The Evansville journal., 1870-05-24

and has abandoned his efforts
to stand on bis head..................
The wind was so furious for a while
yesterday, that the Edinburg had 10
90 to the bank for short time. just
above the city.........The Silver Moon
discharged a considerable lot Of
freight here for. the Wabash River.
........By a dispatch from Capt. John
Cannon to W. g. Brown & Co., we
learn that the Robt. E. Lee will be
here to day. en- route to Louisville.
It is probable that the Morn
ing Star will meet her here and take
her passengers to Louisville, 10 which
case, the Lee will leave here to-mor-
row for New Orleans. If she goes to
Louisville, she will be here on her
way down, Thursday. She is tho best
steamer that comes to this port........
The LsClaire passed down at mid
night Sunday. with a good trip........
The Emperor arrived at 2 p. N. with
a fair trip........A wharf boat for Clo-
verport vas launched at Lsavenworth
on Saturday, the 18th inst.."...~The
exodus of people from Inc South has
set 10. and all the up-river boats come
up crowded with rasscnaers-.......As
we close this report 1890, rain Is
imminent. and Heavens deep artil-
lery is signalling the coming element
al strife The wind las suddenly
chopped round into the southeast.
whence the storm Is approaching.
6sIenuines from cur Exchanges.
PIrTsBUnG. The Commercial of
Saturday says:
The marks last evening indicated
four feet six inches and rising slowly.
The weather was very warm. Trade
on the landing was dull.
MADE HER LAST IRIr.--I he faith
ful steamer Reserve was t0Wed yester-
day to Brownsville. She Is now the
property Of Captain Jacobs, who will
transfer her machinery 10 q new boat.
The Reserve was built at Wheeling
many years since, and vas unques- 4
tionably one Of the most successful
boats that was ever built.
A QUEER CRAFT.-There is now at
| the Brownsville wharf, In course Of
completion, a stoutly built and sinRu-
/ lar looking boat to be employed on
the Mississippi River as a 'Wreckor."
This craft, which is the property Of
/ Captain Adam Jacobs, was built BIZ
j. 81. Pringle, aud is 70 receive her
engines from the firm Of Sn0wden ~
i Welch. Being the only beat Of this
i character that has been built in
Brownsville for many years, the pc
culiarity of her appearance ard the
necessary strength Of her timbers,
have created considerable remark.
CIEcIEEATI.-The Commercial of
Saturday says:
Capt. Mcdaniel and Capt. Weaver.
| formerly Of the Emperor, are in the
/ city, prospecting for a steamer.
The wrecking steamer Il. f.. Eckeft
has arrived at New Orleans with the
KentDn' cargo.
The clerk aud a portion Of the
Robt. Moore's crew arrived here yes
terday. She is reported broken In
two. aud will prove total loss.
Mr.. Thos. s. Royse received dis
patches yesterday reporting Arkansas
River still falling. with only eighteen
inches from Little Rock to Fort
Smith.
The GoEette says:
Tic Chilo packet Mary Ament.
| which left here Thursday at P NJ,
met with an accident. at 9 o'clock,
the same night, four miles above New
| Richmond. at what is called Flani-
gan's Landing, that came near being
serious. She bloWed out her lar
board cylinder head, producing
sound like the explosion Of q cannon.
Her forty passengers, badly fright
ened started to rush down on deck
with the intention, no doubt, Of
jumping overheard, but the male,
James Hooper, stood at tho foot Of
the stairway and drove them back
The other officers Of the boat did all
they could 10 quiet the alarm
The worst result Of che accident
happened TO the engineer's striker
Monroe Fitzpatrick, who was stand
; ing on the foot box at the time look
ing out of theWindoW. lie was blown
from his position, and was afterWard
found by the mate near the doctor en-
CINE, with a cash three inches long
over his left eye, and the back or his
head badly cut. The latter injury was
supposed 70 have been caused by
striking q stanche0n, against which
he must have fallen.
When picked up. be repeatedly
said that he was aot hurt, but kept
his hand to his wounded head, and
| insisted Cd standing on his head. He
was conveyed TO New Richmond af-
teYWard III the boat. It is thought
that he will not recover, as he con-
tinually spits blood, ard his skull 10
fractured. He is unmarried. Geo.
Reeder. third clerk, was standing be-
? side Fitzpatrick, conversing, when
the accident occurred, but was not in
iured. The only damage to the boat,
. aside from that stated, was the break
Z ing Of q crank. She came here on one
wheel.
The Enquirer says:
Captain Dugan, Of the T. u. Eckert,
offers the boilers Of the Kent0n for
sale at Memphis.
NAsHvILLE.-The Banner Of FRI
day says:
Captain II. II. Harrison, Tom. Har-
mon, Bell and Spillers arrived per rail
: Yesterday morning, from the wreck oi
the Tyrone. They came up as far az
/. ClarksyiIle on tho Talisman and took
the ears there.
At the sale on the wharf yesterday
afternoon the Tyrone's damaged
? freight brought good prices. Five
! hundred sacks Of corr brought Goa
! 85c. The wheat brought SIS, and the
hay 81 so.
) An effort was made yesterday, to
? get the use of the sym gfoakvpIl' u