The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1869-08-14

bSs alOng9 We ask for In formation
me me packet Cam ella for 5000 she iq Il go6f
l1er 49,, 80 rs rs ln nne condition for the sumo
, ''ieL ana Fan trade.
day says: wa "a @4"iA-
day. sunk one Of d ID pB, ~ ie-ss 'stlut-
az < a A9IsDuIBi with her Iar9e vg6yee
The GdzetEe says:
When the United state. ,
day night the Petrol no 3 hefi ~ wv 4ues-
es Of salt aground 40 RISING aff55 -teo gaiB-
other towD0ati supposed 10 be tEt ILL., L-
watson, was also aground. The ofii.,...lllll W
the United States report s fest az ~ ol
there. The officers or the So. Charlee e.L
khere are only "a feet over The bari anTl
| rect large ab Grassy Flatai and Also thnf
| boats have to run outside OF whera No
channel rs Ia low water 90 Rising SUM- rs
| leaves but 81 feet of etsamboat V.afer
/ The pilots OF the Belle Vernon report ~
feet as the best water q Rising sun. There
/ were fears yesterday, that the Afqslrn rvar
! aground there, rs size eft here The preVi-
GUS night drawing feet inches, and her
/ barge was drawing 4 feet.
The Fanny Brandeis ieft for Evansville
/ last evening with good trip. Including Ia
TO be reshipped on the Nick LOngWorih az
Portland.
The Charmer VIII drop down 10 The city
VILE.
The Chronicle Of Thursday evening says:
Within half an hour this morning we
noticed tive horses, one mule and several
landing. Al the Mali Line Wharf there III
four or I'VE feet Of mud, INST soft enough 10
tet q morse down and sufficiently adhesive
10 keep him there until pulled out,
-LoUIsyILLE. --- The C0agfor-J0ugnal OF
Thursday contains the fouowings
The big towboat AJAX has laid nm below
me talls Tor the summer. She brought uD
lrom NeW Orleans len boats aud 1fteoa
balges empty. on her down trim she
TOOK over half million bushels of coal
the largest tow ever taken down the river
erty. 'o7 Dousu-
Low water e upon as in earnest. and
I ple9dlng at tne bar" VAL soon bio Qom-
mon with STEAMBOATS,. 1u tlle Io{ver OrIo
Portland has already pat III In npDeag,
ance, and several boats v ere aground there
yesterday The boats laid up al Itortinnd
have caused trouble earlier Lhan Il arei er
the position ia which they ne has Cancel
me current 70 form hnge bar in8t below
them, narrowing the channel 20 chat ID ia
dililCult OF access. Their rem oval sJvae or
6eTet. sti.i1s Gays w, csc Ply ff9m some cause
water found on the southSe 81 baf yea ter
Z Ihe charleston did not leave for Kama
VIVA RIVER on Tuesday Night, AS was e5-
peeteus ~ II v IS found necessary 10 patcn
her boilers, aud, besides, her clerk Mn
John Canrey, had been on her Wong thnt
his feelings Tor the dBlf old boat took
the form Of an attachment for Wagr mo
TO tha amount of al80, or g words Al. ..
effect,' and no would not suffer her 10 dc
his pocket, and consequently the Charles
ton As IN ting AMnds Of tbe mintons OF the
law, as wen a8 in port.
q ST. LoUIs.--The Delit5c,s0t OF Thursday
says: reur. 80. fa.
II the river decline there lis no cessatfont
downRt goes steadily. The fact is bocoms
ing abDarent 10 Those Interested Generally
that boats VIII 6e troubled IN q. lew short
rlsesat Dubuque and 20. Paul Is a foot on .
two, and was serviceabie, but cannot last
as aaHHr tad "a
the Lower OHIO, but 80 far 30 compares
favorably below Louisville with the Mis-.
stEsippi below Sc. Louis ItI.
In the Missouri three and a half feet Is
! eported In the channel and at 80. Joseph.
Below y falls and cuts out simultaneously.
Hence 70 Cairo with ten feet 10 the cham
mel; there Is no cutting Of the channel,
but that viii come shortly weather cloudy
and sultry. business good Tor the season.
Receipts good, but much restricted by low
water deferring shipments.
+ H.IA. Dean, well known 20 our citizens
By his long connection with the steamers
or the Northern line, died suddenly az five
o'clock yesterday morning, OF hemQrrnage
ing from ill-health for two or three years,
but he mended considerably under the
medical treatment which he had secured.
his sudden demise was un-
ex pected, and caused a severe shock % the
feelings of his friends.
All who knew him wore his friends. n
most unassuming man, he was very gentle
In his bearings aud his address aud man
ners were pleasing i'm an eminent degree
He leaves a wife ana two children, who
were beside him when be breathed his
last Deceased was steamboat clerk GA
the Ohio many years ago, and was WeH
known Fl Cincinnati and elsewhere along
that stream. He was 40 one time second
clerk OF the Ben Bolt, running 10 So. Paul
and WAS In the employment o. the men
who formed the Northern spocket Line
before as well as ever since that inhLlullOu
was created. lie was worthy man. and
his death Is deeply regretted.
NAsHv1LLE.-1he Press ana Times, OF
Tuesday last, Is responsible for the follow
ingi
4 few days ago . dshinE boat, opposite
capsized, and four men were
left struggling he!plessly iu tue river.
There was no means OF saving them, aud
q number OF peopleon the bank witnessed
the spectacle, but did not seem inclined to
make an attempt at saving the drowning
men. Presently gentleman Win Wld
look ran down TO the water edge and cried
out in q most pIteOus and frantic mhnucrs
- o, save tile man with the red hair; for
Gods sake, save the man with the red
hair!" His appeals aw0Ee sort OF cnthu-
siastic philanthropy in the bosoms Of the
bysta nderB. A raft was QUICKLY rugged mp
from logs and Ia a short time the poor
fellows we're brought to land, almost dead.
The excited man then became paciheds
and, drawing long breath, be said; He
owed me s5.',
NEW ORLEAGs.--A New Orleans dispatch
Of the 6tn, says: Our large stoamb0ats ace
all laying up for repairs, and from the
present prospects for next season. thluE
they viii make money. There win be
trade. Afing composed OF Stnnott Ado
ans, Kennetb& Bell, Cnpts. Cannon LOblu
aud others, am afraid Will try 20 control
the brads by running opposition 70 every
one. ano especially 20 Capt. Leathef8.
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