The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1869-11-24

Friday night Tor repairs.
Inc contractors for the dam rcrosErHa
mead on Etslpg san Bar have cOmmrnced
haullng sinue to the Kentucky ebo. q.
where The dam is TO be built from. 10 eX-
asnu 70 the channel in the upper chute.
meIce early Ia the Spring.
q State-ro9m OF the steamer edmond
W. JntStsu on lueSday night. above
tchsDuig anu tlo,0j0 worth or diamonds
eIonglng % a lady passenger stolen.
The u. > ~nagboat M. b.. DaErsro,-
pulled the Mary Forsyth or GGTaeunisseSys
Bar where she had been aground fvenfy-
four hours. The DeRussey hunted fstefya
hours for the obstruction when tornege4
the Louisville and Marble CITY. but tgfE-
OUT nnolng It.. Her officers supposed those
boats loosenel ". when 10 rolled into deeo
await orders. "
cnased u e null q the wrecked otonewaH
When the Glasgow let's Louis FOR Now
Captain Wash. Kerr ID I'D he S@arce-
House. He has contracted at Pfttsburg for
| q new stern-Wheel steamer for the P0rte-
mouth and .Pittsbnrg trade. TO be cam
pleted within seventy days. Inc hun win
be IS3 r.. long. IS Il beam ami 5 m boi,5
cylinders being l8 inches ia diameter with
So feet stroke.
Hanover had left her wharf, al New or
leans, she ran into the Good Intent Docr.
knocking a steam engine and boi err over
boa{d, ana badly damaging the dock. The
dock was forcihiy driven against the Ger-
man bark MatEilde, which was Injured in
the body. The damage 70 the dock viii
amount to shout $4,000, and that 60 the
bark to $1,000.
A dinicuIty, which It one time hid far -
become serious, occurred, Friday, on me
steamer Dexter, ss that boat was wing an
the, Memphis levee, between the white
OF the former receiving a severe cut.
The Enquirer say
There are ~ least half a dozen guaos In
the river between PRrketsburg and Pitts
burg, and most OF them directly fla me
channel They ought - be remOyf anG
that, too. before the river rises. Where is
Captain Marsh Hays IS WORKING away
az sisters, and II The river does not
improved there. Oaptatn Heva IA rao1d
service at Beaver Shoals. sN"
The Times OF Monday evening saws.
Capt: Frank Bachelor has entered his
nae stde-Wheel New Orleans packed sun
low for New Orleans direct, and faIres 6er
departure tomorrow evening. she win
get away with a full cargo as New OsIeang
freight has been lying here nWaitinw shin
ment for SOME time.
81. LOUIS. ~ The Democrat OF Monday
says;
weather improved. River felI Two and
hours. Below here Ghe river bas fmGtoVed
slightly from local rains aud streams.
aground below Cairo and ob1ye Inn @ e
on after SOME hours detention. There was
one, however, the Kate kinney, hard
aground at Hern Lake, below Meinpbis.
ADD Ia a precautions condition, az fo whfcb
we have no later information. unless She
late Ia,t night. Arumor OF a GOOD rise fH1
the Ohio, at Cincinnati, was pleasantiv
received Ia boating circles yesterdeV
Business IS active at the wharf ae ~
southern boats and the Keokuk packets.
NO boats are promised for points above
with heavy loads. The Illinois and Mis-.
souri, may be considered played out for the
}. Eagons clerk Of the Louisville. gives
thla description OF the damage To that
steamer; We nod several strips shivereu
and broken In her starbOard KHuclrle. and
~ broken umbers. Have orders Ia pro-
ceeu as cary as possible to New Orleans
win our damaged cargo, To he delivered.
ol course, uhder protest. When the boat
was found TO be leaking badly, Can't. Fra
AZ nAa "V0oarrels OF lime thrown over
DoaIu as a precautionary matter. Had
several hundred bales OF hay In the hold.
most OF which IS ruined. We had over
1,40O barrels OF hour on board, probably
QUO b9rrels Of which were dueked more or
less the cargo consisted principally OF
flour, oats, hay, apples and potatoes. We
were drawing eject z inches IN Ienvi,g ~
Louis and had "a good prospect for nilinr
OUT a. cairo at good rates, and anticipated
NEW oRLEANs.-The Times or Thursday
says;
The weather yesterday was clear and
fine, with q cool temperature, which rem
dered the day as pleasant as could be exc
business on the landlng was toleyabIv
fair. Each packet leaving apueared Ia hove
a IaAr portion OF freight, while as &engers
We were panied ytste- day on learning
OF tie death OF Captain Thomas NJ. IRE,
Whlcn took place at DOnaldsonviIIe on
Tuesday last. Captain IRE has been fden-
tihed with the river business for a unarter
OF "a century, and during that time COM
manded several fine boats ia the Bayou
sata aud coast trade, and was est emed by
all who knew him as n clever and renprouz
hearted soul. Peace be TO his ashes.
The Commercial Bulletin Of Thursday has
this TO say about Bradford's Low Water
Indicator:
The Lndy q y-arrived yesterday- is
provided with the new Z" low wafer IudI-
Gator" which, her officers say, WORKS nd-
mtrably. The philosophy OF the trick IL
that Its Hn g piper. like o liver twist IN the
soup rouse, keeps calling for more when
ever The water In the boiler rams low, and
Will not be comforted until 40 gets more.
That's tie Indicator In brief.
The Richmond'S He0d fghk, OF the 10Th.
contains the following paragraph:
The Lady Gay was aground n long time
at Island 81, but was lighteupd of by tine
olive Branch. The RichmOnd's pilots took
n yawt and sounded around the fet1nd
water, while there is only seven feet down
tho chute. At Presidents Island there IA
ten and q half feet Of water. In This con-
nection we would suggest 10 the snagbOats
That from Cairo do Rn there are several
ugly Rnags In the chanuel and This would
be n good time TO pull them cut
The New Orleans Times Of Friday say:
The weather yesterday was like that of
the temperature, which was mild and
p easaut-
Business on the landing was more active
than we have noticed since Saturday.
There were several departures, all OF which
appeared to have ample freight and pas
sengers.