The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1870-01-15

iect and iAIIIuH ffom prescott Indication.
lheie VIII t49H Nc nHytuarfIH Ila W.UIIa
er was MID during tao un8s DOB tHH nUnua
lhE we h.d q S arm rain. Ile prospect faE
"a rise ln the river la favorable.
Ine WhMrftea collections nt Evansville
Tess Il those az Cincinnati dunno ms
burgh.
And yet Cincinnati md Lauiavltie eaII ll
a tax on commerce. Notwithstanding wa
have tho best whntrand the lowest wharf
age on the river. 10 f. % different whore
40 is otherwise.
CmoIENATL-Tho Commercial of Thur.
day says:
Captain III. T. Dexter paanol rnronrs
CINCINNATI yesterday. cn rguto from TIti
burg 70 Evansville. Ile Buys hH nos.
packet, city 81 Evansville. WIu ha com.
ploted 40 fittsburg on the 18TH nf febru-
AIRY.
the submarine u. +. Iclfert is wail,.ne
az the Swallow wreck trying ia fee1l.f
nor cargo. Sine parted 0r nrr Irfnr.f
haWBerH trying % pufl ont O. lnIfoI nI mq.
laEseg imbeddrd iu tao HnuH
-Four hundred men nr0 employed Hr fHn
CONTRACTOR, Case A. Co, iu pf1rccuf4urt tle
work OF e~Ecavatlng cnmpbolTH Chain. 0H
the Upper Mississippi. The monthly unEs
roll rs lutte an item, b0iug fm tho norm.
boThOOd OF $1,000.
The New State, Matlo Itoboria. DIa.
tie Kanawha, ~ Parkorabars ON nccouul
Of the ice.
The Gdzefte says:
The Norman, from Evansville. hnd a.
good Tip mp ana returned last s|Ypuing
The possibility OF rnisiuR tho mukon
swallow ls +" growing small by degrees anu
beautifully les" na the river rises. INC
river vii be rising for Two weeks tg come.
az least.
terday IA the insurance case. nud ono
plaintiMcOmmemced 20 lmtrod nee rebuttinu
testimony, which VIII be continued to-day.
to the Senate a reply 90 RI resolution give
ing "a detailed statement OF all the HNuHuH
dltures made under fhe prOVialOuH al the
act or lhlvi Which appropriated t1DDU.uli
for river and hnfhur improvements.
Among the aItOtmoufH are tho following
For Superior Guy hRrhor. N1f.J1C, Cd equal
for 80. clair Flats, al42IGUs Tor Dos m8fucH
kapidg and tho falls of nae ONO, $685. POO
each for Rock Island Rnplda. glII.Gllt for
the month OF tho MiasiHsibui Hlvar. G8t8lNs
for Iennegaee River fiO,0D0s FOR EulnIu
money was distributed in other dIreeiIour.
The Utr0ntole OF Thursday evening aayBf
Mr.. ThomBs Hond. late of the Chaimer
and Mountain Belle, has accepted tho
position Of second clerk on t1o Leooidna.
now loading Tor New Orleans.
The 4. \. kclrert returned tom th0
wreck Of the Swallow his morning, tho
rise IN the river stopping TIE work.
The Altoona mad her new ChimueVH
"a position yesterday afternoon.
The City Council, on Tuesday, adopted "a
resolution inBtructlnR the Committee on
Landing 60 negotiate with benjamin Hira.
for the lease or purchase Ut tho wharf
between Broadway and Ludlow streets.
MADTsoN.-Tho Courier HnYs;
M. q. Brnhany, a young steamboat pilot
Of this city on the last "Trip uoWn of
schenek's Arg9ay, got or SICK nt NOW
he has since dice ia the hospital there.
LOUISVILLE. ~ The C0uFtgr-J0nflul of
Thursday says
M suit OF Henry Amcs against Joseph
8. Monsoon, involving eyiO95t was decided
Monday im the Circuit Court No. ut Meme
phis, "a favor OF the defendant The SHIT
was commenced about five years ng0.
The river haq fallen yealerday 70 aa p
admit OF n coal boat being cast alongside
Packers coal barge containing &,UU0
bushels Of coal which was sunk Ola Wet
zels crOss-dam last week while lu tow of
mo tuRbont col. May. 30 be taken through
the canal we are ElAd 70 learn LhAL the
coal will all De saved and tho loss tn Capt,
Packer will be light.
The Commercial says;
Captain John Carroll, OF SO. Louis, has
purchased the Interest On M tltHHefhlu-
three-eiRhthg In the virginia Tor ti4tl0l.
Captain 5chultze Sill retains command.
NEW ALBANV.-The Commercial aaysi
The Clerk OF Floyd County, Indiana, ia
making up the transcript for the supreme
fm the important insurance suit OF
Hicks King y the EnterpFise Lnhufence
very vOlumiufoug one, and embraces HOm0
very nice and important points lu lhauf-
ancel law.
ST.. LOUIS. - Tho Democrat OF Thursday
says:
Navigation was resumed yesterday after
an intermiasion of -four days. The wealth
or remained remarkably milo up % lhaL
evening, whom there was some evidence uL
an approaching change 90 c0ld again. Ihp
river fell four inches yesterday ncc1fdlns
20 a water mark 40 the Sew Orleans
wharf.bOat. some reports give only nga
feet water 10 Cairo, but there ih very probe
ably six ieet. The ice in the river was Too
light and hin 10 obnlruet navigation
How long navigation Wlll continue prhcs
ticable, OF course 10 one can Tell NOW
Orleans tOwbOuts aud HtcnmbOnta arc uu
the way 70 this port 20 Immediately rer
turn with caIgOen IhcEa iH H large
amOunt OF freight ready FOR hauling % Tue
Memphis and Nickaburn packets.
An advertisement appeared I'm ono uf
yesterdf y's papers, 10 the effect That "a
thousand cats we're wanted, age or sex no
matter, twenty-five Genus eMchg apply 20
w. u. Love, on Memphis WhmrfbOab. IhiH
resulted 10 the enactment Of nn eALrhorr
binary scene nt tho WharibQut.
large number of cats were rough on
board, and Mr. Love has made ~ contract
with HuElN "a feed them. We understand
these cats are 20 De sent South 20 the VIE
lage which IS about to Doe built by the re-
Gently imported Chinese. A cntsaabrupue
has befallOn the Memphis Whnribo0h