The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1859-09-17

lsfhc folloWibE ~ tic 81 D5on5 d tns
hull building IA ,felhontp " the Messrs.
Murray, for cspts. Scott Greer, Of our
ely 27Uofeet olitlecl,J 40 feet betm, 8 feet
depth of hold Hrf model linesY which are
most beautiful, extend from the bow 20 feet
aud from the stern rs feet, making las
fee. of model and 1875 feet straight side.
The bottom is covered with four inch plank.
She will Ice ready to launch in about two or
three weeks. q hiiasa si-7lf " -
The Charley Borea left yesterday with a
good trip of freight and passengers We
are indebted TO Mr.. Geo. Boicourt, acting
clerk, for the following memorandrm
Lett Evansville Tuesday, Sept 18th, at
o'clock, with l25 tons freight on boat and
barge; 60 cabin and 20 deck passengers;
met Portsmouth ut West Franklin; left our
ciiiralfous clerks Num-, and Wheeler at
Uniontownto attend a grand ball. found 4
feet water at Raleigh bar; Nail Coach light,
and trying to spar1over;; 5 feet at Stewards
Island; Emma Dean aground at the Chain
with,a feet of coal boats; arrived Mt Cairo at
6 o'clock. 49,. I" . -''aAss.sl., z,
Left Cairo at 3 o'clock A. H., Thursday.
Aground half hour at Cumberland. Dam
lowed three barges from Mt. Vernon To
West Franklin. Put out $4,000 shingles at
Mt. Vernon; passed .Silcer Star under way
at Henderson Bend; arrived at Evansville
o. clock A. N. Friday, with 20 cabin pas
sengers, 40 sacks potatoes, 30 empty barrels,
o bbls beer % bbls whisky, a lot Of move
ables, and q basket full Of orders for our
merchants.
The wreck of the Comet, as il lies at St.
Francis Island, was sold at auction for $500.
A Mr.. White, of Memphis, WAS the purclla-
ser. isof size tsa sl.i.'.at q ,sat-3
Boatmen find it difficult To land ut Heie-
M, Arkansas, in consequence of n bar hay
ing formed in front OF that place. Passen-
gers are landed on the opposite shore, be-
low it. sE4t Sag 40 ,afrof t..e q
The Hidtratha on her way from New Or
leans to st. Louis, broke shaft, and burst
turned to New Orleans for repairs.
The w. Anderson is going in the dock,
at New 0rlans, forsrepairs. 5fEs ~ s;- = .
Capt. Baldwin, of ST. Louis, has just
closed contract with +. S. Nadal, of Louis
vile, for the, hull of new boat. IL ia 10
be sfsfeet in length, and a fae boat when
completed. - - t--,-.r, -, F..
ee. The Eclipse will leave Cairo atout the
hast OF this mon't, and will run regularly
between Memphis and New Orlesus during
the SEASON. .rsh5G r..-is 2 = F.
The ollowing are the names OF boats
Juilt ut Cincinnati during the past year, eleS-
Ell in nun Der, and enumerate a total ton
mage Of 3,735, against 8, 1884 last year. This
shows decrease Of 1889 in, tonnage rs
compared with the year previous This
does not speak very well for the advance
ment in boat building at that place: Tiger,
Telegram, Eleanor, Dew Drop No. 2, John
Walsh, Chur,aer, Hope, Kate 1Aoy, iChpper,
. Ellen Gray. ~ 90 =
Lahorers and steamboat hands were still
quite scarce in New Orleans and among the
Loats in the cotton trade at the last ac-
counts. We hear, however, of a vast emil
grafton 10 that quarter, and, ere this, the
supply has been filled. The rntes of wages
'.of desk hands and frnen. on the boats in
the New Orleans trade, have been very high
OF late, but rs cold weather advances wages
decline, and hereafter more reasonable rates
may be expected.
The ORB has laid up mt Cincinnati.
John Bugher contemplates naming his
new Memphis pocket the !Slrer Noon.
The cry is low water-snags and sand
bars-diflicult navigation and hard times on
all the Western rivers, and steamboat acct
dents are of daily occurrence. tsi--t
The Sam Krkman is yet on the ways at
Paducah, where she is receiving most ex-
cellent and thorough repair.
The steamer Tom Scott will take her place
in the mail line between Paducah and Cairo
| in few DAVIS. ts i-ef l..rt
| We learn that the Viekebuyg burst her
cylinder head just after leaving New Orleans,
a few evenings since. la---
The Enpsa Graham passed up Yesterday
for Cincinnati with considerable freight
She reports very low water and had expe-
rienced considerable difficulty in making
her trip. ...F f.I ~ saut
The John Tompkhs also passed up yes
terday from Cairo eound to Louisville She
had rather II slim trip. ASA
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