Evansville daily journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1863-1866, 1865-07-22


The river continues to rise fast here, and hence
10 CIncinnati, where there 10 feet in the chsA
mel. AT PIttsburg there are feet and falling,
but heavy rains prevail which Will check the do
cline.
f,sA heavy rain passed around rs, both 70 the
north and the south, yesterday.
The arrivals here, since midnight Of Thursday,
we're the superior, Memphis to Evansville and
returRtlL r. Webb, Nashville TO EvanSVillei
VIM white, r. X. Dunkerson, james Gray, and
Kate, Green rivsrto Evansville; Idahoe and Clara
DppDIpg, New Orleans TO Louisville; Tacony,
louisville to Cairo.
The Superior had moderate trip up, including
IS bales Of cotton, consign,d to Brown, bunker
son Co.,. agents Of the great Cotton Express, BY
which line IL went forward yesterday evening,
together with that discharged here by the b..
Patrick.
The Idahos and Clara Cunning were IN Gov
eminent service, carrying troops from thu South.
40 The VIM white and b. x. Dunksrson had
each a whaling" trip out Of Green river. The
White followed the Gilbert to that river last
nisht. .-
II The Duokorson viii leave fer Bowling -GFssn
this evening, and Capt. Drlnkwater and John
Adams will give especial attention TO passengers.
with o nice trip OF both freight and passengers.
Among tf, latter was our excellent friend, Capt.
nc. schosn aub, book-kespsr Of the Ersat house OF
Rrown, Dunkerson 4 90, who seeks weeks
creation for the benefit of his health, aud whom
ws commend to the kind attea tions Of nd. II art.
Billy Gwynn, and our other friends in Memphis
The Charmer will. be the regular mail packet
for Cairo and way ports to-day. She Is a. her
name Indicates. charming craft, admirably APP
pointod aud excsilently ofacersd. The inimitabls
Duke Nicholson 10 In the once.
The Rose Hite will be the regular Henderson
aud Loui,vire packet to-day. Captain Ayers, 9
veteran ard popular ofiosr, 10 in com mand, and
her OH IL occupied by courteous and attentive
q ntlsmsn.
The J p. Webb Is nIllng up fast and II leave
for Nasty lie this evening at o'sloet. The Webb
FsdsI getting pu'iie favor as her officers take
pain' to pl'a,e and are Always obliging.
Tho big !. diana was ioos cd for momentarIiy al
DARK last night, aud will probably lac over until
thia morning. She offers the most attractive In
dueemsnts TO shippers aud travellers to the South
The swift.wiIgd Liber No. 2 will DO d)wn
to-day en- route 70 Memphis. She Is one Of the
boats the propls love to travel on, and her ic
such non a people 10 o TO travel with Captain
e. Judges pleasant smiling fAes Eliminates the
onlcs.
The Darling, having repaired, ia due here this
fmoFning for Memphis. Captain Bachelor Ia her
elegant commander.
The W. r. Carter 10 also due here to-day for
New Orleans She Ia a first class boat with pleas
and officers.
The Missouri Democrat OF Thursday says:
The Rate KsSrney, big stern sheslsr. 70 aim y
turn There are here aud in the viciniiy only
about so steamers IN the same cat CORY.
The Louisviile journal OF Tn uraday says:
Captain Boyd will Immediately put another boa
In this place Of the Elnora, she having withdrAwE
frem the trade.
The Memphis Argus Of the 18th says:
fhs Bostona arrived with good trip Of psssen
gers aud two hundred bales Of cotton. Her ON
GERS report passing the E.lwood sunk at the fool
OF Island 76. They were hailed BY the crew o
thu Ellwood. but. In conrsquence OF low water
were unable TO render her any assistance.
broke big hole in her hull. At the time sh'
had some cotton aboard, and was bound for thi
ely. She will be raised,
The Zephyr, while g. ing up Red river, about tw
weeks ago, eollided With the steamer Ginnie Hop
kins, which took on . good part Of the larboar,
aide q the zephyr's bow, and breaking consid
water. At the time the accident occurred thsr
was large quantity Of freig on her foreeas!ls
which had to be thTowu overheard TO prevent he
sinking. She will be placed In good order imIas
diately. FMm
Manifest Of steamer j. r. webb:
Rsg,n d, Is bids tobacco, pit wheel
Brown, 90, A bids tobacco; w Noel Go
4dos Cox q II II tool chest; uihorn a B, valu
atle package; Head a NJ, BIZ aundries; Re
shipment, 50 bids tobacco.
