The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1868-07-31

. Ierday morning was quite mild anc
pleasant, a delicious breeze from thu
0 sOuth,southeast prevailing. The Nor,
curry at early dawn stood at 76o and
at 10 o'clock at go and at 96o at mon
The river declines steadily at the rate
OF 3 or inches per day. A slight
swell has taken place at Louisville.
+, II Arrivals and Departures.
The only arrivals and departures vi
to three o'clock yesterday were the
Mollie Norton, Henderson to return
ollie Sullivan, to C~anpelton.
+ Beats Due.
Among the first boats due here
are the Cumberland, from Cairo; r.
G. Gray, for st. Louis; Ada Lyon,
T@arascon, Louisa and J.. p. Webb,
from Louisville; Rob Roy, from
Cincinnati.
miscellaneous.
There is no improvement in busi-
ness to note. The same dunness con-
tinues, and the river continues to
steadily decline. There was but a
single arrival up to noon yesterday.
the Mollie Norton, with a. moderate
trip from Henderson........The Ollie
Sullivan left for CanneIton at noon
with a nice packet trip.......Captain
Hayward wasnotquite decided. yester-
day forenoon, when the Linton would
leave. He will probably strike out on
Saturday, if he gets sufficient freight
to jnstify"a.!"..It was reported yesterday
that the Tennessee was aground at
Scnffletown:......!.The Armada will
make ope more hip and then thej
Rapidan No. 2, q neat new light
draught, will take her place.......It is
probable that the Rose Hite will put
in her appearance in place Of the
Tarascon tomorrow, and the Pales-
tine, for the Star, on Sunday.
boats L~.eaving TO-Day.
FoR OAIRo-The fine steamer
Cumberland, Captain Ben. Howard,
will leave for Cairo and all way land
ings, at 4 O'Clock this evening, afford
ing to passengers the most pleasant
Recommendations. Marion Wright
and Bruce Hunter are genial and
obliging young clerks, and passengers
will receive every attention.
For LoUIsvILLE.-The beautiful
Ada Lyon will leave at 5 p. NJ. to-day,
for louisville and all way landings.
She is a splendid low water packet.
having elegant accommodations. Cap-
tain ALI. Edwards, one of the. most
pleasant gentlemen in the world, is in
command, and John Adams is in the
office.
For EAsTPoRI.--The feet and re-
liable. Sam. Orr will leave promptly at
four o'clock this evening for PASSPORT
and all Tennessee River way landings.
CaptaiasAllen Duncan is her energetic
and highly estimable commander, and
Val. Sorenson and Reuben Hart, Jr.,
are her. obliging and attentive clerks.
Give her a good trip.
= For HENDERSON. The beautiful
and feet side-wheel steamer Mollie
Norton leaves as usual, promptly at 4
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
tlemen.
FoR GREEN RIvER.-The gay little
James Cray will leave for Green
River this evening, ats o'clock, in
charge of that obliging gentleman,
Captain Joe McReynolds. The Gray
has pleasant passeoger appointments.
GIeam1ngs froJm oar Exchanges.
CINCINNATI.-The Commercial of
Wednesday says:
Capt. Piersal, of the Swallow, re-
turned from Louisville yesterday.
Capt. j.. s. Wise was in the city
yesterday, but returns to the Ohio
White Sulphur Springs to-day.
The Gazette. says:
Capt. Hicks King and Clerk AL.
Croxall. OF the Cora s., were on
Change Yesterday. They contemplate
putting the Cora ). into the trade be-
tween Cincinnati and Cairo as i regu-
lar packet.
The steamer Dexter, reported sunk
near South Bend, was a small craft,
and is said to have been condemned a
/ few months ago by the agent OF the
underwriters at this port.
LoUfsvILLE.-Th The Courier, of
Wednesday says:
The river was rising very slowly /.
yesterday, with three feet four inches
water in the canal, and one foot four
inches In the chute. The chanuel
aver Portland bar has commenced
cutting out, and three feet water was
reported in the channel last evening.
The channel, however, is very narrow
and tortuous, aud it is almost impos-
sible for "a boat to get over without
grounding.
Captain l.. B. Durham returned
from Cincinnati yesterday. He failed
to purchase the =. w. Strader, as the
parties who own her raised the price
to $35, 900, after agreeing to take $50
600 for her. Captain d. will build a
new boat at once.
The Democrat says:
Bill Abbott, bar keeper on the Rob
Roy. showed us a miniature steamboat
Yesterday, which is a curiosity. 1t
was made by a country boy, thirteen
years old, back of Evansville, and
was made entirely out of the cores of
%cornstalks with a pen-knife.
We saw.Abbott buy the ingenious