Evansville daily journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1863-1866, 1865-02-07
River News.

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The rlvss here has risen nearly two feet AMI is
still rising stsadIly.
There has besn perfect crowd Of boats al the
lsvss all day, and business has bssn more active
shan 10 have seen Il for years, the wharf bsiHg
crowded With freight all day.
The Saratoga discharged large quantity Of
freight here but got bat little.
The arrivals and departures slnes aeon oomprlss
ifhs Kate Putaam, 81. Louis to PittsburE; Silver
Moon, Cincinnati to Memphis; tbs Saratoga sad
-. Charles, 20 New Orlrans; the Armada, 10
Cairo; the Fanny Bragdlgs 20 Eastport.
The Pauline Carroll va ain receiving At dsrk
last night, and will ndt ssAvo TIL some time to-
day. She has received an immense AMOUNT Il
frsight. bat atfll has lots Of room foI more.
Ths Silver Moon was loaded until her sgarfs
Anidships, absolutely dragged under the water.
The Armada had the biggest trip she ever err
rlsd, and dil not get out tiii after dark.
The Liberty No. 2 got magnificent trip, not
withdrawing hsr lafs arrival, and uas stBi load
ing ct o'clock She probably gpt. o8 At 10
o'sioek
The Dahksrsou lies over I'll to-ds r, "a eoass.
qusses Of not being able to get her freight down
yesterday. the demand for dfays baIng greatly in
excess Of the supply. she will leave at o'clock
this svsn;ng.
Capt Graham, the renowned Green river pilot,
ssshsa com n.and OF the VIM. white, and will make
AsrrsopulAr with the public aud profitable to her
owners.
The Guno brought very large trip out u the
sWsbasb, consisting Of whisky, pork, Sour. 40.
Capt. }. 3. Hall went dowA ON tbs Armada with
- party Of nsn last night, TO try and put thu Gen
Anderson into the water II 1t lie posslbls Capt
Hall will succeed.
The J. Il. Gilmore, for Nsahvile. and
the Kate Robinson, for Passport, passed
down at dark last night
The JNssiee arrived last night from
LouisviIls with but little freight
A large tug passed down about Mae
o'clock with an immense tow Of coal.
The Liberty No. 2 got off about lo4
o'clock last night with the following
freight and with engagements at NJ.
e Vernon aud Shawneetown: 1920 bbls.
-four; no bbls beer; go bbl salt, and
800 packages sundries, together With
number of passengers which must be
considered n good trip considering she
was only announced ytttsrday morning.
We have received hong communica
Dion from the Chaplain Of tie lO2d Ills.
IAegiment speaking in high terms ~ The
tpatriotism aud humanity Of CaptaIe
Scott, of the steamer Fannie Gilbert
s1n which boat the regiment wa, ans
parted east as far as Cincinnati G.
s>soat exerled himself to render the men
on kis boat comfortable, and placed ev
srvth, " On board at the disposal of thu
ofscers Ia command for that purpose
We would vubish the whole letter, bu
twas writ. vi on the cars and much o
il is illegible
The officers o. the Kate Putnam re
port that the ice yorges at Cape Girar
deau, Mo-, gave way on Thursday last
and that at Dog-ro, 'th on Friday. IL
South Western and David Watts were
snnk, but the ice ru uning under the
latter, lifted her out Of he water. The
Arago, Monsoon, Spray I'd Lieer were
crowded ashore, and all lie badly. The
Kate Putnam, Ella Faber, kdinonrg
Raven, Commercial, Empire City and
Bermuda got out into the CNhio Eives
slightly damaged OF seven b.srges be
longing TO the Commercial, Raven, re.
ak we're broken up or sunk. Naviga
ton is practically resumed at St. Louis
The Silver Spray, and ST. Melodies
for New Orleans, swallow and Annie
for Eastport, Robert Moore and ROl
Roy for Nashville; and the Champion
for Memphis, are the FIRST boats dut
rom above.
The Cincinnati Commercial of yester
sy says; The Fanny Gilbert Will
backing out from the levee at s P. NJ
Friday, hanked in against The stern O
the Champion, breaking off one of he
tAntAils and pitman, damaging tn
guards ofthe Bostona No ., aud ipjur
ing other steamers
Complimentary 20 the Superior.
OK BoARD STEAMER SUPERIOR,
EAsrfoEr, Miss, Jan. p, 1865.
Alta meeting of the officers of dc
tachment Of the 5th Div. C. c. NJ. I
n, Maj. J. NJ. Hubbard, 18th Missou
Cavalry, commanding detachment, VIZ
called to the chair, and Major G. v
Corey, Division Surgeon, appointed Sc
Rotary.
Ga motion, o committee Of three wi
appointed to draft resolutions to EXPIRE
the sense Of the meeting.
The committee, consisting of Lieu
il. B Ludlow, A. A. Q. NJ. ID BrigaC
Sth Division c. c., Lieut.. Col Haeain
18th Tennesses Cavalry and CAPITA
skinner, 9Th Illinois Cavalry, reports
the following resolutions:
Rssolccd, lst That the thanks Of h
ohcers and soldiers of the detachme
be rendered to Capt H. p Dexter,
the steamer Superior, for the kind al
gsntlsmanly treatment which We hs
received from him during our trip
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