The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1868-05-26


bat little here We regret 70 see
such fine steamers, with such worthy
and estimable officers, going hungry.
.........AmoDg the guests at the Ameri-
can House are Captain Ben Egan, Of
Nashville, and Captain Pres. A. Byrne
and lady, Of GAINESVILLE. DIR. Thos.
/ F. Gibson, late master Of the fore
castle on the Mayfower, returned on
Saturday to the mouth Of the Cum
berland, to eIeetioneer with his fell
low-citizens of Smithland for the
Office of Sheriff. Among the
shipments on Saturday were 10
hogsheads of tobacco, reshipped by
the Ada Lyon to GAINESVILLE. That
looks truly like sending Goals to New
Castle. Among the passengers by the
Dexter, yesterday, were the family Of
J. ?. Luse, Esq, editor Of the New
Albany Commercial, and NJ. &. S.
Crosier. for some time associate editor
Of that Paper, en- route to New Or
leans on a pleasure excursion.........
Capt John Gilbert, of Golconda, and
Capt. J. H. Triplett, Of Greensboro,
are in the city....-.~Capt. Bob Riley
left for St. Louis by yesterday morn
ing's train. So did Miss Leo Hudson
and her famous Black Bess.
MEMORANDA OF THE STEAMER
FANNY BRANDEIs.-Left Nashville,
Friday, May I'D, at Il NJ; weather
clear; river falling; 8 feet of water on
Harpeth Shoals.
Boats in Port-Ella Hughes, Al
pha, A. Baker aud Charmer.
On the 23d inst, met the Havana
at Dover; Tyrone at Linton.
MANIFEsT-R. K. DunkersOn Il
Co., 127 hogsheads tobacco; Ehr-
man, Fisher Il Co, hogsheads to-
bacco; T. @. Van Ripper, 3 hogsheads
tobacco; l. LOwenthal, 1 trunk
clothing, l box merchandise; Baird Il
Start. Il dry hides; Schaffer, GrUen
Il Kehr, 1 bag wool; Chas Wilheimi,
Is empty ale boxes; DIR. q. B. Walk
er, ] cedar chest: VIM. Klussman
800 feet cedar lumber
For Louisville-Ray i Co.. 10 hogs
heads tobacco.
GaIeamfngs from cur Ia changes.
CINCINNATI - The Commercials
Pittsburg special, in Saturday paper,
says:
A laborer on the St. Charles, in at
tempting to get out Of the way Of
bale OF hay, fell overheard and was
drowned Capt John Woodburn was
in the city, after a long absence in /
the Arkansas River trade.
A Pittsburg steamboat Captain /
writes from St. Louis that Pittsburg |.
boats have been sadly taken in at that /
place, by Missouri River bOatmen
The latter advertise to take passen- (
gers from St. Louis TO Omaha lor Sl2, [
but this is without meals, which when I
added, make it 81. They also refuse /
to give clear bills Of lading OF through /
freight.
The Conouerciars St. Louis special
says:
The Belle St. Louis, bound down,
and Kate Putnam, bound up, cOllided
at St. Mary's. The first had her
wheel house stove in; her gallews
frame broke and let her wheel down
and she lost ten hours time. The
Putnam arrived this morning. Dam
age about 5000 She took IN only
three inches water. Capt. Reeds
statement is this: Wednesday night,
near y. passed the Belle St.
Louis at St. Mary's, running in
the middle Of the river, head pointed
to the Illinois shore; the Belle
st. Louis coming down, apparently
keeping the Missouri side. Suddenly
she changed her course toward the
Illinois shore across our bow, and
whistled twice, and instantly com
menced backing, as a collision ap
peared likely. We were backing
when the Bellies starboard wheel
struck Us. and climbed clear over our
bow. We had a narrow escape from
instantaneous sinking. This put the
Belle out of her course, and she
swung around. She then made up to
US, and her officers proffered assist
ance, if needed. They acted very
cleverly, and I can only attribute the
accident to a miscalculation.
New ORLEANS. = The Times of
Thursday says:
There was a little more activity on
tAC Aduu4bS yesterday ludu there WAS
the day previous, and the steamers
that lett yesteI day evening had very
good trips Of freight for the season.
The Lizzie Hopkins. for Jefferson.
and the Richmond, for Louisville.
both had fair trips, and the latter
packet looked, when she
passed the landing, as if she had an
unusual good passenger trip, Judging
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