The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1870-05-23

Inent.
PRETTY CLosE.-This is how ne
the Ohio No. was sold last weok
Captain Hutsenpiller came down
the boat and asked Captain Blarg
he would sell her. Captain Blae
said she was not for sale. Captain q
then said be would like to buy he
Pretty close to trade, wasn't it2
| CINCINNATI.-The Commercial
Friday says:
Capt. John Kyle received d di
patch from Capt. u. B Piersel, sta
ing that the Nightingale had arrive
at Little Rock yesterday mOrniue
! from Swan Lake With the balance c.
her cargo. She will lay up at Lift
| Rock for the present.
There is but three feet soant q
Fourche bar and Swan Lake.
The Gazette says.
A dispatch from Cairo says that tha
Robert Moore is rapidly breaking
the sand washes from under her. TIE
water is up In the cabin now. Tl
chimneys fell Tuesday night, and
more complete wreck was never seen
Her tobacco is scattered along the
river twenty miles. She lies no IA
island chute instead Of the main river
The sale Of the Bermuda, reporte
last week, is "of, !" the purchasir
party having backed out aud paid
forfeit of $3.50, which Oommodor
James put in his pocket.
The Enquirer says:
The steamer Vesta was sold O.
Tuesday last to Norton, Supeno. and
others, Of South Point. Ohio, for S751
Commissioners appointed under aol
Of the Kentucky legislature are no
engaged 10 surveying 3 Sandy Rive
preparatory TO the construction
dams and locks to render it navigab
by slack water.
The Chronicle of Friday evenir
says:
Considerable rain fell last night
IS still cloudy and hot, with a pro
pect OF more rain.
The Reserve was sold on her arr
val at Plttsburg yesterday, to Captain
Adam Jacobs, who will transfer hcr
machinery to a new boat.
The Chilo packet Mary A1ns,.
blew out her larboard OFFENDER heal
and broke her larbOard crank. q
Point Pleasant, last night. She r.
turned here on one engine, and Is 81
Dumont's receiving repairs.
LoUIsVILLE.-The Courier Journ1.
of Friday says:
Capt. Henry Scott, Of EvansvilI
was Ia the city yesterday, prospeotir
for boat to BE placed In the Loui
vile and Hickman trade.
Capt. r. u. Neal and Charley Nil
Ter, first clerk of the steamer indiana
are very sick and confined to the
beds.
Capt. K. Eugene Bowers, purser
the steamer Nick LOngworth, arrived
in the city yesterday, via the short.
line railroad, from Cincinnati. a faW
days sojourn in the city of Porkopo
has detracted nothing from the PEI
sonal appearance of Capt. Bowers
The Emperor was delayed soVer1
hours yesterday in the canal, and @
not arrive until late yesterday eve
ing, when she landed at the ci.g
wharf and put off 81 hhds tobacco.
1913 sacks corn, Is bales rags, % bales
straw, and then backed out for Gin
cinnati.
The hull Of the Luminary, sold
few days ago to Overton, Steel q o.
will be toWed to Paducah in a dav
two, where she will be placed on tlo
ways and thoroughly overhaulca
after which she will DO taken to Hiok
man, KY, and used for a transit
boat.
ST.. LOUIS. - The Democrat
Friday says:
Weather oloudy and warm. Riv
falling slowly. The lower Ohio
again on the decline, and the low
Mississippi is falling fast Businc
was active on the wharf. For IN
Orleans, freight was abundant; flour
per steamer, 30c per barrel; By barf
25c.
ST. LOUIS The papers Of Thu
day say:
The Carrie V. Kouniz, while On i
way back to this port from Ouach.fo
River, has met with a misfortune
Her fore aud aft hog-chaiu bel
broken or out of trim, she, Ia ono
to have il put in repair, ran into t1e
chute at the head Of Island 50, loWe
Mississippi, where she slid on the t9p
Va a pdnA 0AA NA4 ANAuaAnEu 80 MINAAM
fixed that the water has receded and
left her, in steambOatmen's vernac1-
lar, high and dry Our informant
Captain Bust, Of the Rubicon, SAYS
that be greatly fears-in fact, beliey
that she will break in two, and De-
come total loss.
There was II feet depth Of wa
under about II feet Of the boat, at
stern, ard the rest Of her bottom
upon the dry sand. That she won.
speedily break in two, he had no
doubt. The Rubicon worked at Ier
three hours, using up all the sp8
rigging of both steamers, and effect
no good. She wouldn't bulge. Can
Van Hook felt his misfortune keeng
The boat is a peculiar stern wheel
an immense carrier, Of light drst
and remarkably light in the matter VI
running expenses. She is owned aE
Messrs. VIM. j. Kountz and Hmm
X. Hazlett, and is no doubt insur
In Pittsburg for tWo-thirds Of her
value.
IngIeside Coal Mime