The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1867-03-11

FROM LAwRENCEBURG - We are
advised that the window and door
frames for the new Catholic Church,
delivered here by the Silver Moon on
her last trip down, were not manufac-
tured in Cincinnati, as we supposed,
but at Lawrenceburg, the home of
the contractor, who makes the build
ing of Catholic Churches a speciality.
We cannot but regret, however. that
the work had not been let to one of
our own builders, and that the build
ing could not be erected by our own
mechanics. The difference in cost
could at most be but few thousand
dollars, and the money thus paid out
would be again expended in our
midst. We are certain that no me-
chanics in the world excel those of
Evansville in skill or fidelity to their
contracts, and liberal discrimination
should be made in their favor A
contract of this magnitude would
have afforded steady work during the
whole winter to numbers Of honest,
Industrious mechanics here, who have
found # difficult to obtain employ
ment. The building committee have
a perfect right, of course. to give the
contract to the lowest bidder, and it
was no doubt their duty to so award
it; but we merely express our regret
that the lowest bidder had not been a
resident of this city, that the work
might be done here.
AN IMPORTANT SUIT-SEIzURE OF
THE STEAMER SAM. ORR.-There is
now pending in the United States
Court, at Louisville, a suit of great
Importance, and of particular interest
to our citizens. 1t is the case of VIM.
III. McClurg and Louis Kahn, of this
city, and w. HI. Longnecker, Of Hill
nois, against the city of Paducah, to
obtain damages for the seizure of the
steamboat Sam. Orr by mob at Pa
ducah, on the I'D of August, 1861,
and by them run up the Tennessee
River and handed over to the rebel
authorities, and by them subsequently
burned. Mr.. VIM. HI. McClurg, one
of the plaintiffs, and the celebrated
engineer, quit the Mayfower on her
way down, and left on Monday of last
week for Louisville to attend the
trial The case, as we learn from the
Louisville papers, was called on
Thursday and laid oyer,until Friday.
The plaintiffs, the owners of the Orr,
set forth in their petition that the
boat, which was their property, and
valued at forty-fve thousand dollars,
was irregular packet plying between
Evansville and Paducah, carrying
passengers and the United. States
mail, and that, on the 22d of August,
1861, their boat landed at Paducah,
when she was boarded by set of
armed men, and sent up the Tennes-
see River to do service for the rebel
government.
They further state that the cargo of
the boat, which, was valued at twenty
thousand dollars, and for which tn ey
were responsible, was also taken by
the same parties, and, in addition to
this, that they were damaged to the
extent of twenty-five thousand dol
lars by the loss of time, etc. They
assert that the whole proceedings were
with the knowledge and by consent of
| the civil. authorities of Paducah, and
they bring this suit against the city OF
Padueah to recover the ninety thou
sand dollars. The suit is very i'm
| portant one, and will be of great in
terest to owners of steamboats, which
were seized during the war by the
Confederates. We shall endeavor to
keep our readers advised of the result
as the case progresses. S9
| CHURCH SoCIABLE AND TEA PAR
TY.-We would remind our readers
| 4ba4 tba. Iodiar Of tho VIVA Street