Ed Evans, brother or Richard Evans of Hemingray has died

RIVER NEWS.

State of the Rivers, Movements of

Steamboats, & c.

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THE funeral of Capt. Ed. Evans will take place to-day, and carriages will leave the corner of Wood and Water streets.

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We clip the following biographical sketch of the late Capt. Edward Evans, whose sudden death was noticed in the GAZETTE of yesterday, from the Cincinnati Commercial: The deceased was born in Pittsburgh and reared in Brownsville, Pa. He commenced his career on the river in 1850 as a clerk of the steamer Cape May, with Capt. J. Nels. Snowden. He was also clerk of the Herald, Jas. Park and Marengo. The first steamer he commanded was the Gazelle, in the Pittsburgh and Cincinnati trade. He afterward had charge of the Aurora, Defender, (sunk at Loconia, Miss.,) and Westmoreland (one of the first steamers fired into by the rebels at Napolean, Ark., on the 27th of April, 1861, when one passenger was killed), in the Cincinnati and New Orleans trade. The Exchange was the last steamer Capt. Evans commanded. He was associated with Capt. John L. Rhoades in steamboating for eighteen years -- from 1856 to '74. He retired to his farm two years ago. The deceased leaves a wife and 6 children to mourn his loss, and a brother, Mr. Richard Evans, Vice President of the Hemingray Glass Co., residing in Cincinnati. Mr. Richard Evans left for Pittsburgh last night by rail to attend the funeral of his brother. Capt. Ed. Evans was a genial, warm-hearted man, extensively known and highly esteemed by all who knew him.