The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1869-07-22

attempts to MAKE iast time from New Or
leans TO Cairo. Every trial so far has ueeu
built at Pltisbur0 10 1911, has never vel
been approached. NOiVlt hstandinu the
large number OF boats bailt in Cincinnati.
dd1sg{ ~, Madison, New Albany, and
ossnef places, PittsburE still has the honor
9Ca Dli5 o IN the fastest steamer that ever
time OF few Of the fast BOATS:
A, W.. 49, Dim.
Ecilpse, New Orleans TO Cairo ..g II
Reindeer, heW Orleans 10 CfafrC = b. Ar
K. e Lee, New Orleans to Cairo-...8 IS
The J. NJ. White made Int one trial. fbo
other boats made eeverai INC vyitItt5 tlio
AGAINST rising yer all the way uD. be-
sides, there were no wood flats n her dav
and she was compelled 20 wood OH t66
wood on board TO assist her-the Same se
the Eclipse and other boats did.
CIEcIENATI.-The Commercial OF Tues
day says:
The tow-boat Uncle Sam was burned 90
the waters edge at Hickman, eighty miles
above Frankfort, on the Kentucky River
on Thursday. She had been laid mp 40
Fran fort, but had been run on irom that
port by unauthorized parties, and run
a around and accideu tally set on fire. She
was an old boat, and was valued 90 $1,000,
and was insured. she was owned by Pow
ell, COnroy Brooks.
The Gazstte says:
Mr.. W illiam a.. King has assumed charge
of the river department OF the hUening
Chronicle, OF his city, IN place of Captain
A new bar mas appeared near ST.. Paul.
MINI which has been clristeued Fourth
July bar. The War aela was ground
on 10 six hours on her last trip coming
down.
LOUISVILLE. ~ The Couter-JouraaJ Of
Tuesday says:
The lie Claire No. 2 arrived from Tennes-
see River Sunday with 70 light trip and
owing TO the dull times, went to the bank
La
brought a large amount OF business 90 our
city, and we think 10 bad policy on the
part OF the merchants 20 allow her to be
Withdrawn from the trade. Her owners
are men of moderate means, and cannot
afford TO run her a q loss duung h0 dull
season. They are willing 10 Work for
nothing and board themselves, but are un-
willing to 60 in debt. There ts plenty OF
business o sustain her u the merchants
would only allow her to do TT. ON her last
trip she brought back over $1,000 VIII ch
was collected by her officers for merchants
in this city on goods, the greater portion
OF which was shipped by rail-
This service Is performed gratult usly
for the merchants, VINO, I'M return for the
favor, ship their goods by rail. The Iens
nessee River trade rs certainly WOr have
ing, and the best means of securing aud
retaining IL is irregular packet. The rates
by river are not as nigh as those by rail,
and freights are carried as safely and
almost as speedily by river as by rail, and
necti0ns with their Tennessee River pur-
chasers, let them sustain the packet by
shipping their goods on her.
(The merchants of Louisville should
bear the losses of running a packet to
Tennessee River and not charge it to
their customers from that section in
the shape of profits on goods. a.
merchant green enough to pass by
Evansville to purchase goods at Lou
isville, hasn't sagacity enough to know
the difference. Our packets sustain
themselves.)
The CourteT-JoHraat further saysi
The BardstoWn added LAO barre's Of
cement for S. Louis at the mill Sunday,
She was lying at the mill When the storm
came up, and parted all her lines, and was
blown up to the head of tn dam and got
hard aground. The Falls Pilot pulled her
oil. The only damage she sustained was
the loss OF her jackstad, which was blown
overheard and br ken.
Capt. J. B. Archer was In the city yester.
day.
The Charmer, from Evansville to Cine
einnatl, discharged fifteen hOgsheads OF
tobacco and a lot of sundries az this port
yesterday.
The Rose Hite let for Madison yester-
day, where she viii be hauled out on the
ways, and thorough repaired.
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