The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1860-11-21
The Weather continues

1.-THE Weather continues cold and
windy. The River is steadily declining.
PrTrsRuRG, Nov. 2O.--River feet by the
pier mark and falling. Weather cloudy and
cold.
LOUISVILLE, Nov. goth, p. M.-River fall
ing feet inches in the Canal.
1.-THE elegant and commodious packet
Dunbar, the regular mail and passenger
freight. She departs at u o'clock to-day.
Her passenger facilities are unsurpassed.
1.-The Genl White is the regular pack
ct for Henderson.
1.-THE gallant little Lue Eaves, Capt
Jim Mcdonald leaves this evening for Frost
burg. Shippers having freight fot Pond
river should have it in readiness. Orders
left with Mr. SchnnIaub, at Slaughter &
Dunkersons, will meet with prompt at
tention.
1--WE have not been able to obtain
many additional particulars OF the loss Of
the Pacific. Through the courtesy Of Mr..
w. II. Conant, of the Gen'I Anderson, who
also has our thanks for Memphis and New
Orleans papers OF late date, we were fur
nished with an extra issued by the Union
town News, containing an account of the
burning, but it presented little beyond what
we had already published. We learn from
this source, however, that when the fire was
first discovered, the engineer endeavored in
vain to get the doctor engine to work TO
throw water on tic fire. until the flames
drove him away.
Capt Lamb fell a sacrifice to his heroic
self-devotion for the safety Of his passengers.
So long rs anyone remained on board, he
Lahore. with the energy OF a giant, and to
81. Il, 4I.l-
perhap. IS to lie attributed the remarkably
small loss Of life by this disaster. He was
amou-, the last on board the Inflated boat
ana when Mt length compelled to spring
into the water, he was So much exhausted
as to bc unable to put forth any exertiou to
save himself We make the following ex-
tract with reference to the vulue of the car
20 and boat from the Louisville Journal
The cargo consisted in part of the follow
ing consignments Eighty-tour hhds tobac-
60, shipped by Messrs. Long & WaggOner
so hhds tobacco, 10y Mr.. Nash 500 sheep,
by Charles Dorsey; ~ beef cattle, by +.
Weismau; AZ beef cattle, by Mr. Thomas,
Of Shelby county 43 mules, by n Mr..
Dunn; horses, by gentleman from In
diana 800 hbls pork by Mitchell X Arm
strong; 100 bbls flour, by James Kennedy
about . tons pork, bacon, and lard, by
Guthrie, w hltc, n 90, ana ABOUT ~ tons
bacon, pork, and flour, by A. l.. Shotwel
& Son together with other shipments not
remembered, summing mp cargo valued
at $1,000
The Pacific was in her third season, and
was owned by Mcssrs. Sherley, Bell, & Co.,
Capt J. Bragdon and Capt. Will. p. Halli-
day She was valued at the time Of the
disaster at $4,000, and was insured for
$4O,0OO-for $4,000 in the local offices
here, $4,000 in the Delaware Insurance
Company, and the remaining SO, 600 in the
New Albany agencies of Cincinnati Offices.
She had just been repaired at Mound City,
ILL.,. At an expense of $4,000.
Some ten or twelve head Of cattle, three
mules and two horses broke loose from their
fastenings on the boat and escaped by
swimming All the rest were burned. The
hull of the boat containing a large portion
of the freight, drifted down below the
'point," where it sunk. Messrs. Levy &
60, OF Unioutown, tobacconists, are rcmOv-
ing the damaged tobacco from the wreck by
means of a barge.
1t is now thought that, with the excep-
ton of Capt. Lamb and Mr.. Mcdonald, who
died from consumption, and the excitement
occasioned by the fire, no lives were lost
save those OF the negro servants mentioned
yesterday.