The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1860-07-28
RIVER ITEMS
STEAMBOAT REGISTER

STEAMBOAT REGISTER.
FROM P. N. THURSDAY 6 P. NJ FRIDAY.
ARRIVED.
Charley Bowen, Cairo: Dunbar Paducah:
sallie List, Wheeling: Jesse X. Bell, Gin.
DEPARTED.
Dunbar D. Paduosh: Lehigh C Gin ,,.,..
Jesse k. Bell, n. o.
BOATS LEAVING TODAY.
Charley Bowen, Cairo: Il &. Ferry Lou:
Lue Eaves B. Green Grey Eagle, Louisville.
1.-The Weather was very warm again
Yesterday, the thermometer standing high
up in the nineties.
1.-The RiUer, at latest advices, was fall
ing at Pittsburg, with 81 feet in the chan
nell The boats which were aground at
GIasshouse bar had got off. At Cincinnati
the river was falling at the rate Of one foot
in "a hours, with six feet thence to Louis
vile. AT that place there were feet
inches in the Canal, and falling slowly. In
this vicinity it has been rising, but is now
nearly stationary. There are about feet
water on Scutfletown and Caseyville bars.
The Wabash has risen several feet within
the past week, and is again navigable for
boats of light draught.
The Mississippi is falling, with 81 feet in
the channel from st. Louis to Cairo, and 2
feet at Presidents Island.
The Little Rock Gazette Of the 2lst says
that the Arkansas river is below low water
mark, and if it continues to recede, will
soon be below its present bottom on the
bars, which are now navigable for average
sized catfish The alamo, which processes
to run on heavy dew, has failed to get up,
and it may be safely said that for the pres
ent navigation is at an end.
.-..'Tbe GREY EagIe, Capt Daniels is
the mail boat for Henderson and Louisville
this evening.
1.-The new and beautiful low water
packet L. C. Ferry, in command of Capt.
Ham. Smith, with Messrs. Austin & Gregg
in the office, will be in port for Louisville
at o'clock this evening.
1.-The fleet and justly popular Charley
Booen is the regular packet for Cairo, leav
ing at noon to-day. Her clerk, Mr.. W. }.
Markell, is a polite and affable gentleman,
and will attend to passengers about
right
...... The only freight for this point on
hoard the i'll -fated S. p Htb6erd were f.
dozen cider presses from Mum & Co, to L.
Sharpe, and s. boxes candles from Corn
well & Bro, to l. 4 D. Holman.
The Trio has been sold 30 Capt.
Brown for the sum of $4,000. She is des-
tined for the Kentucky river.
49, The steamer John IompktnS was
sold yesterday to Capt VIM. Berkshire for
the sum Of $4,000. She will be continued
in the Louisville and Memphis trade during
the low water season, and will run in the
New Orleans and White river trade during
the regular business season. Capt. Birk-
shire embarks on the river again after a
respite of seven years, but his experience,
with that exception, has been lifelong
Mr.. George Twomey and Mr. Dick OBryan
will continue as her clerks. The T'omptins
will depart for Memphis -morrow.-LOu.
Journal.
--'..' The New Albany Ledger of Thur
day evening. gives the following particular
relative to the sinking of the S. p. Hi66erd
About two o'clock this morning the
Chancellor, from New Orleans for Louis
Vile, and s. P. Ai55erd, Capt Harry
from Louisville for Memphis, collded near
the mouth of Falling Run. The Chancellor
was running the Kentucky shore, and her
pilot saw no light ahead until the HiJ6erd
was within a few hundred yards of her
The Hibberd blew her whistle, which was
answered by the Chancellor, we learn, and
the latter boat reversed her engine and COM
menced backing, but before she could fairly
check her Roadway the boats came in coll
lsion, the Chancellor striking the Hibberd
with her bow. The Hibberd was turned
completely around and sunk in less than
five minutes after the accident in about l3
feet water. Shelies perfectly straight with
her bow up stream and the water within
few inches of her boiler deck There
on board about fifty cabin and twenty deck
passengers, all of whom were saved with
the exception of one deck passenger, man
who has not been seen since the disaster. 1t
is thought he was drowned. The officers of
the Chancellor, Capt Mahon, NJ. c. Foster,
clerk, and others; did all in their power to
save the lives of passengers and kept their
boat at the wreck for an hour and half
taking the distressed on board and
caring for them. The Hibberd had
good trip of freight-about $50 TONS con.
sisting of pork, whisky, lard, hay, bagging,
bale rope, flour, lime, cement drugs, grocer
les, &C, &c There were ! 9 horses on board
Is of which were drowned The boat had
no insurance on her freight list. The freight
was mostly for Memphis and points below.
We shall not attempt to give the cause of
the accident, until the matter is decided bv
the proper authorities, who will take the
subject in hand in few days 1t is said
however, that the Hibberd broke her safety
valve rope and became unmanageabIe,
which caused great deal OF noise by the
issuing Of steam.
The Hibberd was built at Pittsburg in
1856, by Capts Grace and Dean, at cost
of SIG, 900. She WAS valued at about S.
600 at the time OF her sinking, and is iu-
sured at sc, O0C in the Citizens and Mononga-
hela Offices at Pittsburg. 1t is thought
she can be raised. We visited the wreck
this morning, aud found everything abort
the boat in the utmost disorder 1t is al
most a miracle how the lives of those be-
ION Ft1a 49,
as the water was within q few inches of the
cabin floor. Holes were cut through the
cabin floor, through which the deck passen-
gers made their escape