Evansville daily journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1863-1866, 1865-12-22

To Gus RTyKa FkIExDs We respectfully ask |
the officers Of steamboats, arriving at this port, to
other intelligence relating to the interests Of the
river. Such fAvors wall meet with the truest ap>
probation, If addressed the River Editor Evans
vile JOURNAL, and left with either Of the wharf
boats.
Weather and Water.-Yesterdsy was clear. |
bright day, but intensely cold, with the Their.
mometer indicating ISo above zero at o'clock in
the morning and &c az O'Clock r. III he
river is rising rapidly, having sFoIIen feet du.
ring tie 81 hours ending at 5o'ciock last evening.
There Is 10 feet to Louisville and IL to Is feet
to Cairo. ......At Pittsbu1g and Cincinnati the
river is swelling with unexamPled rapidity, hay-
ing risea IL fest at the former and feet at the
latter places during the "a hours ending at noon
yesterday. This indicates that the usual Janu-
airy Hood will be upon US before New Year.
Port List.-Ths arrivals and departures yester-
day comprise the =. 7. NIecombs, LeusvilIs and
lsturn Oharmer, Cairo and return; st. Patrick,
Louisvil to Memphis; Rowens, Memphis to
Cincinnati; Spray, Tennessee river, to Cincln-
natl; Mercury, Louisville to Nashville; Lorsns,
Cincinnati to Kew Orleans; Matte and j. p.
Webb, for Nashville; B. Z. Dunkersoa, for'Bow-
ling Green; Liberty No. 2, Memphis to Lsuis..
Vile. si- sz sz= go - /
BoGis Dus.--Among the first boats due are ths
Argosy, Tor Tennessee river; Anna. Naug4tuck,
Golden Eagle and Laura Fen on, for Memphis;
Bose Hsmbleton, for Arkansas river; Lennie
Drown, Emma No. 2 aud PeytOns, for lew Or
leans; Taralcol and Darling, from Memphis; Sam
Orr, from Eastport.
AEiseeRaMeo~s.-There was some thin ice run
ming along shore In the river yesterday, but wi h
the present fine stage of water, there are no APP
prshensiens of any serious interruptions to navi-
gation from Ice. Business was fair on the leves,
yesterday. considering the very cold weather
.......Tho j. II Groesbeek, we learn, passed
down during the fag Wednesday morning with
| out landing .....-..The Spray passed up from
JohnsonvilIe with good trip...-...The st. Pat
rick had q splendid "trip Of freight, and left Lou
isvillewith IT'S ca in passengers. and aaded .
large number on the wsy. ANON the pAsEen !
gers we were de1ig hte to meet Capt. Harts eie-
CANT sad accomplished lady and his little George
Ilrho are en- routs for Paducah to spend the holt
| days. The Patrick was compelled to refuse
freight here.........The Mercury had a slim trip
/ for Nashville. The irrepressible Luce MurrelI
was in her o7ce.........Ik he LoreHa was full of
freight and covered over ........The Charmer came
| in on time with fair trip, and had q good trip
eut.....-..The Mat lie aud the J. P. Webb left for
Nashville. The Webb had sery ine trip. The
Matte went out comparatively light.........The
B. K. Dunkelson, despite her slight confusion
received from the J afia on Wednesday night,
left for Bowling Green last evening with SPLEEN
did trie....,... The Liberty No. arrived at 10
O'Clock last night With big "trip of people and a
good deal Of freight. She left the TarascOn pull
ingat some boat aground, and fears that she has
| probably grounded herself.........The Rose Hits
had n t ar-ivsi at IL o'clock,
GbEANIsGs FROM oUR EXCHANGES.
i b OSacinnati.-The Commercial of Wednesday
says:
The weather was more than naoist yesterday.
At Pittsburgh tbs river is falling, with feet IL
the channel last might, by the MonDbgaheli
marks ThsIe ars- six feet hence TO Louisville
There siz feet In the canal, and seven feet on
the shozlest bars song the Lower Ohio. r.
! You may add about or 4 feet to the shoalesi
bars along the Lower Ohio, friend Miller.
