The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1869-12-18

+ ana Moline Chains would only admit-0f
the use Of VheelbarI0FE. Two hundred
ana nIty men are engaged IA removing
campbell Is Rock. Tie contractors expect
TO have the nuisance biasted out so as to
allow deep and reliable channel, In the
course OF q few week..
Forty thousand barrels Of petroleum.
+ expected daily 10 aTrigs 81 Park elsllflrrT.
The sensation at lf.euwIlle is the huild-
+ ing OF steamboat al chat place bv Can
( tam Hugh Craddnck. she IS fo be named
+ the Little kanaWha Belle, being butt oE-
/ pressly ter The trade between GleHNIllo
The Vlckshurg Herala says the VirgIuia
aud Lizzie gill cOlddeI at ECdaeY Island
Thursday night, me bow Of the NIrainia
tearing aWey q portion OF the GINS GUARD.
/ and smashing eight q ten barrels of
I The GazeUe says:
/ The Altoona left for Pittsburg last even
/ lngs TO load there fer either NASHVILLE on
7i palsi ~ was not decided which. She
PIttsburg. One 81 Ter pilots was James
shouse.
The J. W: Garrett and barge. arrived
from New orleans last evening, and viii
reload for returning trip Immediately.
The Indictment weather retardea ship
ments somewhat aud one beat announced
for the South was compelled To lay over to
complete Bug2geme ntS. Departing sfparu-
ers generally Received actively. We NAV
quote the following as the rates that pre-
vailed by river: Lower Ohto-IO Evans.
vile, zoe, and to Cairo, 35c. To Nash-
T.
60e per barrel on flour; SOC per barrel on APP
pies, onions ans potatoes and Soc per
barrel on beef ED pork 70 st. Louis
2lg2oc per cWt. 10 Afklnsas hlVer-Eound
feefghts, 81 per cWt. 10 ~ title Rock; 81 90 %
Fort Smith and Van Buren, potatoes, 81
per barrel to Little Rock, and 81 50 TO the
made to Arkansas yesterday, owing to
competitiOn) To Memphls-39 840e per
per cwt; beef and pork, 81 psr barrel; -four,
SOC per Dbl; whist y. 81 50 per barrel; APP
pies, potatoes and onions t5c per barrel;
80 head. For comparison, we give
the following rates by rail: Nashville
Fourth clRss, So cents per cWt.; nour,
apples, onions and potatoes, 66 cents Der
bril-; salt, 81 cents per hri. beef and pork,
80 cents per brl. phis-First, second
and third class freight, 90 cents per cWt.
fourth class, b cents. New Orleans (in-
Guiding dray0ge here aud at destiuatton)-
First class 50 ceuls Per eWt.s second so
cents lhlfQ, " cen1si Iuurtns bU centsf bect
and pork, 81 20 per brl. flour, 81 90 per brl.
whisky, s. Oh per brl.
LoUIsVII4LE. - The CoWyieT-Jolanal Of
Thursday says;
The steamer New state is now engaged
in wrecking the steamer Rebecea, which
met a little pleasantness at the Parkers-
burg bridge q few days since.
The owners Of the al fated Iiebecca are
negotiating, II IS said, for the purchase of
a stde-Wheei steamer heiOnging to the
Brownsville Natl Company. Tue price
asked is $4,000, and II they buy her the
new State Will again resume her place In
the WleelInE ana ElbtSDurE packet trade
Since tho opening OF navigation in the
Cumberland River, now several weeks,
nos q single pale OF cotton has been snip
ped from Nashville by boat. railroads
mOnopolizing the stap.o shipments.
There WsbS, a few days ~ In Galveston,
Texas, a reputation of gentlemen from
the Sabine country. representing the
planting interests generally, and re-
Gently formed navigation company par
tieularly, for the express purpose or con-
ferI1ng with the merchants and enaeaV-
oring, If possible, TO arrange for the
| bstween Galveston and the Sabine River.
ST. LoUIS.--The Democrat OF Thursday
says:
and has come up fonr feet or over since
Sunday. SandbaTs are disappearing 8
hence to Cairo; the regular New Orleans
/ packets have ceased owing bRrges, and
| load asdeep as shipments viii permit, and
| there Is nothing to prevent large ana fully
/ loaded boats from plying TO LasalIe and
! Dubuque. The rains and snow have
| been extraordinary ia amount for sew
| eTal days throughout she Northwest;
hence the Lower Missouri has risen
| Mississippi from their head waters.
| No ice at Keokuk yesterday, and 1t is
supposed that Lake Pepiu is open, or
| viii quickly be so. The swell was going
on more slowly last evening here. Rates
/ of freight to Southern points unchanged.
NEW ORLEANs.-The Times of Tuesday
says:
The steamer New York, having been
| purchased by Captain II. .. Livingston for
| the Bayou Bartholomew trade VIII be
| thoroughly overhauled and put In COM
| Dlete order, and com nee her trips about
| the 18th Of the present month.