The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1868-07-18
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Thursday says: DS~0cFat o.

AAuioudy says
Weather yesterday stin H.
on previous day Of the sesg tnal
hne faIl OF rain during the sFe@u- a
u SILL not weather. River ste.JsI
on the decline, with nine feet to G1elly
and four and one-balf feet tn KooLLHtEo
thITty-six inches toSt. Paul and -
stage IN the Missouri. I'he PesrJ-
town from Peoria, rubbed sove-o.
times on the bottom, and reDorts ~
Illinois still declining. The Kat
Kinney is coming down the Missour
with ten thousand sacks grain
says u private dispatch. Her weigbt
of cargo cannot be much less than
that of the Peoria City, claimed 70 he
the largest ever brought out of the
Missouri. Business decidedly good
for the season..
1t is rumored that Capt. Dan. Able
takes command of the MoIIie Able
The Mississippi will enter the New
Orleans and Memphis trade. CAPTAIN
Nat. Green in command.
Nh. VIM. Wood has given up his
elerkshIp with the barge company.
ana goes to Wheeling, Va where he
formerly resided.
Mr.. Owen G. Gates, formerly of the
9leph9m and Balen, now clerks the
S099n hllgour in the New Orleans and
ONO River trade.
MEMPHIs-The AgaZaaeHe n Tnas-
day says:
The weather yesterday was vor- hot
during the greater portion 'of t6s' dav
but toward evening + eIoIJa5 M 80
we were visited BY re-fresb;rr 49,.
OF rain. Business an 10 go
very fair, In consequence of tbo -
parture of several Of the IoesI $50
The river at this point ea19a ~ .
stand last evening. Arkansas Riyo1.
IS falling, with twenty-five incbee on
Pleasant Bar. and eighteen ;ncbas
from Little Rock to Spadia. 9bova
that, navigation has ceased for The
season.
The mouth of the Arkansas i ro-
ported IN a very bad state. the river
In falling IS cutting out, and thus
renders navigation dangerous and
dlthcult: White River is falling
SLOWLY but steadily, with five aud n
half feet to Ja%cksoRport. st. Fran
els River IS also on the decline, with
2 good boating stage to Wittsburq.
Reports from the river counties Of
Arkansas all state that the crops are
doing finely. The late rain in that
section of the country have helped
vegetation very materially.
The United States snag-boat j. j.
Albert arrived from Island "a this
morning to recruit, the greater por-
ton of her crew having deserted her
at Fort Pillow. Her officers are all
in good health and spirits, and report
the boat IN fine working order.
Since they have been In the river
they have pulled out on an average
from four to six snags daily, and
some days as high as twelve. She
departed last evening for the bend
above the city, and will commence
and snag all the way up. At the
time she was lying at the landing she
had a sycamore snag on board that
measured sixteen feet four inches in
circumference.
New ORLEANS. - The Times, of
Tuesday, says:
The weather yesterday was of the
same appearance and temperature as
its pTedecessor-very close at times,
with a good breeze blowing at inter
walls. During the forenoon the sky
was cloudy and threatened rain, which
it did in the afternoon, a heavyshower
falling, which lasted but a short
period.
Business on the landing was K
tremely dull, there being but three
departures, two Of which were the
coast packets, Nina SHINES aud New
Era, while the third was the Bis
marck, for the West.
Capt. j. SUIT Neal, Of tie splendid
low-pressure Louisville and New Or
leans packet Richmond, came down
on the steamer Indiana on business
connected with his packet, and re-
turns again by the same conveyance,
this evening at s o'clock. Captain
Neal informs us that he will place
the Richmond in the Memphis and
New Orleans trade the coming Sep
tember, and continue as a regular al
ternate Wednesday packet through
out the season. He has our best
wishes for his success, and with such
a boat as the Richmond to command,
will be certain to work ont his saliva
ton.
The New Orleans Crescent Of the
10th says:
Wewere astouished yesterday morn
ing to see the stars and bars-the flag
of the late S. G. (so-called)-AoatIng
/ proudly from the jack staff of one Of
our Red River packets. We must
confess that the sight of it caused the
blood to purse quickly through our
veins, as it carried US back to scenes
far different from those now present
ed to our gaze. Its display, however,
was purely an accident, and as soon
as the mistake was discovered it was
lowered from the mast head, iurled,
hid from oUr sight. and the banner OF
the United States run up In its stead.