The Evansville journal., 1870-07-30
GIeanfnss frOrn Our Exchanges.
C1EcTNEATI-The Commercial CT Thurs.


C1EcTEEATI-The Commercial CT Thurs
day says:
Matters were very quiet on the Ievee yes
tsSLu4gys sg 9 business being entirely confined TO
The James, fleet, Of Corn Island. is below
the Hallss Admiral James is making ar-
TAn Fgg ggsssiSnts issl to run the Bermuda between
Louisville and Evansville, making two
trips week. The indefatlnabIs AGENT.
corporal Dorman, win continue to repre-
sent the Bermuda here and VIII shin fn
her by the Mail Line packets.
Inc Memphis Packet Co. have perfected
I s1slF - aFran gements for line Of boats 10
| Eun from tho Portland wharf to Memphis
until the canal is opened. 10 is the infen-
ton OF the company to have one boat AZ
| ways at the Portland wharf foadfnr Tha
| company VIII enter regularly fn MS Inc
Sl1s I1,19. sam =: Haies commanded by W.P.
FLOYD Jas. ChenoWeth; and the anna
1 Capt. Frank Stein. Ns
On Wednesday Of last weak fba roh.,
Fulter 1eIb the loot Of Wall street, New
York, and steamed up through Hell cate
70 City Island, near New RochelIe Here
the company went ashore 10 indulge IA u
clam m-choWders after which the power of
the steam pumps on board the Fuller was
sAoWns Inc Futler ls provided with two
pumps with capacity OF 1900 Rallons d +.
mlnnIeS ana eight tW o-1nch streams were
tnEoWn W considerable distance. The
torrent OF water was enough To literally
drown out any hre. Their application for
Wrecklng purposes was demonstrated by
the throwing Of q tWenty-tneh atrenm.
The underwriters and members OF the Fire
satisfied with the trial. The Fuller. Iohn
Peck, Captain and q. III. HRbler, engineer.
is I'm the constant employ or the Ffre De-
partment, and Is ceel gned FOR the North
and East River Service. She was at phflH-
delpnla In last September, where, for
twenty-one consecutive days aud nights
she pumped water from the sehuyklilInto
the Fairm0unt reservoir. The owners
claim that she js the most powerful pump-
ing steamer in the harbor.
Among the acts passed at the last session
the approval OF the President. was orc ~
great Importance TO Western steam boat
owners and the owners of stocks Ina atenn-
boat lines. This act removes the tunnree
tax Of 30 cents per tun per annum. ron
mates the ~ per cent. tax npon asrrss g9es.
senger receipts from and after tbe ia of
October next and terminates from the
date OF the passage the income tax UPON
dividends earned by steamboat lines.
The Times Of Thursday evening says:
The fire last night viii impede progress
on boat b--tlding at Hambie-
son's yard, as the mill where the timber
was sawed was entirely consumed. When
1rst discovered the naiIi was an ablaze.
and several lumber plies soon igntted-
some $4,000 feet-Which was ali DESTROYED
LOUISVILLE. The C0asrfeTs Journal OF
says;
Work on the new canal is being unshaa
Onward as rapidly as possible. al iarse
lnmber OF hands are now at work nnd
he force Is being daily increased.
The Dexter was hauled out at Mound
ways about two months.
Captain John a.. Williamson, Superlna
~
u the city yesterday pFospeettnp.
The state Of Mississippi has levied ntRe
y - On A. tIa9tn8 55s g9ats selling produce
hoo on all steam ferryboats and 500 On ali
within the state.
Mr.. George wood, the fat clerk Of tina
River PACKET Dove, was III lie
;ity yesterday, and reports that a huge
,st- nsh was found On bar, q few days
ago, below Frankfort, that had died from
IWalloWtng another cnt-nsh weighinu a5
pounds. The large ish, he says, was 20
much decomp0sed that it could not ba
weighed. Can any one tell us how much
. fish would weigh that c0uld swallow q
5-pOunder1
Ask Capt. Martin.
The Commercial says;
The canal ia closed In earnest. and GEN.
Weitzel has commenced the work with a
70 nnish ft by the nrFt or
december, II possible, and we fudge from
he quantity OF mud being thrown ont. if
{ is not finished by thai time there win be
NEW ALBANY. The Ledger Of Wedbes.
lay says;
The following boats are lying at this
,ort to-day; Arlington Dick Fulton,
simpson Horner. Al9s, r. W. strader,
0Iiendshfp and barges, Nick Longworth,
emperor, Lorena, Tarascon, and Captain
OavidEon's new boat,
Gen. q. Wettzel, the accomplished Gov-
eminent engineers in charge Of the canal
make a survey OF the Wabash river, com-
nencing az the town Of Wabash. thence
nd FreDeh Broad river ia Tenn5ssee. for
he purpose OF making estimates for im-
roVementB
ST. LoU1s-The Democrat OF Thuru-
ay sayst
River slowly declining-has fallen about
ne foot In the past week. To Cairo, the
eteran Ranney says navigation is be9Czn-
ng moro hazardous, with only 86 feet
low on Liberty bar. This he has from pie
OTIS. What OF freight rates nOw9 Must
hey be advanced 20 tlll points south2 No
dvance was made yesterday, nor VIII
tx feet Is reached. business good for the
eason, and weather still OF the fntoiera-
'le quality. TDe heavy night deWs are 30
{ 3tly dry under foot in the morning.
1ast evening the decline In the river
eemed % be getting more rapid.
Capt. Nat. Green. of the superb steamer
tichmonds leaves Memphis on Sunday
dondays If no untoWard event shall inter-
upL has movements. The Richmond has
a men, under charge OF the mate. IN.
oates. Capt. Green may be induced 10
axe her out In q couple Of weeks-thRtts,
the river has risen about two feet.
Capt. III. III. Drown, the builder of the
Vttd Wagner, aud recently owner of the
pencer House, Cincinnati, was on
Jhange yesterday, and will remain here
few days. he looks WELL and Will prob
bly, embark once more upon the river.
Mr.. Abe COnaol died Ia Peoria, Illinois
n Tuesday last. He was well known here,
les with business men OF SC. Louis for
aany years. He was o particular favorite
be position of clerk OF the i. M. Kenueft
nd other steamers. ke was possessed. or
fine education, and natural talents on a
IGN order. and has personal appearance
nd address was 80 superior that he was
oEsldered one OF the n ost attractive men
oat.
He was born IN Schenectady, N. r., and
7as about fifty years old.