The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1870-10-01
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who are always makirR impractical
propositions:
Tie Health Onlcer recommends steam
Doats % held responsible for diseased
DLoughg mere IN the cargo or among the
himself responafbls Tor any other rorfe al
communication with the South. and f0i
,1' P,ssesi eiso iof blowing whistles on ap
now the inspectors could report upon =
colllsion occurring Tor want Of signals be-
Ing QUIZ
LoUBvu1E. = The o0urteT.gomnag Of
Thursday SAYS
Capt. Sam. T. James only desires TO sell
! one Of the two boats--Bermuda and Em-
| peror-and not both, as we were Informed
ana stated yesterday. Capt John famed.
Iatner OF captain SAM VIII soon leave for
The Cairo and Paducah opposition pack.
cts nave reduced the passage 70 nifty cents
each way. A numD Der Of citizens HAVING
/ leisure remain on board all the lime. The
l total expenses are one dollar per day.
/ Competition may be the life OF trade but
lt Will be the death Of Hteamboating AZ g.
| ism L stopped.
The steamer Little Rock, last week.
! made the run from Dardanelle to Little
Rock In eight hours and ter minutes.
She landed &C LeWisburg for cotton. and
at SCOTS for passengers. The distance r.
one hundred and thirty miles. Fast time,
Capt. Jack Carter has some OF the spirit
steamer 5. o. Day, near Gaines Landine.
he bought her. She is not year old, 100
feet long, "a feet beam, 81 feet hold. and
Will prove good boat 10 carry hemin-
ways shippers guide TO market.
Captain Bob. Wise, the popular clerk OF
the Emma Floyd, arrived rom Cincinnati
Captain r. p. Wall, Of Memphis, is look.
Ing after ferryboat suitable TO run across
we are informed that the Kate Robinson
Will load for 50, Louis during The early
part OF next week She now les az Porls
The Shannon has been quito The bank.
near Portland wharf, and, ~ e said, viii
stay until there 10 @ rise.
the Leontdas has tied M &c Portland
and Will remain there until an Improve
ment occurs In either water Or the rates
The Emma Floyd il loading Tor Mem
phis and New Orleans, To leave sunday.
The Floyd is an exec lent boat 20 ship 81
The d. L. Tally departed for Nov Or.
leans and Red River last eVeHinR, draw.
Ing every inch az water she Will find be-
tween here and Cairo.
THE WHARFAGE QUEsTIoN.-The Vicka-
burg Times makes the fo1ioWfae sensible
argument against the unjust tax levied on
Western commerce, and enormously
called wharfage, when Il should be called
ro5bing commerces
One OF the most noiicaat le features OF
the report Of the receipts and expenditures
OF the city a. the large amount ported as
the sixteen months from the laf on APPLY
1859, TO the lst OF August, 1870, out OF total
from that source. Each boat touching at
our wharf Is required 70 pay ten dollars
for the privilege. ls y just or wise 60 exc
simply 70 the Improvement % the city
front, to keep the levee IA repair, or for pur-
Iravel, but to go into the general fund OF
the city3 This tax Is simply ton on pas
sengeTB, and duty on goods shipped and
stance, but In the end it comes out Of the
traveller and shipper, through the high
freight. II ia thus an indirect lax on im-
az so much per head, aud duty
s-,sa ~ So r,,,..t, ,1er v,rS1r,d - s,oel-.go
There may be some propriety in requiring
the river trade 20 be taxed sumeientsy %
more than there would be An compelling
the people and prOdnce that enter the city
mon highways--to pay toll suflioi 20 % keep
the ST. eets passed over In repair. But whom
we go beyond that point, and tax the
boats for general purposes why should we
not, 10 be consistent, erect toll-Ratea %
every entrance 70 the citys and command
every one who comes or goes to stand and
the thing: It ts probably admitted that
we want population, and That We want
which the city exists. - would SEEM them
q Kind OF mild suicide 10 make people pay
Tor the pflNu6kt OF gpulluH EEAei anu AA
they trade, tax them for bringing In their
wares, or taking out what they buy. 10 ta
sometimes considered worth while 20
even pay q premium on immigration
and the most strenuous advocates 81
high tariff have never been known
post on all articles. both OF export and lime
port, especially without a single Industry
To be benentfed or protected thereby.
But this system not only operates oa q tax
on travel, o disbursement 70 trade, and
an Injury 10 our market, bat as "a source OF
revenue 10 Is unequal and unjust. It
amounts really to q kind Of personal tax
bearing hard upon the poor and light
upon the rich. Articles OF necessity
generally heavy and bulky-pay htghesti
those of luxury, least. Every bale Of cot
ton or barrel Of -four feels the lax, while
q gold watch or satin dress worth ten
times the amount, is unaffected. This Is
wrong In principle. Every one should pas.
In proportion TO his property, not his me-
Ceesities "a movement seems e. be on foot
In other river cities towards doing away
with this outrageously puu8ing barLns
and we hope sincerely Il Will sneceed."
NEW oRLRAEs.-The Times Of Tuesday
says;
The weather opened clear aud hne, with
a pleasing temperature, which continued
SO up 10 noon, when the sky suddenly bee
came oYerBpread with dark clouds, which
soon let down q heavy shower which was
the frst rain we have had for 6 period on
laid the dust, besides rendering the ntmos-
phere quite cool and pleasant.
Business on the landing, for beginning
was about as dull as We have noted Tor
an August day There we're no freighta
moving OF any consequence. There was
left a. Pm. for Bayou sara and coast
landings.