The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1868-08-21
Weather and water.


breeze prevailing. The river durine
the "a hours ending at 3 o'clock YES.
terday, fell about three inches. and
was very nearly stationary at tina
hour. The rain of Tuesday night ex.
tended to Cincinnati and beyond
along the river, and far to the nortl
and south also. We may expect
swell in the river.
Arrivals and Departures.
The arrivals and departures up to
o'clock yesterday include only thu
Mollie Norton and Sallie ", Hender
son to return; Ollie Sullivan, to Can
Melton; Linton, from Eastport.
boats Due.
Among the first boats due here are
the Cumberland, from Cairo Rob Roy
for st. Louis; Argonaut, from Louis
vile; Sam. j. Hale, for Memphis
Louisa, from st. Louis; j. p. Webb
from Cincinnati.
miscellaneous.
Business was very dull on the wharf
yesterday forenoon, and there was but
little freight moying.........The Mol
lie Norton had q hogsheads of to-
bacco, considerable other freight, and
good passenger list.........The Sallie
V. had a fine list of passengers, but
her freight list was small.......nThe
telegraph operator at Henderson dis
patched that the Mollie Norton had
beat the SalIie V. mile to Hender-
son, not an hour, as we inadvertently
wrote. Both boats are fast enough
for all practical purposes.........The
Ollie Sullivan had a nice lot of
freight and numerous passengers
out, yesterday.........Captain Hugo
is untiring in his efforts to build up
the coast trade, and we are glad to
see such indications of success. Mr..
VIM. Stembridge, her obliging chief
clerk, who stopped off on Tuesday, on
account of indispoistion, is again at
his post ........The j. p. Webb will be
here to-day, and will return to Gin
cinnati on Saturday. Get your Gin
cinnati freight ready. She goes
promptly on time.........The Linton
arrived at noon yesterday with an ex-
cellent trip of grain, fruit, pig iron,
lumber, &c. She leaves promptly on
time to-day. ........There will be no
Louisville packet to-day, but next
week the Palestine will take the place
of the Rose Hite, leaving here on
Tuesdays and Fridays.
Boats Leaving To-Day.
For CAIRo.-The gay, wild. rat
thing Cumberland will be the regular
packet for Cairo and all way points at
4 o'clock to-day. She has excellent
passenger appointments. Her COM
mander is that clever and affable gen.
tleman, Captain Ben. Howard, and
clerks are Marion Wright and Bruce
Hunter, both polite and accomplish
ed young gentlemen.
For HENDERSON. The beautiful
and feet side-wheel steamer Mollic
Norton leaves as usual, promptly at 4
o'clock this evening, for Henderson,
having most elegant cabin aceommo-
dations and great speed. Captain
Charley Perkins and the Terry
brothers, her chief officers, are ac-
complished and accommodating gen.
tlemen.
The new and splendid side-wheel
steamer Sallie V. will leave for Hen
derson promptly at 4 P. NJ. to-day.
She is a beautiful little boat, with
nice cabin appointments. Captain
Moses Wallen commands, and Robert
Brashear is her clerk. Both are
clever and pleasant gentlemen.
For EAsTPoRT.-The always relia-
BILE Linton is the regular packet for
Eastport to-day at 4P.M. She is q
new and very light boat, with neat
and comfortable cabin appointments.
Captain Allen Duncan, one of the
most energetic and estimable steam
boatmen that comes to our wharf, is
to command, and Val. Sorenson,
true gentleman and an obliging OIL
GER is her chief clerk. We hope to
see her go out full to-day.
MEMORANDUM of Steamer Linton,
Waterloo to Evansville: Left Water
loo Monday. August 18th, at TO A. NJ.
River falling: 3 feet water on Colbert
! Shoals met Rapidan at Carson's lum-
her ward 10Th inst. A. Baker at New
bnrS passed the towboat HELEN. laid
mn at birmingham; arrived at Padu-
cab at IL A. NJ; met towboat Painter
No. 2 with tow Of coal at the head
of Tennessee Island; Cumberland at
Piles Landing; passed the j. Baker
at New Liberty met the j. l.. HYATT
with a tow of rock at the head Of Col
conda Island; met Rapidan No. 2 at
Western Mines.
Manifestations. Seantlin & Son, /
stove and fixtures; III. D. Babcoek, l
| Dbl lasts, paper pckg; Cloud a. Akin,
2 boxes drugs; VIM. Heilman, 2 pieces
machinery; Betticher, kellogg q Co.,
l bundle wagon boxes; John > Sny-
| der, / piece machinery; j.. LoWeD-
thall, head cattle; j. Oakley. %
bags cotton yarn; Heally, Isaacs &Co.,
4 bags rags; Preston Bros, q boxes
peaches; Iglehart Bros, Il sacks
wheat: Thomas G.. Smith, 10 sacks
wheat: Ragon, Dickey & Carson, l
bag shot, can honey, Kerney & Har-
neT. / paser pkg, 16 boxes peaches;
Waldron. Bros. & Co., 129 sacks
wheat. Is sacks corn, SO bxs peaches,
4 bbls do; g. Niblack & Co., ri
sacks corn; Capt. Duncan, 168 sacks
corn, 81 sacks wheat, l Dbl brass, 1
cask hams, COW, p tons pig iron
Thad. p. Gibson, 1900 feet lumber
Roach & Torion. 800 feet lumber /;
/ Toni ~ Long II cords tan bark: @.