The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1869-12-10

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s - - y sstefqay. taking out police ~
S2qtnern packet, Carrie 81 1for 81 IN ~
aIIl5 y. a.uteI prise, Ftremen'a Crescarf
49,, . xAtdI n letLs e5OUU each. MF Wariav~
returned homo on last nfg1fss trait, -ssA0g
ca 16e t stesm propeller Moha5VE len f7,,f-
grounded on =, VIII VIZ, g cargo OF wheat
TSb 1iIgna suffered a boiler $40 10 while
l oSiIo1 the wheat was flsst ~ as,sl9li Qy
5airaIty u n me grain brought suit II, 80
1S yghesS, onaiY K was In seayvorfi,
perilS of l9Sfir-E explOsion s ~ AZ was
mon carriers Do not aS 5salns St which COM
| the Suprems Court lhslt On appeal to
Circuit Court was snstafssll.e eelsion Of the
| was given for the owners q -. , Judgment
On the up trip OF the Matl Line amer
| United States, from Louisville, on RT@,-tal er
night, crazy individual on deck, nan5es
| Keep, who had been noisy and active pre-
/ jaws OF the pltman, believing he could
hold IL still. lie Was captured by the mate,
and raved SO necessarily that &c was
deemed advisable to put him under guard.
| He, however, shortly after broke away
I from his keepers jumped overheard near
the boat was stopped ard boat sent out.
His residence is not known.
The Shamrock dropped down 20 the
levee yesterday, in complete repair.
The Times OF Wednesday evening says:
A wood boat, last night, ran into a coke
boat AZ the BANS near the Ae9Lon iron
furnace, and sunk the boat. The coke
fioated down stream. The Wo0d-boaG re-
ceived such injury as to sink, also making
a serious accident occurred on board the
steamer Glasgow on her trip down. Three
of her deck hands, while the boat lay at
Franklin Landing tak1nG o,.stones were
caught by q heavy rock W al sh Was placed
on the chute , carelesslY At the hands on
the bluff, and all u Nd their 5gs broken and
We're otherwise Injured. tapt. Robinson
did everything that could 3e suggested for
their relief. They are ncfg on the boat at
the landing under treatD4ants
T.OTTTgvTv-r.r The Cf11fg-fHas- To1rss1ruF ~
Wednesday says;
Tho new and splendid sIde-Wheel steam
err, st. John, Captain Greathouse, made
her trial trip yesterday. she LEFT the city
wharf at one O'Clock, and went as far aa
Utica, distance Of eight miles, and re-
turned. Notwithstanding her machinery
Guilty in making at the rate OF eleven
miles per hour up stream and against g
ton 70 all parties Interested as wei
as Uncle Billy Writer, who dealt
| out the spiritual comforts without stint.
The beauty and eonvenlence Of this splen-
did steamer has been admitted by ali who
have had the pleasure OF seeing her, and it
the praise that has been bestowed upon
her. She is certainly a great credit TO her
| builders, as well as to the excellent gentle
man who commands her. VINO everybody
knows, and whose popularity among all
classes in his trade Is proverbial The
/ st. John Is not onfy a ilrslsclass freiRht
boat, but is IN every respect a nrst
/ class passenger boat, The people or the
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| they are to have such boat with suen @
| commander as Capt. Greatnouse. Her
dimensions are Is tolloWAs Length ~ +ee5g
beam 81 feet depth OF mold q teet. der hulk
| and cabin were built By John r.. stewart
& Co. Her engines are lS5a Inches In diams
! eter, 9 feet stroke; she has boilers Is feet
/ long and IS inches in diameter besides q
| doctor boiler. She is provided with steam
| dre-engine freight-n oisters and double
| steam capstans. Her machinery was Quilt
i by the Southern Foundry, Kirk, Denis &
Co., and is the tenth boat furnished by
| them since May. Her boilers vert AuE-
nished by Jack Pearce.
| The ST. John was built expressly for the
/ New Orleans and Bayou sara trade, She
| Is now lying at the city wharf, foot OF
/ Fourth Street, and IS ready to receive
i freight. We have no doubt that the mer-
| chants and shippers VIII give the 81, Jonu
i all the ffeight she wants on her maiden
/ trip. She VIII leave for New Orleans and
| intermediate points, positively Saturday
i the llth inatl at Pm
ST. LoUIs.-The Democrat Of Wednesday
says:
The flrst floating ice Of the season was
/ seen yesterday in the Mississippi at this
/ Ing for hours with the current. None was
/ visible last evening. The decline OF water
is steady here, and from st. Paul all the
/ way down, the river is recedtng. AT Keo-
/ lruk the ice has been SO heavy IS to inter
/ fere with navigation. 4 he Illinois is at q
/ fair stage. Our business with that stream
and with the Missouri is virtually at an
/ end Tor the season.
The Ohio is deep from Cincinnati TO
/ Cairo. Weather pleasant for the season.
Our trade with the South has become so
heavy that not only are all the regular
boats engaged but large proportion OF
those which were running above this port
are also employed In aha Memphis, NtCER-
burg, Arkansas, Red and other trades. We
nave still fair stage Of water to the lower
/ country, and New Orleans boats have got
I along satisfactorily this season. Steam
boat stock is on the advance, and Is much
higher than IL was six months ago,
NEW ORLEANS. - The TINES OF Sum
| day says:
The weather yesterday was dark and
| cloudy, with m occasional CLEAN OF sum
/ shine. Toward ntghtf81l an appearance
OF rain was visible and doubtless We
may receive IL to-day,
Business on the landing for the end of
/ the week bore an unusually animated ap-
pearance. There were more departures yes
i terday than we have noticed on any day
/ for the past month, and we may add, about
/ the busiest day among pedestrians There
| were immense conBlgnInents of freight for
| all quarters, and each departing steamer
| appeared TO have as much frefghf as thew
| required. We also noticed that passengers
were In the ascendant, as several of our
Ouachltn and Red River packets had their
rooms thlsen long prev ious 10 the hour Of
departure.
The Times designates the Grand Era as
the wonder OF the nineteenth century.
DRY DOCK.
+. j. REr,fz. of ReffZ Il Hanev.