The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1870-01-28

from rtttaburs. with IuI ton. 1t n5#
tow.
The towboat simpson uorier. CAPTAIN
Dan. fowls, passed over the f4lls yesterIIy
evening, with twelve boats ana two barEe1
Tor New Orleans.
The Commercial says:
John N. Llttre1I, or this city, ycstcGI.I
sold the steam propeller J.. IL. Pratt o.
W. It&rrodf Of Frankfort, KY for lH
Her reRlsteTed tunnage ts 34i tuu HH0
was built a. Massitlon, Ohio, and had barU
used as "a canal propeller before her Trans
fer TO the river trade. It fs the purpo51 rI
MIR. Harrod 10 employ the prattfn t0uEHe
lumber on the Kentucky Rive.
The new steamer Q. y. Church, COM nu-
Memphis and st. Louis -1ransporfat8om
| Company, VIII be tOWed over from Jefar.
sonville to the Guy ianding this forenoon
by the tug WI. May. she is comtnr tY
| receive her machinery.
ST. LOUIs--The Democrat Of Wedne 4aE
says:
Down goes our river, slowly and na sz'-
cally, TO tho sea. 10 carried ia IT'S current
yesterday an ali-day string OF ueW-1 slt
| ice, which lid not, however, ImcOmfH0la
tOwbOats, ferries or packets. The upper
| rivers have come 10 q standt or are falling.
our m with the lower country
keeps in commission q considerable uuru-
Der OF steamers, rom the 900 ton HI.rn-
wheeler TO the two dnousanQ tom el..
wheeler. We should thank fortune that
ice does not make even this Impossible
and rest we must iOr some weeks beIaI
our steamers dart ont OF the hnrbOF, bound
to Peoria, Miami, Davenport and fue
other cities OF the bOuudlessN North.
1t is seldom that milder January weather
than tho present Dis experienced In luIa
latitude. The sun shone splendidly yea
terdSy, and It's warm rays mad the aasLala
ance Of a gentle Southern breeze.
LIZZIE GLL-LATEsT-CANNOT HE EAIs-
ED.-from a reliable source we learn tlHt
this steamer recently sunk In Scrub Grass
| Bend, while en- route from this port tu
New Orleans, is a total loss, 10 was oeeie
ded that there was no possibfe chance lu
raise her. The water was rising fast lHu
teadtly nto the ladies' cabin, and She wa.
broken badly, aft Ofthe wheels. Mr.Johu
Bowman, cleik OF the Lizzie GIN, arrived
here yesterday, having reached Memphis
on h Thompson Dean, aud come from
thence by rail. He Informs AS thai the
salvor No. 2 was lying nc the wreck ana
the SalvOr No. / was expected. He aIal
thinks nat tine boat Will not be raised.
Captain r.. q. Gray has kindly Impaired
| to us the names OF three of the new steam
ers OF the Northern III Packet Company
VIZ: Lake superior, ked wing D. Hurl
Island. Thu first rs the successor OF tle
famous HaWkeye state and viii pts bee
tween st. LOuis and st. Paula; the Second
named Will ply between the rapids. THESE
are ali under eo~nstrucLlous rapidly fu-
preaching completion, and Will be Ta8ny
for business upon the resumption ofuaFI-
| Cation.
Captain q. w. KOuntz arrived YESTERDAY
from PlttsDurg, and was on Chaugc,W here
the usual hearty welcome was extended 90
him he leaves this evening on RETURN
trip by way Of Chicago.
Captain hiram TX Hazlelt was due by
rail fast evening from New orleans.
The injured leg Of Captain Tim Packard
was cnt on yesterday morning at ID aIs-
ters' Hospital. The work was rapidly per.
| f0Tmed-in fess than two minutes, we are
informed-and he courageoisly bore ur
through the trying ordeal.
That q party OF So. Louis citizens arc
| about to purchase the dashtng lOWeuraar
sure steamer Richmond, has been q rumuI
/ for some hours past. Should the rufuOI
result In fact, IL wilt be another evidence
OF the Importance Of st. Louis as a river
town, and that our bOatmen have nc Laara
| for the future OF river interests.
The terrOrs of that fatal obstructiou Iu
navigation In this river five miles below
Grand Tower, which has been the cause of
so much destruction to steamboats, and
| carRoes, are TO be removed. Whether auHEt
| log, tree, rock or wreck, IL Us TO be uuynl
A mark Will be attached TO 10 80 plain th1t
by night and ny day 10 can easily be avoids
ST. Louis Board or Underwriters.
NEW ORLEANs.--The Times Of fuuday
says:
The weather yesterday opened With 60
/ dense fog, that prevailed mill n late hour
in the morning, when 40 liiteds and the
appearance of old Sol gave promise OF
| fine day, which turned out to be So We
some time, as we have had already enough
OF the Indictment sort 20 last at least For
month.
Business on the landing for the eud OF
the week was, as a matter Of course, more
active than on any OF the former days OF
the week, AS Saturday rs, generally
| speaking, looked upon as the most active
one OF the six, and more boats leave om
tha day than on any other there wa cone
siderable freight shipped TO the western
steamers, while the NiCksburg packets.
and those destined for the trlbutarlesI also
received their share Of 10.