The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1866-09-19
Boats Leaving To-Day.

- bOORS Leaving AO>DSAys
For CAIRo.-The fleet and elegant Sam.
Orr is the regular packet for Cairo and all
way ports, at o'clock to-day. Captain
Allen Duncan is in command, Jerry Vim
yard is her passenger clerk, and Bill Haas
looks after freight. The Orr is sumner.
For LoUIsvILLE.-The great Tarascon is
the unrivalled packet for Louisville, this
evening, in charge of that magnificent
corps of veteran officers, Captain Irwin
Lusk, Clerks, Ourbacker, Field and Ste-
phenson. Dabney Page is her popular
Commissary of Subsistence.
For EAsrPoRT.-The ]. p Webb, in COM
mand of Captain Charley Irwin, goes to
the Tennessee River this afternoon, and
offers elegant accommo dations to passen-
gers. Robert A. Moffat is her popular
Clerk, assisted by Mr.. J. P. Webb.
Manifest of Steamer Sam. Orr.-From
Calro.-Brown, d & Co., Sc hhds of tobacco;
HollingswOrth d Bro, IL crates ware; w.
s. Form, 2 hhds tobacco; Raglan & Dicky,
hid tobacco; Preston & Manifee, % pkgs
sundries; A, Gumberts, Is pkgs feathers, 43
dry hides, 2 bundles sheep Pc Its; Or. Stod-
dard, / oil can; JThos. Keith, roll leather;
Huston & Co., % hds tobacco. ti5
GIeanings from our Exchanges.
/ CINcINNATI.--The Commercial of Sunday
says: sa oj ia9H 7-l p
The little steamer Allena May exploded
| her boilers yesterday afternoon, at the
head of Raccoon Island, on the Virginia
shore, six miles below Gallipolis, Ohio.
She was bach ing out from the landing,
| when both boilers exploded. She is a COM
plete wreck. Two of the crew were killed.
| Captain Hamilton was badly wounded, The
| mate badly Scalded, together with the
| clerk and several passengers. The steamer
| Nora stopped at the wreck, rendering all
| necessary assistance, taking the scalded to
Gallipolis. Several passengers are missing.
| One died on board of the Nora. Among
| those badly scalded is Mr.. E. H. Flowers, a
| well known engineer, who was passenger
ON the Allena May. ssn
| The Wild Wagner arrived from Louisville
| yesterday, and returned to the same port
last evening, where she Will remain Tor the
present. The Robert Burns dropped down
TO the ieyee yesterday, ana VIII leaEe JOE tol
| Memphis on Tuesday, in the line OF the
| Memphis and Cincinnati Packet Company.
| She has undergone thorough repairs, nav
| ing been reprinted throughout, ana is
! looking as fine as silk. Captain Eugene
! Bowers is in command, and Mr.. Dunlap In
| the office.
The levee was thronged with steamers
yesterday, and many OF the packets are re-
! Stunning their regular trips to all points
| The past week shows decided increase In
| shipments, and we anticipate more act1v-
! ity along the leyee from the present time
| throughout the tall and winter season.
CINCINATI.-The Commercial, OF Monday,
says: hr
The weather was clear and pleasant yes
| terday At Pittsburgh the river is station
] airy, with feet water in the channel. The
! Kanawha is falling, with 40 inches In the
i channel Here the river has receded .
/ inches during the past "A hours, with feet
| on the shoaIest bars hence to Louisville.
LOUISVILLE THE Courier, of Monday.
says: 1o Il
I The river was falling slowly last evening,
! with five feet ten inches water in the canal,
by the mark. On Saturday evening there
| were six feet water in the canal. During
| the, past twenty-four hours 1t had fallen
| two inches at the head of the falls, and six
inches at Portland. The weather was
| cloudy esterday and very warm, with
/ light dash of rain in the morning, and the
| promise of storm in the evening.
! On the falls last evening there were three
feet ten inches water in the pass down the
Indian chute and falling.
r. MEMPHIS. The AUGldncle of Saturday
says:
The weather yesterday was very warm,
and on the levee a little dust was mixed
with the weather in places, SO as to thick
en- it slightly. Business was like that OF
the day before, and but little was doing
except with the regular packets. The Able,
Petrolia, Northwest. Cleaner, and HANDLE
ton were all fs.king on fair showing Of
freight.