The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1868-07-10

Il
says:
Oswald Carter, pilot, whose residence is
back Of Newport, was a passenger up, on
the Belle Lee, on her last trip, but was
very i'll of fever. The Rob Roy brought
him from Evansville TO Louisville, where
ii was deemed best IL leave him IN the
care OF the kind Sisters Of a hospital there.
1t was not thought that he would recover.
Captain William Knight, who has en-
dured long suffering from rheumatism,
left for his home again last evening on the
VIM. Butler. lie contempiates a visit 10
Hot Springs, Ark, after harvest.
The body found q few days since near
Swan Creek, has been fully identified as
the body of Captain Norton, by his son,
who shipped the remains on the Potomac
for Wheeling. 1
The. second mate of the Madison packet,
Blue Wing No. g. was badly beaten on
Third Street, Monday night.
LoUIsvILLE.--The Courier of Wednesday
says:
Captain Charles Powers steamer, w. F.
per Fourth Street, New Albany, under
going repairs. will enter the Louisville and
Cairo trade during the low water.
The General Lyle entered the C1ncln-
natl mail line yesterday, IN place OF Tue
America, during the low water season.
Tie AmeFica went over 20 JehersonVliie
The Parkersburg papers say that It is
the intention Of the Baltimore anu ONO
Railroad Company TO put $50 men 10 wofk
| Immediately. 10 construct a bridge across
/ tie Ohio river at thai point. AS soon as
! the water geJsloW enough e1S ALESE piers
| will lie commenced, and the whole work
,,iii Ne ,nnShad rapidly forward. It is sup
posed that it viii be completed in eighteen
hrIsiae across the Ohio river, at Green
/ unsblirg' is contemp plated by the Kentucky
/ InoprOYement Company.
| Roth the above bridges must have q Eve
| hundred foot span, If built.
| The Norman and Fails City cOllided, at
| the foot OF the canal, yesterday morn ling
| about 10 o'clock. The la ter lost a couple
OF Sanctions and had her coal-bOX stove
in. The Norman was but slightly dam
aged. The officers of the Fails City claim
that the Norman aftem ted to pass them
without gi wing the proper signal, while
the officers of the Norman claim that they
Were close IN To the. bank, with engines
stopped, when the Falls city suddenly ran
across their bow. IN an attempt 10 get into
the canal first. We understand the mat
ter VIII be investigated.
ST. LoUIs.-The Democrat of Wednesday
The heat yesterday was universally con
sidered to he intoierable. Business dull,
or rather 10 is very much reduced from
that OF the Spring. Boats are going out
and coming In miih hight tIlps ~ very
general thing. 4hemanagers OF the packet
lines do not appear at all disposed how
ever, TO let down, or siacRen their efforts
to properly accommodate the wants OF
comm cree and travel, even II they do lose
money for a while. For a while only, as
no one has a doubt now that the ensuing
seasons business VIII he one OF the best
True, tie rivers are getting low, and will
no doubt remain 50 until the fail season
has well progressed, but that Will happily
bring into requisition more steamers of a
lighter draught, affordIng employment to
correspondingIy increased number of
crews. The river continues slowly on the
decline Five feet water to KeORdk; the
rapids are becoming difficult TO cross the
Illinois is down to i've feet, and there IS
six feet water ia the lower Missouri and
none higher up.
MEMPHIS -The 6roIdnche of Sunday
says:
| ness doing in consequence OF general OBJ
servation of the Fourth. The Mississippi
fell here about two inches and was faiIing
slowly at st. Louis to which point there
| il vet a good boating stage. The ATkal1.ses
l Is falling with only twenty-eigh II t eileS
| below Little Rock. White River - lssti4Hss'
/ with six feet below Augusta.
NEW ORLEANS. The Times OF Sun lay