The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1868-06-06

River Today, taking all the freight
that offers. and a limited number Of
passengers. .oIE sufficient freight and
passengers offer, he will take out the
beautiful Ada Lyon. tea 15fi "P Z
2 FoR CANNELToN.-The Ollie Sulli-
van goes to Cannelton at 10 o'clock
to day With Capt. j. T. Hugo in com
mand, and John Il. Triplett in the
Office, insuring the most polite and
pleasant attentions to passengers.
FoR WABASH RIvER-The fine
steamer Chattanooga will leave at
4 O'Clock this evening for Mt. Carmel
and all way Wabash River landings.
She has excellent passenger appoint
ments and g%entlemanly officers.
FoR CLARKsvILLE,- The J., p.
Webb, Capt. r. L, Lancaster, will
positively leave for GAINESVILLE at 6
o'clock this evening. She has fine
passenger accommodations. Chit.
Bradley is her excellent clerk. Give
her q full trip.
GleantnEs from our Exchanges.
CINCINNATI. - The Commercial of
Thursday says:
A lady passenger, from Cairo. gave
birth to a fine giIl, on the Rob Roy,
yesterday. 1t was named Helen
McGregor. The mother and daugh-
ter received every attention, and are
doing we'll. She was coming on a
visit to her mother, in Covington.
Capt. Ed. Evans left for Pittsburg
In last nights train. Capt. Wander
grift will superintend loading the
Westmoreland during his absence.
The Shamrock receives 200 tons of
pig iron from the Albion to-day, and
will positively depart for st. Louis to-
morrow.
Capt. james Fl. Peppers large and
splendid freight steamer will be
launched from Sam. Hambleton's
yard to-day at B PM.
Tie Commercials Pittsburg dis
patch says:
The Galetea; it is claimed, can
make 20 miles per hour, up stream.
1t is said hat on her trial trip she
made 10 miles per hour, with only 40
pounds of steam. She is a small side
wheel steamer, and will not carry
much over 300 tuns. The funeral of
Capt. Alexander McGowan took,
place this afternoon, and was pretty
largely attended by -steamboatmen.
There are reports of several new
steamboats, in contemplation Capt.
Ross Frisbee, it is said, will build a
large siderwheeler for the machinery
OF the Mary Il. s-B 4uiao a8ida
LOUISVILLE. The Courier of
Thursday says:
The Fanny Gilbert, from New Or
leans, discharged a small lot Of freight
here yesterday and passed up to Gin
c%innati, where she is to have a new
hull put under her. fae social efi drf
A huge sand bar is beginning to
show itself alongside OF Sand Island,
neal the foot of the canal, and bids
fair to make Portland Bar a formida-
BILE obstacle to navigation during the
low water season. Portland Bar is
also nearing the surface. the break
over it being plainly visible. Steam
boatmen may look out for trouble on
The work of the canal around the
Des Moines rapids is progressing
finely. A great amount of work has
already been done. A chain of rocks
! have already been laid along the outer
| edge of the canal, which extends far
ia o4uhe river, all the way from Nash
Vile 10 Keokuk, some ten miles.
| These rocks are now being covered
I with a@soIid embankment of earth.
tWh.n this work is completed, they
will commence to dig the bed of the
canal, which will be 300 feet wide, and
deep enough to admit the largest class
of steamers. : Congress has. appro-
priated 100000 for the work. This
is deemed insufficient, and Congress
will doubtless make another appro-
pr%iation, and the work will be com
pleted in two years.
ST. LOUIS. = The Democrat. of
Thursday says: 49, H. 4,+ -.
There was)a tremendous storm on
Tuesday night, which greatly incom-
NODDED the steamers,-But no steam
boat accident caused BY the blow has
yet come to our knowledge. Wealth
er yesterday cool and pleasant. Hill
nois and Upper Mississippi about
starting, Missouri rising rapidly, aud
the decline here will be speedily
checked. Business animated.
Another boat has found a grave in
the upper Missouri. The small stern
wheeler Bridgeport. which left this
port on May 10th, with a cargo of
Government supplies for Fort Steph-
enson, was sunk on Tuesday ten miles