Evansville daily journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1863-1866, 1865-02-07

kind and gentlemanly department Of the
/ Clerk and other officers Of the boat,
/ RssOIved, ID, That We heartily re-
/ commend Capt Dexter to the favorable
consideration Of Government authorities
a. worthy Of any confidence and trust
that may be reposed in him, as a Steam
boatman. DC
R>solUed, 3D. That we recommend
( the Steamer as being worthy Of the sp-
( propriate name she bears Superior;
superior IN speed, superior in safety and
accommodations, aud superior in the
/ gentlemanly department Of her Captai..
! Rec. 'gsd, .-,--'at the 81 ~.~of the
copy Of {. sse resolutions for publication,
aud also guess the st Louis Demo
crQt to COP signed,
J. 81. 1t BARD, maj. l2th mo. cav
GEo. w G, sEY, Surg.
and nearly 10 others.
| The Cincinnati numerical Of saturday ssys
/ Commodore r. D.. AHd Capisin James H. Pep
per have disposed Of their interest IN the % Dean
/ Line " Of Memphis packets. computing the
I steamers Alice Dean. Silver Noon aud Golden
( Eagle 20 Msssr ". z. Gibson 4 90 Of Aurora,
I Indiana. The terms have not, ~ yet, been made
I public. Commodore T. Dean aud Captain James
H. Pepper have long bssu identified with the
/ Memphis trade. and are noted for their business
4 energy, - veil the preducfisH o. number Of
Grst-ciAss steamers for the trads. Tbeif success
sors are also ssBtismsn Of ensfgJ and capital.
Commodore 7. Dean viii cobtiaue 70 sHpsrihtsDd
ths management Of the - Dean Line until Ito
new propriet0rs choose his successor.
The isvss ADD stree almost impsssabls
owing 70 the accumulation Of mud, Ice and hlfh
A I'D rain all sfFvleaaAsIa fusF
cleansing these important aysnHes
The Missouri Democrat Of Thursday gives the
following INTEREST," x details Of the sale Of the
great Lsviathan, the largest boat In business on
the Western waters
When Wm. 81. MePherson, Eco. Admluistrator
the estate u mbrcso Rsodsr, who bad deter
min to perform the task u selling the boat
presented himself on the auctionssr's platform,
with ready hammer Ia hand, there we're many
among them, John ). Roe. jobs r. Yore &. p
Dix, W. II. Carter, q. Copeiin, n. Ramsey, p
| Yere, John Mccoy, J. y. Wbitelaw, J. y. Luksr,
/ X g. MeAiliatsr. n. II. Lee, 3. = EntFeksn, q B..
kogs ~, David White, George Pegram, samuel
/ Pepper, John Carroll and john P. fitzgerald.
Mr.. Mcpherson Informed the gentlemen present
that he proposed to sell the LeFiathans aud asked
I their attention 10 the terms, which we're, one
fourth cash One-fonfth IN four. eight aud twelve
months, with siz per cent. Interest. The Law re-
] quirsd that should ale not BE- sold on a logger
{
with approved security. The speaker tben
tluued the following Interesting str4in. aud Ne
1 Rige the RESPONSES; Nos, give bid the cost
I price WAS $3.50 COO aithonsh her engines we're
I purchased Tor only 1908, being bargain. She
s0uld not be built to-day for less than $50 0c9 "
! Somebody supposed to be Cspt. pozief, formerly
/ Missouri river boatmau, uttered the words
I Gf,y thousand" and the auetiouesr iBtlmafsd
/ that he could not entertain tho proposition,
I whsrsup0a John } Rss started Al SIG 600, and
/ Mr. mcPherson resumed a. followssl " Bid hiah
. 4 - a
$1,000 tbs steamer Lssiathsns n you don't I
I quick, I'll have TO bid myself; $40 90 cant
beAr BETTER $4,000 So, 900; $4,000 sol 90 ;
/ that's mighty los SGT $50. did hear a bid
I don't hear we'll. 81 th9usand. %, - %, -. g.
%, 81. 81, 81, o., q bid fast sos 0F5r ths les
| vlathzn. | keep a lo0kin' % thousand -, %.
/ %, 90 We understand that this David
Whites bid, aud that his ambition took him no
/ higher. Some ons nodded here Ia token Of $780,
| 900. and hr. MeP. proceeded j 100 theusaas,
100. i0l, l0l, l0l, 100 thank you from nsw bid
der; 100, 100, too, 100 los, i0, i0T, tgT; oh say
10 thousand. and I'll get atong faster L M look
] Ing out for anofbsr nod sGmsNhe re-ies thuus.
and, l0s i0J 10, 10. 10 thousand, III, tl2 her
! engines would cost half that u built now 10
/ thoasaud, ne, rs, 10. Only no for the great
! LeFiRthani nod fast, gentlemen il8 thousand.
I SIR. Hoe's poftiY rrrsan WAS here seSn close %
the speaker e block, and hn was invited 70 90 stand
Hp close here sirt' aud be smiiinsly declined the
Z Invitation ~ thousand core RentlsIaeu, bid
\ up. IL ain near her valns; Wbsu the Ice breaks
/ up youil wish yoH bad her ilH thousand can't
I get another bid Audience aboat tired cut,
4 when John Carroll suggested 10 thousand lip
Z thousand ouly, for the great Leyiathan who says
| tz1 thousand lla, ilg. 10, b. says the 20' whs
says the 20 there ought o. BE- enterprises Va This
I crow 49, too much 0f sacrih firs, lia arc
you d0us7 a cruel sacr.hes IA bid myself "
I WASH tths auctoueer. Cannot get another nod
lig, 10, twioei you who doat bid are losing =
great bargain think Of ths great LaViaihan 81
! 49, RoiHg a. ffJ. once, iwies, IN = Il way o.
| going at ll9--three times, gone The purchaser
vas Capt. John Carroll, for Elizs frald, Gaylora
- n - Iii
ably find her way into the Atlantic aud Misais.
! sippi Steamship Line.