as
well as above this, city. So little
change yesterday in the upper fTSyers
as not 10 call for remark. NaViga-
tion continues restricted to Keokuk,
Peoria and omaha Weather exceed
inglg pleatant, and business quite
New ORLEANS. - The Times of
Thursday last says. olEt uputEi
aThe weather opened yesterday with
an unusually close atmosphere and
cQutinued so up TO noon, VIXEN "a
change was observable; the horizon
began to present a very dark appear
ance, and at 1p N. 1t began to rain; it
poured down heavily for n couple Of
hours, when it ceased to a slight driz-
zle. During the heavy rains the
leyee and streets leading thereto were
overfowed, and for a time impcded
the progress of pedestrians. There
were &C y number Of boats adyei-
tised to - . port, and notwithstand-
/ ing the Indictment nature of the wealth
err, managed to get off with tolerahly
4 fair trips. afa 9a-8u