Evansville, July 81. WILSON, Clerk.
The decision Of the inspectors In the case @
the explosion OF the Rurd Levi, was published 4
the Louisville Press Tuesday morning. The d,
ciaion attributes the explosion to an outsid
eause--no' doubt torpsdO-and sxoulpatss III
engineer on watch at the time, and ell the oths
oHncsrs Of the boat, from blame. The followin
10 the dssIsion OF the Inspectors;
TKE BLOWING UP or THE BuRp EEvI-Th
local inspectors ct Louisville have rendered thsi
Gee son N tho saplosio1 Or p a. my prefer 70 ca
that John A. Aston, engineer on watch at Il
time Of the disaster, was In no wise ehargeah
therefor; that the disaster did occur from Gauss
wholly out Of his control or prevention. He
Therefore, fully restored without blame or csnsu
to all bis riRhts ss an engineer.
Upon his EXAMINATION, Aston stated most pos
lively that directly before she blew up. he hs
boon round forward to hurry Mp the hremen
little. had passed back through the boat. and
the end Of The boilers, where the gusge cocks sr'
tLAt.he tr,e1 the water and found IL nush in .
The cocks, and when be got back 30 the engiI
roe@ ehscs.S the motion Of the doctor engine, !.
thea sat down and had been seated but a few M
ments When she blew up. That " zen the bio
uptsok place u was duh heavy sound as tho us
the at had run over sDsS and her whole DO
tom vas bang torn OUT, and that the Tow VI
lifted up. He soon after looked out and kne'
what 10 was, aud directly went forward, aud whf
lie got there he found both boilers gone. the en-
tire deck undrr them also. with all the cam
hr' ksn aud Rone, and the water buohling u
thro' ge the plsnks OF tho huli, IS though ths
we're driven lose and away from the frames
tte tost. Bristow. tue pilot. who was ct 81
wheel at the time, also confirms this BY q simil
s'Atemants only that he was suddenly liftsd n
and when he fell, fonnd himselfin the neigh DO
hooi Sf where the soi ers were. a. he knows fro
rgkh fnu hal hnNa nd fvT,s h
watsr rnahirg with great rapidity into, the no
from the dauisgs II had sustalBed. Others vi
yer. In bed aud asleep fund themselves,
Mwskening In the river.
We en- rsct further from the report OF the 1
spsetor. Msars. Reuben paNson and John
Crane:
awe refer you to the fragments Of tina sxptod
boilers IS far ns they may have been collected, 9
row lying in the boiler yard OF s. etuksy, In N
Albany. II diana. They were collected and broug
upey Captain Robe ts OF the dictated Levi
"They ecnsist Of three Of the heads OF {
boilers. the two forward ones. and one OF :
Ahsr ones, with portions Of The nues and shells
the b Hers. all gsthsred up on the bar on I
Kentucky side Of the river, at the paes whsrs
was blown up. ..f44
A remarkable aturs in gathering mp tn
fragments 10 brought cut In tina fact that III
were all PICKED up IN e small diatancs from &c
other, which gees eonclusivs'y to show that
blowing mp, from whatever cause prodnsed, v
upward andttnsfAnta tan eous, for had Il been latse
or sideTayas the force requisite to produce su
aulfs must have necessarily widely eeparai
them, Another strcrg argument for . like
euppklou 10, that one % the lower 6uea, direo
unasr abe hottom Of she Gus &C lay In the Oh