The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1868-06-23

Pm. Tor HENDERSON, aHOfulng 10 pas
sengers unsurpassed accommodations
Capt. Charley Perkins and his clerks,
/ Ed. and Robert Terry, are extrenely
| pleasant and ohliging gentlemen. The
Mollie Norton is one Of the feetest
boats in the business. u
/ For New ORLEANs.- The famous
feet Robert E.. Lee, one Of the best
and fastest steamboats, on the West
ern rivers, may be expected this even
ing en- route to New Orleans, offering
unsurpassed accommodations to pas
sengers and shippers. Captain John
W. Cannon is veteran commander,
is possessed of the most indomitable
energy and perseverance. j. T. Rob-
erts. is her excellent and obliging
clerk, and passengers on the Lee fare
magnifcently. Ifyou desire to make
a flying trip to the South, go on, the
Lee.
GIeanings from our Exchanges.
CINCINNATI. - The Commercial of
Saturday says:
The r. C. Gray reshipped her
louisville freight on the st. Marys.
The st. Marys will run below the falls
/ during the Summer. fs
A deck hand accidently fell over
board from the Gen. Buel yesterday
morning, and was drowned. j
The old Belvidere, formerly the
Texas, Mississippi tow-boat but
latterly. a freight and passenger boat
between Galveston and New Orleans,
stranded on Pass Cavallo bar ON the
Sd inst. She had 375 head of beeyes,
and struck heavily on the bar. To
save the steamer the cattle were.
| driven overheard. They swan ashore
on Salura, or we're drowned in the
surf. The larger part having been
| disposed of, she succeeded in getting
back inside, and in very leaky con-
dition REACHED Indianola.
LOUSY E.-The Courier of
Wednesday says: eir
About noon yesterday our city was
visited by a heavy storm of wind,
| which did considerable damage The
damage to shipping was very slight,
considering the force of the tornado
At Portland the Belle Lee, Tarascon,
2. w. ,Strader and Louisville parted
their stern lines, and were blown en-
tirely around, stern up stream. The
Belle Lee lost her jackstaff, and the
TarascoH had sheet blown out of
her chimney and lost portion of her
jackstaf. Her upper guards aft were
slightly damaged. At the city wharf
the Cincinnati meilboat, America,
parted her stern lines, and was blown
stern up stream. The Pink VarbIe
had her stern blown out into the river
and her store house and chicken coop
upset Several coal fats were damned
ashore by the America swinging
round, but beyond this no material
damage was done.
COLLISION OF THE J. P WEBB AND
ISAAC BOWMAN - REPORT OF THE
SUPERVISING INSPECTOR.
! OFFrcE SUPERVISING INsPEcrok
] LOUISVILLE KY, June 10, 1858 ! a.
Col. K. B. Boiling, .Sg6eg5r of Chs
toms, j ouisriHe KY Ia3flet z
SIR: am in receipt Of letter &C..
dressed to me from II j.. Ian caster,
tcaptain of the steamer j. p. Webb,
dated May 255h, 1868, asking me to
review the testimony 10 the case Of
] the collision between the steamers j
Up Webb and Isaac Bowman, which
occurred on the nightsof the sd of
i March last, between louisville. Ky,
n and JeHefs0pvi lie, Ind :, aud render
You a decision for the benefitof whom
it may concern. .t.t.
Ia conpian Herewith, I have. re-
ceived frqia the Local Board of this
4 port a. copy of their decision, rendered
in the. 'casesI and the, depositiops of
4 the captain, ,pilet engineer andwateh- :
man Chen on duty Of the j. p.
Webb. the captain, pilot and engineer
(then on duty, X of the Isaac Bowman.
4 also of Captaia ID. NJ. Dryden, Falls
4 Pilot, and have carefully read then
4 The evidence + Of the officers Of the
s Bowman. and Captain Dryden, are very
4 confictinl In the material points,
VIZ; position of the said steamers and
the giving and answering signals.
Those of the officers Of the Webb are
remarkably uniform and corrobofa-
4 fnd that the pilot of the Webb
acted with. discretion, comfortable to
the rules governing pilots, and accord
ing to long established usuages, by
i stopping and backing his engines
+ The engineer testifes that the en-
gines had made three revolutions
back before the collision, which was,
In my judgment. sufficient to check
her, and might possibly given her
some little sternway. Mr.. Green, pi-
lot of the Webb, ascending. conform
ed to and obeyed rule FIRST, for the
government Of pilots, by giving first
! signal, waiting the answer, and when
given counter to his, he at once stop
ned and reversed his engines, which