The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1870-11-18
Miscellaneous.

buhlness WIS moderately active yesber-
day, with light port list. The Virginia
took large amount Of freight and left
about daylight....-..The City of Evans
Vile arrived at s An. with a good trip and
her cabin full OF people. She was receiving
moderately for her return, packet freight
not being particularly plenty. The Ev-
ansviIle arrived at PM with a good trips
There was a nice show for her return trip
The Hartford had. az usual, q good passen-
ger list up, and big freight and passen-
ger trip outline Fayette viii not resu me
her trips until next Monday, a week........
The report of the accident 20 the Florence
Lee, as It appeared in the JOURNAL yes.
terday, was exactly correct. The wrist
did not break, the pitman did not run
through the cylinder. the accident did not
occur within four miles OF the city, nor
did Capt. Lee Howell order the crew to
take reef In the stovepipe TO check her
Roadway. nor have an oyster can
cast TO windward as an anchor............
as Will be seen by their fine display card
elsewhere In to-day's JOURNAL, Duke
Nicholson and John III. Triplett, have es.
tabIished general steamboat and rail-
road agency. with their ONCE in the Amer
lean House, where they Will be found at
all hours, for the transaction or business.
Both gentlemen are favorably known
to our marine community. and by steam
boatmen In general. Both have had
large experience, are young, active ener.
getic and reliable. Through bills of lading
VIII be given, and through tickets sold for
all points by river or rail at THAR cdice'
saving much time and Inconvenience 10
passengers and shippers. We commend
them TO the confidence and patronage OF
/ the public.
GEeantngs from Our Exchanges
PITTsBUR9, The Commercial OF Tues
day says;
THE r. E. LEE AND NArcHEz-The New
Orleans underwriters are a funny set.
Listen The Natchez beat the Lees time
from New Orleans TO Hatehez and OBJ
/ tanned the honor. The Lee folks publicly
announced hat they would make another
trial, and they did, beating the time OF the
Natchez a few minutes. The Natchez folks
were satisfied in their own minds that
they could still eclipse the time Of the
the Lee, and made arrangements TO do SO,
NIT them. or course there is no favOrit-
ism about this. the underwriters showed
| Natchez to make another trial. They were
afraid the "pet" would be beaten, that's
whats the matter. Why not stop both. Was
there any more danger to the Natcaez,
new boat, than the Lee, an old one that
has been driven TO her utmost capacity
/ for the last three years and a half. Now
we don't care straw for either the Natchez
or Lee, but we like 70 see the fair thing
done. But We do know that the j. IA.
White beat the Lee and hatchez from
/ Vicksburg to st. Louis. from Memphis to
| st. Louis, and from Cairo TO 81. Louis, and
| that the New Orleans underwriters can't
| help themselves. 'Rah for the j. IA. White.
If we are not mistaken, the underwriters
insisted that racing should be stopped
/ when the Natchez was ahead; but Captain
Cannon could not see 1t " in them Lamps
and beat the Natchez aboat fifteen min
utes, and can readily beat her own time,
under favorable circumstances.
CINcrSNATI- The OonsBIercsaI Of Wednes-
day says:
The Nightingale and Florence depart
| for New Orleans to-day, affOrdtng a nne
onrorfunitv for Southern shipments, now
| fnat the railroads refuse to receive New
| Orleans freight. The Nightingale lows q
| eouple of new baTges, the Watcher and
| n 10. Lee" just completed here for Com
| modore W. i. Dav1dson, Tor the North
western Pacset Co. The Nightingale re-
Sims on the new and splendid City OF
Quincy, leaving Portland to- morrow
night on her first trip 70 New Orleans.
The barges are $50 feet long, twent-seven
| feet beaIn, with i've feet depth OF hold,
and are of the pure Port Byron model,
adapted 30 the Upper Mississippi trade.
LOUISVILLE. - The CoIerfeT-JoI8UG1 OF
| wednesday says;
BY q private letter, received from Capt
/ Lee Crane, we Learn that the steamer
| Shannon, Capt. sam. beatty, was loaded
| TO her guards before sire reached Memphis.
/ She TOOK on biVJU Dd8a d corn al one land
1 Ing.
/ When the cotton season is over, II is said,
| the Natchez Is going to make a fast run
1 either to St. Louis or Louisville. We are
| surprised to hear this, for we have been of
/ the opinion that Capt. feathers had had
| enough OF fast runs.
Captain John A. Robinson's new Evans
Vile and Green River packet was success
4 fully launched yesterday afternoon a. four
4 O'Clock frOEA Captain DAN Richards ship
/ yard, at the foot OF Clay Street, and landed
1 al the city wharf, where she will be come
/ pleted. She will, when completed, be the
/ finest boat that ever run in that trade.
i she will have a full length cabin, with
! eighteen stateroons on q sides TO be fur
| nished IN the very best style. She has a