Evansville daily journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1863-1866, 1866-02-07
River Items

49, River ana Weathers
Yesterday was beautiful. Tie morning was |
cool aud the air pure aud healthy, but the sun
shone brightly all day. In the afternoon it was
much warner and pleasant. The water still con-
tinuss to recsds. having fallen at Issst eighteen
inches since last report. H-sss A
iliw Arrivals and nepartures.
The arrivals and departures since last report
include the Mariner, Memphis 10 Cincinnati;
America, New Orleans to Cincinnati; Dictator
LouisviIIs to New Orleans Armada, from Cairo;
Pink varble. Nashville to Louisyille; Superior
for Memphis; Fam Orr, for Eastpcrt; SHALLOW,
Cincinnati to New Orleans, and the Mary Amsnt,
for louisville.
- y Boats Due BE1& COS e.
! The Golden Eagle aud Naugatuck, for Memphis;
Mary Erwin, Starlight and Linnie Drown, for
Arkansas river; Bertha, to vicksburg, and the
Emperor, for New Orlesn 5, are among the first
boats due here. RN@ "A
MiscelIane0us. 81
Business on the levse, yesterday, wssvsry 80.
tive, asd freights were handled at q lively rate.
There were but few arrivals aud departures,
but the boats sc the wharf had good lists o.
freight for this port.........Th There seems to be
great outcry about the tubular boilers now in
use by steamboats,. We were In formed yesterday,
by one of our wharfboat propretors, that it is the
intent to take the tubular boilers ont Of the
Dictator. Hs had his information f.om Captain
Donelson.s We also learn from the same source,
that the steamer United States has cha ned up at
Louisville fer similar purpose, and that the
Tarascon viii take her place for the time. It IL
I also aid that the Wild Wsgo will follow the
example..,......It Is probably mistake about the
Tara4coa taking the place Of the United States.
This Is her regular day at this levse, and she may
bs expected ........Mr. Travis, Clerk of the Mary
tAmsnt, has placed us under obligations for file
Of late louisville and New Albany papsrs
Ths Mary hrd first rate trip out yestsrday
The Dictator arriy cd at O'Clock sterdsy morn
ing and en- aimed at the wharf till 10 o'clock.
The Superior lad splendid "trip out yester-
day, with sufficient engagements below to put the
/ guards in the water. Cox q Humphrey shipped
600 bags of corn on her for ports below
The Pink varbls had AGO bales of cotton for Lou
i,ville falling Of the water has left the
lower part OF the wharf ia q bad condition, for q
i few days only, u such Delighted weather con-
4 tinusa The papers come to rs from above
advertising boats for ds arturo with italicsed
] nouncements OF each that has not tubular boil
ers This Swallow, Cincinnsti to New Orleans
/ had big tripa-..Ths Gam. Orr left for East
port last night with an excellent trip of freight
The Tennessee river trade will NO doubt be sasi
i ly sacnsei to this city by proper exsrtions 70
maintain the boats now in the trade, and Their,
j Is strong enor being made to /, so........Tfav.
4 ISIS wharf boat was taken posse salon Of tempo
rariIy by Sheriff Darling, 81 there was no on'
lses to do after the death Of Capt. Ashby.
1 Boats Leaving TesDa
/ For CairO.-Ths grand Armada. tie gem o
the Lower Ohio. VIII leave this day for Cairo a..
/ For LOuIsviIle.-Ths 'egsy and festive ;
Rose HIts will 90 out for Louisville to day ehl
is an excellent craft, with courteous gsnslemeI
for ofassrs. and cannot fail 70 pieass ALI u "A
81 For Aaemphts.-Ths excellent and stAunch
built TarAscou IL expected at Che wharf to-day
q for Memphis. She has not the tubular boiler.
Gieanlngs from Our Exchanges.
The Louisvils Democrat OF yesterday says
a The river 10 falling slowly, By the mark, .
6 O'Clock last evening, there was six ftet f0u
ioehes water In thu. canal. four tsst four lnchs
in the Indiana chute, and three fast four inehe
Floating ice made its appearances In the rive
at this point yesterday for the first time thi
wintsr TIE hsrgs wsrs mum ross but not At a.
Il gait N, unless the present north-pole westhe
should continue for several days. The hoatin
Islands OF Ice, hugRing toe KENTUCKY curve Q
the river, wsre novel in this latitude tn at the!
were viewed with interest by aii who chances
upon the river front.
The Ss was ss sbs9n
ranged from fourts'n to twenty degrees aboy
zero. emA ~ NMa
invented tubular boiler are pr. ducing whispert'
| revolution We hear Of Numerous boat owner
| ignoring them, and furthermore learn tha
some OF the insurance companies of this city re
f1sa tn ak RI AXIS a q m
lars. II is seif-svident that these instrnm Bnts
ath and destruction ases q they shou q bpy
| question now put TO q stes mboat master By pass
engsrs and shippers is. "What kind Of boilers be
, your b ,st?' II the reply he " tubular" il
. equivalent to setting on bomb shell In the mids
of the questionsrs. So he fate Of tubular boiler
10 sealed. A nervous Indian an wishing to Gre 8
the river u sterday. declined doing so until th
ferrymau assu ed him that thu John Shallcros
: didn't have the tubu Take out your new
: | tangled steam generators.
The Cincin aH Commercial of yesterday says
The weather was cold and clear yesterday, wit
, the wind changeAble. At A. n. the msrcur
was II aud att Pm. % degrees aboye zero. In
0 river 10 full Of running ics from Pittsburgh !
| Pomeroyy and, perhaps, Portsmouth, virtual
~ lending navigation between those poina
day, and recedlng one and q half inches per bou
last night There is Is feet hence to Louisville
There six feet in the Canal. and Is feet on tn
shoalest bars along the Lower Ohio. There ar
. feet and falling In the Cumberland.
We regret to announce that Henry Hurd, on
of the pilots of the iil-fatsd Missouri, aud son
d. CAPITA jesse Hurd, of the same steamer, die
! in Portsmouth OF the wounds received by the en-
J., plosiOn. Poor Henry buried by the side {
his mother, on sunday. 10 the cemetery at Ports
mouth, Ohio. BE was "a years Of sge. His ne
vitiate as a pilot eommencsd at the early age
/. TO yeSrs. BE was three years pilot on the u
per Mississippi, from 81. Paul to Dubuque, d.
ring which time he acquired q skin and prohcis1
might envy In the spring OF "a, when th
n Missouri was brought our, be left the Unpe
Mississippi, to acquire q knowledge Of navigt
Q tion on the Lower Mississippi, aud six month
before his death was made full pilot In ID
: low.r trade. He was . young man Of muc