We are delighted to record the fact that Captain
Frank z. Bachelors Darling Ia alive, and was al
Memphis yesterday.
George L Johnston Co., received the follow
ing dispatch yesterday:
. NASHVILLE, Dec 19.-Heavy rains falling now
general thaw. The prospects are good for VIZ tel
in the Cumberland Riv-r. aGuR
About dozen boats are hard aground. q
caught in the ice between st. Louis and ixu
I ana mt hppKe1S0hAOu - Iott IOr atn6Ir BA4 -
Foot passengers crossed on the ice constantly :
st. Louis yesterday, and the mails were car. iet
over BY hand. - rgaFsrkssT
| We have not had mail from st. Louis for mer
than week. The Gazette Of Wednesday says
Here the rfser had fallen nine Inches dufin,
| this "A hours preceding noon yesterday. Durinl
the remainder OF the day il remained about Ia
tiopary, with eleven feet and three inches of wa
ter IN tho ehanIeLs eaThas.
LouisviHs.-The Courier Of Wednesday says:
4
feet two inches water I'd the canal fn the svenfnI
| by the mark In the morning the river was at
stand, and the rise IL undoubtedly caused BY tn
long-continhed heavy rains; it having rained al
mosI continuously for forty-eight hours, with
very heavy fall Of rain night before last.
Ne.e AEbany.--A special despatch to the ledger
from St Louis on the 10Th. says: t'N
The Roanoke, from this city for the Ohio river
sunk eighty miles below here. She was owns
and insured at Pittssurg
| ley, OsboT be, Glasgow, Atlantic and six IT eigh
o. her b. ats are aground bstwe this city ami
Cairo, and are all in great danger of beng wreck
The weather here to-day is colder.
4 Where now is the Evansville and Canneltol
packetf And echo answers whers7 Rockpor
Umpire.
1t has only ''fzzled ont' just like all the othe
bepuffsd steamboat enterprises Of the Evansville
ians.-[ New Albany Ledger
| The Evansville and Cannelton packet has no
hzzled out because 1t has not yet been inaugu
rated. The money has been subscribed, and Il
ready. but the parties have not Jet been sbls Il
procure a suitable boat The Matte, while wait
ing for the Cumberland to rise, made one trip Il
Cahnelton and back. and finding that they did
not make money on that trip, she withdrew. sh
is rot an Evansville Institution.
Lacrosss.-The Democrat of the l4.h says:
A number Of teams crossed theriver to-day o.
the ice, which is now considered perfectly aafes
Hemphis-The Appeal of the 18th has the fol
lowing:
An Investigation was held yesterday evening b,
| the Local Board Of Inspectors on case which
| cannot fail to interest all steamboatmen and tbs
public generally, inasmuch as it shows disregarl
| and utter re,klessEess of parties recommending
1 persons 70 positions In which 50 much life ant
| property Is invariably at stake. The particular
of the as follows: Three pilots signed thu
petition Of an applicant for pilots license In th'
Memphis aud Arkansas river tFades in which
feay 81 forth that they knew the applicant wa,
fGiiy competent for the position. On this sppli
| cation, endorsed bJ three pilots, the license wa
granted by the Beard festerdaya committe'
test against the action taken by the Board in th'
premises, setting for h q. reason the incompe-
4 tency Of the applicant. Upon the receipt Of this
protest BY the Board, the indersers OF the appli
cant were Immediately summoned to qualify thsil
Recommendation By taking oath thereto. This
| they refused to do, notwithstanding they stated
| IN <ecom menulh& the applicant Lor the poslttoni
that he was FULLY competent. The licenses Of tn
| parties summoned and present, Messrs. VIM
| Barker aud Leon Levy, were suspended for the
| space of sixty days. The person to whom the IL
cense was granted is not at pr sent in the eli y.
| We think the action Of the Local Board will
meet with the hearty approval Of all thinking
right.mipded people. go HF1Fr q
4 BOATS LEAVING TO-DAY.
For LoHisvilIe.-The wild Tarascon may certain.
| ly be expected for Louisville this morning.
For Eastporf.-The elegant Sam Orr leaves this
/ ~ Sofo 4 6a NJ.