Evansville daily journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1863-1866, 1865-01-23

twenty-five mules. Capt. 0strander,
her late commander, died suddenly on
board Of her on Wednesday evening at
The Cincinnati wharf, The body Of the
deceased was taken 70 his home in New
Albany
The Emma, yesterday, in coming over
from JefFersonville, heavily loaded with
Government stores, collided with the
Jacksonville ferrybost, John Shallcrosg,
resulting in the disabling Of the ma
chinery. Perceiging that she could not
make the landing, and that she was
rapidly floating dowa toward the falls
she blew her Whistle for assistance.
The towboat Gypsy, and also the Shall
cross, went to her assistance. They sue
ceeded in getting her into the lndiap
chute, and the Gipsy then towed her
over the falls The Shallcross started
TO come hack, but it was thought by al
the spectators at the wharf that she
eould nat stem the current When we
left the leyee she was IN the middle
chute, trying very hard to ascend the
river.
The Louisville journal, Of Saturday,
says:
The JeHersonville ferryboat John
Shallcross did not succeed IN ascending
the middle chute, and was lodged on the
rocks
The towboat Alps, bound for Cairo,
which left here on Wednesday with
tow Of one hundred and twenty thousand
bushels Of coal, broke her shaft, wheb
below Troy, and is lying Two miles below
that place, on the Indiana shore
A large feet arrived from the Tennes.
see River last evening" aud a still larger
one was expected last night and today
The steamer Atlantic, on her last trip,
sunk coal barge at Island No 10, con-
tanning fifteen thousand bushels Of coal
The Atlantic arrived at New Orleans
on the 18th inst
A band Of guerriilas visited Presi-
dents Island The other night They are
reported to have been frightened away
BY negroes firing upon them and wound
ing one Of their number
The New Albany Ledger Of Friday
says
The connections Of the Mississippi
4 Atlantic Steamship Company with
New York from New Orleans have al
ready been broken By the withdrawal o.
Commodore Vanderbilt two steamships
from the line between New Orleans and
New York. The New Orleans Delta Of
the llth, speaking Of freights between
that city and New York says:
The rate for cotton by mail steamers
for New York has bsen advanced to 21e.
per pound Sailing vessels ask lie. per
pound fos cotton, 50 per hid. for tobac.
co, % and zoe. per barrel for -four, and
SOC. for moiasses. The steamers load
mostly with cotton; sailing vessels 60
| in ballast
| The question as 20 the cheapeuing Of
(reights by the ba1ding up Of mouopo-
lies has long since been demonstratsd.
rbe invariable rule IS that where mo-
nopolies become strongly AID firmly
established they control prices to saiG
their own interesta
The Peytoua, when She arrived at
Cairo, Wednesday, had so much freight
that she could not take what was wait
ing for her here.
The Marble City made the run this
week from Memphis to Care in nine.
teen hours and forty minutes Pretty
/ good running
The Montans, Capt. Carpenter, lefi
/ to-day for Tennessee River, in Uncle
Sam employ. Mart Tellon went away
looking as smiling as a Fourth Of July
morning.
Capt Merit S Pitcher died suddenly
/ in Franklin, Tenn, on Wednesday d
last week lie was in attendance upon
| his son Mat, wounded rebel officer
In the early days Of steamboat naviga-
/ ton, he was we'll known az having com.
mauded several boats In the office Of
/ Cant /. w. Weller, Nashville, there il
framed an old bill OF ladiug Of ship
msnt made by B b Mellvaine & Co
/ Upper Portland. KY, on the 18th daj
Of October, 1926, on the steamer Talma
and signed by Capt Pitcher, as master
/ The New Orleans Delta thus refers t
piraticaI attempt to seize the Morning
Star:
We we're informed last evening tina
the design Of band of rebel sympathi
GERS TO capture the steamship Morning
Star was discovered and frustrated OF
Saturday last A band Of thirty armec
desperadoes took passage on board th'
Star, with the intention of seizing th'
vessel on getting to sea, and running be
to some neutral port But unluckil
for their plans, Col Harai Robinson
Provost Marshal General Of the Depart
ment, got wind Of the affair, and goinI
on board in disguise he ferreted ther
out before reaching Fort Jackson.
At the latter place the ship wa
stopped, squad Of soldiers marched o
board, and the Williams made prisoner
and confined in the fort Connderabl
delay was oceasioned the Morning Stai
but she finally crossed the bar aud Yer
to sea at 4 clock on Saturday afte
: noon Col Robinson is certainly eI
l - r al - l.. -.