Evansville daily journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1863-1866, 1863-12-08


and making a great show and but for
the strong indications of rain, river men
would again be filed with apprehensions
and gloom. s.5~ =
The upper portion of the river is now
at a staud with less than 5 feet at Pitts
burg, and about 101 at Cincinnati.
The arrivals and departures for the
last two days have been quite large, and
bushes on the landing has been rather
brisk.
The D. B Campbell will load here for
Bowling Green, and will leave about
Friday.
The great feature of the last two days,
and the great attraction has been. the ar
rival and departure of the new and ele-
CANT packet steamer Tarascon, of the
Louisville and Henderson mail line,
Expectation was on a tiptoe all day
Sunday, and from noon till after night
Front Street was crowded with citizens
anxious.to see this new candidate for pub
lie favor. M .s-.M..si. ts
The grand ovation with which she met
all along shore, detained her until after
dark, and much disappointment was the
result
We doubt if handsomer or more efe-
CANT steamer has appeared in these wa
ters for many a day, or one destined to
become more popular with the river pub
lie.
With great symetry, and an elegant
model, she has the most powerful and
complete machinery, and possesses all
the requisites necessary for great speed.
Her length on deck is PSI feet, breadth
of beam &c feet, depth of hold 81 feet.
Her machinery is frst-class throughout.
She has two cylinders 223 inches in d.
ameter, with u feet stroke. Her wheels
are 80 feet in diameter, with IL feet
buckets. The machinery is of the most
compact and substantial quality, and is
highly creditable to the builder, Dennis
Long, of Louisville The hull of the
Tarascon was built by D. & J. Howard,
ofJefersonyille, and the elegance of her
model was never excelled
The cabin af the Tarascon is the very
perfection of neatness and elegance,
without any gaudiness or tinselry, it Is
handsome in design and of the mos
workmanlike finish, in pure Parian
white, except her Office and socialhall,
which are finished with the most admira
BILE granting we ever saw-oak and birds
eye maple.
The state-rooms are spacious and well
ventilated, the bedding and furniture of
the finest quality.
The cabin furniture is of the most
splendid style, and with the magnificent
carpets, from the celebrated house of
Stewart Il Co, Of New York City, and
her massive chandeliers, which, by the
way, manifest as yet but half their con-
templated elegance, give to the cabin an
air of neatness and splendor we have
never seen surpassed.
The carpets are of the very hest fab
RIGS, and exceedingly rich and elegant in
the blending of colors.
The fine French mirrors constitute
handsome feature of the furnishing of
the Tarascon, and are of the most splen-
did style and finish rs - a
In word, from keel to pilot house
every part of the boat is an absolute
model, substantial, neat and elegant
throughout Her pilot. house is very
model of comfort, neatness, good taste
and convenience, and is hadsomely orna-
mented by her chief pilot, Mr.. Henry
Warning.
Her Office is roomy and exceedingly
elegant. and manifests the accurate
taste of her chief clerk, Mr.. Geo. A.
Williams, who superintendent its orna-
mentation.
The Tarascon was built under the i'm
mediate direction and superintendent
of Capt Bunce, and is proud monu-
ment of his ability and good judgment
Capt Joseph Fl. Bunce will command
the Tarascon. As an officer he has no
superior. Courteous, generous, atten-
tive, just in all his relations with passen-
gers and shippers, Capt. Bunce has
made reputation which establishes his
popularity, and justly places him in the
leading rank among steamboat COM