Evansville daily journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1863-1866, 1864-07-22
River News.


There is nssrly nothing Doing on the
lsvee. The Dime and the Dankerson
from Green river, and the HaIleek from
Henderson, constituting the sole arrivals
yesterday up to dark Both boats from
Green river broagh. ia fall cargOss Of
tobacco.
Tia Miami bad not arrived at dark
last night, aad there were ihen no signs
Of tbs MeComba
The Cottage ia due here this morning
from Cairo, and if she gets in il time
viii leave at noon for Cairo under COM
mand of that fayorite ofieer Capt
Vaughn.
The hns summer packet Thistle, ua.
der command Of Capt S. James, late
Clerk of the Nashville, and SO faxorably
known to our people, viii be here on
Saturday bOund for Memphis Hall 4
Rudd are her agents
The Miami arrived about 9 o'clock
last aight, fall Of people; see will return
to Cairo at / O'Clock to-day positively,
and will carry passengers asd freight in
the most pleasant and speedy manner
consistent With the present state of nsvi-
CATION. Capt Dan. Clark and Billy
Lowth are her accomplished officers.
The.New Albany Ledger says the lato
run Of. the Magenta, sbe new steamer
lately built at New Albany BY Capt Ford,
proves her the feetest boat that ever
turned q wheel on the Ohio or Mississip-
pi rivers. II must be borno in mind that
The water is at present very low, and
that 10 msking this run the Magenta had
al the disadvantages Of this low stage Of
river to contend against Notwithstand-
ing this fact, however, her running time
to Cairo was forty-fiye minutes quicker
than the time made BY the Eclipse or
Shotwell in their great rams 10 1852
Disiance $50 miles.
To Red Rivsr.....-.-................... ..l4h oom
Distance als miles.
Disiaaee s96 mills
Ao 1fsAa a3m
Distance $50 milss
Distance 4o2 niles
40 N@teico .s- ,.---..---.-aa ash sem
Distance $50 miles
Te ........ssh CON
Distance 100 miles.
10 .S4h 0eni
Disianas e9i miles.
The time Of the Atlantic on her great
run, was 10 Natchez Is hours and ~
minutes, or two minutes behind the Ma
gente's; to Grand Gulf 23 hours aud IS
minutes, OF five minutes behind the Ma.
genta's time. The great run of the
Duke Of Orleans from New Orleans 10
Memphis, in 1874, as given BY her. was
made in , days % hours and thirty min
uies; and 10 Cairo IN three days 10 hours.
and 20 minutes This time Is disputed
however, and not therefore worthy Of
crodence.
The fuh OF the Shotwel and Eclipse
in the FIRST tRenty-iour hours out from
New Orleans, vas to point seven miles
below Grand Gulf thus giving the Ma
genia better time than either of these
boats by nsarly two hours, and leaving
her the victor over the Shotwell, Eclipse.
and Atlantic, as well as the celebrated
j N. White The Magentas time to
Cairo was forty-fve minutes better than
the time Of the Eclipse and shotwell.
When the Shotwell aud Eclipse made
their ran they vent, 10 New Orleans, pre-
pared for the race. They were entirely
dismautled Of spars, stagibgs, dunnage
/ derricks, &c, which we're left at Port
land, before they started ont Of that port,
and their holds carefully "sponged" Of
all bilsge water They had their wood
engaged and In barges along shore and
at suitable distances, and had nothing TO
do but make fast TO them and tow them
till the wood was put aboard This was
an advantage the Magenta had not She
bad seven hundred soldiers aboard.
/ whose constant movement could not fail
I 70 throw her out Of trim, aud besides had
all the military landings to make. She
was not crowded" but made the run
fairly and without extra exertion. There
is no doubt that IL she is properly ban
I died the Magenta can make the run from
I New Orleans 70 Louisville considerably
inside Of four days
II is not doubted, we are reliably in
formed. in steamboat circles in St Louis,
4 that the Magenta Is beyond question the
feetest boat ever built in the West She
is one Of the greatest tnumphs Of the
skill Of the mechanics Of New Albany,
and as such viii add TO their fame for
/ ingenuity as boat-builders