The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1869-06-12
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0IeaninEs rrom oar Ereisnnae-.
CINciNNATI.-Tho C9mmerei0i OF Thurs
day says:
capt John Haeberls launched bits new
/ Red River packet from Muclffs wand Nea-
/ terday. DumoHt is furnishing tho mae
Henry Jenkins, a ve.I-KuowuHloamboat
/ ste ward. d cd IN tnlH city Monday morn
i'.g. after q short illness, and was buried
capt VI. ~ Davidson. TIE eHald EaeIe"
Of tie Upper hi-slss .ppi, was in ile city
/ yesterday, The gueet 81 Cnpi. John Kyle.
The Gaze1c says;
The Spray bias been receiving new paint
! and new carpets. Her former nIQuaIuf-
! auces would scarcely know her. She leaves
! The Captain ChenoWeth lately appo nt-
/ ed Consul o. tanlnnt china laccortiug iu
| the New Albany C0Wnlerciut.l ls mol tho
/ popular Captain OF ue Emma Floyd na
\ Unlimited by morning paper of ycs-
/ terday.
The Chronicle 81 Thursday evening s8yss
Mr. Higgins. clerk Of the silver Moon.
| leaves Tomorrow Tor Liberty. Pax when.
Ie will spend the summer bon assisting MT
/ John spencer, nn oiu steamboat clerk. Dob
Fall when fhe bDHt resumes hnr trips iu
the MemUhie trade.
Cnutnin james Cnenowcth. lnfe OF thc
Emma Floyd, wilt take command Of the
Nashville packet spray.
LOUISVILLE. + The C0itrier-J0iHuaf of
Thursday says;
The steam boatmon Il Memphis are eet-
ting mp grand picnic, Whlch VIII come
Pig IRON viii Be considerable ucm of
shipment from the Ie uDtFfe SOON THE
Wayne iron works nt clifton have started
TIE clark FURNACE is in n.nsti Hnu pfnhn-
bly, line Lagrange. cement mill bias Iusi
be D started at Cilnon- 40 townsville 700
works for extracting iauuiu from bark haH
just been put bro np ration.
II. b. Bishop. the inventor OF thn Bishop
screw. for deepening tae chHuuea of har-
D .H
Il. S. Circuit Court aeuius Cupt.Iu 81. D..
LtdeclIer. Lighthouse inspeeor, nud lu
charge of the fOrtifcatIou OF New Orleans.
Lieutenant ID. ". Pay 100 charge OF tlo
improvements 20 me mouth 81 The river.
and q sorge w Putnam, Tor 8u infringe
meut of his patent Boz mo machines used
by The II. s.. uEedgo boat hzsayuuH. now
engag IN deepen nH Iaai-H +. utru MI.
bishop claims dain@sea iu The amount of
ii Is reported that when the Golfer dam
IS cumpleiod al Campbell 'a Chain tho
channel VIII be clt OIL and ihe opids in
the Mississippi, near Davenport WlH ba
navigable for large bouts.
ST. LouIs.-The Democrat OF Thursday
says;
The river Is falling steadily. Heavy
rains fell again yesterday forenoon. but
the afternoon and evening were dry ANA
p easant. The upper rlvers arc ~ iue
about the usual amount per duy Eusl-
ness continues brisk for the season. rha
Memphis, NicksbuR and New Cd laaus
steamers get all the freight they want 90
this port The Missouri packets are well
laden, ont and in. The iHiuois steamers
capt. sam. Montgomery, old Butcher of
the river, backed ont che Dexter about
six o'clock yesterday morning for New
capita Poe backed ont the Nick wan
last evening for Fort Benton her second
trip The FIRST attempt being frustrated bv
"a sna8i from lhe lhJ ufies Sustained uN
which sire has entirely recovered Capt.
Poe wants 10 MAKE INC rum in b ttys.
Whether be goes through OBJ that time or
not, we are satisfied me VIII HHEn mQud
time. e.. W. BlounL ard Geo. HusUc4 ara
her pilots. The Mics Wall lsdrawfueouIv
II inches. having taken CO. limited freiEht
here. she has full cargo engaged $50 0ul1-
ha, through John N. Bohnger ana other
parties. IL is rather curious That ihH Mick
gets Six ami % hal cents per pound ou urr
freight 10 Benton, with su city Of Rn0t
water all the way, while che boats which
preceded her were loaded at much lower
rates and have suffered FROM low water.
Some Of her freight islor fort on the way,
and ARE regu ar rates
MEMPHIs.-The AUui4Hehe aagsf
The grading OF the bluffs which haVo l8ur
been an eye sore ~ our business mfu uu
Front Row, viii come up before the Board
be removed, and in their sload so are 10
have three " PARKS Ihls Wlii ue one of
the be.t aud creates improvements eyer
added TO our city
NEW oBLnANs.-The Times 81 wednes-
day says.
The weather yestei day was clenr and
fine. with "a very close temperature. which
rendered the day one az the wnfmest ftue
sea on.
Business on the landing was doll. Tnc
only business done worthy oI motto
was the dischurgiug OF the iatc nrivals.
There were but three departure. WIS the
National, for Bayou Furaf g Haao
Franks, for Lafourche, 8ud .he Nicholas
LouUWorth, for Louisville.
The officers of the Red River packet
Selma report Red River falling rapidly
from shreveport; also, That Upper Aed
River is failing. Should this continue, it
VIII, before many days hence, compel our
large class OF steamers 90 withdraw ana
give room 90 the smaller fry.
We are informed mat the steamer Iudgo
Fletcher, lying nt Greaua, changed owner
ship yesterday. ME u. M Peterson. lho
weil-knOWn coal merchant, was fne pure
chaser. Mr.. Pet rs0n contemplate huIIN-
ing new side- wheel steamer flE Eha
Lower Coast trade, and win use tue flelcu-
ef's machinery.