The Van Buren press., 1871-02-28
RIVER NEWS.

TUESDAY, Feb 90, 1871.
The River is rising with l31a feet in the
channel Weather clear and pleasant.
ARRIVED.
% Thos. II. Allen, from Memphis.
% Little Rock, Little Rock.
~ Importer, New Orleans
q Il. II. Allen, Memphis.
"a Little Rock, Little Rock.
25 Importer, New Orleans
All the boats had fair trips Of freight and
passengers.
The Importer received here 800 bales Of
cotton for New Orleans.
The j. S. Dunham Is due from New Orle-
ans.
The II. C. Gray, is loading at Cincinnati
for this river
The Little Rock Is due Thursday.
II On the last trip of the j. s. Durham to
New Orleans, her popular clerk, Capt. GEO.
A, DrrToN was married to Miss HARRIET
FoLxEs. We extend congratulations and
may Heavens richest blessings follow them
through life.
DEATH OF CAPT. w. b. NowLAND The
Memphis Aedidnche furnishes the following
concerning the late Capt. Nowland who met
his fate by the explosion on the Judge Wheel
cr: dispatch to Major Adams yesterday
announced the death OF Capt. w. B. Nowland,
late of the Wheeler. which sad event occurred
ut the Bell plantation, Carroll Parish, Louis
lana, forty-iive miles above Vicksburp, on
Wednesday night the 18th inst The death
Of Capt. Nowland is an inhction that falls
heavily upon the hearts ofnumcrous persons
TO whom he was attached by kindred and
friendship. Capt. Nowland was about thirty
two years OF age. was born at Fort Gibson, |
T. and went on the river as second clerk with
Mai. John ID. Adams in 1853. Possessing great
vigor and energy, he soon became a skillful
bOatman. and he built and commanded the
Lady Walton and other Arkansas steamers
before 1861 When the war commenced he
was part owner Of the Tahlcquah and Arkan-
torch of the Federal soldiers in 1865. After
their loss Captain Nowland raised company y
of soldiers for the Confederate service, which
he commanded until the end of the war. At
the close of hostilties he went to Pittsburg
and built the Van Buren, which was an eX-
cellent light water boat for the upper Arkan-
sas trade. He continued to serve as captain
and pilot In the Arkansas until last summer,
when he planned and supervised the construc-
tion Of the j. $. Durham and Judge Wheeler,
both Of which were considered BY river men
the hest light water business boats that were
ever built for Arkansas navigation. Captain
Nowlands mother came originally from
Nashville, and now resides near Fort Smith,
Arkansas, where Mrs. Nowland, his wife also
lives, and where his remains will be taken for
interment bv the steamer Pat Cleburne on her
next trip. In the death of Capt. Nowland,
Major Adams feels that he has lost one OF his
best commanders and most valued and stead
fast friends, while wide circle also lament
his untimely and tragic fate.
TO DE INVESTIGATED.
The Avalanche contains the following sig
nitcant paragraph: Mai. Adams telegraphed
to New Orleans yesterday to have Handy and
Cline, the engineers of the Wheeler, sent here
to undergo an Investigation concerning the
late explosion, and stated that he would pay
the expenses of the trip. Capt. Desnlukes, OF
the Dunham, answered that Handy would
leave by the evening train, but that Cline de-
ciined coming. As the case will be carefully
inquired into and thoroughly ventilated. Il
would be well for the public to suSpcnd opn-
ion until the blame, If any there be, is fixed
upon those who properly deserve to bear It.
Henry Hampton, late pilot of the Judge
Whceler.arrived home yesterday safe. but con-
siderably bruised and banged from the effects
Of the recent explosion. One of his eyes looks
rs if he had been kicked by mule. Henry
made q narrow escape, indeed. but he will be
all o X in n few days. lie says that praise Is
no name for kindness and unremttng atten-
tions shown to the sufferers at Bells planta-
tion by Mr.. and Mrs. Green, Mrs. Scantling
and others that live near the scene of the dis
astcr.