The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1868-07-20

to ply the Rio Graude. from Caves.
ton to Houston. and i1tarme5isfa
points; On that day the thermomateT
ranged at lob in the shin yar5 ~
the Workmen, D and ali 80
PEELED to knock off, and mia ~
Many We're Frustrated bv ~ ~
and 1t was impossible Ia CitboI
the intense heat Of the suns raw -
hours. Mango their
During the present year. 1863 NJ,
the 10th OF July, the Messrs. Howarde
at their shlpyard at J~efsrsonviIlo
with a full force Of hands, were en-,
gagged planklng the sides Of anew boat
for Captain Sterrett. of Texas. for the
Identlcal trade he was engaged In In
1899, and now, as then. the heated
term was the same, the Thermometer
at IO3, and the Workmen Frustrated
by the overcoming heat, and were
! compelled to suc3umb and quit work.
So that 1t will be seer that the present
season has had a parallel, though all
of us are inclined to think the heat of
summer was never so great as now. 1t
Is to be hoped that the trial, for the
year at least, is over, and that it will
not now, as then, extend to another
week, or a single day longer.
A wrecking boat, fitted up By some
of the coal-bOat boys, is at work
wrecking the Confederate punbOat.
General BeaureRard, which was sunk
at the head of the bend below Mem
pins In the engagement before that
city In June, 1862.
ST. LoUIs.-The Democrat of Fri
day says:
weather pleasanter Yesterday. oW-
ing to Q breeze. which was stirring
llVeIy all day. River stationary here
q all the upper rivers in~elinipg 70
the same condition. ReeeiDts and
shipments heavy for the season moro
steamers being employed than Is usnaI
n midsummer. The reported bio riso
from benton appears TO be a fz4Ie.
However, the Missouri continues at
an excellent stage from Benton ~ H.
mouth. The Ohio continues IN %
down The White and Arkansas are
low. Red and Ouachita Rivers con
tlnue to decline. They win botb
doubtless be at low stage ere LONG
The entire immunity of the Adam
tic and Mississippi Steamship Com
pany's steamers from destruction nv
fire or sinking for 26 months past. Is
looked upon as a singular fact. Some
persons are of the opinion that it
due to the circumstance of Messrs.
Wolff and Hynes having purchased
he bars Of these steamers lust 26
months ago, and having had possess
sion Of them ever since. NOT one
boat has the Company lost; yet the
previous year II were totally Obliter-
ated from the river by accident. and
some ever the previous year from the
formation of the Company. Messrs.
w. and IL. have paid for insurance Of
the bars on the Atlantic line boats.
the sun of $4,000.
MEMPHIS The ADa1anche of Thurs
day says:
The weather continues OppressiVelg
warm, with showers almost dailv.
The shower yesterday, however, was
very light. Business was dull. The
Cleaner is in despair about a load for
Cincinnati. The Minneola took out
only a few small lots of freight and
but a few passengers. Arkansas river
packets don't appear to flourish.
which is largely due to the low stage
Of water in that stream. 1t affords
seant two and a half feet water on the
bars below Little Rock. Whire river
is at a good stage to J~acksonpOrt, and
falling. The Mississippi continues to
decline steadily, and affords only eight
to eight and a half feet water on the
bars below.
New 0RLEANs-The Times Of We
nesday says:
The weather still continues uncom-
fortably warm, and if yesterday be
any criterion to 90 by. we can safely
put it down as one Of the hottest days
of the season. The temperature from
IN carly hour was very close, and not
withstanGing the numerous showers
we received, the closeness did not
seem to vary i'm the least. We mott
ced at 2 P. NJ. the mercury at IS in the
shade, which was the best evidence
that could be given of the intense
heat.
Business matters on the landing q
fair enough for Tuesday. There was
not a great number of departures, and
those that left appeared to have ample
trips for the times.
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