The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1870-08-02

> The general fund created By this aoi. and
~ neeaI1t regulations for the mode o
60 hhau pc prepared under "a direction
o1Gne secretary Of me Treasury, by such
persons as py MIN may be designated.
Sic. 3. and be 4 GtTGter enactea THAT
&c hail be the duty OF the Several coflaet-
oIs 70 aeposlt 1ns Suns coleeted BY them
respectively under the provislODs Of this
ACT IA the nearest United Htates deBoeffn-
~. TO the credit OF b fund for The re-
lief Of sick and disa Died B8nmensn mnnfnu
| returns of the same with pronpr wOmrhar-
monthly, On forms 10 be furnished hvfhe
Secretary OF the Treasury.
SEC 4. and be e further enacted. That
~ LOneg received or collected BY virtue
o. This act shall be paid into the W%rensurv
IKE otner public moneys, without abafe-
menu END al moneys so re-
ceived are hereby a"ppropriated Tor fhe ex-
pehse OF the merlne hospital service, and
shall be cfedited TO the marine hospital
fund, OF which separate accounts shall 81
kept.
the fund thus obtained shall le employed,
under the direction Of the Secretary on Is
Treasury, for the care aud relief OF sick
and disable seamen employed ga regis
tered, enrolled and licensed vessels OF the
United States.
SEC. 8. And be q further enacted, That
the Secretary OF the Treasury is hereby au-
thorized to appoint q surgeon To- act a.
supervising surgeon Of marine hospital
service, whose duty &c shall be, under he
direction OF d Secretary, TO supervise nlt
matters connected win the marine hos
pital service and with the disbursement
OF kH0 Auuu nL1NN4E4 MN AUAH act MM MHH#Ea
" not exceeding the tate Of two thousand
dollars per annum and his Necessary
travelling expenses, Who shallbo required
% make monthly renorts 90 the Secretary
SIC. z. And Be e further enacted. Thst.
for ghe purpose Of this act, the term 'vss-
every description OF water craft, raft, YES
hisiey and C0ntFlVmuc8 used or capable OF
3Mng used e. o means or auxiliary q
acts or parts OF acts inconsistent or in conc
dict with the provisions OF taia act be,
and the Bamo are hereby, repealed.
Approved, June q, 1870.
GfeRutngB frOm Our EXCHANGES.
PTTTsBURG.-The Commercial of Stature
day says;
The marks last evening Indicated o feet
OF water and rising. The coal men have
8,5O0,O00 bushels. Thet VIII do for Jniy.
CLNcINNATI The Commercial Of Batur-
day says;
Msjor Morris Dorsey. formerly clerk of
the %. Mary, q tn the city.
Samue j. Hale, Secretary OF the Menu
last night TO o after the COmnanyta fna
terests IN that quarter.
Geo. w. Higgins clerk OF the Silver
TO spend the summer with me old folks at
home.
RaniKed &C Poplar Bluff for the purpose
Of constructing a line oflarge-aiEed steam
yawls 20 ply between hat Place end Poca-
carrying capacity ofseVen tuns, and draw
freighted low, 10 tnoha8 OF wafer Go lnt
Poplar Bluff.
The Enquirer Says
C~apt.James Good has been named as tha
late Captain D.. N 0reenleafs successor az
superintendent Of The Mississippi Valley
Transportation Comnany's barge Line,
plying between st. Louis and New ore
The Commercial or Sunday says:
Joseph Midnight was seriously injured ct
MiddlepOTt. by the smoke stack Of the
Matte Roberts failing on him.
The body OF Abs Consol was found aG
Peoria, back OF the 1urner Hall, reposing
on q pile OF sand. The features were
had been desd two days. Upon his person
was found 60 81 aud q lot OF cards Of busis
The Nalchez has lald up at New Orleans
until next September.
Business was pretty lively along the
Ievee yesterday, although rates for New
Orleans and the south are somewhat un-
settled between steam era and bargeg. Capt
Reese has changed his destination nom
New Orleans TO Memphis, 20 leave on
Tuesday, and is loading al oil d for whisky
o. for pork and SOC for pound LOIS, taking
lower Ohio River netBhts at 40c, The Dean
Line packet MtnnOola will ascend the falls
to-day, come here, andload for Memphis,
leaving on Wednesday next.
Capt. Frank Y. Bachelor returns 10 the
Edinburg, laid up a. New Albany this
morning.
AAUAa - 10 - AMA NAA kAaAA Vi NMA AAN NAAAAE Sd
has been quite III Tor several days. but we
are delighted 70 announce was out again
yesterday.
LOUISVILLE. - The Courier Journal Oh
saturday sayBf
Hereafter all rreIRhts remaining on the
forty eight hours, will be slowed bY
the Wharfmaster at the owners expense.
The railroad transfer bOat built by j.. e.
Stuart, of Madison. for the Wigsfns Ferry
any, at 81 Louis. came down yester-
day and was sa s.y ro1Eed over the lail. by
the HHWnnfHnn M fHmnFmHm nHmU UmmHHn EHn
.Friendthip.
The following boats were al the Port
land wharf yesterday evening; Fam j.
Hale, MinneOln, MoiliB GratH. Armndffln
PINK Narble, Lorena, re Gray, Rose
B1te, shannon, and Glasgow and atNeW
Albany, Arlington, Emperor, r. w Btra-
der, NICK Longworth and Edinburgh.
waiting for business,
The Commercial aayes
The two Captain James were here YES.
terday, and their two boats, the Bermuda
and Emperor, are Laid mp below Albany
repairing, and will be ready in "a few daxa
to enter the Cairo trade.
NEW ALBANY.-The Ledger Of Saturday
We are in receipt Of a letter from Capt.
Long Branch N. j., which reports him-
self and family well. The Captnfn saws
there are fully 10000 visitors there,
had a interview with the Captain. and
proposed to buy the Morning Btal ano oOn-
vert her INTO a French cruiser, but Captain
q. told him that the Star was not FOR sale.
but II Jim would come west that ne would
dead head him TO Evansville and intro
duce him TO Suverthorn.
All right. Bring him along.
ST. LouIs. The Demoorat OF Saturday
Weather cool, but Only a small quantity
of rain has fallen in this section. River
The upper Mississippi as Using,
from a considerable swell ia Black Chip
~ other tributaries. This rise as OF
great value to the upper country 40 viii
add a few inches TO the depth on the lower
rapids; but the channel here viii not be
affected by e. F~reiRntlng a. reported hal
above the rapids, but passuger iramc is
active. The Missouri is falling through
It's entire length, aud the Illinois ig about
itg lowest.