The Evansville daily journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1870-1875, 1870-12-14

~ ntttF ueeilVlfy winch W.
sired to descend. Tho
, tried the perilous passage
descending safely. The @
attempting TO follow, lost hel foes
ing, and was sliding down ta UrI
With unpleasant celebrity. waan F.
caught hold Of o laurel bush I8a.sg
her course. The shrub. which
IN thin soil upon the rc w
! eeep-rooted, but &c scarcely checked
the speed of her perilous descent
The gallant Captain, with tbat
ence Of mind FOR which he &c.
b3eh noted. caught her up iH u.H
manner as TO save her from Fl
jury. Grateful for her "a cue
she bad che laurel presented. Is
her name TO Captain uems.asd H7
Hon. NJ. p. G., which does not moan
tho gifted Gaddis, OF Cincinn.H
We are told that the speeches. Oh lh6
occasion OF the presentation uerd
the most eloquent and thrilling ever
delivered in the Buckeye State. aI-
though it is the home of VaIlandie
ham, Lew. ID. Campbell an5 Sam
Carey. Captain Hemstoad had ti
laurel bush made into an elegant sare.
which he always carries, and which
he expects to transmit as an heirloom
to his posteriiy, down 10 the END NJ
time The principal root had 5a
cleft BY a small stone, and the divided
root was formed into tho likcne5a 1l
a parrots bill, with the mout
By which sign it may always b
tilted. Captain III prizes th.
above rubies.
Gleantnga from Our Ezohnuaer.
CIECINNATI.-The Commercial Nj
Monday says:
The rain having been gcners from
81. Louis 10 Cairo, Nashville Pitts.
burg and the Alleghanies, we mae an.
tcipate more water sufficient VIZ
trust, 10 let out another feet
from Pittsburg. There will d. uatsr
enough on the falls, in q day oil Iuo- M
let Captain Shinklo's new aud rIeHert
Chag. BOdmann, the pride NJ Ciaeiu.
natl, descend the fails VI an mII
cargo, and GO on her way reio.I1s 10
New Orleans.
The Southwestern Transporai1n
Balloon Line packet Edinbureh. and
Wise Line Packet Belle Ver ra
60 return TO New Orleans
to-day.
There were seventeen steamera rt
the leVee last night.
Mr.. j Ohm i. CovinRtOn. Secretary
Of The Globe Insurance. Company.
left FOR Paducah last night. t0 LuoE
after the Globes interest Ohio
Nightingale's cargo.
Harper d Arthur, the new OIL. 1.-
5Fgetie steamboat agents of Nal-
7ille, have commenced bushes under
prospects for success
Captain kymhn bias named hH Haw
boat, now being built 40 EVan1fiiIo.
hddyyille. La appreciation NJ che
10 their native Village.
Captain Frank Graooy, Shaol Cobb
md Billy 6racoy have presented Ihc
packet with O. splendid portal 1f H
y. Cobb, one Of the oldest ard 1at
dOnorcd citizens of EddyVille.
Captain Ben. II. Egan has boon an-
pointed freight agent Of the Nashville
Z Northwestern Railroad
Frank Bissicks. clerk Of the old
Ella and b. Nj. Runyau before lba
var, has returned 90 NaBnYi aud
Vill make it bis future home
The Gazette says:
The steamers comprising che Cine
.innati and New Orleans Packcl Com.
1any's line will leave this Borl ba
order, every wednesday
md Saturday. First, tho Belle Aar-
ion, leaving Wednesday Of this week.
% be followed in turn by Tho Emuar-
u, Armadill0, Alaska, John H.
lr0esbeck, Lorona, Loonida a4a
Vauanita.
Pilot William Attonb0r0ugh goes
ut on the John KilgOur, and Pilot
Oc Purcell on the HIS. Turner. plying
IetWeen Louisville and New OrIa1na.
Captain Lon. Bryson will drop ade
america down 20 the city wharf co.
lay, 10 load for Arkansas River THO
America has just come off the docks
nth every timber sound.
ST.. LOUIs.-The Democrat OF Mons
ay Gays:
Steady and heavy rain since eight
clock Saturday night. The wind
Ias from the north, and no doubt
here Is heavy ice floating above. aa
lr down as ID 'buquo. a slight
expected here. and navigation WI.t1a
Re hookuk Rates t0 lh8
outh are fair. and will remain uu-
hanged for a few days.
Alf. ID. Armstrong, closed yesterday
18th the owners Of the steamer H8uFy
lmes, and takes charge of the Office
f that steamer. The Ames we since
essiully launched from the Marine
Iays last evening, and will be ~
D load in two or three days. She is
oW one Of the largest carriers on lhc
iver. With Captain j. West jacobs
D command, and Measrs. Arms.r0
nd Jacobs ia the Office, her EurClas
pretty well assured.
DIR. j. III. Chassaiug will BE-
! the Office Of Capt. b. R. Pc ma
eW steamer James Howard Mr.
gorge Pegram's headquarter
$50 be ia the Office Of the steamer.
-e arrived from Louisville Yesterday
corning. aud thinks the Howard WIN
OF GROSS the Falls before the 17lh
NEW ORLEANs.--The Tin
aturday says:
The weather yesterday opened ike
lat Of the previous day, with o cloudy
~ and cool temperature. which cone
nued 90 up to PM, when
rizzling rain set ia and continued ur
, dark, and from all appear al9a5
zen, bid fair 10 prevail throu 40
he greater part Of tho night. Doubt
ss after the rain ceases another cold
)ell will be the result, and great coats
ay be 10 demand this morning
Business on tie landing vest
II surpassed any former like coca
on for months past. Both landings
Dpearcd 10 be well filed with co.l0r.
lgar, molasses and western produce.
nd each arrival brings in full care
pes. One Of the arrivals yost6 iay.
Of finding room 40 tho main landing.
roceeded &c the new landing foot ~
ratio Street to discharge her cargo OF
)ttOn. Many of the regular pt
ave been detained during the ..Es
lrtially onacoount Of there being 81
,om TO discharge, together with tho
,arcity Of labor
Our boatmon stand greatly ia need
labor at present, and 70 would re
ell If our Western boatm0n
lcOuraee all the labOrCrs they scuId
come south. that by SO doin