Accident on the River

Captain Martin PIRTLE‘s large flat-boat, while tied up to the bank and being loaded with staves below the mouth of Clover creek, some 35 miles from this place, sprung a leak and sunk last Saturday evening. The captain thinks he can raise his craft, though it will be at considerable cost. As soon as she is righted the journey to the Cresent City [New Orleans] will be resumed.

The Bolivar Bulletin. (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.), 08 Feb. 1868, Page 3. Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Lib. of Congress.