Cairo evening times. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1865-1866, 1865-11-18

-hc[OFteF am CAm0efG0n0-NSD IN CentlOn TO
P'ecent Eeplosions-C Captains Ben Egan and
HaAiday-C Connections Of Cairo Packets TOR
NashoiUe.
All boats or below yesterday had full loads.
The Cumberland had So 500 feet dressed flooring fr ON
the pineres of Tennessee for reshpment to Mem pills.
and 26 bales cotton for ST. Louis She passed the fleet
Tarascon, under way, in full sight of Cairo.
The Alton had 800 bales cotton, the Harry Dean 400,
the Luminary Il and the Nightingale AGO.
The Underwater lief here to-day for the wreck of the
Ben Stckney, which boat at last accounts, was settling
rapidly the water being five feet her cabin floor
forward when the Luminary passed up. This is eight
feet deeper than when she first sunk The water is but
four feet over her main deck aft.
FoR MEMFHs.-The splendid and favorite steamer
Belle Memphis. Capt. an. Musseman, clerk Larry
ntler, is the regular packet for Memphis this evening
on arrival of the train.
For WHITE RIvER.-The beautiful and light draught
steamer Albert Pearce Luker Master, Felman, Clerk
ill leave for all points White River this evening on
arrival of the train.
For New ORLAANs-The superb steamer Clara Del
Franey Master, is advertised for the above and
all way landings this evening, arrival of the train
The Dosen is of the largest and best the
river.
For PADucAH-The elegant steamer Plain City, Scott
MASTER leaves Paducah and intermediate landings
evening arrival of the tran meeting with
packets at Paducah for Tennessee and Cumberlan d
rivers.
For CoLuxBrs-The Gen. Anderson, Parker, master,
leaves Cairo every day for Columbus and p
m arrival of trains and makes close connection
with Mobile and Ohio railroad Memphis New Or
leans and Mobile.
The Mississippi falling St. Louis at about
of tree or four inches per day.
The Upper Mississippi and Missouri also falling,
with feet Keokuk, 81 feet the Lower Rapids and
the same in the Missouri.
The Ohio continues to recede at Pittsburgh there be-
only three feet six inches in the channel latest
dates-Wednesday last.
The river fell ten inches Wednesday Cincin-
| natl, and is falling all the way to Cairo.
Here the river has fallen six inches since last report
The weather is clear beautiful under its in
uence the month in of the gardens in the
| city budding out
| Business continues fair.
Our thanks due the officers of the Kate Kinney,
Clara Dosen and Belle Memphis for ,nfests and late
| papers
MISCELLANEOUS. r.
Among the passe ngers by the Cumberland yesterday
Col. Matt. NJ chimney, formerly editor of the Ken
lucky Rifle and other papers in that State. He is ge
nal wholesoued and talented gentleman, and an in
veterate hater of Scotch whisky in which antpa thy he
is tanned by the Capt Sawyer (of Halliday
Bros and who entertained the Colonel in that elegant
style which he alone sustain. We might chronicle
of Col MATHS mshaps before reaching Cairo yes
terday-how he fell Of the dugout in crossing the
Tennessee River-how he fshed out and dried by
Capt. Ben Eagan and Dr. Tom Gibson-but have
cluded not to say word about it, lest person
vious of the Coones good looks and with the
ladies might nsnuate his hatred of Scotch whisky
punches has been inauguated since he became Baptist
| Capt. VIM P. Halliday departed yesterday for St.
Louis, and Capt. Ben Eagan for Nashville, to arrange
and perfect important connections for the River Trans
poration Companys daily line of packets between
/ this city and Johnso nville
Among the passengers by the Cumberland yesterday
Capt. G. H. Donnelly of PASSPORT, route St.
Louis place himself under medical treatment for
| eyes.
Thad F. Gibson Familiarity known in the estate of
McCracken' I" Maj. Bassoon,'' will probably assume
the control of the Office CT tho steamer Tennessee in
few days, the present head of the financial depart
ment of that steamer, Capt John H. Trplett is about
to embark in a small matrimonial speculation, which
sincerely trust will heavy per centage of hap
| piness.
The invention of Ebenezer Danforth of Geneva, Hi.
nois by which steam be generated without the least
risk of explosion has been patented and sold to New
York company with capital of g. OOO for the
ufacture of the appar The Chicago Journal thus
| describes it:
Let the reader imagine hollow iron sphere two and
half inches thick. and having diameter of thirty by
twenty-five inches -natened at the top and bottom for
convenience in putting it into its place snail stove
CRATE Inside Of this globe, which is not much larger
than farmers dnner-pot, is common threequ arter
tom, and terminating in small ball sprinkler. per-
forated with forty dimnutive holes The fire is built
der the globe and the sprinkler is teaspoonfu Of
water Now people would suppose that in order to
steam all That would be would be to
discharge the water in the pipe against the hot IRON Not
So The air in the sphere is at temperature
hundred to six hundred degrees by Fahrenheits Their
mometer. The water in the sprinkler Is hot, and the
| sprinkler is surrounded by superheated vapor
into which the water is spurted becoming heated steam
ing or eecmens Of water from the Pipe is repeated as
revolution of engine attached has consumed
power, with cylinder of five inches bore piston
eight inches long-s propelled with the force of
CINE of fteeR horse power with pressure Of one hun
dred and thirty pounds, running two corn-mlis and
turning feed at the rate Of forty bushels hour
Show anything like that in mechanics before this in
| vention
| We consider the above description about clear
mud, and the invention little liable to explosion
gunpowder The theory of the boiler explosions
is contained in the following The hghfanucence Of the
equilibrium is 50 highly hpothecated and condensed
that it cazucs whir and sends everything sky high.
Almost every woud:be philosopher who attempts to
explain explosions lands in just such mudde the
above.
George S. Packard clerk OF the McPorter furnishes
a memoranda Of the last trip of that steamer
| which We condense the following:
! McPorter left Cairo Tuesday night one hour behind
| River transportation COmpaDys packet Tennessee;
overhauled aud her under way below the chan
arrived Paducah before daylight axd lay until
m, taking freight and passengers; made 10 land
ngs and reached ohnsonville minutes before 10
night; left Jacksonville on arrya, of train; steamer
Cumberland in ringing her bell to leave;
full Of freight and and by for daylight
| Reynoldsburg; just starting the Tennessee
passed up but Immediately afterwards into the tim