The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1856-01-22
River News.

is piled up in many places, and the weather
still continues cold Mr.. Charley ChurchillS
clerk of the j. NJ. Stockwell, was here yester-
day. That steamer started for Owensboro last
Saturday, to take on stock for New Orleans.
She only found 81 feet water on Scufhletown
and French Island bars, and ice piled up reav-
ily She had great difficulty in getting up,
and on arriving at Owensboro was compelled !
to decline taking on any freight She return
ed to the mouth Of Green river, to which
place the stock was to be driven. The good
people of Greensboro had not seen steamboat
for SO long, that the Stockwell was regarded as
great curiosity, and the town generally paid
her visit. The steamer Ohio is reported at
Three Mile Island laying up. She left here
Friday for Cincinnati. The w. A. Eayes got
up as high as Newburg, where she put out her
freight and returned to the mouth of Green
river for harbor. The Tishomingo Jeff here
for Louisville Friday morning, having been
laid up sometime below. She was met by the
Stockwell at Green river, and was seen to
cross Three Mile Island Bar safely. 1t will
require but very little more cold weather to
to gorge the river at this bar. There is heavy
gorge reported at Cannelton. On the bars be-
low this city only four feet water is reported.
Ice not running very heavily yesterday.
Z The David Gibson arrived here Saturday
from below, and was laying up here yesterday
with the r. c. Twitchell and Tecumseh.
The ST. Louis News of Monday evening
says:
The river was rising slowly this morning.
The weather was warm and quite pleasant for
1 the season The warmth of the sun has melt
/. ed the top of the ice on the river, where the
road crosses the river, rendering it unpleasant
to the feet Of the pedestrian, and dangerous for
heavily loaded teams. The ice, however, con-
: tinued to be thronged with people, and teams
# of all kinds continue to cross on it, and will
e continue to do Sc untilit shows unmistakabe
q signs of breaking up.
a The Memphis papers report the destruction
: by fire of the steamer Evansville, near Helena
The fire was first discovered in the hold but
by taking out portion of the freight and APP
) plying water it was extinguished, the freight
:. Iput back and the boat got under way again. =
If After proceeding some four or five miles, fire
WAS uiSCObcEcQ cuOi1 hCtlNna nav
!. it obtained that the boat was run ashore, and
q with difficulty the lives Of the passengers ant
of crew were saved. z--i .r.-:.
= We regret to hear Of the loss of this excel
;. lent little steamer, our city's namesake. w
hope it will not be long before some splendiS
steamer is bearing the same name. Until thi
le last accident the Evansville had been prett,
r lucky craft. ~ fuoara1 3
= The steamer John Simonds has stuck hare
" aground near the foot of Presidents Island, il
st the Mississippi, and there was but little pros
:. lpect that she would be got off until a ris
6 takes place. The Memphis Bulletin says
q Her condition is regarded as SO perilous tina
4 . protest for the cargo was taken out yester
s day. Her freight was $500 bales cotton. 0
7 this 1000 bales were taken off by the Belfas
! lon Thursday, without relieving her condition
~ las the heavy pressure of the ice and curren
lpushed her still further as she was lightenec
Iup. n s..l.--sts s
= Our Cairo correspondent says that on tn
n 18th, the date of his letter, there were thirt,
IS steamers lying at that port. + &.
Or We learn that the Tishomingo returned t
4 the mouth Of Green River, where she now lie
lin a safe harbor. .fa 5slsll zlsiF5 sfag .eal
/ A steamboat friend reports to us that tn
f. Mississippi is gorged at Columbus, some TWEEN
Is ty miles below the mouth of the Chic.
- ITEMS FROM MosR.-W We again welcome OH
= old and popular correspondent "Mose, of Cal
70, to our columns. He has been a strange
!, to US Of late, although he recently did eve
= better than sending us a batch Of items-h
visited us in person Nose has acquired b
mis- items a same not confined to Evansville
y alone His items are always more or les
a. widely copied. We hope now to hear fror
" him frequently. His friends here look for h;
y items with great interest, we assure him.
it Isl eFAmong the births, as published in tn
st Sacramento papers, we find the following: Il
H. Sacramento, Dec. 17th, the wife of Hon.
n Neeley johnson, of q daughter" The Gov
nd ernor is progressing rapidly. California is
As great country 1al8si 6Jfe aoia ser4a -:
x 2g OETMaj. Hawkins, of GRANVILLE, H., raise
!. porker this year which is said to have weigh
ed TAI pounds. A hog weighing 726 pound
h was received at Delphi, Indiana, few day
Ii. age. bra atsataf orI aaI e4i. f..s.,..fa-ft
q vt new salt company, composed of Viz
ginia and kentucky capitalists, is being organ
ue lied at the Kanawha Salines, with capital {
" $3OO,OoO-the manufacturers to receive 20 pc
IN cent. ~ -rss-
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