The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1855-04-12
Correspondence of the Journal.

On the evening of the 2Sth inst, took
leave of home on board the beautiful and
feet steamer "Belle Sheridan" said to be
named after lady OF beauty and intellect
uai accomplishments. Truly said boat is
compliment to the fair one whose name she
bears. i, She is in. charge of Capt. Devol,
modest and courteous gentlemen, 'unassu-
ming in manners, always mild and pleasant,
remarkable for carefulness, attention, and
industry, and is universally beloved by his
passengers. $50
Two more affable, accomplished and ac-
commodating gentlemen are not to be found
at the desk of any noble Western steamer,
than Capt. Martin and J. E. Sage, Esq, her
first and second clerks; they possess business
capacity of the first degree. In your editO-
rial columns you have often spoke i'll high
terms of them, but, in no instance have you
given them more favorable notice than they
merit. -r-r.s--
The boat has received freight at various
points since leaving Evansville, (where she
took aboard 300 tons) until she is loaded to
her utmost capacity, at fair rates, land bids fair
to make a lucrative trip.
Evansville, by the way, is city much
talked of, and in relation to which, large
expectations are INDUCED. Many of the
the passengers promenaded her streets du-
ring the boats stay at our wharf, and it was
argued by some, and conceded by all, that
she is rising to city of commercial impor-
lance Of the first order in the West. One
intelligent gentlemen expresses himself as
surprised at her amplitude and ty-like ap-
pearance."
We have on board the usual variety of
passengers to be found on board of one of our
first class steamers. While write, yonder
in the ladies cabin sits group composed OF
a distinguished lawyer from Buffalo, his wife
and several other ladies. The gentleman
himselfis good at wit, and by his witicisms
causes frequent bursts oflaughter by the Ia
dies. He is the chief Of ladies men aboard.
Isuppose he would pass anywhere as beau
ideal of such. Some half dozen gentlemen
are sitting around me intenty engaged in
reading such works as "Poetcal and Prose
writings of Milford Bard" "Ileroic women
of the West" Wolfori's Rcost, by Irving,
&c.
A still larger number are in companies
playing cards, for pleasure and pastime they
say. If there is pleasure in it my percep-
tons are too obtuse to see it; why should
poor mortals who are here to-day and gone
to. orrow, desire TO hurry time off, when it
lis flying with thoughts velocity and hurry
ing them into eternity, where they will an
swer for time thus spent.
We have aboard several of the first bust
ness men of Southern Indiana-among them
are Mr.. Warren, of Terre Haute, Mr.. 10.
Devin, of Princeton, and Dir. Brooks, Of Mt
Pleasant. t
We have but one Of those conceited up
starts VINO renders himself odious by his fire.
quent and peremptory calls TO the servants,
and his EXPIRE ssions Of disapprobation if his
calls are not Immediately needed. He evi.
IDENTITY would make the impression tn at he is
somebody where he is known, but he is
"strongty suspected"
4 We are now 800 miles below Evansville
and the weather is as wintry and vegetation
no further advanced than there. The land:
on the margins of the river, for a hundred
miles are low, sandy, unsettled and unculti
waited, and covered with forest trees Of luxu
rient growth and of immense size. The riv.
err is ful-almost at food height, and give;
a fine opportunity of viewing the country or
either side.
On looking out, since writing the above,
| notice the trees begin to look Spring-lke
| found the citizens of Paducah, where
our boat stopped two hours and received 35C
bales of'cotton, much engaged on the sub
ject of a Prchibitory Liquor Law. The sig
natures of the citizens there, were obtained
generally. few days since, toa petition &c
the City Council to fix the license for the
} sale Of liquor at $1,000. 1t is thought the
Council will grant the petition. This they
do partly in dread of the Indiana whisky -lov
ing and whsky-seIling population locating
among them.
.asg 4 Yours HILL.
70 ..f.r-f - Y 81.
, ToAscERTAIN THE WEIGHT OF LIVE SrocK
First, see that the animal stands square
| then take n strinr take his c;rcnmsaro,c.