The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1866-12-08

or discharging cargoes at the. same time.
The weather WIS clear and pleasant, and
sfMe@ fn0mr anaafasmWa may add, in axplaaa-
ton OF that statement, that the wharf is
bran HeWsI 1881 OF = saatt TT -zfas1i YTt
Theeyening line mail boat United States.
which left the wharf on Tuesday evening
for Cincinnati, was SO much crippled by
collision with the atow-boat Lake Erie,
when just above Jeffersonyille, that she
the mail-boat yesterday. took the passen-
gers and freight of the United States At
the time the accident, occurred, the United
stas %ss pnp aa a tg ihs sg Es above
rounding osat from shore with a coal barge
sin1tow.6 The States blew her whistle to
e a 1ae 5g u T sratsd b that
were sonear that a. collision WAS ineyita-
bla. Tiae Erie struck the States near the
cook 1h9Hse, teaEging away the larboard
the water9wheels9 s74ni 70 eva Inq o. 3
i TheSt Louis Democrat, of Thursday says:
% Thefepeated showers interrupted steam
boat business at the wharf yesterday, and.
matters there We're consequently iull and
unfnvttfnE. The river was rising very
slow " Our exchanges from distant poin Is
D0nT the upper rivers mention the weather
assunexpectedly mtld-thawing weather,
when freezing was expected. One boat ar
the last of the year from any point above
Keokuk. There is still q; boat loading for
the Missouri, but the business with that
stream is of very slim extent. The Illinois
and a. hall, feet water in that stream, and
bring down heavy loads OF grain. Ship
rnents continue large to New Orleans, with
q ldoWnWard tendency In. rates, tonnage
being greatly in excess OF the demand. &
The David White has had enough of the
Cumberland River trade. She is at New
Orleans, trying TO pick up freight for Louis
willie.
ira. TIT. A
gill, tor st, Louis, were delayed at New
orleans, and did not leave until Monday
The Henry Ames has put up new chimneys
al New Orleans, and left for Louisville 81
The Republican, of Wednesday, says: s5r.
The Memphis packet, City of Alton. On
her last trip down, and when going into
the head of Hat Island, ran over a " break,
thereby breaking about $50 floor timbers.
She has gone to the Carondelet ways for
Tsfhe steamer aCornesaa. bound for New
Orleans, also ran overthe same break"
We have not heard whether any, damage
a 2 Il sald sRs Is Tsised
ed to be arook with atsrackr of logs lodg-
ed on IL. Pilots SAG that there is the very
ess sgR Sf bresk y,slDle the
aged at the same place som time since ~
4 COLLISION GAsE.--The following decis-
lon in the. case Of the collision between the
Memphis packet Belle st. Louis and tow
boat Lake Erie No. 3, has been rendered: "a
toAsA - bi LOCAL INSPEoToR's OFFICE, 4 -
81 syo Memphis, Tenn, Nov. "a, 1866.
d. G. Trader, ESQ.,, Surveyor of Customs:
SLR-After due investigation of the case
of collision, between the steamers Lake
Erie No. 8 and the Belle st. Louis, which
occurred on the night of October 18th, at
the foot of Island No. 81. on the Mississip-
pi, and in fullEview- of all the testimony, we
are of opinion that the collision was the
result of acknowledgement on the part of
the pilots In the matter of signaling, and
that If before changing the signal the pilot
of the steamer Belle st. Louis had stopped
his engines and backed them, no collision
would have occurred. We therefore sus-
pend the license of George w. Lenox, D lot
OF, steamer Belle st. Louis, for the term OF
thirty days from date. s - ~ %
&a 4fkao tlgd LEWIS L. WARREN,
9I fa,Ha MARTIN KELLY, e
fs Local Inspectors.
NEW ORLEANs.-The Times, of Monday
says: 49,
The weather yesterday was cool and
cloudy, and, at intervals threatened rain;
but up to q late hour it did not, although
looked for during the night.
1t being the Sabbath, business on the
landing was extremely dull.
There was but one departure, while arri-
walls were quite numerous.