The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1854-07-24


not asleep when tell you that it makes
wharf about the hsighth of the Evansville
wharf, and would think of the same grade.
That Is, you would have just about as far to
walk from the waters edge to the top Of il,
as you would from Pat O'Riley's stage plank
to the Journal Office. This levee is some
eighty feet broad on top. A substa ntial
levee encloses the thousands of acres called
Cairo. This artificial embankment is i'm
preguable to all floods. The railroad track
rests or will rest on the top of the .levee, oil
around the city, and believe the Railroad
Co. is under obligations to keep the levee in
constant repair for the use of it. The Ohio
river levee or wharf, is to be paved. The
Company's expenditure to protect and adorn
the site being thus SO immense, and the ad.
vantages of the point for the seat of great
city being 30 magnificent, the price of lots
should certainly be, as they are, compare
lively high. The back lots, however, are
offered very low, and f"e ehannas for specu-
ietion are oPeurU sheso DESTROYS Of parchas-
ing. ] certainly have no interest in thus
speaking of Cairo, believing as do and as
every friend of mine does who is acquainted
at oil with my past labors for that place, that
have not received any proper reward for
these labors. Probably the best eulogy
could have or the highest compliment which
could be paid my past efforts in that field, is
| - - ko e.. th,t zfv~
ed from citizens of Cairo, bonus to return
there, which would enrich any ordinary poor
devil of an editor like myself.
And talking of editors. l had the pleasure
OF renewing acquaintance with Mr.. Hacker,
the present editor Of the Cairo Times. al
most envy Mr.. Hacker in his occupancy of
my old field. He is an able writer and very
clever gentleman. In fact, considering he
is Locofoco, he makes a most unexception-
able editor. Mr.. Faxter, his partner, is a
small man, and have no patience, as you
know, with gentlemen Of that nature, weigh
ing as do, nearly one hundred pounds.
will say, however, that for a little man, he is
as clever as he knows how to be. My
friend and your friend, Nose. the veritable
Nose, the ilemical correspondent Of the Jour-
nal, met me with open arms. A better fel-
low never drew the breath OF lifs-through
so big q noss--and ! know his numerous
friends at Evansville will be glad to hear,
that he is doing a large mercantile business.
has Just erected a handsome dwelling, and
has the prettiest wife in Southern Illinois,
and the biggest baby of its age. We tell
this in confidence. Nose has promised faith
fully to write batch of items for the Jour-
nal once week at least, commencing on
the LIST of August. He is man of his word
so look out for fun between his musing mo.
ments.
But, bless me, have dipped very deeply
into a second sheet already, and am rather
intrudng in the Clerks Office of the Grand
Turk anyhow. 1t is now six years since
last travelled on THE big steamer. She has
been one Of the luckiest steamers that ever
parted the waters Of the Mississippi. Six
years ago / examined the balance sheet of
that season. These balance sheets showed
that during said season her average freights
were nearly $4,000 trip. She has never
lost money but on three trips and from the
very commencement has averaged over ST..
900 profit to her owners u trip! There is
only one other boat which has probably
equalled this in SUCCESSIVE Aleck Scott
The Grand Turk is now making her seventy
first trip, and loaded to the guards with freight.
She will probably run two years longer
Reflect upon the immense wealth this boat
has carried during her life time! Her own
ers are also owners of the great John ST.
monds. wish to say here am not indebt.
ed to the clerk for any Of this information. II
anybody becomes indebted to him for infor.
nation, they will be more successful than
have been in getting him to open his mouth.
But thank him kindly for these two sheets
ofpaper, and for saying "six dollars" very
audibly when asked him the price of pas
sage.
We passed Hickman this morning. This
place Is improving. 1t has been kept back
for years, from being owned almost entirely
by one person. But death VI some other
fortunate circumstance dividing the property
out, the place is now going ahead. The citi.
zens are building now and large wharf
something very much needed by it's river bu.
siness. l met Mr.. Parker. editor of the
Hickman Times, at the wharfboat, and found
him avery sociable young man.
After writing thus much in terrible hurry.
will close with the object of putting my
letter on the first boat, but expecting to beat
1t to Evansville. Yours, &C.,