The Evansville journal., 1870-04-05


tween Ii and TIE price ~ tha iforr =.
/ greenbnckH. since fhaa Time. Honfv .r
/ - man about nfty ycar8 81 ngc. hat .gf
1 , D,seh heaIl ifofns but payment ON llo
/ dispatches sent in vafIors Ifrocffcf,e
| hope Of catching him.
| 4he simpson hofnerl ln deaccndinn Inr
i falls with "a tow of cOnl, knocked rnr W
her chlmneya down and domollahnd MA
otner by contact With the bridge. Tnr
water is too high to permit of boats bti n
| the smallest Size passing under the Beff
| with their gm0k D-giaclrg, md Those I..r
taIbe ioI lhe ehrai VIII have 10 wait flr
through tie draw.
The Kansas City Ferry Company have
to Jesse II aousiey and ofhers 81 81 Nllf5-
ka City, for $4,000.
The Gazette sayss
The hull OF lie boat 1alug buiita al cor.
in the IrOntOn and q llilpniiH trade sr
run into 40 Concord, Wedncedav ni.ff
ana seriously damaged The name 0f tne
boat that did the damage is not known.
The Commercial OF Sunday aayss
Between ! and O'Clock yesterday morn
Ing hoating drtft broke loose and rarrirf
away eight barReH loaded with coal. am I'll
WI MMnitSil - hte huPpDael to nave sunk, aa n0tua
ing mas been heard from them. reno.t
that they had passed Aurora. ID Hubnf
70 nave Originated from the empty nnHr.e
we reported as being ndrlft. The piiof IA
the Ben. Franklin reports having na rH
aurora after daylight Yesterday. ana Il.rf
he saw no traces Of them between here
Blk OF the barges belonged TO rov u
Frank, one 20 Mnrm0t q 90. and ono fr
buenanan 2 CO.. and contained in 800
6s,O90 bushels o. coal. The loss in coal
ana barBea "a estimated 40 $4,000 EHn
barges were lying az the foot Of Elm, Gems
tral avenue and Smith streets. Th6v nd
had lighted torch baskets on board. and
as they nave not been Eeen bv ufr#In.
sseanieIs, ~ Il supposed they were Gunlr
Ia "A frarN dom d !.
after the lost barges
LOUISVILLE. = The C0uvfcr-J0ura1I of
Saturday sayss
The 81. Marys lowered hor ohimnevr
yesterday morning and passed under fla
The steamer ZauosvilIe- on ber tr.r.
down the Wabash last Thurrdaw frr
through nocr of several fhouaand Ilr
geese, Just above the narrCwB, "a short 4 is-
lance below Ninccnnu8.
During the month ~ March, we have
had nine days on which rain ioll. nVa III
snow, and hut ten days clnssed n cfanrt
the remainder were cloudy.
The Commercial says.
Captain George o. Hart, on paduean fI..
once popular master o. the Louisville ram.
Elliott, OF the Legal Tender. were "a fie
National Hotel yesterday.
Len Miller. the handsome aud o0.Ira
clerk OF the New Orleans packet Wlrvinfn
spOrts a meerehaum elp6r-hoIfor 1vefr.t
cost sixty dollars im gold. 10 wnn Drnaart-
ed 70 MIN by Colgate, the great 80ap MAN.
The sculpture on the howl uf thla holdrr Il
a very unique and tiIfnllv-rvrourhf rr.r
resentation OF q wel-knoWn episode n
mythology. Len prises the m6menfo -
hlgniy that ne permits very few of nIH
friends to examine &c.
The Fort Gibson, on her down frIn.
struck snag Tuesday moIninR $50 m IIaa
above Little Rock, which kuocred a Hofn
In the side or her huu eight feet fonr
causing her 10 SINK ln shallow water. fiof
oincefh worked diligently, and guccoelea
In building a bulkhead, raised nor. nnd
took her safe % Little Rock, whore eldas
dock WAS put under her, aud the dan0arar
repaired. Her cotton, which wac degfl....I
FOR New Orleans, was roshippod under pros
ST. LOUIS. - The Democrat or BaturdaF
says;
The river was rising more slowly vestlra
day. Up the country the roads generally
are impnssablei consequently eight suns
prospect along the Illinois ~ for the hiehs
est water OF many years Rain rain fH
All Az. aileetletnih. ~ A,llnCug9 we can report
rising less slowly, 10 win be wen f0 the
settlers along the lower Mississippi % taFe
Ia their coon skins from their cabin wolfe.
Tonnage for New Orleans rs abundant. and
rates vibrate towards decline.
Erastus 81, John, about the oldest pilot
living, was on Change yesterday, HeInr
employed on the steamer ArR0gv. In lhe
year lb15, krastus came here on the Htanm-
or MusKingum, from PA shurg, actlae as
pilot of that steamer. $50. L0uia fnrH
looked very small, and there were lnu
bbeuAnefh neftt ana very fNWr ti any WMWa
ing stones on she wharf We don 'thnuw III
there was any Wh0rfmastnr, and cerIaIalH
General kanneg wasn't freight arCuf aI
the Memphis Packet Company. Iue
Thompson Dean and Great Republic nnn
not been contracted for, and they hadn't
begun TO dig the stone for EhdY bridge.
The Democrat and the DfgD0tch bad nub
been started, aud that year not ng many aa
hfty steamers lett for Fort Benton. Au0iHa
en- facts John N. BOulnger aud M. u Uas
wilson were not born, or were very amnH
boys. The steamer MuBklunum was own.
ed In Marrleta. ohio. Ernstu8 imfOrmH uH
that ho was piiOl on the steamer ~ which
John j. Roe was first engaged "a Keeping
bar, and knows who 40 was that lUHuea
him the money 10 start withs Truly Lu
speak with HraHtus 81. john who W. aiEiHa
four years Old, reminds one OF an age gone
by. We are glad O know that the victorian
pilot Is IN excellent good health ana cif-
cumstancea.
NEW oRLEANs.--Tho Times of Thursday
saysg
The weather yesterday was eleaf ano
fine, with cool temperature. whigu
caused leYoe pedestrians 90 den thoilaVers
coats.
Business on the landing was more nellen
than that Of the previous day, while tHc
departures we're also more MUM crOua.
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