Evansville daily journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1863-1866, 1865-02-06

to-day to try to get her of
The Countess viii enter the trade, on
Tuesday, as tri-weekly packet between
this port and Cairo She is a neat, new
boat, End is said to be very fast Capt
W. 81 Thompson Is her chief officer
with Henry T. Adams in the Office
Cox & Humphrey are her agents.
The great steamer Leviatban, having
carrying capacity Of 1900 tons, and
the largest steamer afoat on the West
ern waters, was aold on the 1st instant
at public auction, at the Merchants Ex-
change, St Louis, for the sum Of s1I9,-
900. Aessrs Fitzgerald 4 Gaylord,
bankers, we're the purchasers, and the
boat was bid in by Capt. John W. Carroll
for that firm. The Leviathan has not
been running year yet, and most Of
the work on Der vas done two or three
years ago, when labor aud material was
much cheaper than at present
She then cost Ambrose Reeder, her
protector and builder, $3.50, 600, the con.
tracts having been made at the low old
prices She was sold by Mr. VIM. Nc
Pherson, administrator Of the estate Of
Ambrose Reeder, deceased--terms. one
fourth cash, balance TO four, eight and
twelve mOnths. Mr. Mcpherson himself
acted as the auctioneer The sale Of
the boat caused good deal Of excite
ment. as several wealthy merchants and
boatmen were interested ia the bidding.
Messrs. Fitzgerald and Gaylord bought
the boat at a great bargain, considering
her substantial qualities aad immense
capacity.
The New Albany Ledger of Saturday
says
The steamer Phantom arrived from
Nashville yesterday. On her way no,
and when nearly ,,osite the mouth of
Blue river, thr canton was hailed By \
party Of PEI ms stationed on the Ken
lucky she 4 The Captain did not pay
any at .tiou TO the hailing signal. AS
sher sed the place, the rebels on shore,
81 /0ne hundred in number, opened on
> boat with musketry, some forty shots
sfriking the boat, bat fortunately no one
was injured. The guerrilas are at DIFF
ferent points along the lover Ohio. but
they did not interfere with the Phantom
at any other point than tie one mem
toned above
Memorandum Of Steamer Pentona
from Nsw Orleans to Cairo Lett
port Saturday, January 18th. Start
ed from wood gard above city at nine
o clock, 7 NJ No Boats in Port for
Ohio river met Mollie Able At Red
Charch arrived at Baton Rough at 2
o'clock Jan 29th Joseph Pierre and
Henry Ames At wharf met Grey Eagle
at Morganza arrived at Natchez ] A.
NJ. met two boats with coal above city
reached VieksburR = NJ Jan. Both
passed Tycoon - Paw Paw Island. |
wooded 81 100, met Missouri At Eggs
Point, ] a II Jan. 3ist, John Pane,
Maria Denuing, Illinois, Check and /
Autocrat having landed troops
Gaines Landing Laurel Hill al Eapo- 4
leon arrived al White River at IL N :
boats IN port, Nebraska, Jennie Brown /
and ldaboe wooded at 10, Feb lst I
met James Watson a. Presidents Id. I
aud met W. x Arthur head Of same
met steamer Lady at Z. ". below
Memphis boats a. Memphis, Matte,
Kate Hart, Liberty No 2, sunny. South,
Barton lelt port at | T.. NJ. /
met Marble City at Oseeola; met Gen. 4
Lyons az Fuckers Point Jan. "a
Freight for Cairo, 20 bales cotton.
Tor Paducah, 3 brls sugar, - brls Mo
ase e. Shawnetown, 7 brls and | hlf 4
Drls molasses ] hid sugar Mt Vernon.
bid sugar, ~ bis guuuy bags; Evans
sille, W. Dalzell, hid sugar Decker
I Dusouchet, , hid sugar, 10 brls or
anRes, Newberg, 10 DDS sacks, . brs
oranges, 2 brls oysters Louisville, z 1 I
nhds sugar, 4S brls oranges, hhds
bananas, Il bales blankets, l6 boxes
,undries Cincinnati, 100 bags pota-
.oes, pos hrls Molassos, 50 hhds sugar,
bales oysters 10 bbls sand, 5 bndls /
Bags, . bndls rags Discharged freight
u Natchez, Nieksburg aud Memphis.
Fair trip Of passengers all the way
through
The swift-winged Liberty No. ., Capt /
Yes Conner, is on her way here with
100 bales Of cotton, consigned to Brown,
)unkerson & Co, to 20 forward by the
treat Cotton Express. She will return /
rom here to Memphis this evening, af. /
err the arrival Of the train, and will |
leucefortb run as regular packet be- /
ween this city and Memphis The Lib
rty No. 2, Capt Wes Conner, aud Z.
!. Judge, her chief clerk, are too well
nown to require any commentator
rom US.
The Marmora arrived here from Mad
son last night, and viii load here for
lastport, Our amiable young friend,
Henry Miller, is her chief clerk.
The Jacob Strader, which had for sew.
'ral days blocked up the canal at Louis.
lille, Vas got out on Saturday, and nav
CATION in the canal is again unobstruet. /
ID, and several boats may be expected /
'som Cincinnati to-day Among the
irst win be the Alice Dean, for Mem
ibis.
A Cairo dispatch to the Missouri Dem-
'erat says
The river rose two feet; weather warm |
md clear, The gorge at Dogtooth /
moved down a quarter of mile, yestsr-
lay, sinking the steamers Southwestern
md David Watts Seventy fee, of the /
tide of the latter boat was crushed in
wards. No other beat seriously injured. |
Stsamhoatmen think the gorge cannot /
-emain longer than tomorrow, but as 1
he Ohio Is rising rapidly, overcoming |
he current of the Mississippi, the ice |
nay remain several days, as it cannot 1
loaf away, and is too thick to. melt in |
ess than = week.
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