The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1869-01-01
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STEAMBOAT PERMITTING.
No printing establishment ~ the ives
ISIS better facilities or greater a0ilty 10
doing fine Steamboat Printing, our assert
nent Of JOB Type though very large am
complete, IS constantly beng added %. au'
our job deDartment is under the persona
supervision OF one OF the best JOB printer
In the United states. We are prepared q
prlnt Posters, plain or fancy, Bili Heads
cts, Bills Of Fare, Mates Tickets for Labor
&C., &C. Orders left with either OF thl
wharf-boats viii be promptly attended %
weather nnd water.
The weather. Friday, was exceeding
ly unpleasant-gloomy and damp all
day, with thick fog all NIGHT. Sat
urday was partly cloudy, the sun
shining at intervals, and the mercury
ranging at 450 to 509 all day. The
river, since Thursday night, up to 3
O'Clock Saturday, had risen 81 feet,
and is rising steadily. Some ice, prob
ably from creeks and bayous, was run
ming on Friday, but had all disappear
ed on Saturday. The river is rising
from Pittsburg down, and the pros
poets favor January freshet.
Arrivals and Departures.
The arrivals on Friday included
the Norman, from Memphis; Nick
Longworth, Louisville to New Or
leans; Altoona, Cincinnati TO Eost-
port; Underwater, Cincinnati to
Cairo; and the Henderson packets.
The arrivals and departures Saiur-
day, up TO P. H., included the Fan
ny Brandeis, from Nashville: Glas-
gov, st. Louis to Pittsburg; Belle
Vernon and Alaska. New Orleans to
Cincinnati; Mollie Norton and Sallio
v, Henderson and return; Havana,
Cincinnati 10 Nashville; Morning
Star, Louisville and return; Armada, |
Cairo and return.
BOats Due.
among the first boats duo here arc
the Cumberland, from Cairo; Rapidan
No. 2, from Eastport; Emma Floyd, |
fer Nashville; the Silver Cloud No.
2, from St. Louis; the Silver Moon, |
from Memphis; the Sam. j. Hale. for
Memphis; Richmond, Louisiana and
the Indiana, for New Orleans; John
Kilgour, Alice Dean, Dexter, and
Virginia, from New Orleans the
Rose Hite, from Louisville; the Pc
trolia, No. 2 from Waba. h.
miscellaneous.
Business on the levee was quite
brisk on New Years day, and ship
nents were unusually large.
Norman came in with 300 bales OF
cotton for r.. Il. Dunkerson & Co.
1.-THE Nick Longworth had fair
when she arrived, and
added largely. w. G. Brown & Co..
rave her All barrels pork, 40 tierces
ard, 335 barrels -four. 155 kegs lard.
50 barrels whisky, 30 casks bulk
neat, p barrels dried fruit. and 2
'oxes beef Humphrey, Patrick e
To-, gave her 3j7 barrels pork, 1OS
ierces lard, 1913 boxes and ZIG casks
lassware. 50 bbls. whisky, and 1873 +
ieces hollow-ware. Ter deck room, i
7as full Of stock. Captains Hates and
Bowers were in excellent spirits...... 4
he Underwater, the great bone pick
r, passed down Friday in the direc- !
ion Of Red River. where she will,
attend to the st. Nicholas. )
echo No. 10, and Monsoon. Captain {
)ugan, her noble chief, looked as if
e had been eating thanksgiving din. Z
ers all the year....The !Abeona chad /
moderate trip. The Glasgow, Fanny
irandeis. Alaska, and Belle Vernon
anne in at l A.. N. Saturday, feeling )
heir way gently through the fog, s
-hich was very dense at times, and 4
he boats could only run by signaling y
he shore and following each other all !,
! a heap. They were all deeply W
,aded ......... The Glasgow was the
rst boat out from st. Louis since the T.
e embargo let up, Captain Andy o
johnson coming through the ice in ii
erfect safety ......"The Alaska peo p
e discovered three fine deer in the ID
Iississippi at Bass Landing, swim b,
e across, and with the yawl made IN
lase. They captured two in the
alter and shot tho other on shore. O.
hey have been eating venison NJ
l the way UP, and had one Of
hole deer left........Tbe Fancy Bran =,
us had a splendid trip, including
,er 300 bales of cotton consigned to e ~
Z. G.. Brown & Co., for re shipment !,
asst. 1t went forward by Express ~
reight Line Saturday evening, and =,
III be in New York by Thursday. y,
his is the route BY which to ship lle
Armada had good So
ip up, bat freghts were scarce for IN
points, and neither the Armada, en-
orman or Alpha had large trips...... kr
he Havana had a light trip, the
,htest Of the season, but she was
omutlv On time x....p The wind On