The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1870-11-05

I at noon. The river is sim sre.s,,,1i..
| crawling mp and snbmeIging tire san,1
hummock in front of the upper part OF tho
city, A light decline and then another
rise may be expected during the next
week.
Arrivals and Departures.
The arrivals and departures yesterday
include the Edinburg, Louisville to New
Orleans; Hartford, Henderson and return ;
Norman, from Memphis; Pine Bluff,
Grandyiew and Teturni Manie Raeor.
Cairo 10 returns Gonna Floyd, Cairo TO
Louisville.
Boats Due Here.
Among the first boats due here are the
Florence Lee and John Lumsdeu, frcm
Cairo; Morning Star and Rose Hite, from
Louisville; Virginia, Mary Houston and
shannon, for New Orleans; Mary Miller.
from Memphis; Lorena, from New Or
leans; X. c. Gay, from Arkansas River;
Alpha. from GAINESVILLE.
Boats Leaving To-day.
FoR CAIRo.-The new ana beautiful
Florence Lee, unsurpassed in speed, SYM
metry and elegant passenger appoint
ment, Is the regular packet for Cairo and
all way landings at 4 Pm. to-day. She Is
commanded by Captain Lee Howell. a
thorough sfeambOatman and a thorough
gentleman. WIN. P. Fowler Ed. Thomas
and John o. willard attend to passen geis
and freight, and are always attentive and
polite
FoR LoUIsyILLE.-The favorIte Morning
I Star will be the mail and express pacdet
for Louisville at p. NJ, and Is admirably
appointed. Captain A. 4. Gilmore, a gen
tleman oflarge experience and well quail
lined, commands. The star is one OF the
most excellent boats that graces our wharf,
and every thing about her is irst-cIass.
For CANNELToN.-The good steamer Pin q
Bluff will leave promptly at 3 PM. to-dsy
for Cannelton and all way landings, in
charge of those affabIe and obIiging gentle
men, Captain Lafayette Elder, John A.
and Robert Adams. The Pine Bluff has
pleasant passenger appointments.
FOR HESDERsoN.-rhe elegant, new and
popular Hartford leaves for Henderson at
3 PM, in charge OF Captain Joe. McRey-
nolds, with Charley Perkins and James 81:
Letcher doing the honors OF the ONCE.
FOR MEMPHIs.-The excellent and
prompt steamer Norman, will positively
leave for Memphis and all way ports at
noon to-day, offering superior Inducements
70 passengers and shippers. She is com.
manded and owned by our worthy fellow
citizen, and is an Evansville boat run in
the interests of Evansville commerce. and
should have liberal patronage. Capt. d
III. Kennedy is Ear commander, and Cart
Lew Morris is her clerk, and passengers
and shippers viii receive every attention.
Remember the Norman goes at AZ noon
Have bills or leading aboard early. Neg
ley Rudd is her freIght clerk, and will be
found accurate. courteous and obiiging TO
shippers.
miscellaneous.
Business was quite good on the leYee
yesterday. In the afternoon the signs Of
rain were more favorabie-the weather
/ was growing warmer....,..The EdinburR
arrived at An. with good trip on her
/ self and barges. She added largely here
including one item OF 400 barrels OF -four
and anticipating her hour left at g AM
She came Though from Louisville with.
out detention...............The Emma FloyC
passed up with two empty barges, o.
nearly empty, At 10 :3O...... The Norman ar
rived at 80, and the Mallie Ragon abou
1 PM, each with a moderate trlp..............
The Pine Bluff came in a little after moor
with a moderate trtp.....-~The Hartford
was receiving large amount OF freight
.........Among all the packets none maxi
the time more regularly than the Mailii
on the same water.......It was reported
yesterday that the Rapldan No. had
broken hog chain and had to go on The
ways. We shall doubtless have positive
news from her before we go TO press ..... .....
CO4O4Esa 's.- - $500 -.---------
& Gulf r. r., was in the city yesterday
He left for Paducah by the Ragon, las
evenlng......Our esteemed fellow-cltizen
Ferd. IL. Ragon, OF the firm OF Ragon
/
tended tour through Ken lucky and Ten
nsssee, by the Mallie Ragon, yesterday.
There was much just indignation e.
pressed by the editorial excursion part.
!. by the Silver Lake, on Thursday, ut ia
fact that the boat was charged wharfag
here for merely landing here to afford tn
excursionists an opportunity to see a it'll
portion OF our city, the boat transactiD
> no business. II the wharfage had bee
kept at the former reasonable rate, theI
would have been less cause for CON
plant. The whole system OF wharfagi
except sum just SUFFICIENT 10 keep TIA
wharf In repair, Is an unjust and foolis
tax upon commerce, and should be abo
ished. No city or corporation ever though
OF levying such tax on railroads enter
: Ing the city, and yet 10 would be equal
as just and politic........The weather gre
and the mercury went up TO ZOE by
: O'Clock .........Tho old chimneys OF the OH
of Evansville Will be taken down to-da
and her new ones Will be put up on Nor
day. She will not resume her trips Il
Thursday. Mart Stone, her mate, cam
up by the Ragon yesterday to superinten
the work OF putting up her new smoi
stacks. river dispatches receive
at noon yesterday report nfty.hve inch
: In the channel at PittAburg, and fallir
slowly, and eight feet ten Inches st Cincil
natl, and Tising....-..The wind yesterda
. was from the southeast.
y GIeanfngs from our Exchanges
= CNcINNATI.--The Commercial of Thur
day says;
&C. Lindsay, one OF the clerks OF q
Robert E. Lee, and brother-in-IawO OF Ca
tain John Cannon, died at New Orleai
last Friday morning, with typhoid feYe
now laid up at New Orleans, arrived
Louisville from the Crescent City on Tue
daY. and left for his nome At AaWeEVii
by the Rose HIte.
establish an agency In New orleans, an
as soon as his new boats are complete
will make through connections with b
own boats from st. Paul TO New Orlean
An aquatic friend at our elbow wonders
Commodore ID. has asked Capt. Bo6ng
and the st. Louis underwriters perml
sion TO run his boats between 81 Lou
The receipts for wharfage at Memph
during October, foot up 1000. The Hui
con thought II right tight TO be eompeul
IN TO pay thirty dollars and fifty cents for q
privilege OF putting off i've bales Of cotto
and taxing on a few bales. EeYerai othe
think the same way.
We daily hear curses both iona Al
10 deep on the same subject 81 tDe VIVA
here.
The Times OF Thursday evening say
at Tbere are no present Indications here 4
rain. though more water Is coming al
probably boats drawing not more than
incfles may pass over the falls by MOnda
Tne steamer Grand Tower ran into al
demolished a floating photograph CALLER,
al The proprietor did not nave Time TO. take
IA | view of the situation.