The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1870-05-21

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7. s. Rovse received a a7tgH
from John ID. Adams, yester das. re-
porting three feet in the Aree1saa
to Little Rock, and two feet Lo Fort
Smith, and the river falling.
The Charley Bowen reshippedf fa5
barrels of salt for Evansville oa tha
| Norman. The Bowen and Viola bots
arrived with toWs of salt and co.
The Enquirer says:
An ARRAY occurred on the steamer
st. Charles, Just before leaVln Che
wharf, Tuesday evening, IN wh ch
man named James Sutton was Sit. Ilsa
IN the back and in the sh0ulde
was taken to the hospital, Whar BIS
wounds were dressed and promo.
severe, but not dangerous.
| The Gazette says:
The Norman, 10 making a
below Louisville, coming up. knees
a slight hole In her hull on The ae-
board side, forward, which was re-.
| paired yesterday. She received Freight
/ all day at the landing with hex bow
/ down stream, and left for Evansville
last evening with a fine trip.
The Thos. E. Eokert, SO soon
she has delivered the Kenf51s
| freight at New Orleans will 60 l5 the
wreck of the Robert Moore to save
whatever can be saved.
The Chronicle Of Thursday even
ing says;
A dispatch says the Lorens arae
her shaft at Ashland. last night.
A dispatch from Cairo says that Clio
! Robert Moore is rapidly breaking
| the sand washes from under her Isa
/ water is up IN the cabin now IHa
chimReys fell Tuesday night end
more complete wreck was nevar seen.
/ Her tobacco IS scattered along the
river twenty miles She lie IT, Che
island chute instead of the naia
river.
The new boat Belle of Vioksburr
was successfully launched from tEs
ship-yard Of Jas. Howard & Co.,
Tuesday evening at 4 O'CLOCK. and
towed to this side of the river ana
landed at the foot of Sixth SI
where she will be completed The
Belle of Vioksburg Is being built for
the St. Louis aud Memphis Packet
| Company, and will be a perfec a6.1z
terpart Of the Grand Tower, recently
completed at this port for tho same
company.
The Commercial Gays:
The long talked of aud hoped 1r
improvement Ia our caual has com
menced in earnest. Gen. WeilZ1. has
a very large force at work on The new
locks.
LOUIsvILLE.-The Courier Journal
OF Thursday says:
| Capt. j. M. White lef New Orleans
a few days ago for the West, t0 cou-
tract for a new boat. BE says Chat ON
the fall trade be will have one ol the
finest and fastest boats that has ever
been in tho New Orleans and Fi16a-
burg trade.
The towboats were busy yesterday
in pulling their toWs through inB
canal, but none of them succeeded In
getting off. The Hornet viii Be the
first boat to leave, and will probably
get off to-day She will be followed
by the Baltic. a. j. Baker. Grand
Lake, and Dick Fulton, all on which
are destined for points below with full
lows of coal.
! ST. LOUIS. The Democrat Of
Friday says:
The decline in the river uf half
foot or more per day, steadily eontin-
: ues The excellent stage OF water tC
! New Orleans and st. Paul continues
also, and low water. though inevita-
BILE, seems afar of. The abundant
water Of the streams has been en- In-
estimable blessing to big boats
! the whole community, but Is ao5 30
9 considered by the smaller on lighter
!. draft boats, whose halcyOn dogs arc
those when sand bars and HIGH freight
: rates prevail. LII is pleasant ans y
to reflect that in tonnage We are we'll
prepared for all occasions.
/ The weather is hot, as II has been
= for hundreds OF miles further uosth.
That little swell continue at Du-
y buque and below. but not a ST. Paul.
I The river at KeOkuk ard below
{ steadily falls, with only eleven feet
depth In the channel. Ihega IS
heavy rise at Sioux City-plabablF
the annual June rise from The head
waters, In which event we LOOK
4 heavy swell &C any moment iu aa
q lower Arkansas and other streams
Business here is good, and CONNIE
l. tition Ia the Missouri ana lnc
e South firm.
{; NEW ORLEANs.-The TINES Of
u Tuesday says:
The weather yesterday was clear
l. and fine, with a very close tempsra-
y ture, the Warmest part Of the day
IS being between 10 and ii a. 3 aaa y
to3 Pm. Doubtless this cI1senes5
will bring on rain before tho eErlra
D. ton Of to-day.
It Business on the landing for Mon
J. day was about as dull as We have Te
: noticed this season.