The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1860-01-10
RIVER ITEMS

RIVER ITEMS
ARRIVED.
R Sass, New Orleans Ell Fairchild NO
Marengos NO Union, Louisville
Freestone, Nashville Silver Star, Paducah
James Guthrie, B R Silver Wave, Gin
Sass, Gin Moses Mcclellan, Lou
Marengo, Pitts Union, Bowling Green
Mars, Gin 49, tre1ret Silver Star, Paducah
The FFsestOne, as will be seen by adj
vertisement, leaves for Attica and interme-
date points on the Wabash river, this
Tuesday, evening. She is to be q regular
packet. Capt. Fitzpatrick has a good repu-
eation as a bontman, and his boat will win
her way to popularity. z1
-.---.W We welcome a new and beautiful
packet-the FTeestone-among our Wabash
clippers. The Freest0ne is regarded as de-
cidedly I" fast" her officers are unusually
clever, and we see no reason why the boat
shouldn't make it pay in the new trade
which she is about to enter. We say to
shippers up the Wabash, give the Freestone
fair share of your freight if you desire it
to go through swiftly and promptly.
1900 The Evansville Journal signifies that
it is going to shut down on the practice of
putting: and blowing boats without it re-
ceives in return some benefit therefrom in the
way of advertising or job work. This is the
proper course to pursue, and neither boat
men nor the public should expect it, 1t GER
tainl does not pay the publishers of news
paper.--N A Ledger.
.-.-.The weather yesterday was most de-
lightful. 1t would have seemed more in
place if it had occurred in the spring
months, yet it was enjoyable even in Jan
uary. Towards evening it clouded up, be-
same cooler and gave indications of snow
The river fell slowly during the dav, and
there was considerable floating ice but not
sufficient to stop navigation.
! ...... The workmen on the Autocrat are
pushing matters to a completion, and her
owners now think they will get up steam ON
Saturday next.
1.-THE Kate Sarchet will doubtless, be
mp to-day. There is reported rise in the
Wabash, which win enable her to make
the trip -s--------
.....'The Trader is being refitted-her
hull carefully caulked to be ready for the
next rise. ff tt#
$3.50. The coal barge placed on the outside
of the AWtOcrat, to protect her from the ice,
had large hole cut through her gunwale,
terday to keep her a1oat.
.-.... The Star presented herself yesterday,
and left at her usual hour.
-..-'.The mail packet .Southerner came in
lest evening, hound up, with a big load of
passengers. She was the ga1sest boat we
ever saw, judging from the large number of
deer, wild geese, swan, ducks, brant, etc,
aboard. LE
= -.....The fine packet GreenUilIe, left for
Bowling Green yesterday afternoon, with a
fine trip.
1.-THE Lue EaVes, the neat and SUBJ
stantial South Carrolton packet, leaves this
afternoon, with Captain Mcdonald in COM
mand. @
......Captain McGilPs "bullyn Atlantic,
was at the whyrf last evening, bound for
New Orleans, with big cargo, and 20 lots
of passengers She refused freight here
..-...The Persia is still at our landing
She seems to be loaded with molasses
chiefly.
- 1.-THE Nag Flower, a yaller" trading
boat, propelled by oars and the wind joint
~, was waited down stream past the city
yesterday. She was furnished with a sail
about the shape of a cabbage-leaf and about
as big. Her piIot-heuse was quite roomy
it was, in fact, I" all outdoors"
Ik@~S@@ES- ON the western E&AVfES AOT
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The st Louis Democra! gives detailed
statement of the explosions burnings, and
sinkings on the Western rivers during the
year 1853, from which we take the follow
ing figures = uCCE I'll 81
Steamboats, sunk some subsequently
Faised) ...... 62
Steamboats, burned ......... ............... 26
Steamboats, lost by explosions.
Steamboats, exploded steam pipes.........
Lives lost by steamboat disasters on the
Western rivers during the. year ....... 1896
Estimated loss of property .........$2, 333, 900
The sinking of sixty-two steamers was
the result of the following causes:
Encountering snags, logs, sawyers and
stumps %
Fouudered IN storms ..-.-.... ............... 3 |
Collisions with hidden distractions and
causes unknown. .................. 81 /
There were in all, collisions of boat with
boat or with river banks, bridges. and
wharf-boats, causing disaster or con-
siderable damage .....-........... 20 !
The disasters and accidents above partie-
nlarized occurred ON the following rive1s--
every boat injured or lost included;
Upper Mississippi. ......-................ SO
Lower Mississippi. ......................... 80
Arkansas river 10
Missouri, 8
Red .......-. 49,
Wabash ........... ......... =. .........-. 2
Illinois -.. 4
Cumberland 49,. ......... .................. 3
Ouachlta ......--. .....---.......--.
White. s-.-..- -..--...-. -.-....--.-.
Greer. ...----. ........ .---.-.-
Tennessee. ----.........--..
Elsewhere ...... ....-...--..---
-IOtal .-- ---..-..-...- 1890. '----..loo
The Democrat says, it is proper to men
ton the fact here, that besides the disasters
above enumerated there were hundreds of