The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1868-09-22
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STEAMBOAT. PRINTING.
u NO printing establishment in the We
mas better facilities or greater ability 4
1Oing f1ne Steamboat Printing. Our assoi
nent OF JOB Type. though very large al
= complete, is constantly being added to, al
orr job department is under. the persons
supervision or one OF the best job printe
: IN the United States. b We are prepared
: Silis ,LI1aasiing, Cards, DECK and Meal Ticl
!. 80 bll4s OF Fare, Mates' Tickefs for Labo
: oyI5, sc. orders left with either OF tn
!. .~'''-f-3 N-'ss "lil De promptly attended Il
weather and, water. r
4 The weather yesterday morning wa
bright clear and pleasant. Contrary
to all expectation the river coptipue,
to decline, having fallen, during tn,
twenty 4our hours ending at 3 o'cIocl
yesterday, gabout z inches. II v;l
certainly9come to a stand If itaoas. = .,
commencerising again by this morn.
; liing.aid suispa basas s7au Is e
Arrivals and departures.
i The arrivals and departures up II
3 o'clock yesterday, include the Indi.
ana, Cairo ltol9Louisyille; Morning
Star, Henderson to Louisville; Sallie
V. and Moliie Norton, Henderson t.
/ return99d T3van eGd medH 81 5eo
] siaea8r sod Boats Due. 1Gua9 5stf
Among the 6rstlbOats due here are
the Armada, from Cairo; Pales
tine, from Louisville Sam. r.
Hale, for Memphis Indiana, Alas
ka 5and Silver Spray, fer New Or
leans; Anna, for st. Louis +; Sam.
Orr, from Eastport Emma Floyd, for
Nashville; Legal Tender, and Louisi-
ana, from New Orleans; Louisa, from
Cincinnati. naviiHS 3ed
Igufb Pa miscellaneous. vcf ~
was moderately active
yesterday morning on the leyee, with,
however, but few arrivals.
great Indiana passed up early zyester-
day morning, flying light. but looking
as beautiful as loves Young
Dream, or the g Fancied Vale OF
Elysium. Capt. Charley Miller, her.
renowned clerk, was sustaining the
role Of Captain. She leaves Louis
vile on Saturday next for New Orr
leans, and win be here on Sunday.
We hope our shippers will aecumu-
late much freight for her..........The |
Morning Star went out full of people, |
and with considerable freight. 80. !.
The Quickstepwas receiving literally, |
with fair prospects for a full load |
......a. The great tow boat Lake Erie |
No. 3, passed down yesterday morn
ing, with a heavy tow OF coal..m!....
The Cumberland was preparing to go |
to Newbdrg, yesterday, for a lot of
ffeigkt...@..The Romeo commenced
receiving for Cumberland, and the |
Lewellin for Tennessee River, yester
day. Captain j IL. Davy is again
aboard looking as sound as dollar.
The Iewellin brought the first bale
of the new crop of Tennessee cotton.
1t was grown by w. II. Foster, OIL
Henderson County, Tennessee, and |
was consigned to Thad. 2. Gibson & |
Co.........T. p. Agnew, chief engineer
of the j. =. Webb, is in the city. lie
attributes the accident to the too
great confidence of the falls pilot, |
VIM. Varble, who thought TO bring
tho beat through without troubling
the oDgipcerqto back up as is the
habit generally. When he discover
ed that he was about to, fail, it was
too late to save her. The
engines we're in first rate order,
and never worked better, The second |
engineer was at one engine, the
striker at the other, and Mr.. Agnow |
himself at the throttle, and every |
bell was answered promptly. There
is an old adage. 1t is never danger
Gus to be safe" and Billy Varble's1
reputation as a falls pilot is SO well
established that he could well afford
{.
to take every precautiOn. Pink Var
BILE can t well be improved upon, and
he, it will be remembered, lost boat
of his own a year or two ago. Agnew.
and his assistants. left the engines
when the water began running over
the main deck. and had a tight race
to beat it TO the hurricane deck.....
The Mississippi, sunk near st. Louis
last week. has been Iaised..............
Captain ID. NJ, Dryden writes under
date, of September IA, from Hurri
caue Islandy as follows: n II tsa
We are here, sadly disappointed on ac-
count OF tire heavy rains setting In and
The river rising so fast. There IS six feet
a month longer. we could have helped this
part of the river very much. This week
we raised twenty-five stags, from "a 70 .
feet through, and from 60 10 10 feet IonE-
the heaviest weeds / ever haDdled-oak,t
pecan, sycamore anu cott0nWoO1: anu CUT
up on shore thirty big trees. IL has ral ne.
on us four days-one hour on s S'ro' here
to y! tteadiIy. There is better cnannel
on The, Illinois side OF the lslnh1u. S .f,r
above the LoW-head; twelve 1ncnes llloto
vvatar and xEtsier a N 4 M 80 croOkeu as on |
the Kentucky side. III tne pllUsSs MYP" ~
try it, they could see Tor til',iiseivSst' II
one trim nm and down, bow 10 run the
cbai,tiei q'hare are no logs In The chute,
and no danger on the Kentucky side |
they win mud one h1nd r. n snags 20 run
n, 1. snag.boat Petrolia, Ohio River i'm
prOYements.
Boats Leaving To-Day
For eCAIRo,-The fine passenger
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