Evansville daily journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1863-1866, 1866-03-15

For CaAro.-The slegsut OhaElntr leaves to-s
day, with Captain Billy 1ewsh In charge. she Is
aslrsHGbIs craft, and Capt, LoEth win spare 40
paEps to Accommodate and please all.
For LouEsvflIe-Thes BOT. lEccombs. ID
the regular Louisville packet to-dAy. She leaves
this evening, 800, 49, = ~ siasfEI 8ssfn
For New Orleans The StenslwalI, new
boat, win bs at the wharf. to-day. aad leave for
New Orleans. The Calumet q also pectsd to
lsaye for that port. to-day, She 10 sound craft
with the OldfashIoned boilers. Ae .99 -
For Msmphis The Liberty no. Ii iex-
pected4mt tbs wharf, TEDDY. shs Is s,lmost nsss
boat, ard is sprovlded with the BEST :nsehiusry,
and the old -flshionsd boilers. Lock ont for her.
GIeanlmgs from Oar Exclhanges. !
TIE Louisville Courier gives the following de-
scriptlon Of the stonswsIl. . new boat Just con-
plsted there, and How ON her frst trips $40
The stopewaIl was built for Car tain yshn :.
Shaw wide known, popular bsatnsan, who has
successfully piled both the Missouri river aud The
New Orleans trade. The dimeueionp Of ths nov
boat sra a. lloaes Length Of hall, z3z feet: :
d ann, AZ feet inches depth Of hold. 81 lsef
she has extra heavy nbeFs al double bolteds
and being Of unusually light drau khi u Tess liza
BILE TO being snagged than most othsi boats Of her
cl ss. Her draugbt. light.is less thsn three fst,
with carrying capacity fDs ever f.0Ce tons. SIZE
s1' srfs i've snd fSsss s
~Hr~ -
she has extra heavy machinery, the engines being
n inches 10 diameter, with r. { stroke The wa.
tyr whsela are feet in diameters and the buckets
II feet in length, with wrought or shafts, aRd
all other modern improvsments. e1;cepfi the
boilers Thsy are the old fashioned q us bJfiers
each 70 feet in length and AZ inches III dismetsr
The Cincinnati Commercial Of yesterday Gays ;
The weather was mild and cloudy yesterday.
with rain during the morning, and slight proc
poets Of clearing OF last night. At ffttsbnrg the
liver was rising last night with feet in the
channel. The steady rats Of Monday, which WIS
general Throughout the West, oahsed the river 70
rise repsdy curing Monday night. Here Il has
Fiaen ftsesM feet during the tWsntJ'fonr hours
ending lar night, and was still rising. Both
Mihmlas l. seAiss and all Immediate tributaries
poured our y food. Considerable fleiRht lying
along the iefse was swspt 81 By thu sudden rise
Monday night. There Is IS feet hence to Louis
VILE, and the falls are again naviasbIe for the
largest class ofatpsmeru. Thefs d rs feet along
the Lower Ohio We my entieipafs b rise out Of
the Cumberland. At last accounts there was ~
feet IN that stream. We look for big river from
Pittaburg to Cairo.
Last night, little after Il o'elsek, ths roar
and crash Of the explosion # boiler YES dis
tinctly heard In the lower part Of tina city. Those
VINO happened 20 BE- on the street were startled By
th strange and terrible poisas Iuga tsw N onents.
theirs was an Duthar6t OF a smes, and IL vas seen
that there was "a considsrabls IRE near the river.
Presently, IL was ascertained that the new far
- boat, Covngton No. 2, Had exploded her boiler,
just after making landing at tho Covington
wharfoost, aed Immediately took- fire. A assr,z
side. the upper werks Of the beat were Destroyed
BY the Are But Che hui YES saved. Il was re-
ported that the engine was in charge OF ~,
and II s believed that the piiot-houso was carried
away By the expl osion.
No lives were lost aud no person even Injured.
The upper PORTION OF the boat Eas totally destroy.
ID, together with the MACHINERY. Loss shout
$4,000. Tho fire Is supposedfo ha'Fs originated
over the boilers-how, is not known. while the
iTa was burning briskiy, the steampipe of the
larboard Her collapsed, causing the idea to be-
comequite general on this side Of the river that
the Sof.erB hadsexRloded- The hnii bf the vessel
is unipjureds
The Louiayiifs Ccur err Of yesterday says:
The river was rising very rapidly yester day
fuily inches per hour, ct the head Of he falls.
There were fest water in the canal In the morn
ing BY the mark, and IL feet in the evening,
exit aordinAsy Fise During the previous "A hoursI
lt had risen 81 feet at the head Of the falls and
fnllg 10 feet at Portland. The weather cleared on
last evening after As hours Of rain, he rain ct
times pourin d. wa in torrents