The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1868-02-28

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PITTsBURG.--Dhe Commercial of
Tuesdaysays aoL hrh TotH.
Business along the landing was not
very brisk, The wharf and the streets
were impassable 10 most places. The
rain that fell was frozen before it
could reach the ground. The wharf
was one bed OF ice, The departures
include the packets. '''-
The wharf yesterday was in a ter
rible condition, and very little bust
ness was transacted on the landing,
owing to the slippery condition ofthe
wharf. Several steamers that were
announced to depart laid over, until
to-day.
OINCINNATI, = The Commercial of
Wednesday says; Bd q e
The levee presented lively ap
pearance yesterday, with the steamers
receiving and diseharging. All was
hustle and activity, more particularly
In the vicinity of the Westmoreland's
gangway. < -.g --.
The Commercial contains the fol-
lowing letter from Capt. Vinton, of
the Amazon:
80 ~ 3 - aie GlHf.@ 60
MONTEREY PLANTATION, s
.. February, 20.
The Amazon got along very well
till we got to this place, and here we
have quit for g0od.rv We laid at Ma
Poleon from IL o'clock Tuesday night
until half past Wednesday morning.
We were IN company with the Alaska
and Richmond. We passed the foot
of the island all right Between the
foot of the island and Patterson Eddy
we struck the foot of the bar and
stove in the starboard side from the
stem to the boilers. We put on all
the steam, but the wheels stopped
before her head hit the bank. How
ever, she came near enough to get out
a plank and line. We got the la
dies out on the plank, but before the
officers and crew got ashore,
she went down. They all jump
ed overheard, and by the aid Of
some long cottonwood poles and the
lines we got them all ashore. John
Gray was in the pilot-house when the
cabin went over Every cabin staunch-
on was broken off, and the texas
and hurricane deck were smashed all
TO pieces The outside of the star
board wheelhouse still stands; the
balance of the wheelhouse fell over
on the root with crash. The boilers
went overheard. She lies almost on |
her beam ends, with the water up to
the shaft on the inside, and no bot |
tom on the outside She was the |
most complete wreck you ever saw Ia
less than five minutes from the time
she struck. One chimney went out of |
sight and the other stood perpendicu- |
lar amid the wrack with the bottom
end up The Starlight landed along |
side about ten minutes after the acct |
dent. She remained with US all |
day and saved a few hundred |
empty barrels, some off the |
wreck, and many out of the |
eddy. The Des Are laid with US all |
last night, and got a good deal Of |
freight off the boiler deck. all badly |
damaged. Mr.. Williams saved some /
of the freight to-day as it foated up /
from the wreck. I have been on the |
wreck all the time since she sunk, and /
shall stay here till some of the under
writers come down. 0nly one life is |
known to be lost. Mr.. Gray, the pi-
lot, was bruised about the head and /
face. He was In the act of getting
out of the window when the. crash
came, and was thrown back on the /
floor. Joe mcCammant came down
the derrick, jumped over and swan
ashore. H. f. VINroN,
Master Amazon.
The name Of the missing man, a
deck hand IT, at shipped at Helena, is
Heating: ..esA0A4@ I'd 4-A~
LOUISVILLE. = The Courier Of
Wednesday says ErffsU .fst
The river was falling very slowly
last evening. with six feet three inches
water in the canal by the mark. Dur
ing the previous twenty-four hours it
had fallen an inch at the head of the
falls, and three inches at the Port
land wharf. The weather continues
mild, and was cloudy at times, with
the thermometer at So
On the falls last evening there were
four feet three inches water In the
mass down the Indian chute