The Evansville journal., 1870-10-11

vorite sailing master on the lakes, died al
Ihe old age OF seYenty-seven years, after
dence that the last business ne did Vas
with General Reed, with whose father, aI-
~ ~ years ago. he MADE his first business en-
Capt. Geo. Wolf and Major Armstrong.
f,a 1a lne Armadillo, laid up al Eva nsville,
/ stein OF the r ". BtFader.
Oapl II. U. Hart HIS contracted with
/ lanes Mack for a stern-Wheeler, Of tue
Florence Lees Dimensions, for ths Ken-
ninstII onlnery, to be completed Inside Of
Ifhe makes as pretty a boat Of her as
the Flsrence Lac. he may well feel proud
OF her.
The Gazette says;
Tie Moilis Norton get aground above
the Water WORKS Thursday. csreened
opened some OF her seams on one eide'
TOOK In two feet OF water. and sunk. The
champion No d got her ahoat again.
The Thirteenth Era left for New Orleans
early yesterday morning, towing the barge
George Dixon, loaded with wagons.
Sundays Commercial says:
( Captain Parisot's new Yazoo packet
Lucy KERN made q successful trip at
Louisville, yesterday.
Captain Batchelor, OF the Crescent Ia
surance Co., received a letter from Cartsfn
Neare, yesterday stating the Anna's freight
sustained very little damage. There Is
no water tn her deck-rO0ml Tho log or
stump that sunk her plotruces Two feet on
the inside OF her hull, the break being
over hOfly l6GL long. captain NGaru thinks
tne Anna can be raised By the Eckeit,
now on her way 10 the wreck.
claim against the United States hRv-
Ing been presented by the owner OF q
steamer Tor demurraRe. Comptrollar
Broadhead decided that 10 was or unlIQ ~
dated Damages as shown by the declsion
OF the Courts, which hold that demurraRe
can be recovered only when ID Is reserved
oy lhe charter party or pill Of iading, and
Wnere no such express reservation exists,
the remedy Is by action on the case FOR
oaInageea not demurrage.
Captain III. A. Jones received a dispatch
yesterday ann Ouneing the sinking of lis
barge SeluciR. gbe barge was taken from
here BY the Sam j. Bale, but was ohar-
Tered "a. az Cairo 70 parties to carry Ice TO
Clerk Jesse BurdBan has returned from
~. LOUIS where mis- packet. the Champ piOn,
has laid = p until business fegives
M. AZ. JJeem leaves for 81. Louis tc-nirht.
TO take fharge OF the Office Of Capfnfn
6ialterst - mammoth ~. Louis and New
Orleans stern. wheeler. q. B. Church, now
loading at st. Louis TOR the Sonlh
Commodore VI. II Davidson IS here
Kyle, woieh Is ready 10 descend the fails
ON the hrst good water her mhchin nery ia
in working order, but the carpenters and
painters are not quite through win tneir
MT. John J. Raipe has returned from his
fishing excursion TO Put-in.Bay.
Charley Bratzler, proprietor OF BratEa
ler'g Hotel" near the Little Miami Depot,
died yesterday morning eyed hlty-nve
years OF consumptioUs leaving a vile and
SIX children, the oldest child seventeen,
anu Lhe youngest three years Old ide as
sisted In boring out the cylinders OF the
famous Jacob strader, and was Watobman
and mate on the river for many years.
LOUISVILLE. - The Ooitrferrgoitrtul or
Saturday says;
Billy Bryant and Billy Blythe arc going
10 attend TO the spiritual comforts OF the
patrons Of the Mary Houston the COM
The EIIa Hughes, due at this port Thurs
day night, turned back from Evansville.
There was a big trip aWaitiug her here.
a steamboat genius has developed
plan for assisting boats over bad bars.
The plan OF this genius consists In utili2-
are to De carried on an boats with neoes-
sary conYeniences for inhating them.
When boat approaches shallow water,
ciently 20 pass over.
ST. LOUIS. - The Democrat Of Saturday
says;
The river fell ono inch yC1terday, per
Ranney's mark, and eoiro3oraied BY
rising-Upper failing, with plenty OF
water. The Upper Mississippi has taken
the back track, and is lowering. No im-
provement OF consequence ia the Lower
ohio. Business here IL dull 20 New Or
leans, bat Memphis and Nicksburs pack=
cts have all they want All the boats for
the Upper Mississippi are fuu OF passeh-
gers.
VIcKsBURG.-The Vlcksburg sHerald OF
last Tuesday has the following:
The Natchez got here about dark yester-
day. We learn from the officers and pass
sengers that size lifted several OF th Q fastest
pegs on record this trip, having gotten
Carrolton in twenty-Eeven minutel, Hairy
HIPS, hfty-nine minutes, and Red CHURCH.
one hour and th rty-aix minutes. Ihe
Princess time TO the former place was
one hour, and TO the latter, one hour
and thirtY-Bix and n half minutes. The
Natchtz was drawing seven and half
feet.
NEW ORLEANS The Times OF Thursday
says;
: he-weather yesterday, like that OF the
former days Of the wfeE, was clear and
fine and would have been pleasant enough
were 40 not not for the dust. which seemed
to hold full sway for the greater part OF
the day.
Bueiness matters on the ievee as yet do
not appear 10 loom M. We noticed very
fcanty trips leaving, while the same may
be said OF the arrivals.