The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1882-03-11

.'~ N''''''''NS ''so Si''h WV s'''''~N 49,
doing the work. or rather the charge OF the
work, in the hands Of Mr. Ju-
Illus Sorbian. who is to EN-
ploy the men AMI teams, and to have
general supervision over them. Mr.. Ser
him has instructions irom the committee
TO first emplay such men and teams which
ARE in need Of employ mcnf. and to employ
only such MS i've ia the city. These IN
strucioas, il fully carried out as no u 'uM
they will inc. will give employment to
many man and his team upon wh'sc
earnings family depends for support. ant
will give the most needy the preier nee, all
Of which is coinmeud,bc. The present
time, when there is no danger from The
river, is very good time to strengthen he
| l,vres. because the work can he done IN a
chr full manner that will prove ttfrctual
| IL case Of nm emergency. The finance COM
mit,ee will pr vide ample means To pay The
men when pay day" comes AR und.
Mr.. J W EVERY, Of this city, was y
passenger IN the Steamer james ID Parker
when she sunk near Louisville ON Sunday.
| He was on his way to New Albany, Ia be
| released from The office of assist mt To Ser
geant W. Fl R,y, in the signal service s'a-
tion Mt this point. b use of not very
| 600 health, and h 8 story of the disaster
as published in the l. Il svlle Commercial
IL interesting reading. II WAS rs o'lows:
Il was lying down in my state room With
my cont and vest Il when felt sudden
itr, followed in quick succession by four
III five more. jumpei up and ran for
ward, when hrari some onc say that III
stearn Of the b vat had been knocked fl
and she WIS I'll ling with water. Itn
back to m, state room, md srZing my cor
hurridly, drew it on. new r once though
ri nv vest, in the inside picket of which
WAS s. co. ,dn't TINE to draw on m,
boots, AMI hurried on to the hurricane
deck in my slippers. didn't think Of
nv >tuntil after the boat went down,
and then II was too lat, for my state room
Was on tho eide that WAS completely Gov
cred with water. The scenes | wtnrsSro
on the hurricane drcf before We were taker
# never will forget. The women were
shrieking and he ciildren were cryin- :;
the thinkers under US wer. On verng an'
cracking. and the water srouad us roared
and plunged high iurn the air. tell ynr
those few moments we spent there wer
trying I, The strongest nerves, ami 1t wAs
no wonder the POI weak women becam
frantic, for it To- ked AS rh Il "a death " re-
staring US right in the face and grinning NJ
our appeals for help" Since Mr. Evehy's
absence no correspondence lns been re
ceiv'd from him by his friends here,
though h. has sent papers Containing the
accounts of hls fortunate escape from the
wreck Of the p uk"r. /; il supposed thai
he has reached h destination safely and
accomplished the purpose for which h.
went. 1t Was understood when he left
here TINT he would re urn after his release
and remain several weeks longer among his
friends here, and perhaps he will.
-One Of our merchants, who has bern
easi recently, and who visited m my If thr
large mrrchsn'ije establishments in the
largest cities there, reports thar the eastern
m ichants are very much affected
by the sutf''iings OF the
people Of the Mississippi valley
from the great honds in the rivers, md are
heartily in favor Of any improvement, of
the Mississippi river, ut federal expense,
which IN " tend to prevent OVERT Nv in the
future. The principal motive for this opin-
ion Of the eastern merchants is sclt.nterest.
tlni great power, ~ which opinions, es
pccia " those of the average d vDtcc Of
wealth in the east, are tributary. The
eastern merchant argu y this way: II de.
prnd fora good share Of my trade upon
the western merchant; | have sold the
western merchant large Lil OF goods on
sixty days time; the Mississippi aud Ohio
rivers have flooded The country and my
western creditors stock ms been swept
away. or it is packed safely away in some
garrett. where neither the surrounding
waters nor customers can get to it, or my
western creditor, depending upon SUI
m rgch country for his trade, has
been crippled in business and
can't pay me when the time is
np-.all this touches me now, and may uc
M every year, upon the vital spn:, my
pMket book i could he prevented by Nj
improvement of the Mis- issippi river n
comparatively trhing cost Of the fedora
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