The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1870-10-04
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Business was lively on the levse
yesterday, an immense amount of
freight crowdipg the wharf in front of
the wharf. boats............The Norman
was receiving an enormous trip. Her
manifest at Memphis on her last trip
was the largest ever seen in that city
A careful cultivation of the Memphis
trade by our merchants will result
greatly to their advantage...."...Th The
Evansville and Pine Bluff were re-.
csiving splendid trips.........The Kate
Putnam got down about 2 o'clock
with two big barges and a fine trip.
She has had a serious time at French
Island, but will have it easier hence
forth. Capt. Ed. Evans, her distin-
guished commander, is looking ex
tremely well, and only regrets that he
did not leave day sooner, and Eli
out here ................ The Alpha
is having her shaft mended by
Chris. Kratz, and will leave
here on Wednesday for GAINESVILLE in
charge of Captain w. r. Gracey, and
with SHACK" Cobb in the office. Billy
Conant is her efficient agent........
Captain T. 6. Ryman is in the city
looking after his new boat, now being
built here......."Amoug the passengers
by the Kate Putnam, we're Thomas S.
Scott, Esq, and wife, who go to locate
at No. 10 Commercial Place, N. o..
Mr.. Scott is nephew of our distin-
guished fellow citizen, Capt. Henry
Scott. He is going into the news
paper business in the Crescent City.
GIeantngs from Our Exchanges
PrTTsBURG.-The Commercial of Satur-
day says:
Last evening the marks indicated about
seventeen inches. We had a mild rain
during most OF the day. The prospect Is
NOTICE TO STEA8IBoATd GN.-There has
been figures put on the north and south
sides of the east pier of the high or chan.
mel span Of the railroad bridge at Steuben-
Vile, showing the distance between the
under part of the bridge and the
nifty feet down from the bottom OF the
bridge and running down eighty feet.
The figures are one foot long, and the
space between the figures one foot. The
figures are put on with white lead. Also,
ON the west side of said pier there are hg-
ures showing the depth Of water In the
channel, com menc1Dg on the top OF the
rip-rap, at six feet, running up twenty
-four feet from the lower part of the figures.
The measurements were MADE ~ coroner
Alexander Doyle, aud can be relied on as
correct.
CNcINNATT.-The Commercial of satur-
day says:
The Nightingale's pilots report only
tyventy-efght Inches water to GuyandOtte,
while Captain Wade, of the Potomac, says
there is only three feet on Rising Sun Bar,
the shoalest point hence to Louisville.
The Sham rock, bonnd up Thursday night
AT Four-mile Bar, ran into and sunk Capt.
PartIow's propeller Brilliant in i've feet of
water. She had IN, Two DaTges IN teSsw, and and
easily he raised. The Brilliant is COM
manded and owned by Captain PartIoW,
Captain Vintou and Clerk Regnier went
down to Louisville last night, in charge OF
the Altoona.
The Ben. Franklin was aground a. Ris-
ing Sun all yesterday.
During September rain has fallen only
on two days; eight days have been cloudy,
The Alaska has gone on the Mound City
Ways at last. Frank Buskirk will keen
Captain Cakes company while she Is re-
pairing.
DR.. George h. Cooke, United States
Navy. has commenced his duties AT fine
Mound City Naval Station. he was lately
stationed at the Naval Academy, Anap-
oils, Maryland.
Malcolm Graham died recently IN Man
haitian. Kansas. He was formerly second
clerk on the CITY OF Cairo, with Capt. Bob
Riley; was engaged in mercantile bust
ness In Memphis, aud was a brother OF the
we'll known William G. Graham aud Cap
tain Wash. Graham.1
The jury, in the case of Lynch, for MUIR
der, on satui day, returned a verdict Of
guilty of manslaughter, and named ten
years in the penitenttary rs the penalty.
This makes eight or the rioters on the
steamer Dubuque that have been sent TO
the penitenttary, Wh!cn is more justiCe
than most folks thought they would ever
hear OF In the case.