Evansville daily journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1863-1866, 1864-01-21
RAILeR0ADJ REGTSFER.
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River News.

The river at this point continues to
rise steadily at the rate of about one
inch per hour, and the ice along the
shore is rising with it
The mild weather is of course rot ing
the ice rapidly, and there is scarcely =
doubt but that within few days the ice
pack will move out lt0 al.
From Cincinnati we have news of the
breaking up of Licking River, and a
great destruction of property consequent
thereon. $3.50
Capt Dunkin's steamer Emma lies on
the bosom of the water, light as duck
and graceful as a swan aas
The Leopard got off yesterday after
noon with a large cargo of commissary
stores for the troops at Henderson. slof
Among the steamboat men now Sc
iourning in the city, we notice pilots
Wash. Phillips, John Heath and John
Weed, and Engineers Billy McClurg and
John Moore, all of whom are noted in
their spheres. Also Capt. .Dunkin and
Henry Miller, of the Emma.
A. correspondent of Cincinnati paper
writes as follows: m
The Empire City grounded at the foot
of Hat Island, where she now lies, sur
rounded by the ice, on the 3Ist of De-
cember, 1868, at 10 o'clock A. NJ, and
at first did not seem fixed as comforta-
bly, as might be for freeze-up; and,
Indeed, there are places more desirable
than her present location, even under
improved circumstances. The subse-
quent rise in the river, however, has
vastly amelorated her condition, and
she now lies easy, with her bow quarter
ing up stream, and her barge on the
upper or starboard side. When the
river breaks up, without doubt goes Mr.
barge, but the Empire City hopes to live
it out, and ego up somewhere else than
at Hat Island. Alsziellso h5t
Twelve boats are reported at Craw-
ford's, several of them aground out IN
the stream; about twenty-five between
Hat Island and the Cape, and twenty-five
or thirty Between Hat Island and St
Louis. The Charmer lies six miles, and
the Davenport ten miles above Hat Is
land, and the Adelia, with two hay
barges in tow, at Wittenberg. tra
aOne-half interest in the Gladiator was
sold yesterday by Mr.. Joseph Reevy to
Captains I'D. Dix and Barton Bowen.
The latter was lately of the Memphis
Packet Line, andwih probably command
the Gladiator. ~ eI
1t was rumored, previous to the above
to buy the Gladiator for 500, 900 cash.
The Leopard returned from Hender-
son last evening, making the run be-
tween the two ports in one hour and five
minutes. She was under command of
Commodore Henry Mitchell of the gun
boat Lue caves. & So
Fred. Huston, the good-looking Clerk
of the grand Armada, reached the city
yesterday, direct from Green River
where the Armada rests in security.
Fred made NEST of the trip over land,
afoot, and thinks it is about 80 miles to
the mouth of Green river. -
The boys are very successful hunting
in that region, having at last accounts
bagged tscO squirrels. Boil
Capt Josh staid to help devour them.
The Louisville Journal of Tuesday
says: -
The river at this point is still station
airy. Navigation is still closed
| . The towboat Gray Fox, engaged in
breaking the ice, was sunk yesterday OPP
posite the foot of Clay street She will
bea total loss, as we understand. She
was owned by Messrs. Hyatt and Paine,
of this city. - S., =
The towboat Cosgroye had steam up
yesterday evening, and, as we learn, was
to tow some coalbarges from the So
called-bend, about five miles above the
city, down to the city wharf.