The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1868-07-14

terday. The Allegheny n oTe%ly yes :
very muddy appearance. q
Capt. y Ohm Woodburn, the 50 =
! ansas Traveller" Is building a na1
Arkansas River packet What ~
Captain don't know about that siren am
Is not worth inquiring about.
CINcINNATI.-The Commercial n
Saturday, says
The Lady Grace takes the place If
the Blue Wing IN the Madison trade
leaving on her day. The Lady Grace
goes to Madison to-day.
| The Natoma dropped down to the
Ievee yesterday, n splendid order
having been locked, and thoroughly
| repaired repainted. and reftted
! throughout Capt Jim Lee IS hiehly
delighted with the manner in which
the mechanics have executed their
| contracts She is now loading for
Memphis and Friar's Point, her old
trade.
The Lorena, Capt. ChenoWeth, will
load for New Orleans after the Silver
Spray.
The Gazette says
The towboat J l.. Hyatt Is report
ed sunk Wednesday night at Island
L, b. striking an old wreck. She was
run INTO shallow wafer, and will be-
eAsily raised. She was engaged tow
ing rock to Memphis.
Inc report Of the Local Inspectors
NJ NJ reverence to the explosion of the
Magholla last March, shows an alb
senee OF water IN the middle boiler.
an9 a'so an dl, intense degree Of heat
9h9er II. Ihe larbOard and atarboard
pollers presented q remarkably good
alPe:arja.n l, with no defects whatever,
nor lhqlcatlons OF bad usage, and ap-
paIently had sufficient supply of
\ water at the time of tha cvDIo-
sion: ne inspectors declare that Mar
Gus y stevens, first engineer of the
Magnolia, is highly eulpable for neg
lectlng 10 try the water in all the boil
eTs that he knew OF the pcculiaritv
of the action of the fire under fha
boilers, which made 1t dificult to keer,
them regularity supplied with water
ana that this popularity was never
made known to the Inspectors, else a
remedy might have been applied.
The explosion was directly occasion
ed by the supply Of water being forced
from the middle of the outside boil
ers, owing to that boiler being subise-
ted to more intense degree of heat:
and the water, In running from the
other boilers, coming suddenly in con-
tact with the heated iron. The Ii
cense of MareusJ. Stephens, first en-
gineer, is revoked.
LOUISVILLE. - The Courier of
Saturday says;
The Portland bar has become very
troublesome, and the channel changes
rapidly. Less than four feet water is
reported in the channel. In addition
to the boats reported above, the New
Albany ferryboats were aground
there for some time yesterday morn
ing.
The towboat Wild Hoosier, which
sunk short time ago about eight
miles below Cincinnati, was raised.
but sunk again before reaching Gin
cinnati, and is being wrecked.
NEW ALBANY.-The Ledger of
Saturday says:
The Louisiana passed down for
Cairo this morling, where she will
lay up.
ST. LoUIs.-The Democrat, of
Saturday says
River about stationary. Falling
steadily all the way from ST. Paul.
Missouri falling below Sioux City,
but a big rise from Benton announced.
Illinois down to about four feet
Business in a state of quietude, and
numerous small boats preparing 10
answer the demand that will be made
upon them. Freight was shipped in
abundance yesterday, on the New Or
leans packet Pauline Carroll, which
will be followed by the Common
wealth, the Great Republic having
laid up until further orders
1t would not be correct to say that
river business is dull The Omaha
packets refuse freight here The
Thursday boat left drawing 81 feet all
round, and full of people, and left
large amount Of freight for to-day's
steamer, the Glasgow, which will also
leave with full cargo. Six canal
boats of lumber are due from Chi
csg0, for the same packet line. The
Lexington packet line il also about =
fully employed, and add one boat per
week to the trade.
MEMPHIs. - The 4Ualdnche Of
Erlu9y SIyS. .
. The weather has been cooler since
the hard showers of Wednesday. The
rain, however, was not as general As
at first reported. 1t extended only
few miles south and east, and along
the Memphis & Charleston aud Mis-
sissippi & Tennessee Railroads, barely
more than settling the dust, although
it was very profuse for miles north
ward and westward More of it Is
badly needed in Northern Mississippi.
Business remains dull There was
nothing in port yesterday but the
regular st. Louis packet. The Mis-
sissippi continues to decline slowly
a sos s. stfa 0y P %b y y9Rs 9 9s go0d s2g9
stage, and falling. The Arkansas is
low, but cutting out.