Evansville daily journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1863-1866, 1864-01-25
River News

RGIVeHs N eWS.
ARRIVALS
Gen. Anderson, Cum. Riv., New York, Cairo,
Duke of Argyle, N o. Armada Green River.
Charley Bowen, Cairo, Robert Lee. Ice Har.
Sam Kirk, Green Riv =
DEPARTURES.
Glendale. Gin, New York, st. Lon,
Leslie Combs, Lon, Duke of Argyle. Gin,
Mars, N. Orleans, Armada, Cairo,
Gen. Anderson, CAIRO, Commercial, Mem.
The river continues to rise steadily
though slowly, and the ice along shore is
softening. G7T s3037 TI9di
There was more life and hustle along
the levee on Saturday than there have
been since the new year commenced,
and an aspect of old times prevailed.
The Commercial and W. C. Mann.
which.fan up to Green River Friday
night, dropped down Saturday, the form
er to receive and the latter to discharge
freight.
The Commercial got a considerable
quantity of freight and left Saturday
night for Memphis i
The Gen. Anderson came in from the
mouth of the Cumberland, where she has
been in winter quarters for some time,
about o clock Saturday morning and
worked her way into the opening cut in
the ice by the mate and crew of the
Cheesman, nearly her whole length, and
had a safe and convenient slip in which
to receive freight
She left late Saturday night with a
tremendous trip.
The Duke of Argyle came in from
New Orleans, which port she left the Goth
of December. She brings up 49S hogs
heads of sugar, 407 bales and five sacks
of cotton, 2S9 barrels of molasses, and
a large quantity of other freight. She
left for the ice-gOrge at Wolf creek on
Saturday evening. She had, two large
barges in tow. ~ -
The Mars, whcih has been lying at
Cannelton for some two weeks, came
down here on Saturday She is loaded
for New Orleans and added consider
ably TO her trip here. She left for the
sunny South. axe nF
The Norman, with big trip passed up
on Saturday - fs
The grand Armada was brought out
of Green river on Saturday, and after
discharging her freight brought up, and
taking on some freight and the largely
accumulated mails, left for Cairo late
Saturday evening. It'tfof ivsIj
Capt JoshV Throop went out on the
hurricane, and Fred Huston, assisted by
Perry McGrif, in the office.
Il From the officers of the Mars, we
learn that the gorge above commences
at Wolf Greek, extends for 80 miles
above, and is gorged solid to the bottom.
Other accounts say this gorge is
broken up and is coming down, but we
doubt this latter report ods oldI
The effort to cut canal through the
ice, for the relief of the Cheesman was
continued on Saturday, but is slow
process and will not be completed for a
day or two more. al sz-- zDA
The Commercial took 1000 bbIs. of
Potatoes on Saturday from this port.
Slides were constructed by which 10
bbls. were dragged across the ice at a
load, long string of men pulling at
rope.
The Mann resorted to the same expe-
/ dent to get her cotton ashore
The magnificent steamer Olive branch,
as announced bygtelegraph, arrived at
1 Cairo on Wednesday night from New
Orleans. 81 1s
This steamer left Cairo for New Or
leans early this month, with 1 ,497a tons
/ Of freight on board, and 230 tons of fuel
in all, 1,727i TONS She had also 172
cabin and 80 deck passengers. The car
go comprised 1866 bags oats, LIP
barrels -four, 434 bales hay, /, JOB pack
ages merchandise, 1877 head beef, 4 head
horses, 200 barrels whisky, 497 barrels
apples, 100 bales cotton, 81 coops poul-
try, 60 bags bran-a total of 6,e37
packages.
We heard of nothing to mar her pro-
gress or the pleasure of her trip to New
Orleans, and the same applies to the re-
turn trip. She left New Orleans on the
evening OF Saturday, the 9th, with 1888
tons, comprised in the following; 4,49s
packages, 983 hhds sugar, GIG barrels
molasses, 203 barrels oranges, Al bar
lErels potatoes, II barrels tallowj l, 004
!, packages merchandise, 194 horses and
: mules, 40 bales gunnies, cannon and
ca!ssons. Her cabin passengers num-
!. Ebered 331, and those on deck 352.
II The Samuel Kirk returned to Green
River last night
: The Bowen arrived early yesterday
morning from Cairo, with good trip, in
GLIDING SO, head of mules for the Gov
eminent After unloading her mules
! and breaking up the ice around the Su-
perior, below the point, she assisted the
G Robert Lea to break up the ice in the
harbor, in front of the wharfboats
The Charley Bowen will leave for Pa
J : ducah and Cairo at O'Clock tomorrow,
Tuesday. For freight or passage apply
! on board, or to Cox & Humphrey, at
: their upper wharfboat
The tow-boat Charley Miller passed up
: yesterday. -. s,,.s.s
The Maria Denning viii leave here
n this evening for New Orleans and all
: way landings Cox & Humphrey are
her agents.