The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1869-09-21
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vgeatller aud water

The weather yesterday WAS partly cloudy
and very hol, The mercury ranging 40 gls
atnoon The river during the twenty four
hours, ending at O'Clock p. n bad fallen
sixteen Inches, sud is going down fast.
Unless we have heavy and general rains
soon, the troubles OF low water Will soon
sgain be experienced.
arrivals ana Departures.
The arrivals aud departures up 60 3 PM.
yes'e day include The Clara scott aud
Umpire, from Cairo; J. L. Graham, Ren-
deison TO return; Nightingale, Henderson
70 Louisville.
Boats Due Here.
An-o-g the hTst boats due here are the
teAter and John Lum sden. from Cairo;
Pai,stire, from Louisville: Camelia. from
81. Louis shamrock, for ST. Louis: Edln-
burg, nom Memphis; Glasgow. Tor Mem.
phis; Virginia, for New Orleans; ALASKA.
silver Spray and Nick Longworth. from
New Orleans; Leweliin, from Passport
RiIseeIlnneous
Business was fair on the wharf vester.
day forenoon ......-. The Clara Scott and
Umpire, from Cairo, had moderate trips.
............The Fanny Brandeis aud Norman
were receiving fairly for thelr outgoing
tlips.........The Nightingale was getting
big trip Of peopic.........The towboat A. J.
Baker passed down with twelve boats and
barges Of eoai........J. V. Guthrie, late Su.
pervising Inspector OF this district, pub
lished the following card in the New AL
baDy Ledger or last Thursday;
NKw ALBANY, Sept. 10, 1863.
Reply OF the late supervising Inspector
Of the sixth District % the report OF Lewis
Coon and George "A. HoughtOn, Local in.
4 Il
Having read their report, 4 wish TO make
n lew brief remarks. They say "a their
report that since the steamboat Cumber-
lend was sold 70 parties IN Cairo III she
was ms peeted BY me several times. fhat
IS not true. They say that she was inspect
ed by me last on the 18th of December
1865. That Is not true. In December /
came from Cairo, Ill, 10 Padueah, Ky, on
the Cumberland. On the trip made ala
necessary examinations OF the boat rec
CURED ny laws except testing her bOilers
several days afterward, aL Evansville /
Ind, being confined 10 my room by liz |
ness, 1 sent James A.. Aublo and Robert |
REDEEM (having nrst sworn theml to test /
the Cum beriand's boilers. They returned
ana reported to me that they lad made |
the test according to my Instructions, and /
that they had found the boilers in good /
condition, and safe 20 the satisfaction or 1
Mr.. heden, engineer OF The Cumberland. |
by the aet OF Congress OF 1852 every /
steamer was required 10 have alloy metal /
On their nues, which the Cumbef0nd mad, |
on tho plan Of the Evans Safety Gauge. /
The oct OF July, 1866, only referred 10 boats /
butlt after the passage Of the act Ofl852
In February, 1868, / took Mr. Houghton /
to Evansville, Ind, to re examine the /
boats that had examined Captain Ben.
Howard, then OF the Cumberland, called /
on nae and stated that his boilers We're Ii q 1
bad condition. told him or my disability |
and introduced him 20 Sir. HouQiifon i
wnom had brought with mo TO examine |
into the defects Of boilers previously ex- /
amined by me. Mr.. HOughton went on /
board OF the Cumberland aud examined |
her boilers. lie came back to me aud re- /
pOrtt that he had ordered three old sheets /
taken out Of her boilers and 10 be replaced |
by new ones. He remained with me ia |
Evansville several days Durl6g that |
time the Cum bcrland was repairing. on |
the evening that he left, he reported o me |
safe.
They say that the explosion was caused |
by "A detective sheet on the top OF the /
boilers. II 50, why dldu'G Mr.. Moughton
the defect when he examined tue |
boilers at EvansYllle7 He was the Iast |
man that examined the boilers OF tie |
steamboat Cumberland, which + have his /
aekuow Judgment OF to one OF the sufferers /
by the disaster.
IL is useless for Mr.. Houghton 10 try 70 4
shield himAelf by making false state Il
ments. His neglect OF duty or incompo- /
tency Is too apparent. Auy further re- Il
MARKS on my part are useless.
j. v. GUTnKIE,
Late Supervising Inspector.
al a.