Evansville daily journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1863-1866, 1865-01-31
RiYer News.


There is but slight change in the status
Of the river at this point 1t has risen
since Saturday aboat l6 or is inches,
and Is still full Of floating ice, some Of
which is quite heavy and in large fields,
bat most Of it Is broken and small; but
steamboats, would experience great diff.
Guilty in making their way even down
stream In day or two we hope it will
be different, az the weather is warmer,
and there are manifest signs Of rain.
There was not very much difficulty in
crossing the river here yesterday with a
skif.
The r. X. Dunkerson will be down to-
day ready to load for Bowling Green.
The Armada will come up to the land
ing today il the weather continues ia
vorable and ice does not run heavier,
preparatory to leaving on htr regular
trips tomorrow.
We are glad to see Capt. j. V. Throop
out again and in pretty good health.
The Niagara aud Peerless will proba-
bly, be the frst boats from above, and
the Atlantic and Mississippi from be.
low.
The Glendale will be at the wharf to-
day, bound for Cincinnati, and will not
leave until Wednesday morning All
orders to Cincinnati for goods will re-
ceiye prompt attention from Captain
Clark end the clerks Of the Glendale.
Late last night the ice seemed to grow
thicker and heavier, probably from the
breaking of the gorge at French Island.
The James Gray had been swinging
out by the head in order to let the cur.
rent and ice catch large cake of ice
attached to her side The FIRST Geld Of
ice that struck her parted one Of her
lines, but fortunately she had another
inside choked to her bits, which held
her aud caused her to swing in under
HAlrswharf boat
The Missouri Democrat Of Saturday
says:
The river was stationary at this point
yesterday, aud no movements of steam
boats occurred There is 81 feet water
in the channel hence TO the ice blockade
below here, that is, there is 3 feet wster
on the worst bars. Navigation to aud
from this point except across the river,
has entirely ceased, and the Chester
packets, as well as the Alton boat David
Talum, are laid up.
Up to tho hour of seven last night,
the ice kept moving in the river, but in
such amount that a gorge wRs eonsid'
cred TO be imminent during the night.
The passage through which IL passed
at the foot OF Biddle, and above, was
seemingly only about the width Of 9
steamboat There is huge sand bar
in the middle of the river, crested hiSt
with the ice Of the last break up few
weeks ago. The ice continued yester
day running past both sides OF the bar
The ferry.boats found il work Of grea
labor yesterday, to effect trips from
shore to shore, and the water is now 81
low that they are compelled to make
great circuit to get round the bar
While a portion OF them are crossing
the others are engaged maneuvering il
the ice to keef it moving.
The weather was hardly as cold ye:
terday, but the wind still blew cold iron
the Northwest
The large new steamer Leviathar
built by the late Ambrose Reeder, wi
be sold at auction next Wednesday, j
this city.
An ordinance was passed in our Cit
Council, the other day, designating tn
space on tho levee from Market Stree
600 feet southwsrdly, as the wharf
the Atlantic and Mississippi Steamshi
Company, for ten years; the ordinauC
permits the Company to erect shs
not exceeding 800 feet long and 20 fe
high. For these privileges the compai
is to pay sn annual rent Of one thousal
dollars, in addition to the regular whal
age, 1t is not Improbable that 9th
steamboat companies of this city W
apply for, and be granted, similar pri'
leges, involving the entire extent Of .
wharf Should we ever have on o
rivers bank a continuous line of sheS
twenty feet high, resting upon iron p
lars, the effect will be picturesque, a
it will be highly suggestive Of an acti
commerce.