Evansville daily journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1863-1866, 1865-09-16

plugs, cigars and tne-cut without some
revenue TO Uncle Sam2 / trow not
Then let il 60. The worlds the market
of the world. @% E's
Our trip M from 0wensboro was ex.
quisiteiy deliuhtfal We had 6ne
crowd Of passeogers--ladies, gentlemen,
and some little, ones. There was no
drinking that we saw, nor did we see
signs of any. There was no card play
ing, though we saw some shufiiing Of
spotted papers at one of the tables. The
boat, we thought, was rather religioasly
disposed Ia the forward cabin there
was suspended eonspicuously ten by
fourteen card with large letters--'sGam.
bling for money positively forbidden.
All games must end by 10 o'clock"
When 1 saw it | said, hurrah for the
Lbertyl Generally gamblers think
they can do as they please on the steam
boat, no difference who else may be
aboard Here is protest Let all ths
good people sag amen, and take passage
on the boat al talnat
But this was not all that added to our
comfort The stage Of water was fine,
and even Flint Island Bar knew not
when we gtided BY. The very clouds
seemed to watch us, too, as We glided
along, and as if intsnt on adding some
thing 10 our comfort, they famed Us
with their breezes, and in advance Of as
aud on either hand they ssut down gen.
tie showers TO cool th3 warm and willing
atmosphere. a $3.50
At about five o'clock the Clerk came
aud whispered in my ear, SIS there a
physician IN your eompanyf / replied,
yes, and walked with him and Rev. DR..
Newland towards state-room wheFe the
chambernaid said there was n lady
dying. The Clerk appeared very solicit
Gus, aud yet was acting with q caution
that would prevent unnecessary excite
ment among the passengers On eater
ing the room We found the lady all alone
and deadla A little daughter four or
five years old had been in the room with
her, and becoming alarmed, By her cries
alarmed the chambermaid, and thus the
sad event that bad apparently just trans.
pired became known- gErom all could
learns the Eoman, with her husband,
came on board between Cairo and Evans
vile, and were going 10 Pittsburg to
live. The husband took the cars at
Evansville for Louisville aud left his
wife to 20 on by boat, ss she was uuwell,
while he hastened on 10 attend TO some
business at Louisville by the boats ar
rival The corpse was Immediately
taken charge Of. and neatly dressed, and
at Cannelton coffin was obtained in
which the body was Immediately placed
and conveyed 20 Louisville The event
threw gloom over our crew-we felt
tor the sad demise Of the departed, for
the lonely little child, uuconscious of
its calamity, and for the appalling reve-
latiou to be made to the husband when
he looks the next time upon the face he
loved cold in death.
All that any one knew was that the
woman was sick, and from the fact that
her state-room was tightly closed and
very warm, it may be that the absence
Of ventilation paralyzed the muscles Of
the, heart and the action of the already
Frustrated system. c ssa
The officers Of the boat cannot be too
highly praised for their attention to the
unknown deceased passenger.
The little girl says her fathers name
is Jefess or Jefres, and that they were
going to Pittsburg. ~
dangers stand thick through all the ground,
To sush us TO the tomb,
And fsf &c diseases wait around
To hurry mortals home"
We arrived at New Albany at o'clock
on this "wednesday morning-tweuty-
FIVE hours out from Evansville. We are
struck with the fact, as we walk from
the ievae to the Centenary Church, that
all the streets are graded, and are neat
and clean-in striking contrast with the
dust and mud of our more prosperous
Crescent City. #-t
Conference opens tomorrow morning
at or 9 o'clock, Bishop Scott presiding
He is now suffering from a recent at
tack of fux, but it is supposed he will
be able to open Conference.
BEFFER.