The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1869-12-21

OF Ills age.
Two bfiek boats ahlch lcIl New cum.
bertrand ois eafurday laaf. an fow ct fha
boa2, were sunk ht Eeilair, by coming im
contact with pier of the trlcna HE thnt
4 60. nnd Anderson ana Coz. and c0hHined
1000 nrfiEH, worth. 40 Che rate nIe=hricr
zen for, eel. he ooRt 0ea aIe total
Captains Marsh clark as eiesk az Captain
Booths tow boat J lnIt W. aallrl'.
capt. Isaac 1913 son, OF DaFltaoH. gpper
Mississippi Packet Line, iH Do taa cstF. nis
son, Lon bryaoni % etpetfe+ hnte iram @i
louis 20 s1snd Lne ~ 'lo "a Win nia tfni-
The So aiarys iefl = cw Orleans r1r o1a-
ehita River. "a Der nnt tr.p, "a Thursday
Ths Legal Tender. ~ hrr iaat ua from
~ hlte RIVER. brought tD hefnflliH l03 uune.
f tsis J, lqo.6s iile ne people Of Afsanr.
relying on tho North for thalr appilag.
the Gaze e. aayss
Colonel !. r. Nanre. odltoE 81 lhe e1lI-
polls hntetln md HITctr11d HcnrlflF. naa
sold bis Office 90 Me- ~ Hebard.
The Commercial 81 Sunday aayas
The present cold snap ig nif fuo was from
New Orleaus nud tne 9uif and viii anorH
Two, n we are not greatly mistaken. Tho
mercury WIS down % 4s e. hFanaville
Tho galveston Neiqt, OF iha I2.h. refar-
ring 10 the ST Louis and Galveston trade.
says; something les than g year ego Wc
made mention % the foali9lilty 1T ppen-
Ing direat Trade WI q go LOUIS ihFuugh
AfchafalRya. fntbrae8tinR the MlgalHainnf
re- ths month OF Zee hiyer Iho saving
81 dlsiancsi would be enough under ordi-
nary Circumstance, 90 warrant Che nf-
tempt. but when otter charges GRO saved
such as commissions, drayagei &c,, nt New
Orleans nud the EEtFaVanaut rates OH
freight from there 20 Galveston ~ cone
sidered, the only wonder Is thnt We have
not already had boat from ht. Louis hy
the route indicated before this time. We
have had several boats arrive here from
FitsDnrgh nY way 81 tne Alehaitlaya 1ui
III ~
Guilty Ia establishing regular line between
the two points viii be in securing back
90 least, 90 be purchased by tha boats.
The time ls coming when there VIII po
VIII soon have % and q market for
her sugar ana HMulaMacg, ana The only
the great West. Nn could even now
forward any quantity OF cattle, cotton.
hides, talioW aud WoCii put o. divert thole
articles lrQm present routes MouH Aa
dlhicuM mntcrs, and 90 far Ha Wo can sec
could only be accomplighed by purchase
mado for account OF Western dealers a.
bill has been introduce 1nfo Congress
providing tor che rem oval 0f oasirneuQnH
above Brnshonr CITY. It wiu Doe 80 easy
matter 10 have any aIstruetiQua placed in
and MS its nucccAHfui navigation ia 81
great deal moro Importance than that uf
TIE IecheY we may ekpcpi application %
We are particularly oeslroua 81 cuitivatlug
trade with the West 3y 70 8l. Louis.
LouIsvMLE. ~ q C0mfar.J0urn1t of
Saturday says;
Captain Dan Richards bias built "a bulk
head I'm the barge Ghent, sunk week ago
by collision with tile ONO htvnr bridge
aud steamer Argos. no expects 60 Do
tow her 70 MADISON for rop1lra.
The Big hunnOWef, Captain stephens,
trip. sho b. splendid boat 30 hpr kind,
and was built expressly for me New ore
vertised 70 leave for soW Orleans on Tues
day, the 2lBt inHist &c n. IA,
Tie new, elegant, ana unlatini steamer
Henry Tefa. Captain BAL. Narfls, VIII raise
steam, for the nrst time, To-day. This boat
was built by Captain Dals EarrlH for tho
New Orleans and Bayou Lafourche trade,
and viii leave positively Tor New Orleans
direct on Tuesday, 90 2lHt inst, at Pm.
Captain Pink Nmbo stated That The
curblng in the main channel 90 the ohio
River bridge has not been hntirolE zoe
moved, and az greatly ln tne way oi large
boats passing. AT not removed soon Lne
probabintAes are that TIE rise that ia now
cornl ug down VIII prevent &c from being
removed for some tine.
The C0urier-J0Wrnol OF Sunday Bays
The tug Neville ~ lizard at work in Che
endeayOr 10 locate the crib barge for Span
10 OF the bridge in rs proper place. ft Dbl
proving dihicult operation, but VIII no
We are sorTy 10 ioaTn that part 81 tho
coal tOWed from Gauuoli0n by Capt. NilI
Vnrble, grounded on sand Island, greeted
The Canonlou wharf is 10 be lot to tho
neEt Friday. rho rates OF Wharfage arc
TO be dlmluished.
sT. LoUla.-Tbe Democrat OF Saturday
says;
The nycr continues DO rise at This point.
as all the upper rivers areaiill steadily Ola
the swell. TO Cairo there ~ now, probably,
necessity for using spans or bargeg 1hcro
g "a steady supply or Sew Orleans tonnage.
and receipts from the upper rivers arc
slightly on tle lac case. Rates huueted
no further decline yesterday. Tho wealth
or WAS rather pleasant ycnteraay. although
EvcTybcdy thouR0t we had atlaBt a rar-
ular - clset iinos bus ioi one Of tho packets
slides on o Sew Orleans and ioft ug 90 our
fate. We Thought also fhnf we had beyond
peradVeuinr0 "A regular through limo 90
hhrevcpou, when we bear d ihe nrst ones
New Orleans from shreveport, iuItnad of
coming back here, 90 she had bnrgalned f0.
some boats when they zoo nway rr from
home. Several besides these. iu the An.
US the sir, seeming 90 FORGET nil ihe quo
are expected 70 /" stand ~" boats which
won't stand by ihemseigce. Tine tree ole-
ments of reliability, 10 would appear, Gro
not possessed uY nuEtniuw Ga tho steam
boat line bat joint stock Companies.
The Emile reports th0 Arthur gtllI 90 tho
bank &C GrnWtOrd'Hs Both Wrecklnw hOnNt
were operating on the Kate Robinson.
which was pretty deep, there being about
i've feet waller Oh the inBin dick
The hula Of the Ht8ncwam having boon
cleared 81 ell tho rubbish and damaged
freight No contained. n0nted with the riHo
on Thursday. H. belongs % Capt. ~. Gone
rad, who sends out the Bon Accord to-day
with orders 10 tow tho null round % Mo-
tropnlla, where 40 VIII DE- quickly convert
"a into firBt-class saw-log barge.
NEW ORLEASs.--rhe Times of Thur-
day SAYS
We are having cool ana delightful
weather, AZ yesterday turned out like that
Of It's predecessor.
Businfes on the ieVee afllf continues ac-
tive, and shipments for ihetributnrles and
the West are plentiful. We noticed several
big trips leave yesterday, ana, li We mis-
take not, more of the same VIII follow TO-
day There seems - be no doubt existing
regarding water lm Hed or Ounchitn ftiverH.
as we haze had already enough or teIo-.
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