The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1870-04-22
1o CIs CO.. Commercial Of woaneg.

: day says:
The rain yesterday preyo,...., .t.,-
l dlSnt5, ana Capt stein conoIufed ~ ~,
| Eyer win the Z. ". strader buf 49,. .,If
below + ~ ~ yfleanS th5 evening from
,,a T,apt inc. q. Benson and Clerk soBtt.
Tha eo,1t9,' phn hil8our, are tu the oity.
monY ia the Raven disaster. '-'.i'
| NJ i1- bioOued murder occurred ON tho
| Menggrttttt. HoiAytni on Monday, between
1 GU penter white man naued gi@ri
1 IL baaaasithntly killed by being gtrucir on
| 49,. II@q with billet on wood III the
nhhdb OI a negro deck. hand tVHfi1 f19r-
w. ~ &iIlhs barrel The nrgrO yyar 40
n 1jb5sso on the arrival Of the boat ag Mora
,,5 Ine Il, ioli9wing dispatch indicates fast
1tle lof the Garrett and bnrana. NM
Cln'i-Arrived at b O'Clock fiiia evo.iri-!
days, hours and 70 minutes nom cairo
a. al wen e4 on board. NELsou DAVIS steam
Capt. David McCluslyy recently recover
~ new boiler from inc ill-fdted Ftaan-
~ tEnterpe, burnt and Hcuttled in BoIi-
w, " Sos, and took ~ TO Galveston. 10 ig
s SUI - - worth $1,000. TO viii also az
seiLtiPs ~ tecOVer the railroad iron sunk
San Luis Pass.
The Gazette says:
John Ktrkpatriez, a vol known Clnoln-
natl ana -. Louis pilot. Al confined ID bia
nome l,el,is ~ LoFlnBtons by Inn AmmHt0ry
Cairo duns steamboatmen for 90 street
Three boys, supposed 70 be nowsboya.
Undertook 70 make the journey from Loav-
enwoTlh, Kansas, % New Orleans in %
sEtui nut struck anagt about thirty miles
below Kansas CITY, aud ali were drowned.
The Enquirer Says
Dispatches from Memphis report the
Arkansas rising from Fort Smith down.
the ArmadlllO and other boats ont M not
yet Known. The Armndill0 was four
monbhs out from this port last Saturday,
insylhe let here on the 10th Of December
The Chronicle OF wednesday evening
says;
Capt. Henry Seaman arrived al New ORE
leAns y esterday with bis flatbOat Dexter,
WHlcn terJ mere about the last OF March
loaded with 1000 barrels whisky and Coz
barrels pork valued at t5O.OOO.
The Times says;
Wednesday night. as the Mary McDon.
when she was a short distance above
Wellington Landing, man named Marc.
nj BigeloW Jumped overheard, and, as
drowned.
LoUIsvILLE. 80 The o0urier-youyual Of
wednesday sayss
Captain peckenpaunh arrived ia thocitv
yesterday from ArhanEas River. Ee rec
ports the damages done 10 the II. q Gray
as being very light
The elegant side-wheel steamer Nick
with u. =. bowers ia tne onice. was r6.
ceiving literally yesterday. Capt. Hates
received several telegTnnH yesterday from
captain Eugene Bowers, urging him 90
bring the LOngworth 20 Cincinnati. The
prospects for the LonRwOrth 90 fll here
being so good, Capt. Hates had no notion
OF leaving here. the LonRWorth Is "a NO.
freight and passenger boat.
PADUCAH.-The Herald or Tuesday saws.
The steamer Milbrey, which was sold
here some days since. was purehased ~
"a
ducah aud Cairo trade, 10 make daily trips
between the two points where he intends
10 keep her. He As building "a new null for
her. and when finished VIII be one Of tho
best boats for the trade on the river. but
finished.
ST, LOUIS. - The Deussrat OF Wednesday
says;
The river Is falllng slowly here. che olt-
les OF the Upper MisHisHippi are suffering
more from higl water than those OF any
still rising a. latest accounts, and az Due
buque was within four inches OF tho high
souri, are falling. the ohio ls swelling
slowly from FittgDutn % Evansville.
BSS,sdqsss, on Lng @n ts Pggsen,5 e2nsa
life OF trade" 20 ali lower Mlsslasippl
points. On Monday rates 20 New Orleans
were reduced, the figures Oh Hour ruling
now 30 cents per barrel. efterdav the
Memphis Packet Company adopted the
same figure on -four 10 Memphis and
VioKsbuTg. The Great RepubIic sailed for
New Orleans loaded 10 her fuil capacity.
and the M0ilio Able had "a heavy freight
list, The Marble city backed out with one
OF he best Vicksburg trips wo have seen.
The Independent line % New Orleans d
exhibiting a great deHl OF vitality. We
are Informed that after the Belle Leo
within "a m0nth-cOmea tho fa-
nous Nntchez, the acknowledged fastest
boat on the Weaatorn waters. The Dexter
10 be VII VIII ne ,ast' Rpalne1
two weeks The Dexter belongs % th0
line, or "regulnrH."
NEW ORLEAEs.-The Timer Of Monday
says;
The weather since ar last report took
Tathera very sudden change, and aurprisod
not a few OF our old habttu1g OF the levo8
who were complaining OF tho cloHeueH8 Of
Friday aa0 the former days OF the week.
During Friday night, between III ana l2
o'clock, - common ed o. rain, and rnined
heavily for about an hour, when 10 ceased
aud a HtrOng north wind commenced and
prevailed throughout yes erday. TO was
certainly one OF the changes seldom re-
ported Tor April, One tuinH contested
with 40 was the laying " the DUST which
held full sway during tho previous days
Bnslness on tbs landing for tho end OF
the Week HaF tolbrabiy active, aud may
be considered KOQT enough for the number
Of departures, which Noro not very niue
The Chattanooga Railroad employees
seem TO be puHhtng their work With great
rapidity. The track Of that road Sd now
down Re far as Canal Street. aud bY Tuea-
day next Will be extended TO BIenViuo
Street. Ia the line OF tue track stands tho
city'g corporation house, which VIII have
% be removed, and 4 we mistake uQt
French Market. There are lvo hundred
Workmen engaged In laying the trnCk
and they work night and day ga order %
hurry IL through