The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1870-08-15

the work, in which are engaged four enaa
boats, tthe r. e De RuAhv, y. ii. A BERT IS
l -. long apd &. ,1hay er1 ana g steam
I is sometimes necessary 10 drag the son ITer
/ monsters from their BEDS Tha manbiNerW
used on the D0cfa In raising Hu@RH are ol
the most powerful anc pondsrous IND
/ gh9lnss WheFeOf the links are Of iron tur :
+ apd g half inches Ia diameter, and weigh.
i Ing ~ pounds, each one frequently broken
i In raising the enormous snaaa Ench nnnes
boat keeps a record OF all Dc raises. r7sra=
6 nser ,,l the entries and stating the length
~ the bree-trunks the cii conference aG the
put and top whether or not earth was
found clingtng 20 the roots, the kind OF
tree ana whence taEeus Data arc prn4ida
cd whereby to compute from these the
weight o. the trees, and some monsters
nave been raised. On the register book 1T
- SHOWN that the DeRuaHy IN Decent Der
last raised a cottonwood suna fu the Mfs-
sissippl River below WieksbnF9 al Gaiuas
5e1a, slss weighed two hundred and aigh-
" TONS. 4he giant was one hundred
and sixty-fiYe feet in len Fth. fefrtv feef h
circumference &c The but and nineteen al
cIEc1NEATL-The o0psmeresal or Fri
day sayss
John R. Wise, the Commo dofes bic.
good looking brother, anu an old CONNER
cial type-stieker, Cd here from Sc. Louis to-
spend nine and a half days with brother
Jeemes, and inspect ChenoWethis new
steamer, Foster. John reaitea IA st. Louis,
duct0rs on the Chicago, Nandalia .aud 80.
Louis Railroad
The following are the latest items from
Jenersonvitles Captain llMrmorB has laid
down the keel fOT Capt. Nv h1te'a new boat
Katie, which 1M expected 20 be oMa OF the
finest and fastest boats ever bnilt. Capt.
Blanks new boat As nearly plhnEed. and
viii be put into the water tn about four
weeks. Parisot8 new beat VIII be I'm the
done and the cabin being put ND. The
bones found on the wharf when &c was
being improved are SAID by one % cur
correspondents 20 be the remains Q1 old
soldiers who served under General George
Rogers Clarke, and dying were buried TIA
fr0nt OF the city about IT'S. When bne
wharf improvement was oeRuut the bones
or these soldiers were coll ected Mud all put
up In one box, which was placed ia &n@
city cemetery with an appropriate in-
The ohr0niets Of Friday evening
aaysi
Thos. Rees, well known 10 steamboat.
men, and % brother 90 Captain Jas. Hgaa,
died suddenly, at Plttshnrgs Wednesday
night. Mr.. Rees has beer III for some days
with dyBentsFy. but 10 WEE not until yes
terday that his case was considered critic
many years has been brennan at the
works OF his brother Captain James heess
The Times says:
Capt. Jno. Patterson owner OF the Silver
Spray, IL appears, has considerable trouble
with river pirates &C Mem phis. lie states
that when he left there he was accompa-
panied by Meredith onRi nneEs who knew
the wreck, he learned q u W. Lloyd had
nshed the safe out OF six f8ee Of water and
was about 70 open II and divide the plume
der, when prevented BY olher parties.
Lloyd had also secured much OF the
boats erockery and other ware and ole
vlded the spells with parties on shore.
After Capt. Patterson arrived, Lloyd de-
mRnded a division OF what was 40 the safe
but was aftBrward too literally dealt with
when he paid 8l00 for his interference VITA
the wreck. NO Eafvage could be claimed.
an the safe WIS not foatir of nor in dane
ger, except from pirates
LOUISVILLE - The C0Grtcr-JonFaal OF
Friday sayss
The wife OF q prominent steamboat
agent, residing In y eWp0rt, recently pre-
Hented bouncing twins 20 her lfege iords
Newport is fortunate In this respect as no
less than eight families residing I'm mat
city have lately been favored with twins.
Capt. Bowers of the Nick LonGWortni aE 2.
resident OF Newporti We would ADVISE MIN
TO leave this prolific village dnatanters
Well what has Captain Bowers got TO do
with the Newport twins2 You ought TO be
ashamed Of yourself, Courier.
ST. LOUIS. : The Democrat Of Friday
saysi
Weather sultry. with Indications OF rain,
which eliminated in D grand display at 8
p NJ OF thunder, lightning 0nd rain. BuAts
ness active for the season. aud the time
for heavy movements Of grain and genefe
al produce, and busy boating is near &c
hand. The prospect OF TIE fall trade la exc
ceedingly promising. we believe there
win be a good demand tor medium and
light TONNAGE. The river rose Eve inches
yesterday. Channel at Liberty and else
where slowly cutting out and improving
The decline above KeokuE and TIA sac
Missouri and Ohio Continues steady
There IL SIX feet, large II the ehennsir g
cobs, and no boat or barge In trouble.
MOUND CrTx-A correspondent OF she
Chicago Times, writing from Mound City,
on the Goth ult., thus interviews Captain
Cannon, OF the r. Il. Leee.
When I visited the boat, they had Just
launched her, and she was laying among
d dozen government snag boats and one
or two large steam boats, but q less expert
enced eve IMAM mine would have 40 once
pronounced which one OF the fleet assem-
bled was the grandest steamboat that ever
won the horns on the three great rivers Of
plank and trod the deck. noted every APP
pointment In detail, and tm q minute
summed It all. power symmetry and
| them ali; aud with splendid management
| therein lies her success.
found the Captain seated near the enc
gines, fallying q barge load of coal, q crew
OF darktes on the run carrying tE IN. The
Captain was minus coat and hat, not the
least bit proud although he ls perfectly
aware that hall dozen cities South are
ready to give him and his boat q grand
ovation whenever ne appears " Weiis
Captain p I ventured, after the introduc-
ton, the press along the river have all
had their say about the great race; IL there
CaDnon-" Really, I don't know; have
been too busy 20 read tho papers, but all
want is that the people should get the true
facts about this boat and the race. IL YVES
a fair trial, and / beat the NaGCheZ. This
boat has made the fastest trip ever
made in this country" again aakeds
ibid you use all your power or In any WY
strain your boat % accom- ptiAh the timer"
Capt. CannOn-"Ho SIR and If MI Per-
kins, my engineer, was here he would tell
you that my orders were 10 run no risks
not overwork any part Of the boat, 0utJGse
keep ahead Of The NnColte2, and that was
Just what he did. ] knew that my friends
mad over a million of dollars bet and
did not propose that they should Iosea
One night, though, we wore just going Into
d chute: IL was dark as bhumdeFs some one
reported o noise and for while thought
10 was the NRtchez closing on us. went
below and told Perkins, the engineer,
Then was the time that she News never
saw anything like u. l3ut after ali the
Natchez was not within mw9 miles OF as
No, SIR, my boat can make better time YET
The Natchf2 is o fast boat, but 10 boat
can run with the Lee. 4 lost &sso 900 nHruu~
ming this race. that was la not doing our
regular buslnesss but they were deter
mined to drive me into it, and reckon
l they have got enough m9W 20 last bhena
O while"
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