The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1870-08-30

80o to 88o. The river, during the {
hours ending at 3 PM, had falIe
five inches, and is declining slowly.
Arrivals and Departures.
, The arrivals and departures yeG
terday include the Mary Miller, fror
: Cairo; Fayette, Henderson and re
!. turn; Sam. Orr. from Eastport; Tar
ascon, to Louisville; Pine Bluff, t
CanneltoI.
Boats due Here.
Among the first boats due here ar
the Palestine. from louisville
City of Evansville, from Cairo; AR
madillo, for New Orleans; FIorepc,
Lee, from Cincinnati; Judge Baker
from Nashville; Anna, from Mem
pills. Kate Robinson, from st. Louis
Champion and Nick LongWorth, from
New Orleans; Altoona, from Mem
phis.
Boats Leaving To day.
For CAIRO. = The elegant new
steamer Mary Miller is the regular
mail, express and passenger steamer
at 4 PM. to day. for Cairo and all way
landings. She has frst-class cabin
and state room appointments, and,
being very light draught, will have
no trouble from low water. Capt. "A.
Liter, gentleman of large experience.
popular, and highly esteemed, is her
commander, while the subordinate of.
fees are filed by The celebrated
Quickstep crew, w. B Pennington.
Eugene Rudd and Sid Humphrey ia
the Office. Bill Steele, chief commits
sary, and Hun, prescriptionist. The
Racker is still mysteriously absent.
For LoUIsvILLE.-The feet and
elegant Palestine is the regular pack
ct for Louisville at 9 P. M. to day,
having splendid passenger appoint
ments. Captain w. r. Hollcroft, a
veteran officer and high-toned gem
tleman. is in command, and A. G.
Van Kirk aud Lewis Branham are
her gentlemanly and highly efficient
clerks.
For Charlottesville punctual
Pine Bluff returns to GrandView at
3 Pm. to-day, in charge of those at
tentive and obliging gentlemen, Cap
tain Lafayette Elder and John A. and
Robert Adams. She has good pas
seDger accommodations.
For HENDERsoN.-The saucy Fay
cite, with Capt. A. 0. 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.
FoR EAsTPoRT-The famous Sam.
Orr. old reliable, leaves at 4 Pm. to-
day, for Eastport and all Tennessee
River way landings, in charge of that
estmable gentleman and experienced
navigator, Capt. Allen Duncan, with
Guy. Viuyard, Al. Maynard and
Dick Morrow, all pleasant and oblig-
ing gentlemen who will take pains
to consider the comfort and in
terests of shippers and passengers.
miscellaneous.
Business was rather active yester
day morning, though our port list en-
braces only the regular packets........
TIE Mary Miller arrived early, with
a fair trip of freight and people.........
The 1arascOn took a fine lot of freight
and had her cabins full of
people $1,000. The Sam Orr ar.
rived at IL o'clock with a splendid
trip-as full as she could be stuffed,
and having large orders for her re-
turn........The Pine Bluff had con-
siderable freight out......The City of
Evansville and the Evansville we're
receiving Neutrality-suspicious. Dex-
ter was passenger on the Mary Mil
Ter, yesterday morning, from Mound
City".......The Quickstep is on the
ways, and work upon her is progress
ing rapidly. It is expected she will
be ready to launch by Monday next,
when the great ship Alaska will be
hauled out and done up in Bill Ham
ilton's best style.
GIeanIngs from Our Exchanges
PrrrsBURG.-The Commercial of Sat
urday says:
Toe marks last evening Indicated i've
feet I'VE inches, and rising. The weather
was pleasant. The storm last evening caus-
ed an agreeable change. Trade on the land
ing was not very brisk. The MoIlie Moore
was receiving.
CINCINNATI. = The Commercial OF satur-
day says:
One item of the Granite States cargo |
was go kegs of lager for Wheeling Sever /
al hundred kegs were shipped 10 the same 1
destination, by rail. on Tuesday. The i
West Virginians thirst for Cincinnati |
lager.
Patent corrugated wheels, to be placed |
under steam boats, thus enabling them TO |
roll over the sand bars, is the latest fnno- |
walton spoken OF In connection with river |
navigation. These ponderous rollers are |
TO be driven by Wnat is known to England
as Culttvator engines.
They have changed nightly ef late, |
then. They used to banker after old |
Monongahela.
II. N. Giilett writes from Evergreen
Farm, Lawrence County, Ohio, to the Ga.
sette as follows:
The first Gen. Pike-the or gr. gr. or. or.
or. grand sire Of the whole train OF Pixies
general Pixies aud little Pikes-that piled
with the Franklins-Ben. frankIins ana
DIR. Frankl1ns--laid high and dry on snip
yard bar, two miles above the Buzzaru's
Roost ia miles above the city, ana az least
a quarter of q mile from water, during the