The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1870-07-29
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Since midnight Wednesday. a yer
pleasant change came Ger the spir;
of the air; a delightful breeze sprun
up, refreshing and genial in its balm
sweetness, tempering the heated al
mosphere and inspiring sleep. A
daylight yesterday morning the mer
curry was down to 780, and had riser
to only 84o at 9 A. NJ, with the gal,
continuing from the southeast. TIL,
river is falling steadily but slowly
and the old wreck of the Lafayette
and the highest peak of the bar are
visible. Three and a half feet tc
four and a halt feet is the channel
depth on the shoalest bars from
Louisville to Cairo. The Mississippi
IS falling, and navigation is difficult
between Cairo and st. Louis. There
is a considerable swell at Pittsburg,
in both rivers.
Arrivals and Departures.
The arrivals and departures ND to
3 N. yesterday. include only the
Fayette, Henderson and return; Pine
Bluff. Grandview to return; Taras-
con, Louisville to return.
Boat Due Here.
Among the first boats due here
are the Palestine. from, Louisville;
Mary Miller and Idlewild, from Cal
70; Sam. j. Hale. for Memphis; Kate
Robinson. from st. Louis; Sam Orr,
from Eastport.
BOats Leaving To-Day.
FoR CAIRO. - The elegant new
steamer Mary Miller is the regular
mail, express and passenger steamer,
at 4 P. NJ. to-day, for Cairo and all
way landings. She has fr~st-class
cabin and state room appointments,
and, being very light draught, will
have no trouble from low water. Capt.
A. Liter, a gentleman Of large expe-
rience. popular and highly esteemed,
is her commander, while the subordi-
nate Offices are filed by the celebrated
Quickstep crew, w. b. Pennington,
Eugene Rudd and Sid Humphrey in
the Office. Bill Steele, chief commits
sary, and Katy Did, prescriptionist.
The Racker is mysteriously absent.
FoR LoUIsvlLLE.-The feet and
elegant Palestine is the regular pack
ct for Louisville at 8 Pm. to. day, hay.
ing splendid passenger appointments.
Captain w. r. Hollcroft, a veteran
officer and heightened gentleman, is
"a command, and A. q. Van Kirk
and Lewis Branham are her gentle
manly and highly efficient clerks.
FoR GRANDvIEw.--The ~punctual
Pine Bluff returns to Grandview at 3
pm. to-day, in charge of those atten-
tive and obliging gentlemen, Captain
Lafayette Elder and John A. and
Robert Adams. She has good pas
senger accommodations.
FoR HENDERsoN.-The saucy Fay
cite, with Capt. A. o. Durland on the
roof, and Jimmy Letcher and Jerry
Boyle in the Office, will leave for
Henderson at 3 PM. to-day, furnish
ing pleasant accommodations to pas
sengers.
EsTSceKEamC Ous.
Business is gradually diminishing,
but it will doubtless improve soon, az
the wheat crop is about ready to COM
mence moving, and the opening of the
Fall trade is not far off. There were
no arrivals up to 3 Pm. outside the
packets......The Fayette came up full
of tobacco and crowded with people.
1.-THE City of Evansville and Ev-
ansville were receiving liberally...,....
The river hence to Cairo is growing
troublesome, and Walkers Bar,
which, it was thought, a month ago,
was likely to be easy and straight all
Summer, is in a wretched condition,
being ali cut up, and affording
no good channel any .where........
The City Of Evansville came over on
three feet water,.......Ths Diana was
then hard aground, and would have
to Tighten of.".....Thc Virginia had
been aground there, but had got of.
1.-THE Exchange was hard aground
on the head Of the lower bar at Ca
SEVILLE. and had both spars set as the
City of Evansville passed up........
About half-past ten yesterday fore
noon a magnificent rain fell for nearly
an hour, deluging the parched earth
and reducing the temperature from
900 to 820-a desideratum that has
long been wished for. and there was
a fair prospect Of moge. We would
fain hope that the heated term, like
our light attack Of fever, is perma-
nently broken up, for the season at
least"...".Among the passengers by
the City of Evansville, Wednesday
night. was George w. Higgins. the
genial and good looking clerk of the
Silver Moon, who has been spending
a week or two with friends in the
vicinity of Caledonia, Ills. He left
by rail for Cincinnati last evening,
and is impatient to be afoat again.
..."...The Pine Bluff came in at noon
with a good load Of tobacco and sun
dries.
GEeanfmgs from Our Exchanges.
PTFTsBURG.-The Commercial OF Tues
day says:
The marks last evening indicated three
feet six inches and falling. The weather
continues very warm. On Sunday night