The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1867-06-24

fully bound for months the genius ofcom-
The, most startling and sensational re-
port, to have so little foundation in truth
and such small results, Was that which
of excitement and horror of expecta-
ton; A rat ccane down, partly
in pieces, strikes the stern Of the Shreve,
damaging the boat slightly, and runs close
to the Belle Memphis.s The mate OF the
latter, seeing the forl0rn condition of the
raft, asks OF the men on board the cause of
The disaster to their unshapely craft, and
Is answered, I'VE sunk the Peoria City
and that hG; boat floating there" In an
ineredi1iy short space OF 1,m ina TIE dread
mouth to mouth, for the steamer had start
ed up the river short time before, with
hundreds of children crowded upon her
decks, bent upon a day of pleasure Anx-
ions fathers, mothers aud friends filed the
Flfth street cars, or started IN various
or Mound street, or Bremen-tGey knew
search Of the 'Iovsd-perhsrs the s' lost.
qualification of all that the Peoria City
was gayly bowling along, unh hurt, and her
tender. precious cargo or Sunday School
children were all unconscious of the terri
bic anxiety that had been excited on their
account. And it, is to be presumed that the
heard the deep curses that Were hea ped
If they had. in broad daylight, run their
steamer against raft, causing loss of
The Pauline Carroll, when above Cairo,
burst or cracked steanpipe. The only
casually was the slight scalding OF a decg
hand. She finished her trip 10 this port on
one wheel. S9ili 8@s11Ni 11ite ~ 7'p}t.s
/ UPPER MIssIssIpPL-says the Dubuque
Herald. T. Ea4s.-ss
s. The spring OF the present year. has bean
rtmarkable for, ifs heavy storms, as well as
being late and backward. The c0nse-
Quence Of these storms Is that the streams
are nearly to Q food degree and some, OF
The. edarg river is well up. At Waterloo
the bridge will not Withstand many more
inches OF water" nAa ,aeYfg8 a&A4n
The Reps46ticcn adds the following ON the
situation: - 80
1--WE saw at one time YESTERDAY two |
wagon loads OF -four at the landing of one |
with the drivers out looking /
for the receiving clerk, who was reported /
ash having gone 70 take ride. Al anoth.r
buggy drawn up to keep business Oh" |
MEMPHrs.-The Arata,.che OF Wednes-
lay says: 1AE 8st st3 2aaFnh lF9a= /
The weather, yesterday. was clear and |
pleasant. dhe river has declined one foot
White and Arkansas. Rivers are .deelin-
ng steadily, with fairstase In each.
erday, although there is Considerable /
ram and hay piled up, apparently waiting
lemand shall warrant It.. The weather
vas delight:uily cool and pleasant through
he day. 3 Ldn .~fBUi - ? tsF1'tATeA
The river reporter of the Acaksacde has
een disappointed. He says in last Tues
ay's issue:
:" Having been brought In close .connee-
soL with good many clef KS Of steamers
vhorn we had regarded with much favor
rom distant standpoint,f we are prone
, thlnk In some respects we made a
hight mistake. Our new business has
pened our eyes q little to q prevailing / I
nd1nerence of selishness, where some re-
lprocity was expected The numbers are
wv however, and force upon us only a !
bort catalogue of black marixsr so
The Missouri Democrat suggests that the
avalanche man means greenbacks by .'re-
prosity," and supposes that green marks
onlG eclipse black marks. From certain
Ither muddled remarks concerning the {
AIRY Swan, we infer that Billy Speed
dn' "recfpros" 10 the emit re satisfaction
the Avalanche. The Swan is { ne of the
ost pi ompt paying boats that lands here
e have never, however, tried to force
u dozen Government mules on her at
per dozen. n