The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1866-10-19
River and Wenther


The weather Iis clear, cool, and healthy
The river rose about two feet during the "a
hours ending at o'clock yesterday,
" Arrivals and Departures. s
Since our last report closed the following
constitute the arrivals and departures, up
10 3 o'clock yesterday John I. MeCombs,
and return; Charmer, Cairo and
return J. r. Webb, Henderson and re-
turn; Ada Lyon, Green River TO Evans
vile. III n GW sair3ns 5dT re
Boats Due. e "
Among the FIRST boats due here are the
Kenton and Emma No. 3, for ST. Louis
Darling, Robert Burns, Leonidas, and sam.
J. Hale, for Memphis; Huntsville, Charles
ton, and Rose Hambleton, for Little Rock
Emperor, Atlanta. Ezra Porter. Louisiana,
and Swallow, for New Orleans; Arma-
da. from Cairo; Indiana and louisville,
from New Orleans; Belle Vernon, SILVER
Cloud, Anna, Naugatuck, and Morning
Star, from Louisville. 9iI
miscellaneous. u4 ,aaa
There was "a paucity of arrivals yesterday
morning, and but little business on the
wharf, 1.-The J. r. Mccombs came ia on
Wednesday night after dark, with good
packet trip. .-.....-. The Charner and Ada
Lyon had fair packet trips......... The Phan
tom and Charmer had fair prospects for
trips out ......The "patent safety-vaive" Is
still attracting much animadyersion ON
the part of steamboatmen. We think Its
days are well nigh nunbered.......The fol-
lowing we find I'm IA late number OF the ST.
Louis Dispatch; 1a .1if 9uHa
"The new patent baek.up safety-valve'
NJ
boatmen along the Ohio, and we think,
from the present appearances, that its days.
are almost numbered The Pitt6burgers
have kicked against them strongly, and IL
is becoming well known that they are not
reliable. A few days ago an experiment
was made, at ~ machine shop IN Cincin-
natl, TO test the working of them, which
was set TO allow the, steam to escape at II
much less pressure than AZ was known the
boiler would sustain with perfect safely.
AS the expefiinenter lad great faith In the
utility of the new valve, he kept increas-
ing the fire under the boiler, In momenta
ry expectation of seeing the steam begin
TO escape from the valve. After heating
the boiler Intensely hot, the steam escaped,
but not through the valve, The accumu-
lated pressure OF hundreds of pounds could
not raise the valves, but IL raised he head
off the boiler and the roof on tie shop.
nearly killing the expeFimenter,f but cur
ing him OF ill-placsd faith In the new
valve. Fortunately the accident happened
at noon, when the most OF the Workmen
were atdinner, or II Is probable that some
lives might have been sacrificed. We un-
derstand that the st. Louis inspectors have
safety-valve from that recommended by
the Ohio river officials, and steamboatmen
are seemingly better pleased with it,"
Our river friends will excuse us for any
shortcomings while the Fair lasts. We
will be Obliged to pilots, clerks and Others
connected with boats, If they will favor
us by sending us manifests, memoran-
da, and o. her interesting river news.
RoRIs Leaving To-Day.
For CAIRo.-The superb and fleet Sam
Orr, Capt Allen Ducan, goes to Cairo,
promptly at three o'clock. Val. SOrenson
is her elegant passenger clerk, and Guy
Vineyard has charge of the freight de-
partment.
aIeantngs from bur Exchanges.
CIScISNATI,r-The CamDeroial of Wednes-
day says;
J he weather continues clear and pleasant.
At Pittsburgh the river is falling
with six feet IN the channel. The Kanawa
is falling, with Is feet I'm the channel.
Here, the river has risen two feet during
the past twenty-four hours, with fifteen
feet hence To Louisyille, T inltnG
The Commercials special from Jefferson
Vile, on Tuesday, says: "
The tug Wild Hoosier, with tow, pass
The Wild Hoosieris bringing powders
for Mr. Jacob Lowry who will be glad to
see her Ina. 81 59g8E LfH gf- fit
LouIsvrLLH.-rhe Courier, Of Weqnes-
day, says:
The river was rising slowly yesterday.
with seven feet three Inches water in the
canal in the evening. by the mark. Du-
ring the previous twenty-four hours, IL had
risen five inches at the head of the falls,
and fifteen inches at Portland. The weather
continues clear, very pleasant and pIopi-
tious for maturing the corn and other
crops. Ea gIu5 sttt ~J.ua4
| feet three inches water In the pass down
the Indian chute, and rising.
The Radical papers along the river, such
| virtuous sheets as the Pittsburg CONNER
cfdk Cincinnati Commercial, and EVANS
VIIlLE JOURNAL, have been horT1fied that
| n steamboat should be named Robert n.
Lee.v What's fn a name, that they should
be so terribly excited. 1t is but matter
| of taste, or fancy. One might call the wri-
4 tiers, or owners In either of those papers
| honest or virtuous, or decent. That
wouldn't make them either honest or vir-
tuous, or more decent than they are.
The Evansville JOURNAL was not hor-
rified that IL boat was called Robert f. Lee
but II, every other paper, and every sensi-
BILE man, was disguised to see column of
fulsome eulogy heaped upon boat by the
| Louisville Courier, simply because 1t bears
II
the name of distinguished traitor who,
with ali his natural endowments, and a
finished education obtained at the expense
of the Government, violated his oath and
his honor to take command of an army OF
traitors to attempt to overthrow the Gov
eminent which had educated and fostered
him. That's all.
The Courier has n special from Memphis,
OF the 10th. which says;
The Indiana came in on one wheel, hav-
| ing broken her wrist and blown out a
| cylinder head at the mouth of Red River.
1t win be remembered that we had the
same news on Friday or Saturday last.
ST. LouIs.-The Democrat Of Wednesday
says:
es will get along very well in the Missouri.
No arrivals Of steamers from that stream
| for about eight days, excepting the Post
Boy and Clara. The Upper Mississippi is
about stationary, ana lilinols falling