Evansville daily journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1863-1866, 1864-04-08


The officers Of the Eagle claim that
they beat the Saint, but on the other
hand the officers Of the ST. p claim that
they sen: the Little Eagle Grey" to
the bank We Judge that both boats are
very equally matched, as We know both
are fast The Eagle arrived here at liz
O'Clock aud the 81. Patrick "a hour later
The 81 Patrick has light trip thus
far. bat added about 4 hundred tons
here. She was, as ususl, crowded with
/ people
Among her passengers was Capt j. B.
Archer, chief Of the Line, and one Of the
beat steamboatmsn on the river He as
sures Us that be has no inclina,icn to.
wards Naval service and that the report
that be had consented to run an iron.
clad is erroneous
The Gen. Anderson did not arrive un-
Ill nearly ; o'clock yesterday afternoon,
having been detained by an overflow Of
I business
She had sn immense cargo Of tobacco
and sugar, and the water was washing
over her decks She reloaded immedi-
asely after disehArging her freight, and
left late last night for Cairo.
! About clock on Wednesday mora.
ing the Gen. Anderson collided with the
little steamer Jaqaess, loaded With -four,
from the Wabash, when near Metropolis,
which caused the latter 70 sink in about
two miuutea No lives we're lost The
boat and cargo are supposed to be a total
loss
The r X Dunkerson got nice trip
yesterday, and LEFT late last night for
Rumsey, full Of people
The steamer White, q small cotton
boat, was captured and burned By q
guerrilla party rear Lorings Point, near
Helena.
A dispatch dated st Paul, March 3Oth,
says: The FIRST boat Of the season reached
our leYee At o'clock in the afternoon,
IT came up from Prescott, with passen-
gers and mails The stages have been
taken % and boats will commence their
regular trips to the head Of the lake to
morrow. Steamboat men expect TO make
break through Lake Pepin within =
week.
We learn from a reliable source, SAYS
the Cincinnati Commercial, that il IL the
intention Of the rebels 70 do sll In their
power 70 prevent navigation on the
Western and Soushern waters, By snug.
Cling fixed ammunition into steamboat
fuel The other day they tried 20 blow
up the steamer Missionary, on the upper
Tennessee, BY boring holes ia the FIRE
wood which che used. The holes we're
plugged up after being flled with powder.
The Confederate War Department have
offered premium FOR the invention Of
= she'll resembling coal. which can Be
indiscri ninately mixed mp with this des-
cripiion Of fuel, which is 20 freely used
on our steamers We don't think tbey
viii succeed in this nefsrious business:
ret i is well enough for our engineers
and 6rsmen 10 exsmins their fuel care.
fully. from Cairo 70 New 0rlsana
The CITY Council Of Cincinnati on
Saturday advanced the rate Of Wharfage
two cents per ton on steamboats,.
Captain Frank Y. Bachelor was offer
ed and declined Sc, 900 at Cincsnnati
on Saturday, for the Darling
Captain Murray has purchased the
commanding interest Of tbs Goodey
Friends for $4,000.
The officers Of the steamer MarcelIa
states that the steamer Isabelle, Capt
! Mcpherson, Is very hard aground ct
. Brick House, fifteen miles above the
mouth Of the Missouri They supposed
that the boat would have 70 wait for 9
rise TO get of She is bound up the Mis-
sour, and had been aground forty-eight
hours when the Mareella passed dozn-
There was no possible chance 10 pull
the boat %, even II Iightened Of al her
freight
On Saturday, Admiral David Gibso J
and Capt r. n Brown Of the Bostyna
No. 2, contracted At Cincinnati for =
splendid side-wheel packet for the Gin
einnati, GAlhpolis, Petersburg, and
Marietta trade, to be ready By .he LIST Of
October The hall win be 20 feet long,
81 feet beam, With S feet depth Of hold,
built By Litherbury Damont builds the
machinery, consisting Of 9 pair Of "a
inch cylinders, with 7 feet stroke, and
three tabular boilers, forty-six inches in
! diameter ard twenty-five feet long. She
:. will be fitted out IN superb style Cap
tain Browns lOE-xzter packet, for tie
' same trade, viii be completed BY the
middle Of July. Admiral Gibson has
also contracted with Li,herbury and Du.
mont At Cincinnati, for the hail and ma.
chinery for another splendid steamer
similar in size and model to the SultanA,
with more power