The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1869-07-23

being ten hours the shortest passage
ever made.
CINCWNATI.-The Commercial Of
wednesday says:
An excursion to Louisville Is pro
Jecfed, TO be composed of a large and
iashIohaD l9, party of ladies' and gen
tleHeh. Ihey design cbarteriug the
new ana elegant United States. of the
Mali "a Line company, which viii be
nnlsned by saturday next, and max
ing the trip on Monday. leavipg fbo
city at 8 "A. H., arriving at LouisvIUa
say at 4 p. M. aud reaching this civ IN
A. NJ. Tuesday. Such a trip win
afford an opportunity for q DAYLIGHT
view Of the river between this city
and Louisville, and a moonlight ex-
cursion from Louisville home.
The Louisville, lying above Sc.
LOUIS, was damaged 10 the extent Of
several hundred dollars during gale
on Monday.
The Gazette says:
Captain Rees Dugan. of the wreck
ing boat Underwater, arrived from
Cairo yesterday evening. He viii
superintend the rebuilding of the
Underwater
Captain B. Phillips, of the louis
lana, has been here several DAYS.
Captain Wash. Thompson. of
Edinburgh, was to leave ats o'clock
this morning, for Toledo and the
West.
Inquiring friends of Capt Marsh.
Clark are informed that ne is clerk
az fhn EfraaI1 TI1Fo1 q
Sixth and Walnut Streets. Captain
VIM. Lodwich, an old steamboatman,
Is one Of the proprietors of that hotel
The Chroaicle Of Wednesday even
ing says:
Capt Wade will lower the chin
neys of the United States this after
noon, aud drop her down below the
bridge.
The Times says:
The regular Evansville packet
Charmer departs this evening. Her
officers leave nothing undOne which
can promote comfort and dispatch.
and deserve to receive the support Of
Cincinnati merchants, which is being
literally bestowed.
A letter from Cairo states that
about the only thing saved from the
wreck of the Louisiana, recently
burned, was the bell, and that the
Rough and Ready Line Company, of
Cairo, have 10 in their possession, and
will not give it up, but retain it as
compensation for services rendered.
The hull Of the Louisiana is ia twenty
five feet ofWater
The steamer Fleetwood reports q
serious shooting ARRAY at Laurel Fur
mace, Grant County, kentucky, on the
18th. Charles Wortlington, Of that
place, shot a man by the name Of S.
shelton, seriously; also shot Thomas
Floyd fatally, as he fell dead on the
instant, but WOrthington, not salts
fed, afterWard shot him twice. He
is now in the Greenupburg jail await
ing sentence.
% LoUIsvILIE.-The Cowier.J0uinaZ
of the 2lst says
ua The General Buell. last night towed
the Travis Wright, Captain Reeder's
new Red River packet, built at Madi-
son by John r.. Stuart a. Co.. to this
city, where she viii receive her ma
chinery, which was built by the enc
terprising firm Of Kirk, Dennis q Dc.
Tie Travis Wright is a stern wheel
boat, 100 feet long, thirty one feet
beam aud four and one half feet hold.
Captain Joe Declares yesterday con
tracted with ID. w. Nadal, the we'll
known shipbuilder, Of this city. for
the bull of new side-Wheel packet for
the Lafourche trade Her dimen-
sions are, length 49, feet, beam "a
feet, hold z feet She is to have two
engines q inches 10 diameter and z
feet stroke; four boilers 80 inches in
diameter and rs feet long.
ST. LoUIs.-Tbe Democrat of We'd
nesday says;
| Truly this season might with con-
siderable truth be termed the season
of much water The river has risen
again here as fast as q month ago. A
foot and a half 10 twenty four hours
is . fast rate for fhis big river to
swell, and it was coming up lively last
evening at the time of dusk. A good
deal Of freight was threatened with
voting a four foot rise was pre-
dicted, but we think it will amount TO
! six. and get on or very close TO the
summit of tho wharf Weather cool,
such, 1t is said, as fosters yellow fever
10 New Orleans Business still active
/ for the season. There are complaints
Of dullness, Of course, but there win
1 be big steamboat SIR shortly.