The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1868-08-13

erected at a cost Of So. 600 and rvos
thoroughly and eleQantlv f,r-;.l,,.i
captain Hicks has bee. - ! 80
ferer by tho ire on III r;ve~ - 1l-1
Interested In and comman5;,,. Ds.us
boats that have burned n tho r w.
two years. o Past
SAINT LoUIs.--The Demoera, of
Tuesday, says:
We have had a cold spell Of weather
ana our hearts We're made glad by a.
hour iall OF rain, q heavy, refreshing
shower. The sun shone ont during
the afternoon, and the weather again
became warm. Business is good for
the season, with considerable receipts
of produce. but much more detained
by low water. Freight for the Ohio
is scarce; the Nightingale sails for
Cincinnati to-day with a good load.
which she was long in securiBg. The
Omaha trade continues brisk, and
some Of the big boats are expected TO
withdraw soon in favor of smaller
ones.
If rates are advanced the big ones
will stay little longer. The Missouri
still falls at all points. Upper Missouri
slightly risen at KeOkuk. To Keokuk
there is only b feet, the bar at Cap
au Girls being the worst obstruction
Two or three boats reported aground
yesterday, there, and at Piasa. One
boat was aground at Cap au Girls
nlneteen hours, and put out her cargo
~ ordeF TO get over. Boats from
n n are offered more freight than
they can handle.
The Tempest, bound for Louisville
In coming out of White River. struck
log at Grand Glaze, which knocked
q hole IN her hull seven feet long.
one was run on a bar to keep her
from sinking. and a bulkhead was
built around the hole, which enabled
her to proceed on her trip.
The MayaoWer takes the Mace Of
the Commercial IN the Memphis and
White River trade.
Captain Harvey G. Heth. of New
Orleans, died in this city Yesterday
morning. He was identified for
long series of years with the Red
River trade.
MEMPHIS. - The AUalaache. of
Sunday says
Weather cool, with a shower of min
in the afternoon. The river here is
receding slowly, with twelve feet in
the channel from Cairo down.
White River is falling, with eight
FEET in the channel. The Arkansas IS
declining, with twenty-six inches In
he channel from Little Rock out
NEW ORLEANS. - The Times of
sunday says
The weather, yesterday, notwith-
20 Isn0 Gna hraavo of snfo~rr, "a
vas unQuestionably warm The tenn
,erature, like that of the previous
lay, continued very close and on
,ressive,. which caused many on the
anding TO make use of their um-
,rollas; so thus it will be seen that
umbrellas are required when 1t doesn't
ain as well as when it does
Business on the landing yesterday
vas more active than on any Of the
ormer days OF the week. There
we're several boats &C the landing, the
majority Of them being local packets.
which Jared unusually we'll i'm the
reight line; but this is no more than
.0u'd be expected, rs Saturday, gen
rally speaking. Is about the best
business day Of the week hence more
letivity displayed on that day than on
my other. We have about three
weeks ahead which, we doubt NOT.
will prove very dull, as business along
he banks Of our tributaries is at
tand, and many of our river friends
nform us that it may be a month on
tx weeks hence before any Of our
lew cotton or sugar crop commences
0 come forward; at all events, the
resent condition of affairs cannot
improve it one whit, and the best we
an do under the circumstances IS TO
wait for the wagon"
We learn that the Captain Of the
took boat, Iatan, and another gentle
nan had a set-tO at the Stock
Landing last evening, which resulted
q a draw" What the difficulty
vas about we were unable to learn.
lut suppose it to be pertaining to
iome cattle affair. Parties who wit
lessed it said it was spirited con-
est.