The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1870-10-26
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fallen two inches. There Is Sill four fee
water to Cairo and pilots believe the chan
mel win improve by the cutting ont pro
cess.
Arrivals and Departures.
The arrivals and departures include onIl
the Hartford, Henderson aud return ; Pin,
Bluff, Grandyiew and return; Importer
to New Orleans; Florence Lee, from Caro-
Boats Due Here.
Among the first boats due here are the
| Quickstep, from Cairo; Rose Hite, from
Louisville; Edinburg, for New Orleans
lie Claire No. ?. from Eastport; Emma
Floyd, for Memphis; Evansville, from
Bowling Green; Mary Miller, from Mem
phis.
Boats Leaving To-day.
For CAIRO. = The elegant new light
draught steamer, Florence Lee, will leave
for Cairo and all way ports at A p n. to-day,
/ having superior passenger Accommodations
and superb officers. Captain Lee Howell.
| one OF natures noblemen, commands.
and VIII. p. Fowler, Ed. Thomas, and ].
r. Gorshell, are her clerks, all proverbial
for their polite eourte. les to passengers
and shippers.
For LOUISVILLE - The favorite Rose
Hite will be the mail and express packet
for Louisville at P NJ to-day, and Is adj
mirabIy appointed. Captain Jas. Mather.
q gentleman of great popularity. com.
mRnds, and Capt. Frank o. Smith and J
L. MeMeans, do the honors OF the Office
and are careful, accurate and obIiging..
The Rose Hite is one OF the most popular
boats that graces our wharf, and evtry-
thing about her is first class.
For GRANDvIEw.--Thef ne passenger
steamer Pine Bluff leaves at p. II. for
GrandvieW and all way ports, In charge OF
those attentive and obiging gentlemen
Captain Lafayette Elder. John A. Adams
and Robert Adams. Especial attention
given TO way business.
For HENDERsoE.-The fleet steamer Fay
cite leaves for Henderson at 3 p. NJ. to-day,
In charge of that competent and attentive
commander. Captain A. o. DurIand, with
Captain Charley Perkins and James II.
Letcher In her office.
MisceIIan eOrIs.
Business was quite active on the Ievee
yesterday, though our port list was light.
............The Hartford brought mp, az usual,
big trip of people, with but little freight.
49,. THE Norman, Mallie Ragon, and
Importer were receiving literally. One
item of The Importers receipts was 700
bbls flour; another, 100 bbls whisky............
The decline in the river is very slow and
the channel is likely to cut out unIess
boats manage to ground and demoralfze
the current............We ask the indulgence
of our river frionds-and we know they
are always generous-for giving them
"sholt commons" to-day. Yesterday we
INDUCED in tile luxury OF knowing" a
luxury entirely too pleasant To allow one
to indulge In the dry details Of river news.
The Journal job Office, and Book Bind
cry will, however, continue TO turn out
that superior style OF steamboat work that
has given them so just a fame at home
and abroad. Our steamboat work is like
Brady's Bittors, and Clouds CordIaI--eVery
steamboat clerk passing here takes IL.
GIeanfngs from Our Exehamges
PITTsBURG, The Commercial of Saturday
has the following:
The marks last evening indicated three
feet seven inches by the MonongaheIa pier
and rising steadily. The weather during
the day was pleasant. The present
Il materially.
A freight car. built Of lumber prepared
/ by what Is known as the ForeHnanizing
| process, is now at the passenger depot OF
/ the Vandalia Railroad, In East st. Louis,
where 10 has been visited by large num-
bers of our citizens. IL is claimed that
wood prepared by this process is not only
hre-prooi, bat 20 very great extent
been submitted to severe tests and with
the most fiatteriag results. The steamer
Susie silver was foremanlzsd alter being
built, and we learn that a Company is
about being organized for the purpose of
preparing lumber for steamboat building
| by this process. It certainly ought TO
prove great security TO the lives OF pas
sengers. Mr.. Foreman, the Inventor, In
/ pleased TO explain the process to all who
feel DESTROYS of making q thorough IN
vestigation. The Memphis Packet Com
pany has used the process successfully,
/ and Captain Pegram's immense boat, TO
be three hundred and fifteen feet long, and
| In process OF construction at Louisville.
| will also be ForemRnized.
The above process won't amount to
Fnpe en- so Tar as IeIaleS to boat building
soon take the place of wooden ones.
CEcINEAT1.--The Commercial or Mon
day says:
Capt. /. r. Whitaker, clerk Of The MollIe
Moore, and pilots George Mallory and
Wheeler Collier, of the same steamer, arr
rived from st. Louis yesterday by rail.
Cart. Whitaker left for PIttsburg last
to st. Louis on Saturday, when the Noble
Moore makes another trip TO New Orleans
on the 5th inst. the Belle or Alton and
Rob Roy, 10th bound up stream, collided
at st. Louis. Charles Nj. Davis was al the
lot OF the latter. The Sc. Louis Local fn-
spectors, on the 18Th inst, suspended pilot
RenfroW for six months, and he was also
nned s5O Pilot Davis was also suspended
Last Sunday night week, as q steamboat,
supposed TO have been the Granite State,
was passing down the river opposite the
railway OF the POmeroy Salt Works, Syl-
yester Hood, a carpenter in the employ OF
Mason City in John boat, became excited
at the near approach Of the steamb boat ana
lost his paddle, leaving him helpless some
distance from shore, and a steamboat
bearing down on him with fearful certain-
ty. Hood III match and yelled yigor-
ously, but before any notice could be TAX
en- of his signal, the steamer struck his
john boat broadsides, knocking Hood In
TO the river, the steamboat passing her en-
tire length over him. He was rescued by
man passing by in SIKH, comparative
stearne rs refuse to pay wharfage at Mem
phis until the wharf rs put In better con-
dftiOn. The Mayor has authorized the
Wharimaster 70 proceed against them ac-
a. few days since Captain Nose Kirkpat-
rick paid $500 for coal barge here, loaded
IL with merchandise, and started Tor West
port, Kentucky, tWenty~one miles above
Louisville. He was seven days making
the trip and as he only laid In two days
provisicz -, Captain James Montague In
citnes to the opinion that he must have
foraged extensively on the plantations
The Oddly leaves Cairo to-day for New
Orleans, she PeTdo1E,m1ss vel aud is fast,
way below CanneltOn.
The little Palmetto must have passed
her again, as she was an hour ahead OF the
Oddly.
The Gazette says:
General Weitzel, We understand, mas
said that he L will hold liable the surettes
of those con FACTORS who are behind with
their work on the Louisville ~ Portland
Canal, when the time OF their contracts
expires.
Captain Tom Leathers won q bet of
81 900 in VIcksburg, on the Ratcbez beat
ing the Lee from New Orleans to Ratchez.
Captain Remission and CierE Inrasner. OF
the Kate Robinson, went to BouisVtlle yes
terdav en- the Gen. Buell. to join the Kate,
which Will load below the falls for st.
Louis.
CAPTAIN Lew. Hates and lady miEstd the
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