The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1870-09-28


aRe Res R;Saee expressly for navigating upper
1 LEI liver, and only draws twelve inches
MateI llght. The 18Th Era ia I50 feet IoD1
iano5tI, Ds41l9n, and is provided with full
The Enquirer says:
business on the landing was cornpIefeIv
Sea5 e ~ yesterday, and at DARK there
Mas only one boat at the wharf. u was
most assuredly dreary sight.
The G0eet. says;
.1nomas Alvey, clerk with ID. o. Levy
sSsn boat agent OF Louisville, was werv
iao!1,ssly injured, Saturday afternoon. BIZ
s,roe ttllslon between a Portland Avenue
sstiSeS car and the Nashville freiphr train
land a V gaIred at the crossing on Port
,,. There are now three steamboat buIla
/ ,,RIIs ~ SuS river az Wheeling, WAITING ~
enoi, sf itsIys which Is being built al
| SgngiIue SHOPS ~ that city. Messrs Hobbs
| 4aylor q Co. Will commences next Mondev3
| PutsLLg engines on board the steamer
| launcned lew weeks since from the amin
! yard OF Messrs. Wilson, Dunlevv q a..
Inc boat e designed for the trade in q
A gentleman OF this city has received
| the IoiloWtng letter from General W eifzei.
! ~ LSPiiy 70 one making Inquiries about the
/ canal.
DEAR SIR--In reply TO yours OF yester-
oay ~ Lave - say mat the canal win be
opened as soon as the present low water
season Is at an end whether the work OF
enlargement is completed or not.
II. when this time arrives, a few days
work only are necessary to complete the
work, Will request the Directors OF the
canal to pass everything through 40 night
and keep the canal closed during the day.
To enable them TO do this, 4 have con-
tracted for the construction Of the guard
gsltes az the head OF the canal, and they
are now IN course OF construction.
Major OF Engineers.
The Chronicle Of Monday evening sayas
The Altoona was chartered by the Mail
Line Company and took the place OF the
Juniata IN the mail line. The Altoona
Ing.
The Times says;
Notwithstanding the aurora and tho
eqatnOX the weather has undergone no
sudden change, the air Is mild and halmv
as May. We feel assured, however
change ~ not far distant and that our low
water season will not continue unusuaiiv
It would.
LoUIsvnLE-The journal OF sun.
day saysI
The new steamer Lucy KERN, to be put
into the fazoo trade expects 20 raise
steam for the nrst time next Thursday.
The Henderson, packets Tarasoon and
painting while they remain az the bank,
near the Portland wharf, and VIII be sent
out on the next rise looking as bright as
brand-neW vessels.
The CotrteT-JoasraaI OF Monday says:
Suit has been instituted In the United
states Court at Cincinnati, against Capt.
William Jones, of the Viola, on accounto OF
his failure TO use iron rods and chains, i'm
stead Of wheel or tiller ropes, as provided
for IN tne nlnth section OF he act OF Con-
gress approved July 9TH, 1868. Debt, $500;
500; due in equity, $500
the local inspectors report the following
from January LIST TO September lst, 1870:
Arlington, Juniata, City OF Evansville,
Trade, Tontennelle, Granite State, r. j.
Exchange, Carrie Converse,
exchange Mollie Moore, and towboat N.
J. Bigley.
sr. LoU1s.-The Democrat or Monday
iayss
The weather yesterday was cool, pleas
ant, and very cloudy. The river was
falling very sioWly-at the rate Of two
inches per twenty-fOur hours. Nellie
Rogers arrived from the Illinois. Heavy
rains there but no improvement IA
The Belle Lee received thirty more cabin
oassen gers, and sailed yesterday morning
or New Orleans. She will run between
Memphis and New Orleans the next nine
i' Ths 81 Johns broke shat last Wednes-
lay thirty miles above New Orleans, and
The Natchez, from Vlokaburg, has are
lived at New Orleans with 400 bales Of
The Commercial ia loading at New Or.
cans for the Arkansas River.
The LOngworbh left New Orleans B0luf~
lay evening for st. Louis
NEW ORLEANs.-The Times OF satur-
lay says:
The weather yesterday, although clear
md fine, was extremely close for beptem-
Der, and Notwithstanding favorable
)reeze stirring, ievee pedestrians preferred
shady resort to that Of exposure 70 the
avs OF old Sol.
Business on the landing, for Friday, ives
Ike that on former Ike occasions, exc
dull. There was but little freight
hipped for anywhere, and the greater
,aTt of what was ahipped found It's way
"a board the LeViathan st. Louis packet,
Thompson Dean. This packet had I.500
lars railroad iron, 100 tons OF lead, and
,ther small lots, which made up very
trip. To-day being the end nf
he week, and q goodly number OF packets
TO leave, business Will, no
ionbt, be quite active on both landings.
At dusk last evening, as the Canal Street
Ferry was making q Landing, came In
With such force as 10 run her bow under
he guard OF the steamer Natchez, and
damaged herself TO a considerable extent
down her JagKataM and demola
shing her rail. No damage occurred TO
he Natchez.