The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1870-07-21

OINCINNAII-The Commercial o
Tuesday says:
Elias McQuithy. aged t-weptv.fzr
Z years, and single, took passage on thc
Annie Laurie last Tuesday for NAYS
/, vile, hy. When the clerk, Mr.. Nor.
r yell, went to his room 10 call him
during the night. 10 20 ashore n
> Maysville, he could not be foupd. and
his bed had not been occupied.
Search was made for him all over Enc
boat, but he could not be found and
it is supposed that be fell overheard
and was drowned. Among his effects
In his room we're several letters from
his mother, residing in Milford. De-
catur County, Ind, and a policy on
his life in the Northwestern Life In
surance Company Of Milwaukee. for
$1,000, dated March 9. 1870. He
was a mechanic, and born In Bath
County, KY.
General Weitzal will be compelled
to re let the contract for this section
at Q higher price, since the. excava-
ton must be carried TO the opposite
bank of the river. This hindranoe
will not materially retard the prog
ress ofthe work, but will increase the
expenses,
The Enquirer says:
Mr.. George L. johnson, after an
absence OF i've months on business at
the National Capital, returned TO the
city on Sunday.
The Tines Of Tuesday evening
says:
The steamer General Buell. broke a
cylinder-head twenty-eight miles
below, this morning. She will Law
up to repair until Thursday or Fri
day.
LoUIsvILLE-The Courier Journal
Of Tuesday says:
1t was rumored on the streets, in
Memphis, Saturday, that Mort. Walt,
Frank Hicks, Nat. Green, Larry
Harmstadt and Dick Lighthouse had
bought the steamers q. B. Church
and M. j. Wicks.
Captain B. @. Levi received q LETT
ter yesterday, from Charles "a Whit
ney d o., agents Of the Morgan Line
Of steamers Rt New Orleans, request
ing him to notify shippers Of stoves
that hereafter the rate will be strictly
in accordance with the tariff for meas
urement and not By weight.
ST. Louis. - The Democrat Of
Tuesday says;
River falling fast-one foot since
Saturday. Troublesome steamboat
ing to Cairo believed to be near 90
hand. Rate on aOur TO New Orleans
advanced lOe-th85 is, to Coo per bar
rel; same rate TO Vioksburg; way
points below Memphis, zoe. The Re.
public reported 8 feet water 10 Cairo,
but z feet on Liberty bar is supposed
to be the true fgpze. Upper Mlssis-
sippi, Illinois and Missouri all on the
decline. Two feet or so is the depth
to Naples and Peoria ia the Illinois.
The fall at Cairo is a~oceleratinQ.
Lower Ohio is down TO barge towing
state-Only three feet scant water over
the falls at Louisville, and the canal
will sOon be closed. Weather con-
tinues excessively hot. There was on
Sunday night a bowling storm Of wind
for an hour or more, from the west,
but no rain fell.
See local columns for the suit Of
correspondent Kay against Messrs.
Clayton and Burnham, pilots of the
NatcheE, for the sum of $4,000. We
suppose they will pay him over the
cash at once TO save trouble.
The Times Of Sunday contains the
following card:
MIR. Kay, who Dretends TO be a
gentleman, having. without q PROV
%ocation, assailed our characters as
pilots, IN a communication TO the st.
Louis Republican, afterwards prom
Used to retract the same through the
columns Of that journal. Having
failed to do so, we wish it distinctly
and emphatically understood BIZ eve
~ person, that he has published q
Willful and malicious falsehood in re-.
gard to the plotting of the steamer
Natchez; and furthermore, we de-
nounee him as a peTjured scamp, and
not worthy tho confidence Of a cur
dog. FRANK M. DAYTON,
MORT. BURNHAM.
pilots Of the steamer Natohez."
On this card tho distinguished
e arbiter" has instituted suit against
Cayton & Burnham, laying his dam
ages at $4,000. Mort. Burnham is
well known here, having been a pilot
on one Of the gunboais that frequently
laid off this city during the war.
NEW ORLEANs.-The Times Of
Sunday says:
The weather yesterday opened with
dark aud cloudy sky aud an eZ-
tremely close temperature. This con-
tinued up to i PM, when a heavy
shower fell which efectually laid the
dust. besides cooling the atmosphere
to a considerable extent.
Business on the landing still con-
tinues dull. There was but little do
ing on any part Of either landing.
But Notwithstanding the d~ullness, a
few packets managed to get off with
medium trips.
We desire 10 impress on the minds
of travellers going West, and who q
not get off until Tuesday, July 26th,
that the new aud splendid Louisville
and New Orleans passenger steamer
Mary Houston, Captain i. b. Dun
ham, leaves this port at 5 Pm, on
Tuesday, July 26, for Louisville, EV-
ansville, Cairo, Memphis, and the
usual way landings. The Mary Hous-
ton, as we have expressed on more
than one occasion, is one Of the best
packets in the trade, and has on
board about as clever and attentive
officers as can be found anywhere.
Err. ii. III. Walker has control Of the
Office department.
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