The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1869-07-14

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aas DeLter facilities or greater ability 10
doing fine Steamboat Printing. our assort
nent OF JOB Type. though very large ant
complete, ts constantly befnpadded III am
our JoD department Is under the person a
supervision OF one of the best JOB printer,
In the United States. We are rraf9ared ~
print Posters, plain or fancy. RiIf Heads
sills Ladtng, Cards, Deck and Meal Tjck.
cts, Bills OF Fare, Mates Tickets for Labor
&c, &C. Orders left with either on the
|harf-boats will be promptly attended TO.
weather nnd water
The weather yesterday was perfectly
clear up to noon, with not a speck OF
a cloud visible in any part of the
heavens. The heat was intense. the
mercury rangiRg from 889 at z o'clock
to 80 at l0aand $50 at 2 pm. AT
times a generous breeze mitieated the
melting heat to a slight extent, but
the forenoon throughout was one of
the most oppressively hot we have
ever experienced, and the afternoon
promised no relief It was absolutely
dangerous to go about in the sunshine.
The river during the twenty four
hours ending at three O'Clock p. M.
yesterday had fallen eight inches.
There is another rise coming from
Pittsburg, and its influence will be
felt here in a day or two.
Arrivals and Departures.
The arrivals and departures up TO
3 P. N. yesterday were the Armada,
from Cairo; Rob Roy, from Cincinnati
TO New Orleans; Mollie Norton and
Petrolia No. 2 to Cannelton; Anna, |
from St. Louis to Cincinnati; Transit, |
from HaWesville.
Boats Due.
Among the first boats due are tho
Quickstep, from Cairo; Mary Houston
and Richmond, for New Orleans;
Virginia, Emma No. 3, Nick Long
worth and Indiana. from New Or
leans; Champion, from st. Louis;
Morning Star, from Louisville; Hart
ford, from Green River; Robert
Burns, for Memphis; Sam. Orr, from
Eastport; Altoona, for st. Louis.
miscellaneous.
Business was not especially active
on the wharf yesterday, end, indeed,
the intense heat had tendency 10
render men Indifferent about business.
.........The Armada brought in a fair
packet trip, including some sixty
hogsheads tobacco and good passen-
ger hst......."......The Mollie Norton
brought up an even hundred hogs
heads of tobacco, all for r.. X. Dun
kerson h Co. She had also many peo-
ple.........The Rob Roy passed down
early yesterday. with a good trip. She
viii enter the Wachita River............
The Petrolia No. had nice lot of
freight on board when she left.........
The Rapidan No. 2, Romeo, Cumbar
land and Ada Lyon, were each receiv-
ing moderately. Freights did not
seem abundant, during the forenoon
at least............The Anna passed
up about five o'clock A. NJ, with a
good .trip"....,..The Transit brought
a tow from some point above ........A
little hermophradite steamer, labeled
Nultuns al PayU0, came up from be-
low on Monday and landed just above
the Linton. What her mission is, we
have not learned..........The Mary
Houston was detained at Louisville
till last night. She may be positively
expected here to-day......-Mr. w. q.
Brown, who has been quite i'll for
several days, was thought to be better
morning.........The little
daughter of Duke Nicholson, the
we'll known steamboat agent, has so
FAR recovered as to be able to bear the
Journey home. We hope she will 4
soon be entirely weli.........The Mary
will find nearly two hundred
aogsheads Of tobacco here, destined
FOR New Orleans.