The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1868-08-20

started down the Ohio. and has since
9avlgated the Tennessee 10 miles tn
| Johnsonvllia; the Mississinni ~ g.
-8agls and st, Troy Lake 20 miles
!. A Al her trip co-ers distance
Of-4,500 miles Durins tle5vsh - loe
son, and notwithstanding AZ 20
tremely warm weather, opiv t,vo 80
of sickness on board are reportS5 ~
has been reported that she Is for soio
but 1t is more likely that she will ~
Chartered to carry Height & Cham.
bers' circus. s......-
L oUIsvILI.E. = The Coatier Of
Tuesday says:
d The river was about at q stand yes
teFday with four. feet water In the
canal, two feet water in the ehute'and
FIVE feet water in the channel over
Portland bar.
a The Tafasconl has been withdrawn
from the Henderson trade for the
purpose Of having her thoroughly re-
paired, when she will again take her
place In the line. The feet and ele-
CANT steamer Rose Hite, Capt. Gil
more, takes the place Of the Taraseon
for the present. and will leave the
Portland wharf at P. NJ. to-day for
Henderson and all way points.
The steamer Thomas M Bagby,
now being finished at the city wharf
for Captain Steritt, for the trade be-
tween Houston and Galveston, Texas,
Is rapidly approaching completion,
anu VIII be ready 10 leave for her des-
tlnatlon on the 10Th instant. She is
one I8ef OF the neatest and most complete
Graz Graz Is ever turned ont around the
Ia4lss 81 sAfa a4Fta
The. Journal says:
D Inc Tarascon has laid up, aud the
4Sose AAite goes IN her place In the
e. II11e :, packet line to-day. The
i alesIlne VIII take the Rose Hites
oaEs' peglnalng on next Thursday.
!, Inc following is a description of
Ine immense boat soon to be built by
Messrs. Seward & Barmore at .TsfFar,
sonville, for the Mississibni Vailev
Navigation Company" She will h.
the largest and grandest crait ever
quilt tor river navigation 10 the United
States, her dimensions being as iol-
lows; .ifsAas.4
Length over 3s5 feet.
Length of keeI............ -. =. s56 q
Breadth over ail.................... lO7
breadth OF beam. 4.-... .......t B3
-
She Us to be a low pressure boat.
and her machinery will have to be Of
immense power to correspond with
her size-cylinders over eighty inches.
The style of the boat is novel and
beautiful, the drought having been
made by Captain ID. DeHaven, who is
to command her. The famous Eclipse
will be eclipsed entirely, the length Of
this steamer being greater-abOut
three feet. ''"' ~" ''''
SAINT LoUIs.-The Democrat of
says: " an "
+ The wreeking boat. Underwater.
has taken the machinery and boilers
cut ofthe Matte Burns. The boats
among the things that were. 4ai..f
10. Reevy, native of Scotland,
was, well known In railroad circles
and elsewhere. He is dead, and was
aged 81 Mr.. Reevy was one of the
most accomplished freight agents in
the United States-sO accomplished
that it is understood he was once Of
feFed for his services, by the Illinois
Central Railroad, ten thousand dollars
per year. .aa.t.a
We infer from the last item, which
seems somewhat disiointed, that Joe
Reevy is dead, an event Of which his
many friends in this State, especially
there Haute, will learn with regret
Il We learn from the Omaha Herald
of the 18th, that pleasant surprise
overlook Captain Bartell, Clerk Mil
tenberger and Mr. Rea, mate Of the
They were taking a
walk through the town, and ldoking
at the sights, when they were met by
a German citizen, who supposed they
were Major Rice and two others Of
the Chicago delegation Of visitors,
The jolly bbatmen were carried TO the
house of the citizen, and treated with
great consideration and to the best in
the house. w. tra sas4 44-a.l b..
NEW aORLRANs.-Fhe Times of
Sunday says. .ie. l.fasatl t.ei.
'Theweather throughout the greater
part of yesterday was ,uneomlOrtably
warm; in fact, so close was the tenn
perature that it caused the perspira-
ton to flow profusely from those who
made any movement at all. The sky
at times during the day Threatened
rain, but Notwithstanding all appear
anees, nothing beyond slight shower
fell .,...H
Business matters on the landing
were chiefly confined to the regular
weekly packets. and the amount trans
acted was far from being Of huge
nature. There were butieW depart
ures compared to corresponding days,
and those that left were not oVer-bur
thened With freight or passengers.
.-- STOVE WORKS.