The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1870-06-11


and other friends. He is looking
fine as silk"...Barney Rood,
apothecary Of the grand Armada
also 10 the city, circulating.a.....
Captain Andy Hutchesoo, the
nous coal dealer, is building d q
towboat to take the place
Hawkeye. The hull vi be b
John Jamison, the noted hull bui
er, and viii be So feet long, 1g Il
wide, with 4 feet inches depth
hold. She will have two new evl.
ders, built by Schultze, Thumau
Co., OF the Mechanics Found
They will be IA inches in diamet
with 4 feet stroke. She will b
double hued boilers. % fest
and 80 inches in diameter. She
be completed By the LIST Of Sent
beI. Andy, we believe, is tho al
man who has undertaken. sing
handed, to build d steamboat at 81
port Ia fact be does il aiBe
handed " in more senses than one.
The Pine Bluff arrived at 100. VII
good trip Of tobacco, etc........Ta
Morning Star arrived at2pM
a cabin full of people and a lar.
quantity of freight....Thers wer
still no signs Of the Alpha at8r
yesterday. She will certainly
found at the wharf this morning
The Norman arrived few minute
later, with medium freight irin anf
several people.
GIeanfngs from 0ur Exehamren
PrrrsBURe.-The Commercial OF vefra.
day says;
The marks last evening indicated fhre
feet ten inches aud rising sI0wIvs n1rfr
the afternoon we had heavy ratmp srffz
clent, we think TO give ul more wac
The steamers Wauanita aud Mnrv NO..
are anxlousiy awaiting the move ufr.5t +
the waters. We don't think thew ~
have 70 walt long.
C1NcINNATr-The Commercial OF Thar.
day sayss
Capt. Asa Shepherd, CLERK of the Arlfr.
ton, &c present laid up at Few Albany. al
rived from Louisville yesterday. aud lsf
Tor Ftttaburg In last nights train ram
moore ~ as sui at New Albany waiting q
Capt. A. y. Armstrong. or ihs "a
House, was In the ctty yesferdpH re5-e
ing to Louisville In last ntgntir fHhfn.
We observed on the Alaska. VaatrFdas
scottish boat, somewhat similar rs ~
Indian canoes, which was used bv vour
Engltshman, who made the trl 5 from IN
head waters OF the Allegheny River
New Orleans, and thence to south Amer
ca IL was shipped here from HoHul
and viii be forwarded 20 Emaln III rH
and his little boat hove frae
eled many miles.
The ship carpenters having oompr
missed on SO % per day wages. have ~
sumed worked REatn In the boat yards.
A story ia told OF Capt. Dexter of ff.
City of Evansville, which illustrates e
OF an honest man. One ever
Ing he was walking the d eek Oh sis ar
steamer, when he was accoEted bv 8 afrn1
ger holding In his hand three dollars. wiz
offered the money 20 him, remarkfns taH
be owed IL 10 the Captain for assaf
when the latter was In command Fl tH
Bowen, before the war. "Old Opposition
rolled his cigar over in his m0u ~
vously twitched his right shoulder Locke
AZ the man In asbouishment, ID danffu
10 receive the prohered money. He 3
taken many tmp@eumi0mg WavfafAFa
ring his long career as q steam hoafnIe
all OF whom promised To pay, but UE H SD
er paid. and this was the hrst maa
had offered 70 make cool his prom
Capt Dexter requested the stranger &C.
for his picture. This, framed, now hanI
as an ornament In the ONCE Of the City 81
Evansville, with this legend. IA bold
ters, under 10, "An honest man.
The Chronicle OF Thursday evening
The Neville's boilers have been reea.
cred from the bottom OF The river.
the scene of the expi0slou-Cue im d ~
die OF the river. the other near the
lucky shore. The iarbQard and nN flt
boilers are pronounced sound ~ the
who have examined them. The so rhna
boiler Is the only one that exploded.
A dispatch from New Orleans to q nc
Ing paper, signed J. X. Il says. cit a.
mored here that Major Morris Dor.ev. fas
nerly OF the Como and 50. Marys
AXE charge or Cap. Fiaka new stea0
Potomac"
LOUISVILLE. The CJurfer journal
says:
Capt. B. q. Levi received 6 telegram fte
Capt II. 3. YerKes, dated Pine Brun. e
tn, informing him that the ArKRugs
-tyer was rising, with four feet Ia ella
channel. and that the r. T.. Gray wou
raise steam to-day TO 60 through.
The mailboat United States toWed fro
Jlncinnatt yestei day an immense hareH
built at that port, Tor the Mississippi #at
ey transportation Company, which
being rugged here with bars, praparators
n taking IL over the falls. Captain 81
hood, Of Cincinnati, is here RuperinteE
ng the job
NAsuvHLLE.-The Banner Of Wednead
ays;
The Emma Floyd arrived last mia
With full trip having refused freight
long the river. She had C. lay up aimc
very night Of the trip on account OF %
Sr. LOUIS. The Democrat Of Thursd
ays:
Although heavy rains have fallen.
iecline In the river continued weafefd
Weather cool and clearing uB again.
ohio above the mouth Of tie Cnmberia
8 falling. The latter and the Teuuea
ire rapidly declining also. The upper rl
RS eontinue In fair condition. Freighti
Emigration up the Missouri IL li3r
gith that exception this yeHr Is So
tx m aafna fas FHea
mt, our boat daily 10 st. Panl and buf
rom Memphis and WiclxsbUrR, are crow
ID. The New Orleans boat Robert E
lad, IL seems, to Cairo 30 onssenReFs b
few Orleans boats also get good up &
passenger lists, and the Natchez nnd De
or, leaving for thiH port June 1kEU 81
doubtless be fnli. TIE Lee was four ~
nd seven hours 20 Cairo. She will Brof
~ get into another fog If she comes
4 New Orleans on the 18Th, with t#
gatehez and the Dexter. The RIVER
bout six feet In the ArKa neaa 61 Tset.ta
took, and still rising. An immense aua
lty OF rain has fallen over the Mortnma
4ook out for a big Mississippi
The confidential clerk Ct one or
teaEnboat agents was visited the ntH
ay by a gentleman OF vinninn naHHl
rho engaged a room on one OF the aEeu
oats for two ladies', who would So
oard next day. Meanwhile, he wanted
tay freight on some baggage and require
Eighty cents-Would the clerk be- 30 iEf
3 70 let him have the amount ant
gould refund itneKG morning Certain
be clerk handed him dollar. TIE W
ing gentleman retired bowling and Hm
ng, and has not returned, nor have aH
aides claimed the room ne engaged
MEMPHIS The appeal SAYS
The steamer Legal Tender has c0ptnr
nd carried away United States Marst
Il r. Reid and his posse They weef
board, as directed by a process OF tMe il
raj Court, caught the pilot, and tied tHm
loat o. a log protesting from the bank So
'riar's Point, Tue Captain above. eest
yhat was going on, ordered the engine
D back out Into the river The log
ragged after the boat, which went AW
D tis destination with the United STA
Ulcers on board.
Their wriEs had no validity beyond
middle Of the river, and the Capt8&n bf
1g made them confess they were EIDE II
eats" dead headed them on the ron