The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1869-01-07

man, from Memphis; Clifton and
Minneola, for Memphis; Virginia.
Louisiana and Indiana, for New Or
leans; Mary Houston, Louisville, J.
III. Groesbeck, and Dexter, from New
Orleans; Tarascon, from Louisville;
Petrolia No. 2. and Louisa, from
Wabash; Charmer. from Cincinnati;
and the Alpha, from, Nashville.
miscellaneous.
Business was rather dull on the
wharf yesterday forenoon, and there
were no arrivals except the Hender.
sons packets up to noon......The Oc-
tavia, large Government dredge boat,
passed up in the morning, but did not
land......The Fanny Brandeis, Arma-
da and Lewellin were receiving liber-
ally after noon, but freights were not
abundant......The Clara Scott raised
steam yesterday, and came up from
the bone-yard, and ran slowly up to
the mouth of the bayou, then turned
and ran down past the wharf, looking
as beautiful as bride 10 her marriage
robes. Being entirely light, her wheel
had but little dip, and she did
not make very fast time up stream,
but came down in gallant style.
She has sufficient power TO turn a
much larger wheel, but with wide
buckets sho will be one of the fastest
boats of her size coming to This wharf.
The following are her dimensions:
Length 1873 feet, width over all %
feet 8 inches, depth Of hold 4 feet
inches. She has two fve-fued boil
ers p feet long aud 38 inches in d.
ameter, two engines 14l inches d.
ameter, with A feet stroke, driving a
water-wheel II feet 6 inches
in diameter, buckets % feet long
and II inches wide. She is also
supplied with doctor engine and
another engine for hosting freight
and running the capstan. Her boilers
and engines are connected by a dou-
bic riveted sheet-iron steam pipe, and
all her machinery is heavy and of the
best quality. She has large carrying
capacity, being 81 feet between
decks. Her cabin is neat and tastily
finished, having Is state-rooms fur
nished with new soft mattresses and
new bed clothing. The open space
between her cabin and cook room will
probably be bulk headed next season,
making her d full length cabin. She
has texas of sufficient capacity to
accommodate her officers and crew.
She turns on an even keel, drawing
only Is inches water She is also
furnished with steam force pump,
some 6 inches in diameter. She was
built, finished and furnished by Ev-
ansville mechanics and business
houses complete, as follows, all under
the immediate supervision Of Captain
Scott himself: Hull by A. j. Caven-
der; cabin by Alexander Col
lett; engine by Schultze, Thu
man q Co.; sheet-iron work, by
Hopper x Stubs furniture, by Arm
strong; upholstery, by @. Haase; car
pets, by French & Co.; hardware, by
II. *. Wells & Sou; painting, by A.
Bacon; streamer-the only true AID
correct one, we believe, that comics to
our wharf, being red, white and blue,
either side up-by Miss Clara Scott,
for whom the boat is named. and who
also furnishes the boat with beauti-
full Bible; ofiea outfit, books and
stationery, from the Evansville
JOURNAL Job Rooms and Bindery.
She is said, by old steamboatmen. to
be one of the most substantially
built and completely arranged steam
boats they ever saw. We wish her
and her Captain great success. Not
being able to get all his furniture
aboard Captain Scott lies over here
till this evening, when he will posi-
lively leave for Mt. Carmel.
Boats Leaving To-day.
For CAIRO. The matchless Quick
step, Captain III. T. Dexter, leaves
promptly at p. NJ, to. day for Cairo
and all way ports, offering the greatest
attractions to passengers and shippers.
Her clerks are Jack Grammer, Wal
ter B. Pennington and Charley Ulm-
snider = all pleasant and obliging
young gentlemen.
For LOUISVILLE. r The splendid
Tarascon will be the uIurivalled packet
for Louisville ans all way ports at
o'clock this evening. Her cabin and
state-room appointments are unsur-
passabIe. Captain Elijah Hollcroft is
her esteemed and popular commander,
and Miles ID. Warren and jesse Jack
son are her admirable and obliging
clerks.
For HENDERsoN.-The swift and !
beautiful Sallie ", Capt. Wallen,
with Robert Brashear ia the Office,
both pleasant and obliging gentlemen,
leaves promptly at 4P. NJ Tor Hender-
son, having elegant accommodations
for passengers.
The elegant and feet railroad !