The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1869-12-23


Der -, the date Of the commencement ot
+ recent heavy shlpnlelats 0g coal from klits-
D1A - W ~ tDlttg-tl ess e au ayers Rs lNelA
J contents RL 1890 bushels, we have $4,000
4 bushels IS fhe amount vi coal aud coka
+ lost ap to this time.
The Dictator left st. Louis Bes ,erday for
{ LOUISVILLE, where she has I0,01l barrels Ca-
ment eD gagged for q return "trip.
/ - me Bee leses q tow Of . lol tens @ New
The side wheel Countess. Captain A. M.
/ Hutchinson Is ioadtug p 81 Louis for Ha-
the Winter. Lon Brysou ntinues in tha
/ office.
+ Captain Peter Conrad purchased The Da-
Yid Watts, az auctlons Al - Louis on 5at-
urday, for ~ $40.
The Lucy Per ram, on her way "a Quincy
/ DleW out 9 cylinder heac eight miles above
Quincy. The Illinois took her t6W. and
both arrived at 81. Louis on auudny.
me Gazette says:
/ The Panther lost nut coal boat at Ba-
ker.S island. just below We8fsvti1e, Stature
I day evening. Loss 81 coo.
me IoW5oat Mar alice stuck lhr6u
/ boats of coal, containing 1000 bushels
coal, on Ba retts Island, SUNDAY. The
pulled of.
The towbaaL Clipper burst her steam
pipe, twenty miles above PIttsburg, AZ a
O'Clock, yesterday morning, scald1ng SEE
yerely The engineer bfr. johnson.
Steamboat building - looking up Rt
Fittspurg. -Four nrst- class sldeWheel boats
are in course OF cons truciton, and one
moro viii be commenced next week.
The Times OF Tuesday evening says:
There is a novelty in the way Of aWRter-
craft lying above Fairs wharf-boat, at
Cairo. tits q tyTo-story dat. beat, q steam-
boat, grist mil and q n-shOp, All at the
same time. Probably person might GET
IL BARRIERS shop.
The general opinion of those who have
been near the Kate Rob- ns0n is that she
VIII not be raised, but river and steam boat
prophets dom alwGys hat the mark for
example, The W. z. arthur when she nrstF
got in trouble, was "gone up entirely"
and the Kate Robinson was lying per-
fectly straight, and would get or the bar
with perfect ease-the result proves quite
The reverse.
Red River, about Shreveport, IS filled
with OLD steamboat wrecks, ana the hca-
dreds Of aNigalOTs which have taken pose
session Of the stats-rooma make uiEht hide
eous with their barking.
LOUISVILLE. ~ TIE C0tsrieI-JolFHGl OF
Tuesday says
The Mountain Belle aad Norman passed
up from evansville yesterday bound for
Cincinnati. Both boats were loaded down
to the the guards
Captain Lee Crane returned to the city
on sunday from New Otleans. he went
down on the new steamer Texarkana as
clerk. He reports that the above boat had
a splendid trip, being loaded down 10 the
guards when She arrived atNsW Orleans,
ST. LOUIS. - The Democrat OF Tuesday
says;
River declining about oLe foot per day.
Weather cold. Heavy ICE floating with
the current yesterday, and expected 20 DO
larger In quantity to-day. Hence, some
much freight, but start southwark actu-
ated mainly by desire TO escape imprls-
onmeut here Tor the Winter
The keOEuk packet Inc has finally
abandoned operations altogether; 90
Naples trade is closed, and without mod
Grafton no more boats viii come in this
season from above, except the single exc
ceptiOn OF the Alton packet The boats
for New Orleans viii take all the stock
and passengers they can 0cCOmmO date,
and not much freight. AZ dusk last even
ing there " as no abatem emit OF floating Ice
IL is probably much heavier this morning.
The Bertram met with the accident 20
her machinery six or eight miles above
Alton. she was bound up ttream.
An elegant nag was presented yesterday
to Captain Dan Able DY q number OF the
friends OF that estimabls gentleman and
eff sient commander Of the Molia Able.
citizens present.
NEW oRLEANs-The Times Of sunday
sayE;
Yesterday was a beautiful day, clear and
| fine, with q braclng tenn orature that WAS
quite acceptable, and far moro preferable
Than any OF TIE preceding days Of the
week.
The levee, yesterday. presented an un-
usual active appearance, 10 being the end
| of the week. A large number 81 packets
/ left with full trips.
| & The steamers Messenger and Silver Spray
| were laden to the guRrCs with sugar and
| molasses for Cincinnati, Louisville and
other landings on the OHIO River, and got
off last evening.
There have been some heavy shipments
of sugar and molasses during the week, as
every pack et bound Westward took out all
| they could carry The steamer Nick WALL
which has just made trip In heu River
and returned here on Friday last, fa now
| loading with sugar and mOlaseeE lor Gins
cinnat, PlttsbuTg and way landings, and
will leave port on Monday nt u. M.