Evansville daily journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1863-1866, 1863-12-21
RIVER News.

Little Grey Eagle, Lou TaTass on, LOUSY
s-s& DEPARTURIs
Hetty Gilmore, Lou Commercial, Memp
Tempest, Lou Emma Boyd, Nashv
Silver Moon, Cin,ti Gen. Grant, Cin'ti
Charley Bowen, Cairo Big Grey Eagle, Lou
Mason, Green River Little Grey Eagle, Mash
Tarascon, Henderson
The river on Saturday was rising
slowly at this point, with plenty of water
for the largest class boats to cross the
bar above the foot of Main street.
There was considerable shore ice
formed in the bend above the city on
Friday night, but it was thin, and mostly
broken up during the day by the swells
of passing steamers.
There were numerous arrivals on Sat
urday, but there was not much business
done at the landing.
The Bowen got in from Cairo at 104
o'clock Friday night with good trip.
She left at o'clock Saturday afternoon
with a moderate freight.
The Silver Moon passed up from
Memphis with light trip. The wealth
er was too cold for her calliope which
seemed to be played out )"
The big Grey Eagle came in early on
Saturday evening. Her manifest and
register indicated a good trip. She left
early for Louisville.
The star packet, the grand Armada,
will be the unapproachable packet for
Paducah and Cairo at o'clock to-day.
The Armada and her accomplished off,
GERS are winning golden opinions daily,
from discriminating public. Capt. JOSH
Throop, Perry McGriff and Zach. Tay-
lor, are indispensable as courteous and
clever gentlemen and accomplished off,
GERS.
The Tarascon, the ne Plus ultra of
steamboat architecture, will be the packet
for Louisville, at noon to day. The Ia
rascon is as graceful as a swan, as swift
as an eagle, commodious as frst-class
hotel, and Capt. Bunce and George A.
Williams are the highest style of steam
boat officers and genial gentlemen.
The Nashville Press of yesterday says:
"The Cumberland river, having risen
quite rapidly since our last report, is
now in fair boating order for the largest
class steamers There is over seven feet
water on Harpeth Shoals, and the river
is still rising. Our lcyee presents very
animated appearance, but very little is
being done outside of Government bust
ness.
One half of the great steamer Cont
mental has been sold to Capt Jno. G.
Copetin, of st. Louis, and Mr.. J. P
Young, the clerk of the boat, for which
the purchasers paid $45, 900. The inter
est sold was that of Capt Y ork, former
commander of the boat Captain Hor-
2 ace Bixby will now take command oil
the Continental, and Mr.. Young will re-
tain his position in the Office
The Missouri Democrat of Saturda,
says:
Winter reigned supreme on the whar
( yesterday. The one word-winter-
might express all that it is necessary tt
say in the river columns this morning
were 1t not that numerous readers expec
more. There was the severest kind of /;
freeze during the whole of Thursda,
night and yesterday. Ice of YER
heavy and cutting quality foated in the
river, and we can safely announce tina
4 the close Of navigation has arrived 70
ST. Louis
There are about twenty boats in St
Louis, and we have been ruthlessly de
prived Of the fine rise wewere congrat
ulating ourselves upon. If two or tire,
boats leave this port to-day, those wi
s be all ..-e-z-
b The riveris declining. There is onl
four feet on the bar at Crawford's Ic
firmly locks the Illinois river from th
mouth to Lasalle.
The Missouri is full of ice, or frozel
, over. boat cannot get to Quincy, nc
W we think will one attempt to go to-da
l. to Alton All hail old winter; do you
best or worst, now that you are here.
There was very little business done o
. the levee yesterday. ..,,i-T -
. The Louisville Journal Of Saturda
says:
The river is rising very rapidly, an
has risen 10 inches during the "a hour
ending last evening. There is now 6 fet
4 inches water in the canal, and 4 feet
inches in the Indiana chute At Pitt
burg and Cincinnati the river was risin
yesterday at noon,
The weather yesterday was cold an
cloudy, and decidedly winterish, Abol
4 L-,H - IL liz
- commenced to snow, lasting about ha
10 an hour. 4 bitter wind was blowing a
or day, and about o'clock last night
storm was threatening.
The steamer ST. Louis got safely c
the rocks yesterday evening, after beir
detained twenty-four hoors.
:, A Cairozdispatch of Friday night say
- The Efie DeanE was blown against Il
gunboat No. IL by the storm this NOR
ing, crushing in her side. She ran to Il
bar opposite this city and settled in fl
feet water Unless the river rises t.
fast, she can be easily raised. She h;
no freight.
We clip the following from the Cal
Democrat of Wednesday:
. Day before yesterday, man by t
name OF David Carroll, who owns
trading boat named Louisville No.
now moored to the Missouri shore, OPP
. site the city, was seen going across
river with suspicious looking b
and jug. He was arrested, and the
j. proved to be FELLOWSHIP filled with pc
. der, and the jug containing the sar
danoerous article. Mr. Carroll will
sent to Columbus, KY, for trial befo
the Military Commission
AS the prize steamer Volunteer "
= ascending the Mississippi river, in the
=, cinity of Island No 81, last Sunday,
= charge of Lieut. Heman, a skiff conb
:. ing three men was seen going toward