The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1868-12-23


politeness and scholarly attainments.
is her freight clerk. With such a
coterie Of officers, we can safely pre-
dict for the Mary Houston brilliant
future.
Manifest Of SteaD1el. Aggosy - To
Evansville, Dec. Or. K. Bunker
son Il Co, 182 bales cotton: r. p.
Gibson q Co.. 5 bales cotton, 81 doz.
ducks; Ragon, ID. q Carson, 6 bbls.
beans, II dry hides, 3 green hides.
GIeaninEs from our EXCHANGE.
CINcINNATI.-The Commercial Of
Monday says;
There have been severe storms on
the Texas coast. The steamers Nor
gan and st. Mary have been detained
several days at Galveston, en- route
for Indianola, there not being sufi 81
cient water on the bar 10 allow them
to pass.
Sundays Commercial says
The body of an unknown colored
man was found, Wednesday, in one
of the hunks Of the j. N. McCul-
Tough. which was wrecked near Madi.
son. 1t was supposed at the time Of
the disaster that no lives had been
lost.
A company has been formed in
New Orleans called the Mississippi
and Mexican Gulf Ship Company,
which has for its object the opening
of ship canal from the Mississippi
River at English Turn to the waters
of Lake Borgne. The canal is to be
twelve feet deep, and, when finished,
from one hundred and twenty. five TO
one hundred and fifty feet wide. The
company purpose to have it ready for
navigation by January /, 1870 If
the project should be successful, it
will, it is asserted, shorten the dis
lance by water 10 the Gulf ports east
OF the Mississippi about fifteen miles,
and IN many other WAYS materially
benefit the commerce of New Orleans
and the Western States.
LOUISVILLE. The Courier
Journal of Monday says:
One of the wheels OF the Robert
Burns was badly damaged by ice in
the Mississippi.
The towbOat Valid, which has been
engaged in towing barges up the Ken
lucky River, broke her capstan on
Friday. Coon Hill, Que Of her crew,
who was standing near at the time Of
the accident, was badly hurt. The
Valid arrived hero yesterday for the
purpose of having the damage re-
paired.
ST. Louis. - The Democrat Of
Monday says:
River slowly falling, with 81 feet
water to Cairo, aud very little ice.
is in a very muddled
here. Up TO the latest hour
in the evening it is impossible to learn
some steamboats, will leave
before next morning or not Freight
did not seem abundant yesterday for
any point, and boats did not fiji out
as rapidly as had been expected
Weather still mild, with a strong
breeze blowing from the south. The
wind was favorable TO boats coming
up stream, but otherwise to those
bound down. The river at Kcokuk
and below has fallen very much Of
late, and is frozen over at Montrose.
There is urobabl ~ not over tour feet
water to Keokuk
A citizen of Havana, Cuba came
here some time since, supplied with
abundant funds, ordered eighteen
built by SaloTgne and by
Wright, two well-known makers, Of
this city, and paid down the amount
agreed upon. Three of the omnlbuses
went down on the Commonwealth,
and the Pauline Carroll sailed last
evening with four. The Pauline has
for the same party 1875 horses, and an
immense quantity Of feed for them.
NEW ORLEANS. - The Times Of
Friday says:
The weather yesterday was mild
and pleasant, with a clear sky, which
seemed to satisfy the exquisite.
Business on The landing was moro
active than on the previous day, from
the fact that there were more depart
ures. and on each one Of them we no
ticed ample freight.