The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1860-03-13

to market-the directness and reliability of
its communication with consumers. With
the Green River country, our communica-
ton is already good, which the establish
ment of a semi-weekly mail line to Bowling
Green will render much better. The Wa
bash river and the E. & G. Railroad have
opened up Southern Indiana and Illinois to
our enterprise, and our business men are
now cultivatiug those fields to some extent,
but with nothing like the yigor they ought.
There remains only the country bordering
OH the Mississippi and its tributaries, with
which we have Eo communication except
through instrumentalities that are interested
in taking the trade of those regions to other
points. Cincinnati is sending cargo after
cargo of agricultural implements and manu-
fictured articles of every description, right
by our doors, to Arkansas, Mississippi,
Southern Missouri, and Texas. This trade
has been mainly built up through the in
hHence of her lines of packets, which
now penetrate every Southern State.
These articles might have been sold here,
had we been in possession Of a direct COM
munication with the country for which they
are designed; and now that an opportunity
is presented for the establishing of such com
munication, it will be suicidal if we do not
avail ourselves of it. Tho success of our
Cairo and Paducah packets precludes the
necessity of attempting to prove that pack
ct increases the trade of the cities which
she connects. The kentucky, having the
same time to make n round trip to Memphis
from this point that is now allowed her from
Louisville, could stop at every landing and
receive orders for goods. These orders
would be mostly filled in our city. The
people below Cairo, becoming convinced of
the regularity of the boat, would send
thousands of dollars every year to be ex-
pended here that now find way to the pock-
cts of the merchants and manufacturers of
st. Louis, Cincinnati and Louisville. In
this way our business men would receive
back all the money they spend in buying
the boat, with more than compound inter-
est in addition.
But not only do we think the Investment
would pay handsomely in the manner we
have designated but we feel confident
the boat herself will clear handsome
profits on her cost. That her trips down
will be excellent is conceded by all.
We understand that Mr. Ingle, the Presi-
dent of the E. & G. Railroad, has perfected
an arrangement by which cotton can be
landed in Canada from this point some 10
or 20 cents per bale less than it is now taken
from Cairo. A boat could afford to carry
cotton from Memphis to Evansville for the
same price--or nearly so-for which she
would deliver it at Cairo. A knowledge OF
this fact will turn a great deal of the cotton
that now passes over the Illinois Central
Railroad through our city. This, with the
local passenger business that a steamer like
the kentucky would undoubtedly build up,
would give her. we think, as much as she
could do. There are three mail boats run
ming from Louisville to- Memphis
Under the new arrangement, there would
be but one, from Evansville to Memphis
If three boats could be sustained, we should
think one would certainly make money.
This packet, leaving on Thursday, would
not interfere with the business of the Padu-
cab and Cairo packets, because two boats
the Soufher1ser and McLeEIdn-wilI be with
| drawn from the trade. She would also sup.
ply the link necessary to insure us daily
line of boats for all points the lower
| Ohio, and daily line of boats could no
fail to concentrate the greater portion o
that trade in our city.
There is another thing to be taken int,
consideration If we had a packet linz
betw cen here and Louisville-a mail line
so that the departure of boats at the adver
tised hour could be depended on, New Or
leans boats would find it to their advantag,
to re-ship what little freight they woul,
bring up for points above, and loading here
turn back. But short time would slaps
until at least two boats would he found
which would run as regular packets between
our city and New Orleans, re-shipping thei
passengers and freight on our Louisvil
packets In the summer season, during loy
water, the Memphis packet would afor,
increased facilities for shipping freight; an
by having two points at which to re-ship-
Memphis and Cairo-freight would neve
lie at one point any great length of time
but go through to its destination withou
delay. This, in time, would induce dealer
in the country to ship produce, who no,
hold on to it for fear it will not go throug
promptly.
RETuRNED.-The gentleman who starte
in pursuit of his fugitive wife, who ha
e taken two of his children, some days ago
returned from New Orleans, at which Cit
, he Overhauled them and the destroyer of hi
domestic bliss, on Thursday last with hi
S children. The wife accompanied him as ia
Q as Olney, Ills, but had not theheart to re
. turn to the home she had made deSolate an