The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1870-10-01

4 AG&NAAA Nv GkA|A9 AI@Ia 49, AANE
continues to decline at the rate Of 3 t
81 inches daily, and navigation 70
ordinary slight draughts" is about a
an end. A heavy fog enveloped tn
river and city from 4 O'Clock yester
day morning, continuing for seYera
hours.
Arrivals and Departures.
The arrivals aud departures yester
day were only the Fayette. Hender
son, and return; Pine Bluff, Grand
view and return.
Beats nue H RS.
Among the first boats due here are
the John Lumsden and West Wind,
from Cairo; Exchange and Rose
Hite, from Louisville; Norman, from
Memphis; Emma Floyd, fo- New
Orleans; Evansville, from Green
River; Florence Lee, from PASSPORT;
Alpha and Ida NOrvell, from Padu-
cab.
Boats Leaving To-Day.
For CAIRO. = The excellent low
water packet John Lumsden, one Of
the feetest and best 10 the business,
will leave at A this evening EOr Cairo
and ell way ports, in charge Of Capt.
Oven Davis, most estimabIe gentle
man, with those popular and dis.
tiDguished young gentlemen, Will. p.
Fowler, Ed. Thomas and John Nurre,
in the Office. The Lumsden goes
through with but little detention,
makes good time and carries i'm
mensely.
For LoUIsVILLE.-The beautiful
new low water packet Exchange may
be expected as the regular mail boat
this evening for Louisville, at nine
o'clock, in charge of that distinguish
ed navigator and veteran commander.
Captain e. p. Crider with the three
tCiH-ing souls. Will Whiting, VIII
Cage and Win Hite in the Office. The
Exchange is one of the best low
water packets in commission.
For CANNELToN.-The feet and
excellent passenger steamer Pine
Bluff, Captain Lafayette Elder, an ex-
perieneed officer, commanding, with
John A. Adams, and Robert w.
Adams. two popular and obliging
gentlemen, In the Office, leaves for
Cannelton and all way points at 3 P.
NJ, giving especial attention to all way
business. ~
FoR HENDERsoN.-The fast sailing
Fayette leaves for Henderson at 3 p.
NJ. to-day. in charge of those elegant
gentlemen. Capt. A. o. Durland.
James II. Letcher and Jerry Boyle.
She is splendidly appointed. She re-
turns here at z P. N. to. day, affording
our citizens an excellent opportunity
to visit Henderson for a couple Of
hours and return the same evening.
Miscellaneous,
The peculiar feature In maritime
circles yesterday, was the non-arriyal
of the Cairo and Louisville packets.
.........The Fayette had the entire
wharf to herself up to 3 O'clock, and
there was bat little prospect of the
arrival before dark Of the Pine
Bluff..........The Mallie Ragon was
engaged at l o'clock Yesterday in re-
lieving the West Wind from Shaw
neetown Bar.......Despite the rain at
Pittsburg and above. the river is
falling steadily in its whole length.
Thirty inches or less is the report of
water on the shoalest bars above and
below.....We are told that the Mary
Miller will leave for Memphis on
Tuesday next. provided the river has
not entirely dried up......The follow
ingis the report Of Major T. y. Grif-
fths, Surgeon in!charge of the United
States Marine Hospital at Louisville,
Kentucky, during the month of Sep-
TENDER:
u. S. MARINE HOSPITAL, ls
Pom OF LOUIsVILLE, KY.
ONCE OF surgeon "a charge, o63 West Jeffer-
Report for the onth OF September. 1870.
No. of patients remaining last day OF
September, whites, 90, colored 30; total, so.
eoiored ie total Is. Dischareed durlne the f
month, Whites22 colored I0i total 80. Died
during the month, whites j. colored none;
total i. Remaining on the last day of the
month, whites 90, colored 43i total l03.
7. J. GRIFFITHS,
Sturgeon in charge
GIeanIngs from Our Exchanges
PTTsBURG.-The Commercial of Wednes-
day says:
eighteen inches and at q stand. The
weather was warm for the season. The
light draught packet Trader his the
The iron steamer VALLEY. Forge" was
built in Pittsburg, IN 1889, by Messrs. Rob-
fnsOn MINUS q 10. Length one hundred
and eighty feet, beam tWenty-six, hold
fiVe feet. She ran for six years and was
never docked. In 1876 the cabin wes re-
moved to the Robert Morris. The iron was
cut up and rolled and sold to the govern
ment for two and q half cents per pound,
and was manufactured into rifle barrels at
Harper's Ferry. Unfortunately for the
owners of this boat, she was built at
the time Western builders had made
up their minds that boats or q beam
OF more than twenty-five or twenty
six feet was too large for the Western wa.
ters- The result was that steam boatmen,
In the year following, commenced build
ing boats of far wider beam, and conse-
ouenly had more carrying capacity; hence
boats on bne OlQ plan soon Went into re-
tirement. The cabin and machinery of the
Valley Forge were of the best description
AS an evidence it was afterward on the st
James, and for aught we know may be IN
use yet. Just think of a boat running six
years without being sdocked, then selling
her hall at two md half cents per
pound.
CIECIENATI.-The Commercial OF Thurs
day says:
Mrs. Annettee Davidson, wife OF Capt.
Ben. f. Davidson, who myster1ously and
suddenly left Cincinnati some Tina since
90 r,n.fs r1nk1lnrvn. died on IuesdaY. al