The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1868-02-21
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For other River Items see Seventh Page.
PIrrsBURg, February 90 River feet !
inch; rose few inches during the night,
but is now falling. Weather clear and
mild.
CINcrNNArr. Feb. 2O-Noon.-The river
has fallen Is inches; II feet inches in the
channel. Weather cloudy; thermometer
NASHVILLE, Feb. 20-RIver falling; four
and a half feet on Harpeth Shoals. Wealth
er mild and<sloudy. Departed-Nashville,
for Cairo.
MEMPHIS, Feb. 20 Arrived-Dexter
from Louisville. Departed-Henry Ames
ahd Countess, Tor Cairo. In Port-Minne-
ola and Matamora. The Henry Ames LEFT
with 1000 bales cotton for New Orleans.
Weather clear and mild.
The only arrivals last evening, not else
where reported, were the Morning star,
Louisville to re, urn End the Silver Spray,
Cincinnati TO New Orleans -. The Silver
Spray was loaded to the guards and had
partial engagements for more than she
could carry........The Delaware had not ar
rived at o'clock last night and will prob
ably not be in TIL to-day, having doubt
less been detained by the fog. If she goes
up to-day we can cordially recommend
her to passengers, for a more perfect gen.
tleman than Captain Dick Calhoun never
did run a steamboat.......Amon the pas
sengsrs by the st. Patrick yesterday, was
w. g. Burton, the sole commission mer-
chant and cotton shipper of Haile's Point,
who by his liberal method of deal
ing, has greatly endeared himself
to the people of tn at region.-........
The Indiana, for New Orleans, and the
Cora s. for Memphis, may be positively
expected to-day. Both boats and officers
are great favorites with the people along
the shore regret the crowded state
Of our columns precludes the possibility of
an extended notice of the Frank Pargoud,
such as the great superiority of the boat
merits. For beauty of model. gracefulness
of lines, exquisite taste and finish OF her
cabin, spaciousness of her ssaterooms,
elegance of her furniture, righteousness of
her bedding and beds, magnthceuce of her
Turkish carpets, the general comfort
and convenience of her office, and
indeed Of her every department
she certainly surpasses all other steam
boats on the Western waters. This is the
verdict of all steambOatmen that have
seen her, and we cordially coincide in that
view. Her dimensions are as follows:
Length 30 feet; beam Al feet; extreme
breadth II feet; depth of hold feet inch
es. Her huh was built by James Howard
& Co., the famous hull builders, OF Jeffer-
sonville, Indiana, and is the one hundred
and sixty eighth boat the senior of that
firm has turned out. She has seven main
boilers, % feet long and 80 inches in diam
eter. Her main engines are models of
beauty and power, and are 3215 inches in
diameter, with nine feet stroke, driv
ing two massive wheels 3615 feet in dla-
meter, with buckets l515 feet long and %
inches in width. Her engines are by Dem
mis- Long, of Louisville. Her chandeliers,
| of which there are six In the main cabin,
were furnished by WALTON & Brother, of
Louisville, and are gold gilt. costing $500
each. Her silver ware, cutlery, SC, by the
| same house. are the most magn jficent and
| costly ever placed on a steamboat. The
painting, gliding and ornamentation is
/ by the justly renowned steamboat painter
/ w. 0. Williams, of Louisville, and this is
/ considered his master achievement. Her
| furniture is OF solid mahogany ex-
/ ouisitely carved and finished, and the
most expensive with which boat
was ever furnished. Her mirrors are
transcendently grand and beautiful.