The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1870-08-05
Ri ERR NE WIS.
FoT Othsr River Ite8ls. See Fourth PAGE.
Weather aud water.

! PAOtAJ NV NASSA INV NAy udu pr6LGl
well advanced, the mercury touching
90' at noon. The river was abou
stationary, but will be rising agair
! to. day.
Arrivals and Departures.
| The arrivals and departures up to {
Pm. yesterday include the Leonidas,
New O,leans to Louisville; City Of
Evansville, Cairo to return; Fsyette,
Henderson and return; Pine Bluff,
Grandview to return; Tarascon.
Louisville to return; Evansville,
Bowling Green to return.
/ Boats Due Here.
Among the first boats due here are
the Palestine, from Louisville; Idle
wild and Mary Miller, from Cairo /;
Minneola, for Memphis; Sam. J.
Hale. from Memphis; Kate Robin.
son, from st. Louis; Judge Baker,
from Nashville; Belle Vernon, Wau-
anita, and Tom. Reese. for New
Orleans; Sam. Orr, from PASSPORT.
Boats Leaving To-day.
FOR CAIRO.-The new and elegant
Mary Miller, having first class cabin
and state-room appointments, will be
the Cairo packet to-day, leaving at 4
Pm, in charge of Capt. A. Liter. an
experienced steamboatman and an
excellent gentleman. Walter B. Pen
Dington, Eugene Rudd, and Sid
Humphrey are her clerks, aud are
courteous. attentive and obliging.
For LoUIsYILLE.-The feet and
pretty Palestine is the regular Louis
vile mail packet at 6 Pm. tonight,
and has frst class passenger appoint
ments. Her commander is that emf
nent navigator and first class gentle
man, Capt. w. r. Hollcroft. @. A.
Vankirk aud Lewis Branham will be
found in the Office. and both are
pleasant gentlemen and careful and
accurate clerks.
For GRANDvIEw.-The punctual
Pine Bluff returns to GrandvioW at 3
p NJ. to-day. in charge of those atten-
tive and obliging gentlemen, Captain
Lafayette Elder and John A. and
Robert Adams. She has good psssen.
ger accommodations.
FoR HENDERsoN.-The feet. flying
Fsyette is the regular transfer packet
for Henderson and way landings at 3
Pm. Capt. A. o. Durland, one of
natures noblemen, has command, and
Jas. n. Lelcher and Jerry Boyle,
pleasant and practical young gentle
men, have charge of her Office.
fscrIlaneOns.
Business on the river is decidedly
dull, and is confined exclusively to
the packets......The LeOnidas passed
up at IL 80 AN. with q moderate trip.
1.-THE City of Evansville arrived at
$50 with 80 hogsheads of tobacco,
500 sacks of wheat, and some miscel-
l4neous freight, and a moderate trip
OF passengers.........The Fayette had
fair trip........The Pine Bluff and
Evansville arrived at noon-the for
mer pretty light, and the latter with a
medium trip of freight and full
cabin of people. Among her passen-
gers were Murray Bewley. clerk of
tho Falls City. and Penn. ones, the
noted Green River pilot.................
The Falls City has been laid up at
Bowling Green for month, until
there is more water and more bust
ness.....The Friendship passed. with
a big tow, passed down at IL AM
bound to st. Louis.........He Henry Hand
late second clerk Of the City OF Ev-
ansville, was a passenger by that boat
yesterday. He is looking as fne as
automatically Noyes has not
chartered the West Wind as was re-
ported a day or two ago, and will
probably not charter her. He was
looking at the Mallie Rlgon".........
The Tarascon arrived at 2 PM. with
plenty of people but with q light
freight.......This is the dullest season
of the year...........The Courier says
John Ivinson is to build the hull OIL
Capt. Thomass new boat. We never
knew that Ivinson was a worker il
wood. Perhaps the 'compositor
again corrected the copy"
GIeanings from Our Exchanges.
PIrTsBURa-The Commercial O
Tuesday says:
The marks last evening indicated
six feet and falling. The weather
during the day was pleasant. Trade
on the landing was plenty.
CINCINNATI.-The Commercial o
Wednesday says:
Com. James has returned to tn
shades of Corn Island to look ate
his extensive grain interests. III
will bring one of his Evansville pack
cts here, and keep the other below
the falls. He denies the statement o.
the Louisville Courier that the Der
muda descended the falls stern fore
most. He says she passed through
the canal on the trip referred to.
Captain Bowers, OF the Longworth
is still Ia the city. He has succeeded
in securing all the musical talent 70
auired at present for the Longworth'
ca,llope. She leaves Portland fo
New Orleans on the 10th.
The opening Of the new ticket Office
of the I. & Z. r. r , at the corner o
Water and Main Streets, yesterday
was a success. The steamboat and
Insurance fraternity was large y repre-
sented, while wine flowed freely: CoI
Frank B. Lord spread hlms6t 10 a. 90
iug the honors gracefully Inc once
slrable location.