Evansville daily journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1863-1866, 1863-12-28
RAILROAD REGISTER.
River News.

River News.
ARRIVALS FRIDAY
Mariner, Lou Gen, Anderson, Cairo
Silver Moon. Gin Sunny South, Memp
Darling, "a4J Mamie, Nashvs
Fitzhug, Prairie Rose. Nasty 81. |
DEPARTURES FRIDAY.
Mariner, Nash 2 Silver Moon. Memp'
H. Fitzhugh, 81 f5iC Darling. Memphis -.
Sunny South, Gin Gen. Anderson, Cairo
Mamie, Prairie Rose, Lou -
u ARRIVALS SATURDAY. IS
fdahOe, Lou ArcOla, Nash
Princess, " ]. III. Hind, I"
Big Eagle, Lou May Duke, "a
G. Bowen, Cairo Cordelia Ann,
Emperor, Memp
DEPARTURES SATURDAY.
Idahoe, Nash Emperor, Gin
Princess, So Arcola, Gin
Big G Eagle, Lou May Duke,
@. Bowen, Cairo Victor, Rumsey
The river had declined about one foot
at this point up to Saturday evening, and
was going down quite rapidly. The
weather is again warm and cloudy, with
alight drizzling rain Saturday afternoon
and evening, which promised to grow
into heavy rain before this morning.
Hence to Pittsburg the river is falling,
with good stage of water for the larg-
est class of boats at all points from Pitts
burg down.
The Gen. Anderson left for Paducah
and Cairo at o'clock on Friday, with q
fair trip, and as she rounded to above
the city and ran down by the landing, she
fairly flew, and elected great admiration
from vast crowds upon Water street:
Capt Bachelors splendid new steam
err, the Darling, arrived here on Friday
from Pittsburg and Cincinnati, with about
600 tons of freight, 100 of which she left
at this port The Darling was built ex-
pressly for the Cincinnati and Memphis
packet trade, and is commanded by Capt.
Frank Bachelor, with George L. John
son as her chief clerk, Two as clever
gentlemen as ever lived z -
We take from the Pitts6urg2 evening
Chronicle the following particulars in re-
gard to this fine boat:
She is noble boat, and has perhaps
larger carrying capacity than any steam
er of the kind ever before built for this
trade. Her length on deck is Isl feet
and breadth Of beam 49, She has 6
| foot hold and is the loffiests steamer be-
tween decks that has ever come under
our notice. The guards, too, are unusu-
ally wide, and arrangements for feeding
and watering stock while ON board the
most complete we have ever examined.
The machinery of the Darling is ex-
tremely powerful, and built on. the most
approved style. She has two engines,
with cylinders twenty-five land a half
inches i'll diameter, and having six and
half feet stroke. The motive power by
which these fine engines aredriven is OBJ
tanned from three boilers, eighteen feet
long, 4orty,four inches in diameter, and
having twenty-five fve-inch fues each
Her wheels, are -twenty-eight feet in d.
ameter, and her buckets seven and a
half feet in length. Though built for
service, comfort and durability, rather
than extreme speed, the Darling is bound
to make fast boat
To sum up then, we will say that in no
boat Of the character ever constructed
here has there been such blending OF
those qualities of speed, capacity and SUI
periorIty of Accommodations, so essen
tial to success in steamer of this class
and that she will prove a paying specu-
lation for her owners, no one acquainted
with the boat or her captain will for a
moment doubt
She left for Memphis Friday evening.
The Charley Bowen had nice trip
out on Saturday, and her cabin full Of
people.
The Big Grey Eagle came in early
Saturday afternoon with nice trip, and
returned early to Louisville. The Bis
Grey, is all right now, and so are her
gallant and good looking officers
The royal Armada will be the popular
packet, for Paducah and Cairo to-day
and has superior accommodation for pas
sengers and sets one of the finest tables
extant. Capt. H T. Dexter, old opposi
ton, has the hurricane, and Perry Nc
Griff, with Zack Taylor, occupy the o
fee.
The superlatively elegant Tarascon
passed down to Henderson last evening
She will be the regular packet for Louis
vile at 10 o'clock this morning
The. Tarascon has won encomium'
from all who have seen her She is
most beautiful specimen of naval archi
lecture, She is in command OF Capt
Joseph b. Bunce, gentleman distin
s guished for his many excellencies as a
3 officer and man. Mr. George A. Wi
r liams, first clerk of the Tarascen, is
noble, warm hearted gentleman, and ha
no superior as an accomplished officer
Mr.. William "A. Cooke, as -secon
clerk, is winning deserved popularity
The elegance of the Taraseon's cabin
and .staterooms, the sumptuousness Q
: her: table, the feetness with which sh
walks the waters, place her in the from
among the first class steamers of tn,
West ~
The Tycoon, Capt. Billy Voris, passe
up from Memphis on Saturday nigh
: with 694 bales of cotton, on private az
count for Cincinnati