The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1868-10-28


marine UBderwriter has been ordered
from st. Louis 70 Cairo, where she
will be subject to the order of Mr.. o.
Palmer, agent for Cincinnati under
writers, who left for the wreck of the
General Quitman, Saturday night.
The Commercial Of Sunday says:
The explosion of the old steamer
Dubuque, on the 18th Of August.
1857, eleven miles below Muscatine
will be remembered by many The
fact has heen called to mind by an
article IN the M1scatine Journal of q
late date. It says that workmen en-
gagged in excavating on the site of the
school house being built al that place.
have struck into the remains Of the
victims of the explosion Of the Old
steamer Dubuque; twenty-five lives
were lost, all deck passengers. Piiny
Fay, ESQ of that place, was present,
In company with DR.. Mckee and
Henry Reece, and assisted in admin
isterinR to the suffering and
burying the dead. Mr.. Fay re-
presents the scene as horrible be-
yond description. When he reached
the boat in the evening, q victims
were still alive. and lay scattered
about the deck, uttering fearful
shrleks and groans, which only lessen
co by their voices being hushed In
death as they dropped Of one at a
time, and 1t was not till morning that
the last victim was called into eternity.
The detached and mangled remains
OF these persons were necessarily
placed In one common grave, where
they nave remained undisturbed till
the present, when their removal be-
came a matter Of necessity; y bodies
nave been exhumed and are placed in
receptacles, and will be assigned a
place In the city cemetery. A leather
seabbsrd containing two pieces of
silver CON-. a pocket knife and a
wooden comb, have been found.
LoUIsvILLE.-The Courier Of Sun
day says;
A call has been made by Gov. W. R.
Marshall of Minnesota, Gov. Samuel
Merrill of Iowa, Gov. Lucius Fair
child of Wisconsin, and Gov. Thomas
G. Fletcher of Missouri, for a v
ton to assemble at Prairie-du Chen
on the 10Th of November for the pur-
pose of maturing measures to impress
upon Congress the necessity of max
ing Immediate and sufficient apprO-
priation to secure the improvement Of
the navigation of Fox and Wisconsin
Rivers, and connecting the Missis-
River with Lake Michigan.
Yesterday the steamer Economist
purchased, among other stores, q
quantity of meat %purporting to be 484
pounds, but which, when weighed
after delivery, had, in some
unaccOuntable manner, shrunk 60
pounds. The Captain, fearing that
at that rate he would have nothing
left by the time he got through the
canal, refused to receive it, and re-
turned the meat to the butcher.
ST. LoUIs.-The Democrat Of
Monday says:
No change in the river here. Navi-
to Cairo is good for boats
drawing five feet or less. Drawing
more, they are pretty sure to run
aground at Hat Island or elsewhere.
To Keokuk there is 81 feet large. In
the Missouri, the lowest stage of the
year; and In the Illinois 3 feet good.
From st. Paul all the way down, the
Mississippi is on the decline, and the
navigable season coming near an end.
continues fair, although the
present week is believed to be the
dullest we have had in the Missouri
since the opening of navigation.
boats run in it, but they
are restricted to extremely limited
,argoes. The weather is excellent.
MEMPHIs.-The Avalanche of Sat
nrday says:
Weather clear and cool. The river
Is still declining. with seven feet in
the channel from Cairo down. The
Arkansas is rising at Little Rock,
with three feet in the channel from
there out. White River is receding,
with a fair stage of water for steam
boat purposes.
$500.