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

l chow delightful it is to drop that kingly and
editorial ,oe) arrived at Cairo yesterday morn
ing on the good steamer and mail packet, J.
6. Cline. l need not say to any one ac'
quainted with river matters. tibet the Cline 10
very good, comfortable and fast boat
She has earned that reputation. from her own
merits, aside from the excellent qralifica'
tons, socially and steamboatically, Of her Of
fcers. found Capt. Billy Mcgowan at the
desk, officiating for a trip or two a. first
clerk. The man. woman or child who don't
know Billy, 10 very probably unknown.--
Whether on deck or in the Office, he is caPa-
BILE, faithful and accommodating. He is now
a candidate for Jailor, at Louisville, better
or more lucrative Office than Sheriff, ard
certainly hope he will be elected over his
"."' ---ss- But do not intend to
NIL the four pages OF this sne--.-av one
page of it, with adulaiion of well known
steamboatmen, or might give Capt. Hite, of
the Cline, notice, which would make every
other steamboat Captain furious with jeal-
ousy. He is an cold inhabitant'' of Madison,
and takes strong interest in those of our
worthy fellow.citizens who we're formerly
residents Of that place. He is moreover a
gentleman and we'll informed man.
Ierrived at Cairo Wednesday morning.
We were delayed by having a heavy and
well laden barge in tow, containing machin.
cry, &C., for the Paducah Marine Railway.
By the aid of this machinery the largest
steamers can be quietly rolled out of the wa.
ter for docking, without injury to a seam
In all matters of steamboat building. repair.
ing. &C., Paducah is far ahead of US, yet she
has no natural advantages to give her this su-
periority. We have all the materials for
building as conve nient. and only lack ma
chinery and workmen. A marine railway
at Evansville like that being established st
Paducah, would be worth almost as much to
our prosperity as the railroad which we just
ly regard with so much pride. Ye. so little
capital would be required to start and found
such an improvement! With all the natural
advantages that God ever showered upon a
particular locality, for such an enterprise, we
have not even shipyard. Talking to you
from this very respectable distance, can at.
ford to be candid, and to be candid I would
remark, that it might prove far better for US
to combine our capital and energies to build
a shipyard and marine railway at Evansville.
than to build more railroads. But probably
we can build the railroads and manufactures
of different kinds at the same time or togeth.
er. Hope we can, and at least trust that in
giving our attention and capital and inAu.
ence, toward extending the commerce of the
city, and developing the city's wonderful
commercial advantages, we may not entirely
lose sight Of those manufacturing advantages
we possess, which are quite as remarkable
as any Of our other natural blessings.
But, bless you, this is not what was 20.
ing to talk about. l can revel in that man.
ner of speculation at home, but it won't do
here. Probably six months have elapsed
since visited Cairo, blu. within that time
there have been wonderful changes in this
wonderful spot. Cairo is looking up: At
least thirty very good houses have been erec-
ted since was there last. They sre not
Irick houses, because brick cannot be obtain
ed there at this time-neither are they quite
so large frame houses az that in which the
old Cairo Delta was printed. said frame house
containing seventeen rooms on the ground
floor, to say nothing Of church up stairs,
and divers dwellings, Office rooms, &c. But
the houses are roomy and neat, and every
one of them painted white or whitewashed
Il didn't rub my back against them to test
the quality Of the coating). Some Of them
are used as stores-and those have very large
store rooms-and others as dwellings. They
are all clean and healthy in appearance.
The locomotive will soon be in Carol
Already its smoke can be seen over the tree
tops, and its whistle heard beyond the clarion
notes of surprisingly big mosquitoes. The
track is laid from the centre of Cairo four
miles out--then there is break of Eve or
six hundred yards, upon which workmsn are
busiy engaged. When it is completed, the
cars can enter Cairo, and there will be sixty
miles of railroad completed from the mouth
Of the Ohio! You may be right we'll assured
my old fellow.citzens of that delectable spot
are wide awake to hail the arrival OF the old
horse Of iron sinews and lungs of steam. In.
deed, they are talking of celebraton-but
with hearts as big as all out-of-doors, and full
pockets with generous openings-they have
not the houses to accommodate the thousands
who would gather there on such an occasion.
! need not tell you that Cairo has awakened
into new life. If mechanics and materials
could be obtained, venture the remark that