The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1868-03-28

FoR GREEN RivEB.-The splendid
Ada Lyon is the regular packet for
Bowling Green and all way landings
on Green River to-day ate P. NJ. She
is superbly appointed, and her officers
are those accomplished and attentive
gentlemen, Capt. ALI. Edwards and
John Adams.
For CLARKsvILLE.-The gay Lin
ton goes to GAINESVILLE at P. N. to-
day as usual, having admirable pas
senger accommodations. Capt. Nat.
Drew commands, and n. B. Hayward
has charge Of the Office, and passen-
gers will find him courteous and
obliging.
FoR HENDERSON. - The Mollie
/ Norton, an elegant side-Wheel steamer,
leaves for Henderson at 81 o'clock.
Captain Charley Perkins, and Ed.
and Robert Terry are her popular
officers.
The Newsboy, with pleasant ae-
commodations. goes to Henderson at
81 o'clock to day. Captain W. IL.
Shelter and Willie Huston are the
pleasant gentlemen in charge.
FoR MEMPHIs.-The gay and mag
nifcent St. Patrick will leave at four
o'clock to-day, for Memphis and all
way ports. She has very superior
passenger appointments, and is swift.
Capt. j. B. Archer, an experienced
navigator and an accomplished gen.
tleman, is her commander, and Mr..
Woods is her obliging passenger clerk.
Messrs. Banksmith and Gounterman
have charge of the freightdepartment,
and will give shippers the most polite
and careful attention. Fill the Pat
rick up with Memphis freight to-day.
GIeanIngs from eur Exchanges.
CINCINNATI. - The Commercial of
Thursday says:
Mr.. Thos. w. Shields, clerk of the
4 Peoria City, is In this city. He says
she will arrive from Madison to-day
or to morrow, and load for the Mis-
! souri,. She has been wonderfully i'm
proved by being widened and length
ened. She is large and splendid
side wheel steamer,
Capt. Dan. f. Clark is still at the
, Can't. JAS. s. Wise returned from
S.. Louis yesterday. He speaks high
/ ly of Barnum's Hotel.
LOUISVILLE. - The Courier, Of
Thursday, says:
~On the falls last evening there were
, nine feet nine inches water IN the
pass down the Indian chute and fall
ing fast. In the middle chute, for
J.. ascending boats, there were only about
! eight feet water, with the expectation
that there will be less than seven feet
to-day.
The new snagboat built at Cincin-
a natl, the j j. Abot, descended the
e falls Tuesday evening. She didn'
: land on our side of the river.
The rapidly receding river has left
= an immens a deposit of mud along tn
T wharf, particularly the upper wharf
], but the Wharfmaster, Capt. Parmele
was equal to the emergency, and hac
a large number of men at work scrap
1
+ showed off into the river and car
!. ried away with the current.
That is just what our Wharfmaste
). should do, as considerable quantitie
q of mud are accommodating opposite tn
z wharf boats, which will soon rende
! the wharf extremely filthy.
i ST. LOUIS. - The Democrat o
: Thursday says: +
e The river was falling yesterday,
q singular fact, In consideration of th
! vast amount of rain just added to tn
volume of the rivers. "A disagreeabl
9 day it was, the torrents OF rain pour
y ing down at various times, sometime
y quite unexpectedly. The Illinois i
q on the decline, Missouri the same
Mississippi the same below Keokuk
! but is reported rising above.
d Freight rates continue to New Or
IS leans as before reported, 40c for fOu
'. to New Orleans by steamer, and 35
: bv tow-.ine. Up the Missouri boat
y continue going from this port wit
every pound of freight and passenger
wanted-that is, boats for Omaha an
r Lexington-the mountain boats yer
,e generally having very slim passeuge
N lists. They hope, however, to gain
that respect, and in freight list, befoI
~ passing the confines of civilization
re wherever that may be:
"a "A bill was passed in the Nilsson
!, LEGISLATURE, yesterday, exemptiu
steamboats, from all city and count
&c taxes save wharfage.
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