The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1870-05-28


Of the Tyrone and Captain Tom.
The Rose Hite arrived 1t 3p. H..
with very fair packet trip.
Gleaninss from 0ar Exsnnmres.
PITTsBURe The Commercial Of
Wednesday says:
a Van Buren, paper Of The 18th re.
ports ~ feet on Van Buren, Bar. and
the channel cutting cut, so that. wien
the decline Of the river. naeirafion
Will not get much worse shan itis.
CINcINNATT.-Tho Commercial 81
Thursday says:
The tow boat Hope, st. Loui4 TO
5te9penYllle. with bareea of iron ore.
broke I.head at Charleston Bar.
MONDAY. The broken part was
brought down to Dumont, Tuesday.
bg tho TX IL. Hudson, for repair. and
sent up Dy the fleetwood, last nieht.
Capt. James W. Bachelor t6le-
graphs he has succeeded ia raising
the Tyrone recently sunk in Cumber-
land River, and that sho reached Pa
d1eah, yesterday, where she win berc
paired.
The Enquire says:
The big stern wheelsrs Wfeks and
Church are both laid I'd at Memphis.
Rates, since their Withdrawal from
the st. Louis trade, have gone up 20
fifteen and twenty cents.
The Gazette says:
The Nalehez will sava New Or
leans for 81. Louis On June 18Th, and
every twelve days thereafter for four
trips.
The John kieour VIII take the
place OK the Na1chez in the New o.
leans and Nicksbprgl trade Ihc
KilgouT leaves Louisville. far New
Orleans, June 8th.
The Mary Mcdonald, on Der way
to Omaha. ran through herself -
broke some of her naehinery-aboFo
Marion. The dama9te part has been
sent to st. Louis, and she viii BE en-
abled to resume her trip In four or
FIVE days.
The Times Of Thursday evening
says:
The wreck of tho towboat Neville.
lying below North Bend, Is above
water, and the sand Is being removed
from Che hull preparatory tD raisingit.
The circus boat VIII s.. Hays
comes here TO be thoroughly repaired.
Dan. Rice and his troupe debarked at
Louisville, and 60 into tbe interior of
Kentucky.
There were 352 hogsheada tobacco
brought 10 By various local packets
The Chronicle says:
The T. II. Eckert left Memphis
for the wreck off the Rob
srt Moore. Tho Eckert has tho MAJ
,hinery of tho kenton 9n beard.
Capt. Scott, Of Evansville, was ito
.he city, aud went up on tho sd bin-
'ys this morning 10 examine the boat,
md should the boat and terms suit
him, will make a purchase of her
his afternoon.
LoU1svILLE.-Tho Courier Journal
# Thursday says:
The hull OF the new steamer Pat.
yleburne, for the Memphis and
White River trade, Yves successfully
launched az Hamb!et0n's yard, at
Tuesday
The C0nsnaeyciub says.
The Dove No. 2 iofeyosterday even
ng on time ia place If the Bloc
Wing, which boat has laid mp on 40.
cunt Of low water.
S1'. Louis. ~ The Democrat of
thursday says:
The river has been stationary here
ince Tuesday evening. The upper
liver is falling slowly With five feot
nd O half on the lower rapids. The
PIPER Missouri has sWe led consider
bly,, aud the lower Missouri Is cut
ing out. Business continues a8tive
lere; otFPaul boats, every one, bring
NIL cargoea, as do the Heokuk pack
is, and down Missouri boats are
10 refuse freight every
Vhere Cargoes for Memphis, Vicks-
'urE and New Orleans arc easy To OBJ
ain, Rates Of freight unchanged.
Weather pleasant.
THE CLARA DISASTER - Boar A
'oTAL Loss, Ere esse Holman
fas ut the wheel Of t3o Clara the
light Of her demise. It was very
ark, and the prudent Turner was
Iassed, lying up alt hassie's The
lara was drawing Al water, and she
truck tho log less than half q milo
bove 0Wsleg's, at ] o'clock on Tues.
lay' morning. The boat was running
low at the time, the pilot knowing
he locality to be dangerous, thickly
lotted over with snags, logs, saWyers
nd brush heaps. She struck, and
he boat trembled. Passengers aud
rev were startled. Many seized
tanks, preservers, and other portable
rtfcles, intending to jump overheard.
The Watchman ran down to the
1ain deck, dived into!the held, and
crarnbled out again. By this time
hat il, two minutes from che collision
the Clara was at the bottom Of the
liver; at least, down as deep as she
ould 90 at the moment, for she was
esting on the log which had broken
bout twenty feet Of her hull. The
took stood In Waterup 10 theiT knees.
he Turner came 10 the scene on
tuesday, about daylight, ran alongside,
jok of the stock, the passengers and
part OF the crew. She arrived here
3 O'clock Tuesday night. When
essa left the Clara she vas constantly
ettling, with 4 feet water lying ON her
arbuard RmaF and over the .chcck"
a her etarb0afd. Captain Abrams.
40 CLERK, mate and engineers remain
q OIL board, and her entire crew will
o OH the packet Post Boy.
a. soothing effect was produced on
be feelings OF passengers and crew Of
be Clara BY one of her whistles,
hitch opened ont clearly nc tho mo-
tent Of the boat striking. The Gu
Ious chant continued FOR at least half
2 hour, gradually sinking lower
lille the steam was being exhausted,
ntil 1t died away la q m0uruful Whb