The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1870-08-09

ulGuE6 mali boat III o l8 now Tunmfuu fha
national Hotel SO Louisville. While
heres he received from Waghfuo zion 4
patent for new Inventions cotton uicTr-
- IoI neld use, from the sale OF which he
e1pecJs 70 realize q handsome income
| Ihe Mail.iCO have concluded 70 send
Snree CLEANERS TO Louisville daily The
/ DumonJ viii extend her trips to LouiF-
4 vile, while the new Potomac yyifl ~ 9Td.
cd TO the line on her return from Whoei-
ing. Ihe other boats are the Gen. Buell..
/ zen. Lyle United states and BEN Frank
IN. Tine closing OF the canal renders the
! increase OF tunnage necessary.
an ncipient cOnl0 grafton was digCov-
eteu on the city OF -. Paul, q few miles
/ above Dubuque, as the boat was cou1inr
aoWn Monday night. Luckily the hra
few minutes. N-
The silver Spray wreck was barely visi-
ne Wnen the sam. J. Hale passed 30 on
Negotiations are pending for the pur.
chase of the Emile In Barqs Tor the C5liro
and Columbus trade, for fEloCO.
James Lloyd, Of AlemDhia a noor man
saw large bundle OF papers floating in
animation found that the papers were on.
the tll-fated Silver Spray, and We're very
valuable. lie carefully dried them and
deposited them in the appeal ONCE. An
honest man is Lloyd.
The Enquirer says:
A body, supposed to be that OF Captain
Jordan, OF the silver Spray was found
floating In the river near Memphis, day
before yesterday. The body OF a negro,
undoubtedly one of the victims OF the dis
ester, was also found in the river about
The Commercial Of Sunday Says
W.. Prentiss, clerk IN the Evansville
trade, and later In the Cincinnati and St.
Louis trade, has lett the river and engaged
q Co sPittsbuTR.
Captain A. ID. Reynolds arrived nb Meme
With = hay barge. 10 IVES IVES i tSirSn' VIII
congestion, Last week, and after a short
illness died on Saturday last, at the Wors-
ham House. Captain a. w, Hampton,
well known In river circles, a brother-in-
law or the deceived returned from White
River to ind that the remains of his
friend and relative mad been forwarded 10
his former home I'm Lndtao GA Tine deceased
leaves wife and TWO children.
Recently, while WOrkmen were engaged
in clearing out rubbish from a burnt
building in Mobile, they came across am
old sign, one or those formerly used on
the boiler deck OF ali river steamers, which
read as follows; Regular Gainesville
Packets-GoY I. dickens, Favorite and
Anna Calhoun" These boats ran on Ala
bana waters Irom 1888, or earlier, TO about
LOUISVILLE The Courior-Journal Of
Saturday Says
The Mary Houston, after making one Of
the most successful seasons OF any boat
running between this city and New ore
leans for number OF years, has laid uD.
She Will enter her reg al@r trade as soon as
In additton Co the Iorses already report.
ed TO the last coal run the Coal City SUNK
nve OF her barges &C Manchester Island
All OF them are supposed TO be q total
The popular steamer Nick Longworth,
Captain Lew. katest Will 'mmence rec
eefvtng freight at The Portland wharf
next Monday, and VIII leave positively for
New Orleans on wednesday the l0gh5 de
The Ajax yesterday made an unsuccess.
full attempt 20 come up over the falls. She
dropped back and moored as Shipping
port, where she will remain until there fr
more water.
The Commercial says;
The p. w. Strader and Bermuda have
abandoned the idea OF trying 70 ascend
Cant. Barne7, who built the Fleta here
last FALL was passenger on the Mary
Houston this trip up and LEFT for Mndi-
son, Ind, where he Is butldinR another
boat tor Red River.
ST. LOUIS. - The Democrat on Saturday
saysi
The river declines slowly. Weather very
pleasant, although becoming warm again.
The river IN rising below Cairo, but hence
to Cairo 40 has gone downward until 40 o.
in q very bad condition for moderate sized
and moderately loaded steamers.
. Shippers OF Southern freight we're disc
couraged yesterday by the Information
received as 10 the condition OF the river
hence to Cairo. The channel ta rugged,
and some boats and bargea drawing lees
than six feet Of water are aground at Llb-
erty, or are unable to get over the bar
without tightening. A smaller class OF
boats nave not De3n IS yet called into re-
quis1iton, as the purposes OF trauapOrta-
ton are well gubserved by loading partial
ly, and taking along barges % assist over
the sand-bars if necessary. Freight IS too
scarce for shippers TO fear any advance,
Tonnage is considerably In excess Of the
demand.
NEW .oRLEANs.-The times OF. Wednes-
day says;
The weather yesterday opened clear and
fine with very close temperature, which
CONTINUED up TO noon, when une breeze
commenced and prevailed up TO P. M
when heavy shower fell, lasting about
quarter OF an hour, after which the ewou-
ing was quite cool and pleasant.
Businc ~ on the landing 70 gterdny tpar-
ticularly the upper WharD was more acc
tive than we have WitneqsCd for several
days past. We noticed eECh departure
having fine trip OF freight, whilst fair
number OF passengers were also registered.
The Times OF Thursday says;
There was but little change, II any, ia
/ the nature OF the weather yesterday from
| that of the previous day. The tenn perature
| sive. so penetrating were the rays OF Old
Sol that many or tine lewee labOrerB re-
fused 90 work, while many of the regular
habitues failed 10 make their appearance.
Doubtless the heated term Will continue
throughout the prevent month.
Business on tile levee yesterday bore am
unusual dull appearance. There were
| but few Departures, and these took out
but little freight or passenger8. There
were many other packets announced to
leave for Red River and one for 0uachltm
River, but in consequence OF the scarcity
of freight for either tributary laid over
until to-day.