The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1868-09-12

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haili on foute to Gairo and wac land.
ings. Her officers are cha sooor1
plishsd young citizens, Captnin H..
Miller and Kit Rudd They win givs
every attention to passengers and
shippers.
For CINcINNATT. The splenai5
and finely appointed Charmer. Cant
=. K, Barclay, will be here this morn
ing and will leave at noon for Cincin-
natl and all way ports. She enters
the. trade as a regular Saturday packet
Capt Barclay isa clever gentleman
and should receive q liberal patron.
age from our merchants Mr.. Tehe-
nor is her affable and obliging clerk.
GIeaninEs from our Excnnuwes.
CINCINNATI.-The Commercial Of
Thursday says
The rain, yesterday, prevented shin
menrs, OBTAINING all but the short
packets. The Mccullough and Gray
for PittsbuTg, Butler for Wheeling,
Charmer for Evansville, and Fanny
rom this cause, but will depart to-
oay. treights are Offering Ia mode
rate quantities.
Ihe Champion toWed the Darling
rom the mouth of Licking to the
LeFee, last evening. Capt. Hates will
commence loading this favorife paelat
ioT TT memphis forthwith.
mere IS large schooner in mort at
New Orleans, called The Narragansstt.
which has a history eanneeted with
It's name. The schooner was buiIt at
Cleveland, D., went through several
OF tho Western lakes. and thr0ugb
the Welland Canal, as well as down
the st. Lawrence, aud has fbUs como
back from the Gulf Of ST T,avgrenea
and thence to aud from an FuroDean
port to New Orleans. The Narro.
gansett is vessel, built aWav mn in
the Western country, which. thirty
years ago, was wilderness.
The Narragansett Is far from heiDo
the vessel built on the Northern
lakes which has come down, THROUGH
many vicissitudes of stumps and falls.
rapids and shoals, and still has navi-
gated old ocean as we'll and SUCCESS
fully as one whose timbers were ioin-
ed on the Penobscot, or in Portland
itself. Fifty years ago JAS. Fennimore
Cooper would have laughed at the
idea O., Vesselsbuilt on wild On
tari0ls boundless lake, ever cutting
the salt waves with her keel. But
modern innovation has accomplished
aud, If Yankee enterprise
goes much further, we may yet, in our
discover, from personal
observation, whether or not the moon
is made of green cheese.
LoUISVIILEs- The Courier Of
says Fhea-tF
The recent rains have produced a
rise in the Kentucky River sufficient
to bring out coal. Several boat-loads
from Proctor the principal mining
point on the river, have reached
Clay's Ferry and landings lower
down. Such rise at this season Is
unprecedented and persons who have
been familiar with the river for fifty
years tell us that nothing of the kind
has happeNed in their experience.
The hull of Captain NOrtOn3s new
steamer Leo was successfully launch
ed at New Albany yesterday. The
following are her dimensions: Length
40 feet, beam 80 feet, hold feet
The Leo is designed expressly for the
Alabama River trade, aud will run
from New Orleans to Montgomery.
Captain Norton is a native Of this
city, but for the last thirty years has
been in the Alabama River trade as
pilot and Captain.
ST. LoUIs.-The Democrat of Thurs-
day says:
The river has risen one foot here,
and was slowly swelling last evening.
There is six feet water to Cairo, aud
will probably be no less this season.
The rains have been continuous and
heavy, and it is believed the upper
rivers will be sensiblg affected there
by. We hear Of little improvement
as yet in the Ohio. boats being re-
ported aground at Hurricane Island.
Owing to the. inclemepcy OF the
weather yesterday two or three OF the
packets were unable to get their car
goes in. and consequently deferred
their departures till to-day.
T.AW CARDS.