The Evansville journal., 1868-09-19
RIV ER Ne w s
FOr other River Items see 4nsr1 Page.

ing only the Charmer, from Cincin-
natl; Palestine, Louisville to return
Ollie Sullivan, from CaDnelton; Jas.
Gray, from Green The
Cumberland, to Cairo; the Sam Orr,
to Eastport; Linton. to Wabash
River. and the MolIie Norton and
Sallie ", to Henderson, departed, all
with fair trips......The Charmer had
a very fair trip in, and leaves posi-
lively at 10 AN, to- o-day.....-.....T The
Fanny Brandeis defers her departure
to Nashville until early next week.
1.-THE Armada arrived at 81 o'clock
last night, having LETT Cairo 81 hours
behind time, and making a splendid
run. She had a fair trip of freight
and people...... The st. Marys did
not get away from Louisville till noon
yesterday. and will be here to-day.
Capt. I. GnSweeney was called home
to Wheeling by illness in his family,
and Capt ALE Sweeney goes out in
command. and is an accomplished
gentleman.
bO SINKING OF THE p. WEBB-FUIA
jPARTIcULARs.-We clip from the
Louisville Courier. of yesterday the
following particulars of the sinking
of the J. p. Webb. A large number
of our merchants had goods aboard
offher:.
The steamer j. p. Webs, the regular Gin
cinnatt and Evansville packet, left this
| port about six o'clock p. NJ yesterday,
| cargo of 100 tons freight and eight or ten
| passengers, Captain William Narble,
regularly licensed falls pilot, at tn wheel.
/ Getting into the chute, she rode safely
down, passing the site of the great bridge,
aud entering the big eddy just below. In
passing out of the eddy she became IN
| manageable, and when the attempt was
made to back her she refused to obey her
helm, and drove lead foremost upon the
1 rocky point at the outlet
The shock was terrible, and she stove in
her head completely, then fcareentng TO
her larboard side, commenced filling rap
idly and spillIng her freight. AS she swept
over the crew and passengers sprang to
the upper side, cltngingto tile rail ing until
! .ac0nvu,sive throe. brought her partially
TO rights again No one OF them was
| thrown overheard. Among the passen-
gers were three ladies and five children,
one Of the latter a little girl, ABOUT ten
years OF age, and every effort was made to
| keep Ln6m nom Jne water. Inc Slr1
screamed with fright and vas, with great
/ difficulty, kept on board during the eX-
citen1 ent. One of the cooks jumped over
| board, but was subsequently rescued.
AS the boat recovered from the shock,
| she staggered on a short dista uce down the
| stream, and again careeued to Iarboard,
/ causing another scramble among the pas
/ sengers and crew for their lives. Tue cur
rent. however, soon threw her back to her
place, and as she came uD her smoke
stacks went crashing over the slarboard
side, and she shook In every Lumber. She
then. commenced dragging slowly do" n
the river, keeping the center of the strea ~
| pretty well, reeling and threatening every
m0menL TO go td piEceS4 The life boat
placed In IL as quickly as possible, but II
was kept near by In case the parties on
take to at. One OF the ladies was 50 excited
that she was, about to jump overheard
but was finally dissuaded from her rash
purpose and hurried in5o the life boat.
AS the discounted steamer dragged
along, her changing. ne threw out hel
gathered along the river bank watching
with intense Interest the drifting wreck
. without being able to render any assist
ance to the seemingly doomed passengers
and crew. On she wont. staggering down
toward Portland, her cabin full of water,
hurricane7deck. Reaching Portland Bar,
she struck bottom aud swung around, w tn
her head up stream, coming TO tutI stop,
and tnose on board began to devise means
shortly after she struck, half a dozen
sklns shot out from the snore, ana strong
arms pulled them swsfJly toward The
wreck. They soon reached the life boat,
and transferring the women and ebil-
dren, We're not long in Iescu ng the bal;
crew. A fine horse belonging to Captain
HINT, of Cincinnati, was cut loose from
the wreck, and swan 10 the shore in SAFE
Both boat and cargo are total less
There was no insurance on the boat, and
the cargo was oniY part ally insured.
Among the freight were the following
lot; 30 barrels of cement, 81 barrels OF
/ oil, 100 boxes OF cheese, casks OF bacon
30 bags OF coffee, a lot OF rome and bagging,
a lot OF iron, and a large lot of dry goods
4 and groceries, The cargo was very valu-
able, but no precise estimate has been
madebas to its value. There were lots
Of freight for nearly al points on The Ohio,
and for Nashville, Tenn, and Florence,
/ Ala. ~ -ff trr.fa { J ..-.,.-
The engineer, Theophilus T. Agnew. re-
| maIned at his post to the last moment,
/ and only climbed to the upper decks when
absolutely driven away. Captain Laneas-
| ter was the. last person to leave the
age dld. all That It was possible for an off,
Captain, Erwin, of Portland, generously
took the shipwrecked party under his care
| as soon as they landed, and extended to
i them avery u 'spitaIity- f
/ AT the time the boat struck OH tile rocks
/ just below the .big9 eddy, the passengers
/ were about to sit down to supper, and
their escape In adisasterso sudden aud un-
/ expected was truly marvellous. Every one
on board lost every thing but the clothing
| upon thelrr persons. After striking the
Portland bar she got up again and ioated
second time, and now lies quartering on
| the bar 5n twenty fket of water, her
roof = sci, only 2 \, being ey Visible;
/ In 1884, she is a stern-w hee4er,7 go tons
burden, and is owned by Capt. NJ. A. Lam
caster, OF Evansville, upon whom her loss
falls heavily, as sne was not insured. A
4 protest will be entered hero,