The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1860-04-06

Iowa, St. Louis.
. The Weather, yesterday, was very
pleasant, with the exception of a disagree
able wind, which caused the dust to fly to
considerable extent
..... The R0er was falling The Wabash
il also reported to be falling, with scant
three feet on the chain, and . feet inches
on the falls. Navigation in that stream IS
virtually closed.
.-.... FFeights have declined slightly.
The rates now, are on -four 40 cts per Dbl;
whisky 70 cts pork and lard 60 cts corn
25c per sack; pound frcights % cts per 100
lbs hay s. per ton. They are not very
plentiful even at these rates.
1.-THE Dunbar is the regular mail
packet to-day, at - o'clock. Passengers
will find her one OF the most pleasant boats
on the river. Her officers are all good fell
lows, and spare no pains in aiding their
passengers to enjoy themselves.
1.-THE Lue EaOes is the regular South
Carrolton packet. She departs this after
noon. Capts. Mcdonald and Taylor are ac-
commodating officers, and viii do every
Thing IN their power to make passengers
feel at home on their little boat.
1.-THE Masonic Gem arrived last night
with a fair trip. Mr.. Mcdonald kindly
favored us with a manifest. The Gem put
ont $50 SKIS corn at ht. Vernon. We are
informed that for the present. the Gem will
abandon the Wabash trade, and either enter
Green River or lay by for more water in
the Wabash.
1.-The Dunbar arrived last night from
Paducah, making the quickest trip Of the sea-
son. She left Paducah ut o'clock yes
terday morning, and arrived here at
9:45 last night, making the run Of 100
miles in Is hours and 40 minutes. This
she did, without missing any of her
landings. We should say that is hard
to beat. The Dunbar passed the Boegen Just
below Henderson, but her officers admit
that the little "pony" did some of the tall
est running they ever witnessed.
,..... The Charley Bogen arrived last
night soon after the Dunbar We shall
have to designate these two boats as the
lightning. packets" if they continue to
make such time as yesterday.
1.-The huge Mqg,soHa arrived yester-
day, and is receiving several hundred tons
of freight at this point She put the price
OF flour down to 40 cents.
1.-The Calliope boat was at the landing
last night, and favored our people with Il
few of her tunes.
..-.The Moderator, from Pittsburgh, put
Off large lot Of goods, groceries, glassware,
&c. She then left for st. Louis.
1.-THE Steamer AHda, we are informed,
starts, to-day, for Paducah, Ky, to 90 on 10
the docks for repair. One of the proprie-
tors informs us that the steamer VIII be
back, in this trade, at the end Of fifteen
days. The Aida has done an immense
Al , T.,
many contracts to TeTre Haute Journal,
- APriI 4th. ..1l..e
1.-THE Greg Eagle, on her retLrn from
New Orleans, will be promptly placed in
the packet trade again to Henderson, in
place of the Scioto. Capt. Ballard has won
the best regards and good will of all the
travellers and shippers along the line Of the
trade between this point and Henderson, and
we hope soon to see him in command oil
another boat.-Lou. Com.
---.. We copy the following graphic ac-
count of the burning of the Kate Noy from
the Cincinnati Enquirer:
On Sunday morning we announced the
destruction by fire of the splendid steamer
Kate 1EIy at Canneton, Ind. Her crew and
passengers arrived yesterday on the steamer
lSiluer Noon Clerks lIarbin and Enyart
furnishes us the following particulars The
Hay was lying at Newcomb's Wharf-boat
taking on COAL when the sparks from the
steamer Union ignited the cotton piled up or
her forecastle. The hose was stretched and
the water poured on the one bale that was
burning, but so great and rapid was the
spread of the fire, that in five minutes tho
boat and all the cotton were in one sheet OF
flames, leaving the crew, % deck and So
cabin passengers, TO get ashore minus their
E., oVI,i oil M
money but all the books and papers were
lost The chambermaid, Ellen Ward, is
missing ard was undoubtedly consumed in
the burning wreck. She was n white
woman and hailed from Greenup county
Ky But for flat-boat lying alongside @
the MAJ, the loss of life would have been
terribly great.
Most of the cabin passengers were passed
down from the cabin-guards, in their djsha-
JHLeS, by ropes, &c, while few, waving
The unpropitious condition Of the weather
and water, and Drawing the clements sprang
into the river and SWAN ashore. Seven
gold watches belonging to passengers were
lost. and Mr.. Hickman, 4 merchant o.
Fort Smith, lost $4,000. Mr.. Newcoml
lost his WharfbOat and two bargCs loaded
with coal. His loss wili be about $4,000
One deck passenger reached from the flat
with a pole and dragged to him his burning
trunk in which he had So, 400 all in silver.
When the fire in the trunk was extinguish-
ell the silver was nearly all melted together
depreciatngits value fully 80 per cent \
child belonging to q deck passenger was
badly burnt, and Captain Bruce had the back
of his head and neck badly burnt and blist-
cred in his efforts TO save the lady passen-
gers of the steamer. He was the last tc
leave the boat.
The May was scuttled, and her hull now
lies sunk in about six feet water Many
incidents Of the GOODNESS and heroism OF
crew and passengers are related, but suffice
it that great praise is due the officers of the
NM for their manly conduct in rescuing G
xnany lives from destruction by fire The
citizens OF Cannelton turned out Blasst
20 the relief Of the sufferers, and all threw
0pen the doors OF their homes, each endeav-
o,fsg 10 out-do the other in bestowing at
fetslioRs, &c. Clothing was freely given,
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