The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1868-06-16
Weather and water.

weather and Water. e
The weather yesterday was nearly.
clear and intensely warm in the sun,
the mercury standing at 90 in the
shade at 10 o'clock AN. A strong
breeze from the southeast modified
the heat to some extent, and the mer-
curry dropped to 920 at II o'clock, but
at noon it was again up to go. The
river during the "a hours ending at 3
o'clock yesterday had fallen 9 inches.
1t will probably become stationary
to-day, and a slight rise may be ex-
peeted by tomorrow night.
Arrivals and Departures.
The arrivals and departures up
20 three o'clock yesterday include the
Pine Grove, Cincinnati to Nashville;
Tennessee, from Cairo; Liberty No.
4, Cincinnati to St. Louis; Mollie
Norton, Henderson to return; Morn
ing Star, Henderson to Louisville;
Cairo Belle, Canueltou to Green Riv-
er; Richmond, Louisville to New
Orleans; Melnotte, Cincinnati to St.
Louis. N
Boats Due.
Among the first boats due here are
the Lawrence and Melnotte, to St.
Louis; Sam. j. Hale, for Memphis
Westmoreland, Louisiana, Legal Ten
der, and P. w. Strader, for New Or
leans the Indiana, Belle Lee, and
Dexter, from New Orleans; j. p. Webb,
from Clarksville Sam. Orr, from East
port; Armada, from Cairo; Tara
soon, from Louisville.
miscellaneous.
The wharf was covered with to-
bacco yesterday morning, but, under
the manipulations Of the celebrated
transfer company, it soon disappeared.
The Tennessee had GA hogsheads
for this port and 20 for Louisville......
The Mollie Norton had a good trip
up.......The Morning Star took out a
fair freight and many people.........
There wasano great abundance Of
freight offering for any point..........
The Newsboy, we are told, has been
sold to parties on the lower Ohio, and
was turned over to her new owners at
Henderson Sunday night, and left at
lam. yesterday for her new trade......
The Cairo Belle came down yesterday
morning from Cannelton and went up
Green River, where she viii be broken
up aud her machinery will be
put in a new boat.~.~........
The great low pressure Richmond ar
rived at | O'clock yesterday pretty
light. She will make a quick trip
down, and leave New Orleans on Sat
urday next, having all her state-rooms
already engaged. She added a little
freight here. Among her passenger
was Captain Dick Voolfolk, the dis
tinguished Superintendent of the
Louisville aud Henderson Packet
Company. He goes to Padueah......
The Melnotte arrived at l o'clock
with a fuH cargo, en- route to st. Louis.
.II Boats Leaving To-day.
For CAIRO. = The high headed
Tennessee, Captain Ben Howard,
will leave as usual at 4 O'clock to-day
for Cairo and ali way ports. She has
pleasant passenger accommodations,
and her officers are genuine gentle
men. Marion Wright and Bruce
Hunter are her. clerks, and are genial,
sooiable. and polite.
For CANNELToN.- The punetual
and neat Ollie Sullivan, Captain j.. T..
Hugo, leaYes promptly at 10 o'clock
to-day for Cannelton all way ports.
Der officers are proverbial for their
obligiug disposition. John H. Trip
lett is her distinguished clerk.
FoR HENDERsoN.-The magnificent
side-wheel steamer Mollie Norton,
Captain Charley Perkins, leaves at 4
o'clock for Henderson. Ed. and
Robert Terry are her obliging and at
tentive clerks. The Mollie now has
the trade alone, but will not abate
one jot her obliging disposition
FoR NASHVILLE The beautiful
Fanny Brandeis will leave punctually
at 4 O'Clock to-day for Nashville and
all Cumberland River way landings.
Capt. Henry Miller, her commander,
and Kilt Rudd, her clerk, are Evans
vile boys, and by their energy CON-
mend themselves to the esteem oil
our citizens. Give the Brandeis a