The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1867-02-15

the snow white fog could be seen,
hanging dense and low. A small
steamer, the News Boy, left port and
soon entered the fog, gradually dis
appearing, as if sinking beneath the
water, and as she rounded to at
the Bodiam Mines, she seemed sunk
to her boiler deck. A little to the
left, dense black smoke arose as i
out of the very water; the source
whence it arose being entirely invisi-
BILE. AS it approached the city wharf
a dark spot became visible on the
surface of the fog, which proved to be
the pilot box of a propeller. Toward
night, the wind chapped about and the
fog again enveloped the whole river,
destroying the beautiful picture, wor2
thy of a limner's art, and rising above
the tree tops, closed navigation as
completely as if the ice blockade had
returned. Hundreds viewed this
beautiful phenomenon filled with
reverential admiration at this Won
derful display Of Omnipotence.
BUSINESS OF THE CITY-The BUSH
ness of the city in general is quite
lively, and our merchants all seem to
be doing well. Merchants from the
South are daily arriving here to lay in
new stocks of goods. Many merchants
passing through the city, len route to
Cincinnati and Louisville, from mo-
tiyes of curiosity visit our wholesale
stores, and before they leave are so
well pleased with quality and prices
that they make their purchases here,
and save nearly 500, and sometimes
more, in money, in expenses, besides
weeks time. A case of this kind
occurred day'or two ago. A gentle
man from Columbus, KY, was en-
route to Cincinnati to purchase goods,
and to transact some other important
business. While waiting here for the
train, he stepped into the wholesale
grocery house of lRagon & Dickey,
looked through their stock, purchased
$500 worth of goods (for which he
paid cash), purchased other goods at
various houses, paid the cash, and
then proceeded to Cincinnati to trans
act his other business Another gen.
tleman, from Ballard County, Ky.I
stopped here while on,his waylto Lou
isville and Cincinnati, examined
stocks Of groceries and dry goods,
thought the qualities and prices just
suited him, and bought largely, pay
ing the cash. These eycases that oc-
Cured without, any solicitation on
part of our merchants. 81 There bisoa
vast trade on both sides of the, Mis-
sissippi, between Caiyoqapd Memphis,
| that could be readily obtainedybyyso-
liciting, and the same is true of North
err Alabama, Mississippi and Georr
gia. Mr. Baker, Of. the firm ,0Qfi Car
I penter. White 4 Baker, visited North
Fern Alabama few weeksHago, and
this week that house received thirty
nine bales of cotton from that region,
litc be paid for almost wholly in goods,
Ito be purchased in this cityui MraJ.
g: Dusouchet, a few weeks ago, made
a single trip along the Mississippi
coast below Cairo. He was absent
about week, and sent home orders
for some sc, 900 worth of produce and
plantation supplies, and the trade Of
that whole region could be drawn here
if our business men would make
proper effort. The large shipment
made yesterday by Messrs. oHayhurst
liz Whitaker to which we refer IN
/ cur river columns, was chiefly on un-
solicited orders from the vicinity of
Memphis and Vieksburg. The pros
pect for the early Spring trade was
never more Aattering. We want a
/ good boat to run regularly between
this city and Memphis-one that can
make the trip easilylin six days, tax
ling time to make all way landings be-
How Cairo, and commanded by officers
disposed to oblige the people along
shore, and work for the interests of
4 Evansville. k,,oasb : at,np i g1st
REcoRibERs GouRT. = There were
but few cases before the. City, Re-
corder, yesterday, and the little was Of